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bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað, 334, 27. Wolde ic ꝥ þá æþelan clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, ꝥ hig þe borlícor mihton gecýðan þǽra epactena gesceád, 315, 5

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.

leád

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Add: lead Hét se cásere his cwelleras feccan ǽnne ǽrenne hwer and hine áfyllan mid weallendum leáde . . . Hé ( St. George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt.

fox

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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna ... His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær and ábát án fox cumende of þám neáhlande ... Þá cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne, Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ðá wolde hé hús timbrian mid his gebróðra fultume. Ðá bæd hé ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.

Linked entry: syl

ge-hergian

(v.)
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námon menn and swá hwæt swá findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.

hand

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Gyrnde se cyng ealra þára þegna þe þá eorlas hæfdon, and létan ealle him tó handa, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 30. Belandod of þám þe se eorl him tó handa gelǽten hæfde, 1091; P. 226, 21. Tó handan, 4.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Ðǽm ánfealdan stræcum is tó cýðanne ðæt hié bet [ne] truwien him selfum ðonne hié ðyrfen ðonne nyllaþ geðafan beón óðerra monna geðeahtes aliter admonendi sunt pertinaces, atque aliter inconstantes.

Linked entry: strec

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Áblend þisse þeóde andgyt, þæt rǽd ne áredian, Wlfst. 47, 21. Hié nabbað ðá gesceádwísnesse ðæt hié cunnen ðæs ðinges tíman áredian, Past. 287, 7. Rihtne weig áredian tó þám écan háme. Shrn. 163, 27.

CÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍDAN, to cídenne; cídde, cíddon, cídon; cíded, cídd [cíd strife, chiding]

To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complainincrepare, rixari, altercari, queri

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Cídde him se Hǽlend increpavit ilium Jesus, Lk. Bos. 4, 35: Mk. Bos. 1, 25: 8, 33: Homl. Th. i. 300, 24: ii. 44, 21. His leorningcnihtas cíddon him discipuli ejus increpabant illos, Lk. Bos. 18, 15. Cíde he wið God let him blame God, Homl.

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24.

næs

(v.)
Grammar
næs, = ne wæs

was not

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Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde, ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede Blickl. Homl, 93, 28

EFEN

(adj.; prep.; adv.)
Grammar
EFEN, efn, æfen; adj.

EVEN, equal æquus, plānus, æquālis

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On even ground, on a level, by, near, aside with; in æquāli, juxta Him on efn ligeþ ealdor-gewinna by him lies his vital adversary, Beo. Th. 5798; B. 2903

Linked entries: æfen efn emn euen

on-sundrian

(v.)

to separate, take apart

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to separate, take apart Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe áhton, ówiht his beón onsundrad cwæþ none of them said that anything they owned was his separate property, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15 note

tún-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scipe, es; m.
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.

ne

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Add Ðonne ne léten hiéhié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, Past. 306, 4

wed-bróðer

(n.)
Grammar
wed-bróðer, m.

One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate

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One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate Ða luuede Wulfere hit swíðe for his bróðer luuen Peada, and for his wedbróðeres luueu Oswí, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 1.

cyne-scipe

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hine on cwearterne bescufon tó sceame his kynescipe, 18, 440. For his micclan cynescipe, Hml. A. 101, 300. Heó hiræ cinehláford bitt for cynescypæ þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðe, Cht. Th. 552, 30.

of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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gesworen habbaþ ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng (gingran,MS. B.) L. A. G. tit.; Th. i. 152, 17. Ðis sý gedón for Síferþ and for his ofsprincg tó hyra sáwle þearfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 15

Linked entry: spring

un-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scógan, un-scógian;

to unshoetake off the shoes

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Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16