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twicen

(n.)
Grammar
twicen, e: twicene, an; f.
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On ða smalan twichenan; and swá andlang twichenan, 240, 20. Tó ðere twichenen ; of ðere twichene, 201, 27

cyne-ríce

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Add: royal power or authority Óswoldes cyneríce wearð gerýmed swá ꝥ feówer þeóda hine underféngon tó hláforde, Hml. S. 26, 104. Næs nán eorðlic cynincg ofer hí cyneríce underféncg, 18, 7. [Laws for a haill country and kinrick, Rob Roy i. 216. v. N.

earm-heort

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Substitute: poor-spirited, faint-hearted On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort

ge-dihtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnian, p. ode
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Ðæt God swá gedihtnað (geændebyrdeð, v.l.) of þǽre micelan gedihtnunge (-stihtunge, v.l.) his ǽrfæstnysse quod Deus ex magnae pietatis dispensatione disponit, Gr. D. 146, 28.

hól

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Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

in-gán

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Hé hine swá swýþe deóplíce mid his láre ineóde þæt hé nǽfre ǽr ne syþþan swylc ne gehýrde numquam ante neque post tam magnam profunditatem scientiae se ab ullius ore audisse testatur, Guth. Gr. 163, 46.

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, mowing.
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. hé máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11. Ofersceadewad umbrosa, An. Ox. 56, 26. figurative 'Miht ðæs Hýhstan ofersceadewað ðé'. . . Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes.

un-eáþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáþe, adj.
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add: — Hit bið swíðe uniéðe ǽgðer tó dónne, ge wið ðone tó cídanne ðe yfel déð, ge eác sibbe wið tó habbenne difficile erat, at, si male acta corriperent, habere pacem cum omnibus possent, Past. 355. 41. add: Swá þéh þe him lytles hwæt uniéðe sié, hú

Linked entry: un-ýþe

hird-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hird-ness, hyrd-, e; f.

Guard, keeping, custody

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Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut custodia in nocte, Ps. Th. 89, 5. On hyrdnyssa in custodias, Lk. Skt. 21, 12

Linked entries: hyrd-ness heord-ness

holian

(v.)
Grammar
holian, p. ode

To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a holecavare

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To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a hole; cavare Hí ðá hwæthwega holodon and ðǽrrihte ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów ðæt hit arn streámrynes of ðam munte they then hollowed out [the rock] a little, and straightway the water flowed out so abundantly

á-sníþan

to cut out, offto cut awayamputateto cut corn

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Add: to cut out, off His téþ wǽron swá ásniden ísen his teeth were as cut iron, Nar. 43, 15. to cut away, amputate Scealt þú eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, Lch. ii. 82, 27.

Linked entry: sníðan

þri-scíte

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-scíte, adj.

Triangularthree-cornered

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Triangular, three-cornered Ispania land is þryscýte Hispania trigona est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 1. Sicilia is ðryscýte Sicilia tria habet promontoria, Swt. 28, 2. On ðone þryscýtan crundel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 26

wiþ-eástan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-eástan, prep. adv.
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Wyðeástan Constantinopolim Créca byrig is se sǽ Proponditis, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 2. Grammar wiþ-eástan, adv. Seó eá wiðeástan út on ða sǽ flóweþ, Swt. 8, 20

heáfod-stól

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stól, es; m.

A chief place, capitala chief seat

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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19

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

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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Seó wæs ungemetlíce micel serpens mirae magnitudinis, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 4. Sió eá hæfde ungemettlíce ceald wæter praefrigidus amnis, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 29.

arctos

(n.)
Grammar
arctos, acc. arcton; f. [ἄρκτος, m. f. a bear; ἄρκτος, f. the constellation Ursa Major, called also ἅμαξα, carles wǽn the churl's wain: the bright star in Boötes is denominated by ancient astronomers and poets Ἀρκτοῦρος, the bear-ward].

The constellation Ursa Major

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Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ, ac he went abútan, hwílon adúne and hwílon up, ofer dæg and ofer niht one constellation is called arctos in the north part, which has seven stars, and for that is called by another

Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties

for-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Restraintcontinenceabstinencecontĭnentiaabstĭnentia

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Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis, 5, 12; S. 631, 33

fyðera

(n.)
Grammar
fyðera, fyðeru, fyðru, pl. nom. acc; gen. fyðera, fyðerena; dat. inst. fyðerum; n : also pl. nom. acc. fyðeras; m.

Wingsālæpennæ

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Hwilc silþ me fyðera swá swá culfran quis dăbit mihi pennas sĭcut cŏlumbæ? Ps. Spl. 54, 6. Seó henn hyre cicenu under hyre fyðeru gegaderaþ gallīna congrĕgat pullos suos sub ālas, Mt. Bos. 23, 37.