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twifeald-líc

(adj.)
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twifeald-líc, adj.
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[Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]

árlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
árlíce, honourably.
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Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

be-hreósan

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Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

frimdig

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Hé underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá hé frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add

ge-mæc

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ge-mæc, ge-mæcc, ge-mæce.
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Of ðǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten, ꝥ heora bégra geearnung wæs gemæce (mæcc ?; -mæc, v.l.) qua ex re colligitur, quia utrorumque par fuerat meritum, Gr. D. 313, 23. Add

geár-dagas

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Add: days, lifetime Heora geárdagum in their days, Gen. 1657, days of yore Án wæs on geárdagum Gode wel gecwéme, Isaias se wítega, Wlfst. 44, 21. Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add

næs-þyrel

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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

un-gewiss

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Add Hé him þá gewát swíðe gewisfullíce (-wiss- v.l.) swilce hé ungewis wǽre recessit scienter nescius, Gr. D. 95 30. Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10

orf-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
orf-cwealm, es; m.

Pestilence among cattle, murrain

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Pestilence among cattle, murrain On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10

Linked entry: yrf-cwealm

be-creópan

To creepreach by creeping

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Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Lífes alive:-- Ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wæs quia viveret demonstrans, 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Geáxtan hwæðer hé lífes wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 1: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 14: Chart. Th. 471, 34: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 234, 28. 32.

deófol-gild

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Þǽr wæs þǽre sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde, ond heó wæs on gyldenum scryde, ond æt þám wǽron gyldene hors, Mart. H. 220, 28: 206, 4.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Stópon tó ðære stówe ðe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, Elen. Kmbl. 1428 ; El. 716. Tó ðam stówe (-um ?) ad loca, Ex. 3, 8. Geseóþ ða stówe ðe se Hǽlynd wæs on áled, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 6.

fædera

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Ðá Eádwine wæs ofslegen, þá féng tó ríce his fæderan (patrui) sunu Ælfríces, Ósríc wæs háten (Ælfric and Ælle, the fathers of Osric and Eadwine respectively, were sons of Yffe), Bd. 3, 1; Sch. 190, 9.

ge-bróþor

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I. those who have one or both parents the same :-- On Tracia wǽron twégen cyningas; þá wǽron gebróþor (-bróðra, v. l.)fratres duo, Thraciae reges, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 16: 4, 9; S. 192, 18. þá þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, 3, 11; S. 152, 35.

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

and-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
and-lang, -long, [ond-]; adj.

All-alongthroughoutcontinuousextendedper totumcontinuusin longum porrectus

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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115

faroþ-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ-strǽt, e; f.

The sea-street, the sea marĭtĭma via, măre

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The sea-street, the sea ; marĭtĭma via, măre Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroþsttǽte feor ne wǽre I have understood that thou wert not far from us upon the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 1795; An. 900: 622; An. 311

feorh-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hyrde, es; m.

Life-guardian or protectorvītæ custos vel protector

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Life-guardian or protector; vītæ custos vel protector He hine bæd ðæt he him feorhhyrde wǽre he prayed that he would be his life-protector, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 5 : Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8