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Rómáne

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Wearð Rómáne consul ofslagen, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 5. Þá gesáwon hié Rómáne scipa on ðǽm sǽ irnan, 4, 1; S. 154, 4. Rómáno scipa, S. 3, 23. Hú Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

sǽ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-healf, e; f.
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The seaside Bæd hé hí ánre sylle, þæt hé mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. Hé lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13

sceáf

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Add Berende scáfas heora, Ps. L. 125, 6. <b>II a.</b> add :-- 'Gebindað þá weód tó scǽfum (sceáfum, v. l. in fasciculos) tó forbærnenne,' Gr. D. 316, 2. Weóda sceáfas, 11. Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

spendan

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Hí námon æt heora mágon sceattas genóge and þá eáwunga and dearnunga ealle spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum, Hml. S. 23, 200. Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt hé spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 32

tǽcan

Grammar
tǽcan, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Ðá ísernan hierstepannan hé tǽhte for íserne weall tó settane betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig, Past. 165, 9. add: with double accusative? Hé tǽhte hí (him? Cf. hé sealde hí (him?) ꝥ gerýne, 97) þá gerýna þas hálgan geleáfan, Hml. S. 30, 94

tó-lísan

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tó-lísan, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Ic wilnige ꝥ ic sý tólýsed, Gr. D. 109, 23. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Syndon fram þodene þá weallas tólýsede (maenia dissoluta ). 134, 7. Add Hý beóð tólýsede ungeleáffullíce they shall be destroyed in their unbelief, Hex. 48, 19

úp-weardes

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Add: of direction Þá fǽringa lócode heó uppweardes ( sursum respiciens) and geseah þone Hǽlend þider cuman tó hire, Gr. D. 286, 21. with the face turned upwards, cf. úp-riht Se líchama þæs abbudes læg úpweardes abbatis corpus supinum jacebat, Gr.

weorold-lust

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Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add

wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þonne mon þá hláfas wrát tó þicgeanne, þonne orn þǽr blód út cum panes per convivia frangerentur, cruor e mediis panibus fluxit, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 5. Add Hé Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Ac ic wundrige þá stihtunge þǽre godcundan mildheortnesse ofer ús unweorðe sed super indignos nos divinae misericordiae dispensationem miror, Gr. D. 233, 28. Sé þe ongyteð his drohtað, ne scyle hé wundrian his mægn qui conversational ejus agnoverit,

forþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-dǽd, e; f.

Profit ⬩ advantage

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Profit, advantage Mid his handcræfte hé ( S. Paul ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda, Hml. Th. i. 392, 17. Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

Linked entry: forþian

for-úton

(prep.)
Grammar
for-úton, for-útan; prep.

without

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Substitute: without Án speorwa on grýn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge (cf. bútan eówrum Fæder, Mt. 10, 29), Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25. Forútan ǽlces cynnes riht, 1070; P. 207, 25. [except Ealle þá gersumes forúton feáwe béc, Chr. 1122; P. 250

feówer

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Add: adjectival. uninflected Wáron feówer (feór, L.) þúsend manna, Mt. 15, 38. Bisen féwer nétna similitudo quattuor animalium, p. 9, 10. Gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, Bl. H. 35, 12. From féwer (feówre, R.) windum, Mt. L. 24, 31. Féwor streámas, p.

gilpan

(v.)
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Add: to boast. absolute Gelpð jactat Kent. Gl. 1051. Gylpað gramhýdige, þá þín éhtan gloriati sunt qui oderunt te Ps. Th. 73, 4. Ne mót nán preóst beón tó módig ne tó gilpende, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 10. to boast of (gen), Gif þú þæs gilpst, hú ne gilpst

hínan

to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse

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Take here hýnan in Dict., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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to make light. to mitigate, make less painful or severe, to assuage physical pain Wið þæs cwiðan sáre and wið þone hǽtan, genim þás wyrte . . . heó hyne (if hyne refers to cwiðan the passage belongs to ) gelíhteð, Lch. i. 294, 13. Ic mínne þurste geléhte

ge-weald

Grammar
ge-weald, <b>; I 7.</b>
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Add Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt, áh ꝥ corn geweald, ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere on moldan?, Hml. A. 36, 312. a muscle, tendon Gif mon óðrum þá geweald forsleá uppe on þám sweóran and forwundie tó þám swíþe ꝥ hé náge þǽra geweald, Ll

eáþ-nes

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Add: ease, freedom from trouble, suffering, &amp;c. Eorla gehwám eádnys and tóhyht, Rún. 4. ease, freedom from difficulty Éðnise facultatem, Lk. p, 9, 6. gentleness Ongan hé wurðigan þá gódan þeáwas þára gódra on þám lífe, eádnysse and hýrsumnysse

Linked entry: eád-nes

folc-gesíþas

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gesíþas, folc-gesíþ, es; m.
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An officer of the nation (in contrast with dryht-gesíþ?) Folcgesíðas þe mé mid sceoldon mearce healdan, Gen. 2134. Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan