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rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Is nú worn wintra sceacen twá hund oððe má geteled ríme ic ne mæg áreccan nú ic ðæt rím ne can, Elen. Kmbl. 1267 ; El. 635. Meotod wolde manna rím, fela þúsenda, forþ gelǽdan, Cd. Th. 289, 22; Sat. 401

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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To scathe, hurt, harm, injure, with dat. Ðé ne sceaþeþ ǽnig, Ps. Th. 90, 7. Oft ic ó;ðrum scód, Exon. Th. 401, 22; Rä. 21, 15. Hé tóswengde líges leóman, swá hyra líce ne scód, 189, 16; Az. 60: 197,9 ; Az. 187. Se ðe nǽngum scód, 90, l; Cri. 1467.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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Godes word is ase a uayr ssewere, ine huam me yziȝt alle þe lakkes of þe herte, Ayenb. 202, 21. Sheweres glasses (A. V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor Sceáwera scurrarum ii. 90, 13. Similar entries (v. sceáwend-sprǽc)

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Elnung ł æfista húses ðines zelus domus tuae Jn. R. 2, 17

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Mið ðæm ðe hí hié getrymed hæfdon, and tógædere woldon, Ors. 4, 2 ; Swt. 160, 28. of purpose to do Hé cýdde his syrewunge, hé ymbe wolde ( how he had intended to act ), Homl.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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feldas and wudu and dúna be þǽm gársecge nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos, siluasque ac montes, Nar. 20, 10. field as opposed to garden Mid þǽre lactucan þe on felda wixð cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12, 8. land free from buildings Gif hé on húse

ge-lícnes

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Se wǽta cymþ tó þám tóþan on þáre gelícnesse þe hyt of húse dropað on stán, Lch. iii. 104, 10. Ꝥ hí . . . yrre fram him ácyrde on þá gelícnesse Niniuítwarona ( instar Nineuitarum ), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 493, 4.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Tó þisum húsle tó gánne, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 2. by a substantive (with on) denoting function in which the subject is to be employed Gá seó mǽgð him on borh, Ll.

ge-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tellan, ic -telle, ðú -telest, he -teleþ, pl. -tellaþ; p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon; pp. -teald, -teled
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Tyn hund geteled ten hundred in number, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 15; Exod. 232: Andr. Kmbl. 1329; An. 665: Ps. Th. 90, 7

Linked entry: ge-talian

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult Hýnþ vel lyre vel hearm dispendium vel damnum veldetrimentum, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 24; Wrt. Voc. 47, 29.

Linked entry: hearm-heort

ceáp

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Ðá ealdorbiscopas ðá leáslican ceápas binnan ðám Godes húse geðafedon, Hml.

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode
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Hé on heortan hogode georne hé mid searuwe swylce ácwealde he diligently considered in his heart how with cunning he might kill such, Ps. Th. 108, 16: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 92.

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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giorne ða godcundan hádas wǽron ǽgðer ge ymbe láre ge ymbe liornunga ... and man útanbordes wisdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte how diligent the clergy were about teaching and learning ... and how wisdom and instruction were sought here by foreigners

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Wrætlíc mé þinceþ, seó wiht mæge wordum lácan, Exon. Th. 414, 11; Rä. 32, 18. Þinceþ ðé miht ðú libban potes vivere? Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 40. Ðúhte heom ðæt hit mihte swá, Cd. Th. 266, 14; Sat. 22.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

dǽlan

(v.)
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Hé smeáde hé mihte dǽlan ríce wið God, Hml. Th. i. 12, 1: 172, 1. of common action Nis þæt gemet mannes þæt hé wið áglǽcean eofoðo dǽle ( take part in conflict, fight with ), eorlscype efne, B. 2534.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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mihtest ðú sittan onmiddum gemǽnum ríce (intra commune omnibus regnum) ðæt ðú ne sceoldest ðæt ilce geþolian ðæt óðre men, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 17. Danaus, of his ríce ádrǽfed regno pulsus, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 40, 17.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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mæg ðǽr synderlíce ánes ríces monnes nama cuman non fama hominum singulorum pervenire queat, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 1. Ðæt hors ic ðé synderlíce (specialiter ) tó ǽhte geceás, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 28.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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hé swylce ácwealde, Ps. Th. 108, 16. Oft ða swelcan (swylcan, Cott. MSS.) monn sceal forsión, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 265, 17. used adjectivally, like that already described, agreeing with a noun Hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, Met. 9, 19.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ge-bétan

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Þæt se cræftga cume . . . and gebéte, nú gebrosnad is hús under hrófe, Cri. 13. Hé gefór þá burg and hét hié gebétan, Chr. 922 ; P. 104, 2: 923; P. 104, 10. Ælc burh sý gebét . xiiii. niht ofer Gangdagas, Ll.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Hé cýdde . . . hé wearð gehǽled . . . and Landferð hit gesette on Læden, 21, 402. Gesette edidit (opusculum), An. Ox. ii. 171: 2316. Þæt heó gesette ut conponat (carmen), 904.