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un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

brǽdan

(v.)

to broadento extendenlargeunfoldpitchTo spreadincrease

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Ðió mengu giwédo hiora brǽddan (strauerunt) on woeg, Mk. R. 11, 8. intrans. To spread, increase Ða yfelan oferlíce swýðe brǽdað on worulde, Wlfst. 83, 14. Lícceteras árísað and brǽdað tó swýðe, 89, 18

Linked entry: brǽding

gódian

(v.)
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Hié beóð suíðe ungesǽlige, ðonne hié yfeliað for ðǽm ðe óðre menn gódigað (gódiað, v. l.) quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt, Past. 231, 19. with hit as subject Wolde man geswícan þára mándǽda, þonne gódade hit sóna

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Gif man spor gespirige of scýre on óðre, fón ða menn tó ðe ðǽr nýcst syndon, and drífan ðæt spor óð hit man ðam geréfan gecýðe; fó hé syþþan tó and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 20-23.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed bæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne, Hml. Th. i. 474, 30. of a person's health Þǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristine (ualetudinem reítitwit ), An.

drífan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12.

háwian

(v.)
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Críst sende swǽgende fýr of heofonum, ꝥ menn on háwoden ( that men might look on ), 2, 261.

in-tó

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Th. i. 306, 3. in reference to non-physical regions Bescýt se deófol yfel geþóht intó þám men . . .

of-sleán

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Bið se deáðbǽra wǽta on ðǽm menn ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence humor mortiferus per amaritudinem vacuatur, 303, 16. to strike and injure, to produce an injury by striking, strike with blindness Tó þǽm þe þǽr ofslegene syndon mid blindnesse, Bl.

fléring

(n.)
Grammar
fléring, e; f.

A FLOORINGcontăbŭlātio

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second flooring the food of the cattle was placed, on the third flooring was the first dwelling, and there dwelt the wild beasts and fierce serpents, on the fourth flooring was the stall of the tame cattle, on the fifth flooring the dwelling of the men

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, hyrd-rǽden, e; f.

Guardguardianshipcarekeeping

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Guard, guardianship, care, keeping Him is sinderlíce betǽht hyrdrǽden ofer eallum cristenum monnum to him is especially committed the guardianship over all christian men, Homl. Th. ii. 290, 26.

Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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Ealle ða gelǽredestan men and ða leorneras multis doctioribus viris, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 30

ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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Neither Ðá ðá wé hit nó-hwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon ne eác óðrum monnum ne léfdon when we neither loved it ourselves nor allowed it to other men, Past. Swt. 5, 6.

nyt-weorð

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

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Seó wiðerwearde wyrd byþ ǽlcum men nytwyrðre ðonne seó orsorge plus hominibus reor adversam, quam prosperam prodesse fortunam, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 29.

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Ðæt ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse the kingdom that the first persons forfeited through their greediness, Blickl. Homl. 25, 1: Num. 11, 4: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 2

Linked entry: giefernes

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

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To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirm; effāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc, ðe ðín fromcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan none is so wise who may manifestly declare thy origin to the children of men, Exon

regnian

(v.)
Grammar
regnian, p.ode

To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate

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Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma ðonne him gumena weard háteþ máððum rénian one is a cunning workman in gold and gems, when a prince of men bids him set a jewel, Exon. Th. 296, 33;Crä. 60.

þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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Lǽcedómas wiþ þearmes útgange, and gif men bilyhte sié ymb ðone þearm, Lchdm. ii. 170, 27. Þearmas fibrae, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 16: intestina, ii. 49, 50: exta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 10. Ðearmas, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 14. Smæle þearmas ilia, 44, 46.

þweorian

(v.)
Grammar
þweorian, þwyrian; p. ode

To be opposedadverseto be at variance

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Ic eom sóðfæstnys, ac ðás ðweorigaþ wið mé these men are opposed to me, 380, 8. Ne mæg ðeós offrung beón on ðære heortan ðe mid gýtsunge oððe andan gebysgod bið, for ðan ðe hí ðwyriaþ wið ðone gódan willan they are adverse to the good will, 584, 20.

Linked entry: þweorh

þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place in the councils of the nation, a senator Senatores, ðæt synd þeódwitan, Jud. p. 161, 32. Ðá wǽron þeódwitan (leód-, MS. H.) weorðscipes wyrðe, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12.