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strang-líc

(adj.)
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strang-líc, adj.
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Sume bióþ beforan monna eágum gesewen swelce hié fæstlícu and stronglícu weorc wyrce quidam quaedam ante humanos oculos robusta exerceant, Past. 34, 6; Swt. 234, 19. requiring strength, laborious, hard Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his

(n.)
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tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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Seó mycle tá ... ðare mycclan táan nægl, L. Ethb. 70, 72; Th. i. 20, 2, 5. Hé æthrán his swíðran þúman and ðæs wynstran fótes miclan tán tetigit pollicem manus ejus dextrae, similiter et pedis, Lev. 8, 23. Tán and fingras decies senos, Wrt.

Linked entries: táhae tán

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26, 18. On ðærfum biluitnises in azymis sinceritatis, Rtl. 25, 19. Healdaþ þeorfe mettas observabitis azyma, Ex. 12, 17.

Linked entries: þærf þorof

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightenednot afraidfearlessintrepid

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Him seó unforhte ágeaf andsware, Exon. Th. 251, 18; Jul. 147. Unforhte móde hé geneálǽhte ðære stówe, Blickl. Homl. 67, 1. Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod. 180: Byrht.

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
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un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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Seó wæs ungemetlíce micel serpens mirae magnitudinis, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 4. Sió eá hæfde ungemettlíce ceald wæter praefrigidus amnis, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 29.

fót

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Th. 8, 7: 46, 3. a foot as a measure of length Seó eá þæt land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1. 3; S. 32, 6. Eahta fóta brádne and twelf fóta heánne, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 34, 2.

grundlinga

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Seó burh wearð tóworpen grundlunga, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 18: Hml. Th. i. 404, 12: Hml. A. 102, 11. Wearð swá micel storm ꝥ eall ꝥ ormǽte weorc wearð tówend grundlunga, Hml. S. 31, 1244. Ꝥ tempel grundlunga tófeóll, 2, 387.

hreóf

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Seó fágung wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 159, 2.

læt

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D. 59, 18. advanced in point of time in the course of the day or night, late Ðá seó lætre (lættre, v. l.) tíd weóx cum hora tardior excrevisset Gr. D. 128, 12.

mæsse

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mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst, Hml. A. 71, 158. Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25.

sægen

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S. 3, 185. a narrative, story, relation Seó fúle cwæð ꝥ heó eóde tó hyre licgendre on lǽces híwe . . . 'ac ic hrýmde . . . oþ þæt án mínra wímmanna mé wið hine áhredde.' Gelýfde Philippus þǽre fácenfullan segene, Hml. S. 2, 190.

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Wearð seó cwén micclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, and siððan ðurh tácnum swutelunge oncnáwan, 306, 11. add: a making known the significance of something Se bisceop funde him ó rǽde þæt hí mid þreóra daga fæstene

mann-cynn

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mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Seó burh (Alexandria) is mǽrost mid Egyptiscum mancynne, Hml. S. 15, 14. Manega of þám mancinne ( the Jews ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 41. Ðreála ic on þæt mancyn ( the Israelites ) sænde, Wlfst. 133, 19. Þæt is Gog and Magog, þæt beóð þá mancyn (máncyn?)

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

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Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity (the word is generally in the plural) Ic nú haebbe ongiten ðæt ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes ðe ic sǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan náne sǽlba ne sint I have now seen that my prosperity and security

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Ðis is seó ǽ lex ðe Moises foresette, Deut. 4, 44: Past. 5, 25. Ðætte ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Æew Dryhtnes, Ps. Srt. 18, 8. Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs, L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35. Ǽwe juris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 18.

BRINGAN

(v.)
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BRINGAN, part. bringende ; ic bringe, brincge, ðú bringst, he bringeþ, brincgeþ, bringþ, pl. bringaþ; p. ic, he brang, brong, ðú brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen; v. a.

To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carryferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre

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Seó eorþe westmas bringþ the earth produces fruits, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. His bodan bringaþ his angels bring, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 28; Gen. 510: 221; Th. 286, 24; Sat. 357. Bring us hǽlo líf bring us a life of health, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 11; Cri. 150.

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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Ðá ne mehte seó fird hié ná hindan offaran, ǽr hié wǽron inne on ðan geweorce, 894; Erl. 93, 7. Se cyng ofslóh heora swá feala swá he offaran mihte, 1016; Erl. 157, 8. Ic tó fare adeo, ic eom offaren adeor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 1

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H. R. 103. 22. to go in many different directions, to disperse, go away Ða wæteru tóeodon and wanedon aquae ibant et decrescebant. Gen. 8, 5. Þe wlcne togað, O. E.

á-wecgan

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Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes wearð upp áweged fram ðám mannum þe hit ymb wunnon, (evulsa) Gr. D. 213, 27. mental Ðone yfelan fæsðrǽdan willan nán wind ne mæg áwecgan (á-wecggean -weccgean, v. l.), Past. 225, 7.

Linked entry: wecgan

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Seó heofon biþ gefeallen æt ðǽm feówer endum middangeardes, 93, 4. Seó eorþe, Lchdm. iii. 254, 15. Seó sǽ and se móna geþwǽrlǽcaþ him betweónan, 268, 12. Seó lyft the air, 272, 20. On ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde, Blickl. Homl. 11, 5.