LYTEL
LITTLE
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Hé gewýt swá lytlum and lytlum fram Gode so little by little he departs from God, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 35: Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 9. Ic geseah weaxende blósman litlum and litlum videbam crescere paulatim in gemmas, Gen. 40, 10. [Goth. leitils; O.
hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Nú tó dæg ic ádyde ðæra Egiptiscra hosp fram eówrum cynne this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you, Jos. 5, 9. Hǽðenra hosp, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 215: Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 16; Cri. 171: 29 a; Th. 88, 22; Cri. 1444.
Linked entry: hyspan
segn-cyning
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the passages from Bede under segn) wið ðone segn foran rád, Cd. Th. 188, 22 ; Exod. 172
á-cennedness
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Gif gé willað ðone fruman sceaft geþencan, and ðone scippend, and siþþan eówer ǽlces ácennednesse si primordia vestra, auctoremque Deum spectes Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. v. eft-, frum-ácennedness; á-cenness. Add
Linked entry: á-cenness
ge-drorenlic
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Perishable, transitory, frail Drihten, þú wást ꝥ ic eom gedrorenlic dúst. Nap. 29. Þeós world is eall forwordenlic and gedrorenlic [printed gedrofenlic, but see ge-hrorenlic) and gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, Bl. H. 115, 3
Linked entries: ge-drófenlíc drorenlic
wearg-træf
A house of the accursed
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A house of the accursed Of ðám wearhtreafum ic áwecce wið ðé oðerne cyning from the tents of the accursed (hell) I will raise up against thee another king, Elen. Kmbl. 1850; El. 927
Clod-hangra
Clodhanger
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Clodhanger Þurhút Clodhangran; of ðan hangran andlang róde út on Mules dene out through Clodhanger; from the meadow along the road out to Mule's dean, Cod. Dipl. 1198; A. D. 956; Kmbl. v. 374, 28
norþan
From the north
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From the north Se wind se ðe ǽr súþan bleów, hine norþan áwearp, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 28. Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súþan oððe norþan, Cd. Th. 50, 11; Gen. 807
plaster
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Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80
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Port
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The name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently an inference from a place-name Hér cuom Port on Bretene ... on ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Portesmúþa, Chr. 501 ; Erl. 14, 12
sin-hwurfol
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Ðonne is swíðe mycel cyrice getimbred, and is sinhwyrfel on wilewísan geworht (cf. under seonu-wealt passage from Shrn. 80, 37), Blickl. Homl. 125, 21
Linked entries: siun-huurful hwurful
streám-ryne
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The running of a stream Ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów' ðæt hit streámrynes of ðam munte the water flowed out so abundantly, that it ran streaming from the mountain, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 8
un-hlidian
To uncover ⬩ to remove the lid or covering from something
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To uncover, to remove the lid or covering from something Féng se portgeréfa tóö ðære tége and hé hí unhlidode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 765. Seó byrgen wæs open geworden and unhlidod, Wulfst. 214, 19
Linked entry: -hlidian
ge-unárian
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.; and ðá hé him from wolde, ðá geféng hé hine, and tóslát his hrægl, and hine geunárode, Past. 35, 20. Hét hé hig ( Eulalia ) nacode geunárian, Shrn. 154. 6. Add
heáfod-sién
The eye
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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
Linked entry: heáfod-sýn
ge-breadian
To restore the flesh or body
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To restore the flesh or body Ðonne [Fénix] þurh briddes hád gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan then [the Phœnix] through youth's state is restored again from ashes, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 8; Ph. 372
Linked entry: ge-bredian
passio
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a passage from that part of the Gospels which deals with Christ's passion Éghwelc messeprióst gesinge fore Ósuulfes sáwle twá messan, and aeghwilc diácon áréde twá passione fore his sáwle, C. D. i. 293, 32
yfel
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Fram yfelum menn ab homine malo, Ps. Th. 139, 1. Yflum, Exon. Th. 96, 20; Cri. 1577. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3. Ne sette ic mé fore eágum yfele wísan ( rem malam ), 100, 3. Synnigra cirm, yfele sprǽce, Cd.
ge-niþerian
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Hierusalem áhéned bið ł gehniðrad bið (calcabitur) from hǽdnum, Lk.
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wénan
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K. 76. (30) add :-- Hé him wénde from Antigones hámfærelte micelra untreówða, Ors. 3, II; S. 146, 20. Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ hí him ne wéndon þæs lífes, Hml. S. 31, 1137.