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leóhte

(adv.)
Grammar
leóhte, adv.

Brightlyclearly

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Scýnan leóhtor to shine more brightly, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902

Linked entry: líhte

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

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Envious, malicious Ǽfre biþ se níþfulla ( envious ) man on gedréfednysse, forðan ðe se anda his mód ǽlcere gástlícere blisse benǽmþ, Homl. Th. i. 606, 2.

óþ-swerian

(v.)
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Gif mon tó ðam men feoh getéme ðe his ǽr óþswaren (ætsworen, MS. B. ) hæfde, and æft óþswerian wille, ðþswerige (æt-, MS. B. ) be ðam wíte . . . Gif hé óþswerian nylle . . . . L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10-12

pínian

(v.)
Grammar
pínian, p. ode
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Ðæt hé his heortan and his mód mid hreówsunga suíðe pínige ut per afflictionem poenitentiae cor prematur, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 25. Ðá hét hé hi pínian (pínigan, MS. C.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 371.

pyle

(n.)
Grammar
pyle, es; m.
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Hit wæs þeáw mid him ðæt mon ymbe .xii. mónaþ dyde ǽlces consules seti áne pyle hiérre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, Ors. 5, 11 ; Swt. 236, 7

Linked entries: pile pylu

gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
gítsere, es; m.

An avaricious, a covetous personmiser

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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16.

Linked entry: gýtsere

ge-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwæðer, pron.

Botheacheitheruterquepromiscuus

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Ðǽr wearþ monig mon ofslægen on gehwæðre hond there was many a man slain on each side, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 19 : 871; Erl. 74, 12

Linked entry: ge-hwæðeres

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and

un-geþyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþyld, e; f.: es; n. [
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v. ge-þyld
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Impatience

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Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 21. Þurh ungeþyld per intolerantiam, Scint. 150, 1

ymb-hygdigness

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdigness, e; f.
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Ymhídignyssa ofðriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ, 92, 14. Gehyspendlíce on ymbhigdinyssum sínum ( studiis suis ), Ps. Lamb. 13, 2

á-bisgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-bisgung, e; f.
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P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 20. trouble, disturbance. v. á-bisgian, II Hit is cúð ðætte sió úterre ábisgung ðissa worold-ðinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfð and hine scofett hidres ðædres, oð ðæt hé áfielð of his ágnum willan constet, quod cor externis occupationum

æt-feallan

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S. 23, 373. desertion Se lǽweda mót óðre síðe wífigan, gyf his wíf him ætfylð, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 22. His frýnd him ætfeallað. Hml. S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 6. to befall, come upon Hé bið ácólod and for þon ælfilð him wæterbolla, Lch. ii. 206, ll.

be-rídan

to surroundinvestto seizearrest

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[Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden, Laym. 10739.] to seize, arrest þá berád mon þæt wíf the woman was arrested, Chr. 901 ; P. 92, 12. Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21.

ceáp-gyld

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Sylle mon ꝥ ceápgyld ðám ðe ꝥ yrfe ( the stolen cattle ) áge, 258, 11. Healde se landhláford ꝥ forstolene orf and þæs orfes ceápgyld, 276, 15. ꝥ ceápgild (for)gildan, 200, 16: 208, 22

fore-þanc

consideration

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Hé ne meahte mód oncyrran, fǽmnan foreþonc, Jul. 227. Hé næfð nǽnne forðanc be his deáðe, Ps.

Linked entry: for-þanc

for-gitan

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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett (-git, v. l.) his selfes, Past. 35, 6. Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34.

hrútan

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Add: to make a noise, rumble, rattle Went hié sió wamb and hrýt and gefélð sár þonne se mon mete þiged, Lch. ii. 216, 20. Ne mé hrútende (v.

incer

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. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend, for ðan ðe gé eówre spéda þearfum dǽldon: gáð nú tó wuda, and heáwað incre byrðene gyrda ... Bicgað eów landáre ...

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to lament. I.
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Add Hé wépende mǽnde þá unáre þe mon him búton gewyrhton dyde deplorans injurias suas Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 9. Giweópun alle and mǽndun ðá ilca flebant omnes et plangebant illam Lk. R. L. 8, 52.

nebb

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Ðá hé ætsacan wolde, ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne, C. D. ii. 134, 28. Þú gesceáwast ðæs mannes neb, and God sceáwað his heortan, Hml. Th. i. 288, 6.