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sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Getímige ðám óðrum swá him getímige, 36, 4

hwý

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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.

beácnian

(v.)
Grammar
beácnian, býcnian, bícnian; p. ode; pp. od.

to BECKONnodinnuereto shewindicateindicaretypice significare

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Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646.

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Swá ðú hí on yrre ehtest and dréfest ðæt hí on hrérnesse hraðe forweorþaþ ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua; et in ira tua conturbabis eos, Ps. Th. 82, 11

langsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
langsum-ness, e; f.

Length

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Swá ðæt hí ne beón þurh ða deópnysse ǽmóde ne þurh ða langsumnysse ǽþrytte so that they be not discouraged by the deepness, nor wearied by the length, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 8.

meahtig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meahtig-líce, adv.

Mightilypowerfullywith might

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Mightily, powerfully, with might Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mihtiglíce macaþ, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 32.

Linked entry: meahte-líce

missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.

be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, goinjicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.

Linked entries: be-scuton be-scýt

swátig

(adj.)
Grammar
swátig, adj.
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sweaty Ða ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne cum sudans in amnem descendisset, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 31. Godes engel mid handcláðe wípaþ ðine swátigan limu, Homl. Th. i. 426, 31. bloody Sweord wæs swátig, Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569.

un-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ríce, adj.

Not rich or not powerfulpoorhumble

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Ic wát ðæt ðú hefst ðone hláford ðe ðú treówast bet ðonne ðé silfum, and swá hefð eác manig ðara ðe unrícran hláford hefð ðonne ðú hefst, Shrn. 196, 11

un-gewilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewilde, adj.

Not in subjection

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Gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde ðam Cásere, ðonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda ðe mihton gebígan ðæt mennisc him tó, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 35. Hé underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6

Linked entry: un-gewylde

cólian

(v.)
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Wyrc swylc án lytel cicel . . . swá ðú hátost forberan mæge . . . þonne se cicel cólige, Lch. iii. 30, 21. Cólgendre frigenti, Angl. xiii. 38, 318. [ O. Sax. kólón.] Add

fágnys

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fágnys, fáhness
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On ðisum getelde (the tabernacle) wǽron menigfealde fáhnyssa and frætwunga ; swá beóð eác on Godes gelaðunge menigfealde fægernyssa, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 10. Mid fáhnyssum varietatibus, Hml. A. 28, 109. Fǽgnessum, Ps. L. 44, 15. Add:

feorh-ádl

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Full oft þá sweltendan men on heora feorhádle secgað beforan fela þinga swá hit æfter ágǽþ plerumque morientes multa praedicunt, Gr. D. 296, 21. Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:

fileþe

(n.)

hay

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hay Hí swýþe hraþe forseáriað swá fileþe sicutfoenam velociter arescent, Ps. Th. 36, 2. the word occurs in compound forms in the charters: Tó fileðleáge forda, C. D. v. 394, 12. In filiðleáge, iii. 383, 8. On ðá ác on fileðcumbe, vi. 43, 21.

floterian

(v.)

to flutter

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Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another, Hml.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

on-tendness

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Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28

sápe

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Gewyrce tó flynan swá mon sápan wyrcð, 98, 6. Borige on þám beáme stór and finol and gehálgode sápan and gehálgod sealt, i. 402, 1. Ðonne þú sápan abban wille, þonne gníd þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech. ii. 126, 25.