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BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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An eye-lid; palpebra Wið þiccum brǽwum for thick eye-lids, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 9. Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids, 1, 2 ; Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12.

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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His líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod his life was ordered in accordance with his name, 167, 32.

scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.
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Forhwon forléte ðú líf ðæt scýne, 90, 7; Cri. 1470. Sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Gimmas swá scýne, Exon. Th. 43, 27; Cri. 695: 219, 1; Ph. 300. Fuglas scýne, 237, 17; Ph. 591.

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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Ne sceolde nan wis man willian (wilnian, séftes lífes, v. l.) Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 13. with infinitive Hwelc is mon se wile líf and willaþ gesián dægas góde? quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos? Ps. Surt. 33, 13.

a-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sécan, -sécean; p. -sóhte; pp. -sóht [a, sécan to seek] .

to search or seek outto seek forto requiredemandeligererequirerepetere aliquid ab aliquoto seekgo toexploreadireexplorare

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Wyllaþ me lífes asécean they will demand my life, Ps.

Linked entry: a-sóht

regollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
regollíce, adv.

Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)

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Ðæt gehádode menn regollíce libban, and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, 18;Th. ii. 324, 26 : Wulfst. 160, 1. Ðæt abbodas and munecas regollícor libban, L. Eth. ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27

healdend

(n.)
Grammar
healdend, es; m.

One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler

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Lind. 27, 66

BLÍCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.

to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinklelucere, fulgere, coruscare, micareto shine by exposure, as the bonesdenudando in conspectum dariapparerepallescerefulgerepallescereI shineto shine

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Móna swá seó Godes circe beorhte blíceþ the church of God shines brightly like the moon, 18 a; Th. 44, 11; Cri. 701: 58 b; Th. 210, 16; Ph. 186.

Linked entry: BLÆC

býn

(adj.)
Grammar
býn, def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy]
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Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande wild mountains lie along the inhabited land, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 44

tún-mann

(n.)
Grammar
tún-mann, es; m.
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Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe ( he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery ), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18

Linked entry: túnes-mann

un-þancful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancful, un-þancfull; adj.

Unthankfulungrateful

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Unthankful, ungrateful Ic wæs micles tó unðoncful Gode mínes gewittes and mínre hǽle and ealra ðara góda ðe ic on lifde, Anglia xi. 99, 67. Hé is gód ofer unþancfnlle (unðoncfullum, Lind.) benignus est super ingratos, Lk. Skt. 6, 35

un-weód

(n.)
Grammar
un-weód, es; n.

A noxious weed

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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2

Linked entry: weód

feoh-gestreón

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Feohgestreón enteca (pecunia, lxiii. n. 17), Lch, i. lix, 1. Hé forlét þá scríne his feohgestreónes scrinium deseruit, Gr. D. 52, 7. Þú wéndest þæt þínra feohgestreóna ende ne gewurde, Wlfst. 260, 22. Feohgestreón gazas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 37. Add

hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
hlídan, p. hlád, pl. hlidon; pp. hliden
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To cover with a lid Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, þonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sám-locene and eác swá þá swýþran and hwylf hý syþþan ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 8. Add:

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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Swá hraþe swá hé him tó com ýdæges swá gewát hé of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3

Linked entry: ig-dæges

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 27, Wrýt nú sylfwylles ðæt ðú wiðsace Criste, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 379. Hé sylfwilles menniscnesse underféng, Wulfst. 15, 12.

Linked entry: self-will

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assistpreserveto be sufficientadjuvaresubveniresuppetere

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Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp the woman who preserved your life, Jos. 6, 22. He wolde gehelpan ðearfum he wished to help needy people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 226

Linked entry: ge-heolp

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortrúwian, -trýwian; p. ode; pp. od [or without, treówian, trúwian to trust]

To distrust, despairdiffīdĕre, dēspērāre

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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe they suffer thee not to despair of this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7.

Linked entry: ge-ortréwan

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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Se ðe sitte on his áre on lífe he who lives on his property during life, L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 9: L. Eth. vi. 4; Th. i. 316, 1, 3.

Linked entry: árra