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hwósta

(n.)
Grammar
hwósta, an; m.

A cough

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Hine dreceþ þyrre hwóstan and him on ðam hwóstan hwílum losaþ sió stemn he is troubled with a dry cough and at times during the cough he loses his voice, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.

lang-fǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-fǽre, adj.

Lastingenduringold

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On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene on fullum mónan beóþ heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran [langferran, MS. L.], 268, 10.

Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre

líð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líð-ness, e; f.

Softnessgentlenessmildnesslenitykindness

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Swá is tó mengenne ða líðnesse wið ða rédnesse miscenda ergo est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 124, 13

gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
gítsere, es; m.

An avaricious, a covetous personmiser

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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16.

Linked entry: gýtsere

a-deádan

(v.)
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Wið ádeádodum magan and tácn ádeádodes magan, 158, 14. Sáwul góde ádeádod, Hml. Th. i. 160, 15. Hire lima ealle wurdon ádeádode, Hml. S. 31, 489

arod

Grammar
arod, strenuous, bold.
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wíf wæs á siððan þý aredra on hire béne, Shrn. 99, 36. Add

heals

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Hire wið halse grápode, 1565. Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7: 8. as part of an animal Hals is mín (a badger's) hwít and heáfod fealo, Rä. 16, 1.

norþan

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Þá hwíle cóm Willelm . . . and Harold cóm norðan and him wið feaht, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 4. Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan (from north of Leicester), 921; P. 101, 7.

ǽren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽren, ǽryn, ǽrn; adj.

Made of brassbrazenæneus

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Made of brass, brazen; æneus Wirc áne ǽrenan næddran fac serpentum æneum, Num. 21, 8. Ǽrnum bémum with brazen trumps, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 18; Exod. 216: Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 52, 16: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 60

fǽr-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-gryre, es; m.

A perilous horror terror perīcŭlōsus

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Wið fǽrgryrum against perilous horrors, Beo. Th. 350; B. 174

ge-fara

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fara, an; m.

A companionsŏcius

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Hí heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran in sŏcios arma vertĕre incipiunt, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 5

Linked entry: fara

hramma

(n.)
Grammar
hramma, an; m.

Crampspasm

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Wíð hramman, 153, 5; Lchdm. i. 280, 5

un-hálwendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálwendlíc, adj.

Incurable

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Hira wín is dracena gealla and næddrena áttor unhálwendlíce fel draconum vinum eorum et venenum aspidum insanabile, Deut. 32, 33

clæman

Grammar
clæman, l. clǽman,
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and add Mænge wið ele ꝥ hit sý swylce clám; clǽm ðonne on ðá sídan, Lch. iii. 48, 19. Seó ðe clǽman sceal litura, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 256, 3. Claemende affirmans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 42. Clǽmende, 63, 37

Sciþþisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sciþþisc, adj.
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. ¶ the definite form used substantively :-- Ðá Scyðiscan wunnon wið hine, 300. Siððan hé ðá Scyððiscan oferwinð, 309

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m, A smith, a worker in metals or
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In poetical compounds the word is used figuratively, v. gryn-, hleahtor-, lár-, wig-, wíg-, wróht-smiþ

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

ge-rǽsan

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D. 78, 3. (2 a) of fighting Nǽfre mon þon wurðlícor wígsíð áteáh, þára þé wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde, Gen. 2095. Hé wið áttorsceadan oreðe gerǽsde, B. 2839. Þá hí tógedore gerǽsdon, þá man ofslóh ðes cáseres geréfan, Chr.

for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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Gl. 843. with a non-material object, to break power, &c., destroy Hié Judéa blǽd forbrǽcon, Dan. 709. in a moral sense, to break a promise, command, &c. Wit Waldendes word forbrǽcon, Gen. 798

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden
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Ic wille wealdan eów blisse and micelre lisse, Wulfst. 132, 23. with dat. or acc. Ðæt his mód wite, ðæt migtigra wíte wealdeþ, ðonne hé hjm wið mæge, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523. of things, with gen.

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Se cuma his cneów grápode mid his hálwendum handum the stranger felt his knee with his healing hands, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 35. Hire wið healse heard grápode bánhringas bræc the hard blade touched her neck, broke the bone-rings, Beo.

Linked entry: grópian