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ge-híwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-híwodlíce, adv.
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Hí magon eác sume beón geðeódde datiuo gehíwodlíce : amicus illi est hé is him freónd . . . Sume nimað accussatiuum gehíwodlíce: exosus bella onscuniende gefeoht, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 250, 13-251, 1

Linked entry: -híwodlíce

clencan

(v.)
Grammar
clencan, te; pp. ed

To CLINCH, hold fastprehendere, prensare

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., Supl

a-súgan

(v.)

to suck

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to suck, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

Linked entry: a-sogen

meltung

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Be lattre meltunge sumra metta, Lch. ii. 160, 9. Add

wyrm-cynn

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Ofer weormcynna cyningce super basiliscum, Ps. L. 90, 13. Add

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406. Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

meahte-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
meahte-líc, <b>meaht-líc;</b> adj.

Possible

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Possible Gode synt mihtelíce ða ðing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce quæ impossibilia sunt apud homines possibilia sunt apud Deum, Lk. Skt. 18, 27. Ealle þing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce (MS. A. myhtelíce), Mk. Skt. 9, 23

ge-beran

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Sum cild sié full hál geboren, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 22. Gif mon sié dumb oþþe deáf geboren, Ll. Th. i. 70, 14. Blindum giborenum (caeca nato) égo untýndist. Rtl. 101, 38

heolstor

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor, es; n.

That which covers or concealsdarkness a veilcoveringplace of concealment

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Ðá com beácna beorhtost of heolstre then came the sun out of darkness, Andr. Kmbl. 485; An. 243: Elen. Kmbl. 2223; El. 1113.

Linked entry: hleostrum

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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Surt. 91, 21. Ðone eard Asiam, se ðe is geteald tó healfan dǽle middaneardes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 35. Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon! Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165.

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

irfan

(v.)
Grammar
irfan, p. de

To inherit

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Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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To hew or cut out or off, hew down, prepare by cutting, mate smooth, plane; excidere, resecare, succidere, levigare On hys niwan byrgene, ða he aheów on stáne in monumento suo novo, quod exciderat in petra. Mt. Bos. 27, 60.

fóre-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A fore-tokenprodigywonderprodĭgiumportentumostentum

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A fore-token, prodigy, wonder; prodĭgium, portentum, ostentum Ic eom swá fórebeácen folce manegum tamquam prodĭgium factus sum multis, Ps. Th. 70, 6. fórebeácna prodĭgiōrum 104, 23.

leornung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-mann, es; m.

A learnerpupilscholarstudentdisciple

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A learner, pupil, scholar, student, disciple Sum leorningman well gelǽred on gewritum scholasticus quidam doctus studio literarum, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18.

nám

(n.)
Grammar
nám, e; f.

Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another

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Nulli sine judicio vel licencia namiare liceat alium in suo vel alterius, 51, 3; Th. i. 550, 5

nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

provisionsvictualsprovisions served out at fixed timesrations

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Sum sceal on feorwegas gongan, and his nest beran, 329, 3; Vy. 28. On ðæm fætelse ðe hyre foregenga hyra begea nest þyder lǽdde, Judth.

geond-wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-wlítan, p. -wlát, pl. -wliton; pp. -wliten.

To look through, see through, look overperspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāreTo look about, look aroundcircumspectāre

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Sunne woruld geondwlíteþ the sun looks over the world, Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 16; Ph. 211. Ðæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte that I can see through all his inward thoughts, 71 b; Th. 266, 17; Jul. 399. v. intrans.

seld-guma

(n.)
Grammar
seld-guma, an ; m.
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.'

Linked entry: guma

strangian

(v.)
Grammar
strangian, p. ode.
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Surt. 51, 9. Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5. Word unrehtwísra strongadun ( praevaluerunt ) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49.

swangor

(adj.)
Grammar
swangor, adj.
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M.) and heora lífes. ungemyndum non omnibus desidiosis ac vitae suae incuriosis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 38

Linked entry: swenge