lád
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The corresponding forms in Latin are seen in the following passages :-- Sit praedictum rus liberum ab omni mundiali seruitio ... excepta sanctae Dei basilicae suppeditatione ac ministratione, 173, 30: 241, 35.
eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Eornisti (-esti, -ęsti) serio (the form might be instrumental adjective), Txts. 97, 1845. ¶ on eornost in earnest, seriously On eornyst serio, An. Ox. 7, 203. Git mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, Ll. Th. i. 348, 24.
gewrixlian
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Th. ii. 236, 17. where there is exchange in the form of requital for what is done. Cf. gewrixl; <b>II, II a.
traisc
tragicus
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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.)
Linked entry: Tróiesc
eorþ-weall
a rampart
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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave Hé beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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Ealla gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15, 20, 33.
Sicilie
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[In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 28, 2. On Sicilia ðæm londe, 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 31.
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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S. 28, 69. to cut off, sever a part from the whole by a blow: Sume heówun (caedebant) þǽra treówa bógas, Txts 21, 8. to form by hewing Deórhege heáwan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 262, 8
mengan
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réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 124, 13. add : to confound, not to distinguish Ná mengende hádas and ná spéde syndriende neque confundantes personas neque substantiam separantes, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others so as to form
inc
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. ¶ plural and dual forms are used of the same persons :-- Se ealdor and his prófost cómon, þus cweðende: 'Wé andbidodon ðín, ... and þú ne cóme' ... 'Hwí secge gé þæt ic ne cóme? Hwæt lál ne æteówode ic inc bám slápendum?
on-rǽs
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Grn. 20, 44. an attack, assault on a body of troops On þám forman onrǽse hé áflígde Ualentinianum, Hml. S. 31, 646
smale
finely ⬩ not loudly
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þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on úhtan ðonne on dægréd ac ðonne hit neálǽcþ dæge ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet; cum vero matutinum jam tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues voces format
ge-seón
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. ¶ the past participle is used to form the passive, but also as an adj. governing dat. of person, as passive or uncertain Wunderleca nǽdran wǽron gesewene (-seogene, v.l. ) on Súþ-Seaxna londe, Chr. 773; P. 50, 22. as adj. visible to Þonne biþ ús gesawen
móraþ
A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries) ⬩ a decoction of wine and herbs
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A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries), a decoction of wine and herbs Móraþ carenum (cf. carenum æþele alu, ii. 23, 1), Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 64. Ne ete fersce gós . . . ne fersc swín ne náht ðæs ðe of mórode cums.
full-boren
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in a physical sense, fully formed and living at birth Ic gonge mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan, Lch. iii. 66, 29.
standan
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Add Ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican the water formed as it were a wall, and closed the entrance to the church, Gr. D. 220, 16. add Þara six hída þæ ꝥ mynstær on stent, C. D. iii. 274, 9.
áscian
færelt
A going, progress, expedition ⬩ ĭter, gressus, expĕdītio
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Æt ðam ǽrran færelte in the former expedition, 4, 10; Ors. 92, 31: 4, 10; Bos. 93, 37
twelf-hynde
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i
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ge-sǽlignes
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things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre eall án ipsam boni formam
Linked entry: sǽligness