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íþ-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-rǽde, adj. Easy to guess (v. rædan; <b>VI a.</b>)
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Cunna mage þú árǽdan hwæt þis mage beón. Ic wéne þæt hit nis éðrǽde, E. S. xxxvi. 326

druh

(n.)
Grammar
druh, es; m.

Dust pulvis

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Dust; pulvis Hwæt! druh ðú dreórega lo! thou gory dust! Soul Recd. 33; Seel. 17

fraced-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fraced-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Shamefullydisgracefullyturpĭter

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Shamefully, disgracefully; turpĭter Hwæt is fracedlícor quid est turpius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 15

þes

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Add: acc. f. sing., n. pl. þás, þǽs. 1. Add Ǽr hé on þǽs earfoðnesse cóm hé úre wæs wealdend, Bl. H. 243, 18. ¶ where the word has much the same force as the definite article with common nouns and might be omitted with proper :-- Hefe úp ðíne stefne

wóp-dropa

(n.)
Grammar
wóp-dropa, an; m.

A tear

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A tear Hwæt is ðæt wundor ðæt geond ðás woruld styrnenga gǽð, áweccaþ wópdropan ? Salm. Kmbl. 567 ; Sal. 283

ge-sáwenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sáwenlic, ge-sawenlic ?; adj.
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Visible Hit is earfoðrecce hwæt hé gesáwenlicra (-sew-, v.l. ) wundra geworhte. Wlfst. 22, 14. Cf. ge-sewenlic; for-sáawenlic

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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a twig, shoot Tán ł twiga vimina, virgulae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 34. a lot Ðæt him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 86. Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 31.

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre

ge-hirstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirstan, to fry.
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Take here <b>ge-hyrstan</b> in Dict. and add: lit. Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77 : 36, 42. Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26. Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde

Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan

hnipian

(v.)
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Hé, nyste hwæt hé cweðan sceolde, ac stód þǽr and hnipode (hung his head) Hml. S. 23, 689. Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248. Sete þú þíne hand on þín heáfod foran and hwón hnipa

sculan

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Add L. mancsa goldes þe Ælfnóþ him sceal, Cht. Crw. 23, 7. Eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 11. Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C. D. iii. 352. 7. add: Þǽre nǽdran gécynd is ꝥ ǽlc uht þǽs þe hió ábítt

ou-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-cnáwenness, e; f.

recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is)acknowledgment, recognition of a claim

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recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) Wé habbaþ ðæt éce líf þurh geleáfan, and oncnáwennysse ðære Hálgan Þrynnesse, gif wé ða oncnáwennysse mid árwurþnysse healdaþ. Witodlíce gif Godes oncnáwennys ús gearcaþ ðæt éce líf, swá miccle

deád-bǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-bǽrlíc, adj.

Deadly mortĭfer

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Deadly; mortĭfer Him ne deraþ, ðeáh hí hwæt deádbǽrlíces drincon si mortifĕrum bibĕrint, non eis nocēbit, Mk. Bos. 16, 18

mis-wider

(n.)
Grammar
mis-wider, es; n.

Bad weatherstorm

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Bad weather, storm Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymþ, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, Wulfst. 271, 2

Linked entry: mis-gewider

nasu

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Add: [a wk. dat. occurs] Dó brálinga þíne hand tó þínre nasan, swilce þú hwæt gestince, Tech. ii. 123, 12

gyt

(pronoun.)

you twovos duo

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you two; vos duo Gyt nyton hwæt gyt biddaþ [vos duo] nescitis quid [vos duo] petatis, Mt. Bos. 20, 22

hwega

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Add: as substantive with gen., somewhat, v. hwæt-hwega ; 2 b, hwilc-hwéga; 2 Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml. S. 23 b, 150. as adverb, about, v. hwæt-hwega; Neáh (hugu, húhugn, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce duum ferme

wíse

Grammar
wíse, <b>. I.</b>
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Add On wunderlicum gemete, wíse mirum in modum, An. Ox. 1252. Add Treówþe, wíse pacto, i. iure, An. Ox. 2690. Ie mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tǽcne ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, C. D. ii. 122, 2. Add Þá gelamp sum wundorlic wíse (þing

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91. For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Add: : To be called so and so. the complement a proper name Meroe hátte án ígland, Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12. In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani, Mt. R. 26, 36. On þǽre ðióde þe Deira