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þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ðú leornodest be ánre línan wæs áwriten anlang middes ðæs þóþeres ... Ðú secgst ðæt ðú ymbe ða línan wite ðe on ðam þóðere átéfred wæs ... Ic wolde witan hweðer ðú eác wite ymbe ðone þóðer ðe seó lýne on áwriten is, Shrn. 174, 16-175, 1.

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteously ⬩ unjustly ⬩ wickedly ⬩ wrongfully

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Se wæs unrihtlíce ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27. Se wæs unrihtlíce ádrǽfed, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 36. Hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, Blickl. Homl. 223, 32.

Linked entry: rihtlíce

cnapa

Grammar
cnapa, cnafa.
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His cnapa wæs áwéd ðurh deófol . . . Se áwyrgeda gást gewát of ðámmen, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 32

ge-drífan

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Hé gedrifen wæs (agebalur) from diówlæ on woesternum, Lk. L. 8, 29. Suna ríces biðon gedrifen (eicientur) in ðyóstrum, Mt.

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Thw. 2, 34. marking order in rank, importance. of persons Maurus wæs fyrmest muneca tó ðám mǽran Benedicte, Hml. S. 6, 51.

fyrst

Grammar
fyrst, adj.

first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence

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Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21. badly, imperfectly, improperly Seó-bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed ( badly translated ), Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 23.

Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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Kynegils] wæs gefullod fram Byríne ðam biscope on Dorcaceastre in this year [A. D. 635] Cynegils was baptized at Dorchester by bishop Birinus, Chr. 635; Th. 47, 4, col. 1.

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Hié him sealdon áttor drincan þæt mid lybcræfte wæs geblanden, Bl. H. 229, 12. Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden, Gú. 640. to make turbid, disturb, trouble : — Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden, Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22.

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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Nerón wolde hátan his ágenne mágister and his fósterfæder [ familiarem praeceptoremque suum ] ácwellan þæs nama wæs Seneca, Bt. 29, 2 ; S. 66, 24.

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind, ⬩ after

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D. 259, 16. adv. behind, in contrast with before, local Tó þǽm folce þe þǽr beæftan wæs, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 35. Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.

æmtig

(adj.)
Grammar
æmtig, æmteg, emtig, æmetig, emetig, æmettig; adj.

Vacant ⬩ EMPTY ⬩ free ⬩ idle ⬩ vacuus ⬩ inanis

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Vacant, EMPTY, free, idle; vacuus, inanis Seó eorþe wæs æmtig terra erat vacua, Gen. 1, 2. Gefylde sáwle æmtige satiavit animam inanem, Ps. Spl. 106, 9: Mt. Bos. 12, 44: Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 5. > Híg synd emtige they are idle, Ex. 5, 8.

Linked entries: æmetig æmettig emetig emtig

ban-cóða

(n.)
Grammar
ban-cóða, an; m: -cóþ, -cóðu, e; f: -cóðe, an; f. [ban, bana a killer, cóða a disease]

A baneful disease ⬩ a fatal or deadly malady ⬩ erysipelas ⬩ lethalis morbus ⬩ ignis sacer

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A baneful disease, a fatal or deadly malady, erysipelas; lethalis morbus, ignis sacer Wæs him inbogen bittor bancóða a bitter malady was fixed in him, Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 23; Gú. 998.

ealdor-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-biscop, es; m.

An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop ⬩ sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus

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An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat

be-sincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sincan, p. -sanc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen

To sink ⬩ submergere, demergere

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Wæs ic swíðe besuncen I was, deeply sunk, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 5; Rä. 11, 3

Linked entry: be-suncen

sigor-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sigor-fæst, adj.
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Victorious, triumphant. as an epithet of the Deity Se Sunu ( Christ ) wæs sigorfæst on ðam síðfate, Rood Kmbl. 297 ; Kr. 150. God sigorfæst, Exon.

Linked entry: sige-fæst

tweógend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweógend-líc, adj.
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Hé on tweógendlícan onbide wæs ( quem cunctantem ), hwæðer hé winnan dorste, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 28. where doubt is caused Is tweógendlíc ðysse worulde wela, Wulfst. 263, 11. Tweógendlícra gewrita Apocryphorum, Hpt. Gl. 522, 48

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

un-gedéfelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedéfelíce, adv.

Unfitly ⬩ in a way that ill suits the conditions of a case

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Unfitly, in a way that ill suits the conditions of a case Wæs ðam yldestan ungedéfelíce mǽges dǽdum morþorbed stréd ... Hǽðcyn his mǽg ofscét, bróðor óðerne for the eldest unfitly, by a kinsman's deeds, was the death-couch spread ...

Linked entry: ge-défelíce

ýþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-faru, e; f.
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The wave-course, the waves, sea Swá ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, ðá se aþela wong onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wǽga eádig unwemme cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, Deucalioneas exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 22; Ph. 44.

á-dǽlan

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Ðone ðe ( John the Baptist ) swá feor from eallum monnum ádǽlæd wæs, Bl. H. 169, 6. Add

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