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ed-níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-níwe, adj.
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) of heofenum cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 1: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 33. Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, Sal. K. 150, 1. Tó geeácnienne heora ealdan synna mid edníwum synnum peccatis veteribus jungentes nova, Jud. 10, 6. Add

Linked entry: níwe

pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) hú se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

wearg-ród

(n.)
Grammar
wearg-ród, e; f.

A gallows, gibbet

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Of ðam þorne on ða wærhróda; of dám ródun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 5

Linked entries: werod wearg-treów

sidefulness

(n.)
Grammar
sidefulness, e; f.

Honesty ⬩ modesty ⬩ sobriety

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Honesty, modesty, sobriety Clǽnnyss and sidefulnys eówres líchaman and sáule castitas atque sobrietas corporis simul et spiritus vestri, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 13. Sidefulnysse pudicitiae, Hpt. Gl. 433, 56.

glig

(n.)
Grammar
glig, gligg, es; n.

Glee ⬩ music ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ ludibrium

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Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8. Hí hæfdon him to glige his hálwende mynegunge habebant inter se ludibrio salutarem ejus admonitionem, Basil. admn. 9; Norm. 54, 20

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus

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D. 597, Hér com Augustínus and his geferan to Engla lande now, A. D. 597. Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2. Gregorius sende Agustíne pallium Gregorius misit Augustino pallium, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 12.

ge-bégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bégan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre

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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9

dyrstignes

(n.)
Grammar
dyrstignes, dyrstnes, -nyss, e; f.

Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas

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Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4

Linked entries: dyrstnys ge-dyrstig-nes

eornoste

(adj.)
Grammar
eornoste, eorneste; adj.

Earnest, serious ⬩ sērius, stŭdiōsus

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Earnest, serious; sērius, stŭdiōsus On eornostne hige with earnest intention, Cod. Dipl. 942; Kmbl. iv. 278, 15.

Linked entry: eornost

pliht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pliht-líc, adj.
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Dangerous Plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 21.

célan

(v.)
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To make cool, slake thirst Se úplica sǽ céleð ðǽra tungla hǽto, Shrn. 63, 7. Wæter célde þá ísena, Hml. S. 36, 392. Wolde ic mínne þurst célan, Nar. 8, 28.

manung

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Add Cóm eft þider sé þe geswænced wæs mid þæs gafoles manunge cum is qui necessitate debiti affligebatur rediret, Gr. D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung

síþe

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Ðá cóm se Godes wer gesceód mid geclútedum scón and bær his síðe ( falcem fenariam ) on his eaxle, Gr. D. 37, 14. v. híg- síþe. Add

ge-wyrtian

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

To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume

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Gewyrtod wín factitium vinum, Cot. 268, Lye. Sele him etan gewyrtodne hen fugel give him to eat a fowl dressed with herbs, L. M 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 15

Linked entry: wyrtian

Mæð-hild

(n.)
Grammar
Mæð-hild, If this be a woman's name, it could not be that which later becomes Matilda, cf. Mathild, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 28: Mahtild, 1083; P. 215, 22. O.H.Ger. Maht-hilt.

emne-cristen

(n.)
Grammar
emne-cristen, em-cristen, es; m.

A fellow-Christian ⬩ co-christiānus

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A fellow-Christian; co-christiānus His emnecristen fratrem suum in Christo, L. Ed. C. 36; Wilk. 209, 18

Linked entry: em-cristen

EÁ

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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On twá healfe ðære eás on the two sides of the river, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 39, col. 1. On óðre healfe ðære eá [MS. L. eás] on the other side of the river, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 20, 3.

Linked entries: ǽ é eǽ

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg

gearcian

(v.)
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</b> to dress food, skins, &amp;c. :-- Ic bicge hýda and fell and gearkie (praeparo ) hig mid cræfte, Coll. M. 27, 29. Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml. Th. i. 60, 18.

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.

an official ⬩ officer ⬩ ruler ⬩ one who discharges the duties of a scír ⬩ an inhabitant of a district

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Hist. i. 113, Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 158 Æðelwine scírman (in the next charter he is called scíregeréfa, iv. 10, 27), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 9, 29. Ufegeat scíreman, 304, 17. Ðá com ðider se scýresman Leófríc, 266, 24: 267, 11.