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mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue

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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity

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Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him) Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30

Linked entry: rúmian

swígung

(n.)
Grammar
swígung, e; f.

silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, absence of noise ⬩ a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ delay ⬩ silentium

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Rush. 5, 42. delay, v. swíge, IV Suígiunc dóes hláferd mín moram facit dominus meus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders Gif man preóst gewundige, gebéte man ða wyrdlan, and tó weófodbóte for his háde sylle .xii. ór.; æt diácone .vi. ór. tó weófodbóte, L. N. P.

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and hí besárgodon ꝥ hí sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan. Gr. D. 104, 18. Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9.

Linked entry: sárgian

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Ðonne scyldfreca ongeán gramum gangan scolde, 2073; B. 1034. Ðone ende ðe Æðeréd healdan sceolde, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 2. Hí woldon ðisne eard healdan, and hé hí fédan scolde and scrýdan, 1012; Erl. 147, 10.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

hreówan

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Rdr. 105, 45. to affect with regret, to make a person wish that he had not done something, or that something had not happened. the subject a noun (pronoun) Ne doo ðú nánwuht búton geðeahte, ðonne ne hríwð hit ðé ðonne hit gedón bið sine consilio nihil

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoan ⬩ bewail ⬩ mourn ⬩ to care for ⬩ lugere ⬩ curare ⬩ sollicitum esse de re

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Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79. Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan

forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus

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On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6

FRUM

(adj.)
Grammar
FRUM, def. se fruma; adj.

Original ⬩ primitive ⬩ first ⬩ nātīvus ⬩ prīmĭtīvus ⬩ prīmus

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Ðone fruman sceaft geþencan to remember the first creation, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17, 21. Frūmes primæ, Rtl. 35, 13. Æt fruman at first [cf. æt ǽrestan], H. R. 103, 34

hefigtímness

(n.)
Grammar
hefigtímness, e; f.

Trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ vexation

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Trouble, affliction, vexation Ðone hé tealde him tó frýnd ðe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde him he accounted his friend who brought some trouble upon him, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 19.

pull

(n.)
Grammar
pull, es ; m.: e ; f.
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Of seges mere in ðæs pulles heáfod ... of þornbrycge in ðone pull, and æfter ðam pulle in baka brycge ... in dodhǽma pull, of ðam pulle in streám, 386, 12-19. Tó crampulle, 79, 12. Andlang Osríces pulle, 18, 18: 19, 3. On æstege pul, 444, 7

be-syrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare, dejicere

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To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare, dejicere Ðæt hí mǽgon besyrian ðone earman ut dejiciant inopem, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Cirus hý besyrode Cyrus ensnared them, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 20.

weorold-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorc, es; n.
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Nǽnig mon ne geþrístlǽce on ðone hálgan dæg on nán weoruld-weorc befón, 24; Th. ii. 420, 22. in a special sense, mechanics Mechanica, ðæt ys weoruldweorces cræft, Shrn. 152, 16

wógere

(n.)
Grammar
wógere, es; m.

A wooer ⬩ suitor

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Heó ðone hǽðenan wógere habban nolde, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 349, 353. Sume wíf wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, 17, 157

Linked entry: fógere

á-gíta

Grammar
á-gíta, -giéta.
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MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6.

Linked entries: á-giéta gítav

bridels

Grammar
bridels, l. brídels, brigdels,
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Ðone brídels ðæs eges, Past. 427, 31. Brídelsum lupatis, Txts. 75, 1248. and add

Linked entry: bridel

deófol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deófol-líce, (deóf-); adv.
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a devil. v. deófol-lic, <b>I </b>Antecríst áginð leógan deófollíce (deóflíce, v. l. ), Wlfst. 85, 1: 200, 1. like a devil, furiously, cruelly. v. deófol-lic, <b>II </b>Datianus deófollíce (deóflíce, v. l. ) geyrsode ongeán ðone

Linked entry: deófel-líce

fore-steall

Grammar
fore-steall, (for-).

prevention ⬩ hindrance

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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall.