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byrþen

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Hié underlútað mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna humerum opprimendus ponderibus submittit alienis, 53, 1. (2 a) a charge :-- Sé ðe bryðene underféhð, and ꝥ gecwéme ne déð, Cht. Th. 606, 18

innoþ

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Dele 'f[?]' (in Ps. Th. 108, 18 sió does not refer to innaþ, but to wyrgðu), and add: the inner part of the body Inneþas ilia (nescitis quod templa Dei sint ilia vestra, spiritus in vobis habitat, Ald, 140, 19. Cf. 1 Cor. 3, 16), Wrt.

dyrstig-ness

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Hé wearð deád for þǽre dyrstignysse ꝥ hé dorste onginnan þǽra sácerda þénunga, Hml. A. 59, 188. Se ealda feónd onféng swilce dyrstinysse (bylde, v. l., ausum ) tó ácwellanne, Gr. D. 75, 32.

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode; pp. od;

to pleasedelightplacereacquiesceredelectareit pleasesplacet

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Gelícaþ [gelícige, Lamb. 14; Spl. 18] ðé Dryhten complaceat tibi Domine, Ps. Surt. 39, 14. Ðæt ðé gelíciaþ ut te complaceant, Ps. Spl. 18, 15. On ðé ic gelícode in te complacui, Mk.

hláford-scipe

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Gange ðæt land tó ðám ðe sé wylle ðe ðonne bisceopríces wealde on Wigeraceastre; and hig sýn ǽfre under-þeódde and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, C. D. iv. 137, 22.

EARFEÐE

(n.)
Grammar
EARFEÐE, earfoþ, es; pl. nom. acc. u, o, a; n.

Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woelăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio

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Ðe ða earfeða dreógeþ who suffers those afflictions, Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 18; Gú. 1329. Earfeðum, Ps. Th. 106, 5, 27. Earfoða dǽl a deal of sufferings, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 4; Gen. 180

ge-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrhta, an; m.

A workerdoerfellow-workeraccomplice

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Nú gé mágon oncýðdǽda wrecan on gewyrhtum now may ye wreak on the doers [their] grievous deeds, Andr. Kmbl. 2361; An. 1182

Linked entry: ge-weorhta

feaxede

bushy

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Ox. 2420 is: Of ácennendlicum, wexendum) þyrnetum de spinetis nascentibus, Hpt. Gl. 463, 35

mislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mislíce, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede, Past. 306, 5. Men móston ǽr Móyses lage mistlíce libban men might live according to various systems of law before the law of Moses, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 13.

tó-sceáden

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-sceáden, adj. (ptcpl.)

Separate,distinct

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Separate, distinct Ǽlc þing ðe tósceáden biþ from óþrum biþ óþer, óþer ðæt þing, ðeáh hí ætgædere sién.

Linked entries: -sceáden tó-sceádan

ofer-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-blíðe, adj.

Over-cheerful

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Over-cheerful Ðǽm oferblíðum laetis is tó cýðanne ða unrótnessa ðe ðǽræfter cumaþ, and ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 15: 189, 4: 61; Swt. 455, 22

Difelin

(n.)
Grammar
Difelin, Dyflen, Dyflin,es ; m? [Hovd. Diveline]

DublinDublāna

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Dublin;Dublāna Gewiton him ða Norþmen ofer deóp wæter Difelin [Dyflen, Th. 206, 14, col. 2: Dyflin, 207, 14, col. 1] sécan the Northmen departed over the deep water to seek Dublin, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 14, col. 1; Æðelst. 56

Linked entry: Dyflen

forþ-gefaran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gefaran, p. -gefór, pl. -gefóron; pp. -gefaren

To go forthgo bypasstransīre

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Wulfríc forþgefaren wæs Wulfric was departed [dead ], Chr. 1061; Th. 329, 37: 560; Erl. 17, 16: Nar. 40, 9

Lunden-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-burh, f.

London

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London Ðes geáres forbarn Lundenburh, Chr. 1077; Erl. 215, 12. Ða Bryttas forléton Kentland and mycclum ege flugon tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 456; Erl. 13, 29: 872; Erl. 76, 15. Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, 886; Erl. 84, 26

þǽr-tóeácan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tóeácan, adv.
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On ðæt gerád ðæt se eorl him tó handan lét Uescam, and þǽrtóeácan ðes cynges men sacleás beón móston, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 9

Linked entry: tó-eácan

lata

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., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8

úp

Grammar
úp, <b>. V.</b>
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Ðér hit ǽr úp eóde where it started, C. D. v. 40, 17. Þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽlþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add

tó-drǽfedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfedness, e; f.

Dispersion,expulsion

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Ðeós tódrǽfednys getácnode ða tóweardan tóworpennysse, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8. On ðeóda tódrǽfednysse in dispersionem gentium, Jn. Skt. 7, 35. Tódrǽfednesse dispersiones, Ps. Lamb. 146, 2

be-bregdan

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Séteras ðá ðe hiǽ sóðfæsto bebrugden (simularent). Add

stæf-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-cræft, es; m.

the art of lettersgrammarskill in letterslearningstudy

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the art of letters, grammar Ic Ælfríc wolde ðás lytlan bóc áwendan tó Engliscum gereorde of ðam stæfcræfte, ðe is geháten grammatica ... forðan ðe stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgit unlícþ, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 13-17.

Linked entry: stæf-cyst