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innan

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Hungor innan slát merewérges mód, Seef. ll. inwardly, in the mind, heart, & c. in respect to the spiritual part of man Ðý lǽs hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne intus a superbia captivi teneantur, Past. 307, 7.

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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MSS.) his ne biþ, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 18

Linked entry: þæt

bile-wit

(v.)
Grammar
bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.

plausible

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Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7) simplices, Past. 237, 4. Þá bilewittan mansueti, Bl. Gl. Mid ðǽm bilwitum, Past. 243, 16. Bilehwitum simplicioribus, R. Ben. I. 13, 5.

gnornian

(v.)
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Suelce hé cuǽde tó ðǽm unryhtwísan móde ðe innan bið gnornigende (-iende, v. l.) ac si dicatur menti iniquae interius dolenti, Past. 225, 10. Gnorniað murmurabunt, Ps. Srt. 58, 16

Linked entries: gnornan be-grornian

ge-swícan

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Voc. ii. 60, 1. to cease from proceeding, to retire, retreat Gecier lá and gesuíc, ne folga mé recede, noli me persequi, Past. 295, 15. to cease from action, (ill-) doing, desist Búton hé eft self gesuíce, Past. 191, 9.

strengu

(n.)
Grammar
strengu, (o); indecl.: streng, e; f.
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MSS. ) dignitatem fortitudinis, Past. 14, 5 ; Swt. 85, 23. Ðære gástlícan strenge hyht, Blickl. Homl. 135, 27, 34. Of ælre strengu (-o, Lind.), Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 33. Strengo bistolen, mægene binumen, Exon. Th. 410, 8; Rä. 28, 13.

Linked entry: streng

ge-metgung

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Ðurh ðá gemetgunge ðaes hwǽtes is getácnod gemetlico word per mensuram tritici exprimitur modus verbi, Past. 459, 13

ǽr-gewyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-gewyrht, es; n.

A former worka deed of oldopus pristinumfacinus olim commissum

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A former work, a deed of old; opus pristinum, facinus olim commissum Ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gaful-rǽdenne þurh ǽrgewyrht the children since have bitterly paid the tax through the deed of old, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 17; Gú. 960: Elen.

Linked entry: ge-wyrht

a-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreðian, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a. [a, wreðian to support]

To supportunderpropsustainsustentare

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He, mid his crycce hine awreðiende, hám becom he, with his crutch supporting himself, came home, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 18: Past. 17, 11; Hat. MS. 25 a, 20: Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 27; Gú. 295

Linked entry: wreþian

búte

(con.)
Grammar
búte, conj.
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Unless, but; nisi, sed Nán þing wyrþe [geweorþe Cot.] búte hit God wille nothing comes to pass unless God wills it, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 20; Met. 18, 10. Búte ic nát but I know not, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 16.

dómere

(n.)
Grammar
dómere, es; m.

A judge jūdex

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Settaþ ða to dómerum, appoint them judges, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 6

efe-láste

(n.)
Grammar
efe-láste, efen-láste, an; f. [lǽstan to last, continue, endure]

The everlastinggnaphălium

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Nim efelástan ufewearde take the upper [part] of everlasting, L. M. 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 276, 20. Efeláste herba mercŭriālis, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: efen-láste

EORNOST

(n.)
Grammar
EORNOST, eornust, eornest, e; f.

EARNEST, earnestness, zeal sērium, stŭdium

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Cot.] with such zeal, Past. 15, i; Hat. MS. 18b, 27. On eornost, eornust or eornoste in earnest, earnestly, Ælfc. T. 12, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 250, 30: Mt. Bos. 5, 18 : 13, 17: Gen. 14, 15.

fliés

(n.)
Grammar
fliés, es; n.

A fleecevellus

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A sheep shall go with its fleece until midsummer, or let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9-11

fracoþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ-líc, fracuþ-líc, fraceþ-líc, fracod-líc; adj.

Heinousignominiousshamefulturpis

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Hat.] deáþes he geceás he chose the punishment of the most ignominious death, Past. 3, 1; Cot. MS

hefig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefig-líce, adv.

Heavilygrievouslygraviter

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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor and stíðlecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [viri] graviora, istis [feminæ] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179, 16

Linked entry: hefelíce

hræd-hýdigness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-hýdigness, e; f.

Precipitancyhastiness

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Precipitancy, hastiness Ðý læs hie unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hie sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne præcipitatione hoc quod tribuunt inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 18.

(n.)

hair

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Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

Lǽden-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-geþeóde, es; n.
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When I remembered how the teaching of Latin was decayed throughout England, Past. Pref; Swt. 7, 13-17

mearc-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.

Boundary-waterthe water by the shore

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monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds with their war-shirts (but cf. mearc-pæð

Linked entry: mearc-pæð