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hlimme

(n.)
Grammar
hlimme, an; f.

A torrent

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A torrent Dó him swá ðú dydest Madiane and Sisare swylce Jabin ealle ða námon Ændorwylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme fac illis sicut Madian et Sisaræ; sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson; disperierunt in Endor, Ps. Th. 82, 8.

á-swellan

Grammar
á-swellan, p.-sweoll

To swell up

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Gif se geswollena mon swá áswollen gebít, 200, 18-23. Add:

cépan

(v.)
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Hé cépte symle hú hé cwémde Gode, 18, 36. to keep, hold prisoner Swá hwylcne swá ic cysse, cépað his sóna ( tenete eum, Mt. 36, 48), Hml. Th. ii. 246, 11

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Add: of action, easily. as being well within one's power Ðæt wé gedón, swǽ wé swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . ., Past. 7, 9. Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20.

HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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For ðam ða deádan ðe on helle beóþ ðín ne gemunan ne ðé andetaþ swá swá wé dóþ quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: in inferno quis confitebitur tibi, Ps. Th. 6, 4. On ðære sweartan helle in the black hell, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 16; Gen. 761.

á-lecgan

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Swá hwæt swá þǽr man on álegde, Bl. H. 127, 1. Men feówer stánas on þǽre ilcan stówe álegdon, 189, 15. Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes, 137, 4. Álédne delatum (in sarcophago ), Wrt.

Linked entry: á-licgan

gehwǽr

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Add: everywhere. where there is motion, all over an area, throughout a space Heora fýnd férdon freólíce gehwǽr swá þicce swá gærstapan ipsi veniebant et instar locustarum universa complebant Jud. 6, 5.

lyft

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swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppað, Met. 9, 40.

tó-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.

Before.in front of,in presence of,previous toabove,in a greater degree thansuperior toover and above,beside,beyond

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Swá liwæt swá tóforan ðám neádbehéfum belifen byþ, 138, 16. Salomon forgeaf ðære cwéne swá hwæs swá heó gyrnde æt him, tóforan (over and above) ðære cynelícan láce ðe hé hire geaf, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 31.

cyssan

(v.)
Grammar
cyssan, p. cyste; pp. cyssed; v. a. [cos a kiss]

KISS osculari

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Swá hwæne swá ic cysse, se hyt is quemcumque osculatus fuero, ipse est, Mt. Bos. 26, 48. Hwílum mec on cófan cysseþ sometimes he kisses me in a chamber, Exon. 125a; Th. 480, 19; Rä. 64, 4.

Linked entry: cossian

for-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþ, comp. m. -cúþera, -cúþra; sup. m. -cúþesta, -cuþosta; adj. [cúþ known, excellent]

Perversebadinfamouswickedperversusmălusnēquam

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Se yfela, swá he oftor on ðære fandunge abrýþ, swá he forcúþra biþ the oftener the evil man sinks under temptation, the more wicked he will be, Homl. Th. i. 268, 30.

Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic

here-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
here-strǽt, e; f.

A military roadone allowing the passage of an armyhighwayhigh road

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Ic hí ádilgode swá swá wind déþ dust on herestrǽtum ut lutum platearum delebo eos, Ps. Th. 17, 40. Omnes herestrete omnino regis sunt, L. H. 10, 2; Th. i. 519, 11. [O. Frs. hiri-strete: O. H. Ger. heri-stráza via publica.] Cf. here-paþ, -weg

Linked entry: fird-strǽt

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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Swá swá hé mid gildenum rápum áhafen wǽre, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 36. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna, Homl. Th. i. 208, 4. Hé worhte áne swipe of rápum (of strengum of small cords, Jn. Skt. 2, 15), 406, 7

Linked entry: nip

sýfre

(adj.)
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sýfre, adj.
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Swá swá Petrus cwæð: 'Beóþ sýfre and wacole' be sober, be vigilant (1 Pet. 5, 8), Homl. Th. ii. 448, 8. Clǽne and rihte and séfre castique recti ac sobrii, Hymn. Surt. 19, 5.

Linked entries: séfre sífre

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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Swá déme hé swá him wíslícost þince judicet pro ut ipsi prudentissimum videbitur, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 20

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Jos. 3, 6. temporal, marking date Ætforan scs Andreas mæssan, Chr. 1010; P. 141, 3. l, marking priority Swá wel haldan swá ǽnig kyngc ætforan him betst dyde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 22. marking precedence, preference Hé geendebyrde þone unspédigan fiscere

eahtian

(v.)
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Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21

earm-lic

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Hit is swíþe earmlic ðing ꝥ ðá dysegan men sint ǽlces dómes swá blinde, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 21: An. 1137. Ic eom myd earmlire ofergiotolnesse ofseten, Solil. H. 63, 4. Ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum man earmlice deáþe áswolten, swá ꝥ hé hine sylfne áwyrde, Bl.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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to speak against, speak ill of, denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10.