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wæl-fill

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fill, es; m.

Slaughtercarnage

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Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563

Linked entry: wæl-feall

oll

(n.)

contempt, insult, contumely

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contempt, insult, contumely (in the phrase mid olle) Se deófol cwæþ mid olle ðæt hé wolde æt ðam weorce gecuman. Homl. Th. i. 166, 15. Hé áxode ðá mid olle (contemptuously) Eart ðu lá God ? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 72.

smíte

(n.)
Grammar
smíte, an; f.

A foul, miry place

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Ego mansam in loco qui celebri a solicolis nuncupatur æt Smitan uocabulo ministro meo largitus sum . . . Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemǽru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166, 2-20.

ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

hlec

(adj.)
Grammar
hlec, adj.

Having cracks or rents

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Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: lec

ge-læccan

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Hú hí mihton ðám cásere gecwéman ꝥ hí sumne scætt æt him gelæhton, 23, 55. Ne mihte hyra ǽlc ánne bitan of ðám gelæccan ( non sufficiant ut unusquisque modicum quid accipiat, Jn. 6, 7), Hml.

cénlíce

(adv.)
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Cénlíce sweltan for ðǽre hálgan ǽ, 25, 102. Add

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Anomalus is unemne, inequalis ungelíc, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 199, 3. Ða unefne ł ungelíco burna woegas diversos rivulorum tramites, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 9

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Ær ðan þe se fǽrlica siege ús ástrecce, ii. 124, 21

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Ælfc. P. 21; Th. ii. 372, 6: Wulfst. 105, 6. Monigra folca ceápstów of lande and of sǽ cumendra multorum emporium populorum terra marique venientium, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 19. Úsic æt lande gebrohte, 5, 1; S. 614, 10.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Copsus syl, securis [æx?], ii. 133, 9. Cobsus syl, ætx [æcx [securis ]?], 22, 48. Getimbrung aedificium, post basis, sylle postis vel fulcimentum, i. 47, 19-21. Ðá wolde hé hús timbrian mid his gebróðra fultume.

Linked entry: syl

ge-cnǽwe

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S. 30, 274. cognizant of Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt, Cht. Th. 313, 18.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. <b>III a.

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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direction guidance Bisceope gebyreþ ǽlc rihting ... Hé sceall gehádode men gewissian, ðæt heora ǽlc wite hwæt him gebyrige tó dónne, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 9. Gyrd rihtingce virga directionis, Ps. Spl. 44, 8.

Linked entry: rihting

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158.

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVYweightyoppressivegrievousdifficultseriousgrievedimportantgravismolestus

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Ða þing ðe synt hefegran ðære ǽ quæ graviora sunt legis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 23. Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them, L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Þǽr manegum wæs hát æt heortan hyge weallende, An. 1711. Wæs seó treówlufu hát æt heortan, Cri. 539. Him wæs geómor sefa, hát æt heortan hyge murnende, 500: El. 628 : Gú. 1182. On hátum torrido (castitatis ardore ), An. Ox. 1779.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Sewrítere (scriptor), gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr áwrát, ðeáhhé nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 32. Mín tunge ys gelícost ðæs wríteres feþere ðe hraðost wrít, Ps. Th. 44, 2.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes búndan húse his unðances, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 36. Þeáh him ðæt word ofscute his unnþances licet verbum illud improviso exprimerit, 1055; Erl. 189, 6.

Linked entry: un-þances