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tíþian

(v.)
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(d α ) with acc. of person :-- bæd him bisceop onsende ... hine lustlíce tíþedon, Bd. 3, 3; Sch. 199, 17

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
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self-líce, es; n.
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Ðonne áhefþ hine on his móde . . . mid ðý selflíce se Déma biþ geniéded tó ðæm ierre, 4, 2; Swt. 39, 10.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde ðæt ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum

Linked entry: wærlíce

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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hine onhylde tó ánre ðære studa ðe útan tó ðære cyrican geseted wæs ðære cyricean tó wraþe and ðǽr his gást ágæf ( genom ða studu ðe seó cirice mid áwreþed wæs and on ðære styde stondende forðférde) adclinis destinae quae extrinsecus ecclesiae pro

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Ðæt is tó wundrianne, ðæt swá lytle þoncunge wiston Iósepe ðæs ðe æt hungre áhredde it is wonderful that they felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine; hunc Ioseph, quem constituit Deus Aegyptiis conservatae salutis auctorem

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Ðá sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, and eft hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ða ðe hié tó gehéton, ðæt ealles búton árunge tó Róme ne com ( the Latin seems to have been misunderstood, it is: Senatus sagurn, hoc est, vestern moeroris

Linked entry: tunice

fultum

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Se getreówa fultum him tó cóm, Scs Bartholomeus, Guth. 28, 25. of troops férde mid fultume . . . þe lǽs þe secgon þæt mid hira folce hig sylfe álýsdon and mid heora fultume him gefuhton sige ne glorietur Israel et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus

herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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Heruncga preconia, i. laudes, 64. praise, extolling of the Deity Sé þe . . . his Drihten, þe is ealra gereorda gifend mid herincge ne ðancað, R. Ben. 69, Dionisius þancode his Drihtne mid herunge, Hml.

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Gyf man hús brece, ii. 140, 34. Hié þæt fæsteti brecan woldon, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 13. Hwænne se ðeóf cóme his hús tó brecenne, Hml. A. 50, 11. reflex, to exert one's self violently (cf.

Linked entry: bracan

hæftnung

(n.)
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hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Captivity, fastening, confinement hine gewráþ gelomlíce ac hine sic mihte nánes cynnés hæftnung gehealdan he often bound him, but no kind of fastening could hold him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20. On hæftnunge in captivity, 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.

á-hwǽnan

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Þæt wydewan and steópcild tó oft ne áhwǽnan, ac georne gladian, 309, 3: Ll. Th. i. 326, 25. For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . .

Linked entry: hwǽnan

cýf

(n.)
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Hét ꝥ man ealle þá kýfa (bydenu, v. l. dolia ) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 28. Man sceal habban . . cýfa, Angl. ix. 264, 11

for-lǽran

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Monigo hiá forlǽræþ multos seducent, Mt. 24, 5, 11. Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8.

híred-mann

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Alfwold's) his onrid þe álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 24. Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.

weard

(prep.; adv.)
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weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Hié wǽron wið ðæs fýres weard, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 16. wið Róme weard farende wæs, 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9, 15, 21. Ðá ongan seó leó fægnian wið ðæs ealdan weard, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 778. Heó teáh hyne wiþ hyre weard, Judth.

ahsian

(v.)
Grammar
ahsian, p. ode; pp. od.

to askdemandcallsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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to ask, demand, call, summon before one; interrogare, postulare, exigere He ongan hine ahsian he began to call him, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 18; Gen. 863: Deut. 4, 32: Ps.

un-dilegod

(adj.)
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un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted outnot effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif ne dilegaþ ðæt ǽr wrát, ðeáh nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat

micel

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Hwǽr beóþ þá glengeas and þá mycclat, gegyrelan þe þone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode?, Bl. H. 111, 36. For hwan ne déþ ꝥ lǽsse nú ꝥ máre dyde?

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Ox. 2804. to change the form of an object to that of another in order to deceive hine tó óþrum men híwað, and his gebyrda mid þám bedíglað, ꝥ heonan mæg ætberstan, Hml. S. 23, 692.

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLANDLincolnshire loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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Hér wæs Walþeóf eorl beheáfdod on Wincestre, and his líc wearþ gelǽd to Crúlande, and he ðǽr is bebyrged in this year [A.

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland