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DÍGOL

(n.)
Grammar
DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol,es; n.

Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery ⬩ secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium

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Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery; secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosy̆na tua in abscondĭto, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. He wǽt díglu heortan ipse nōvit abscondĭta cordis, Ps.

fífta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fífta, m: seó, ðæt fífte; adj.

The FIFTH ⬩ quintus

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Ðæt gé habbon wæstmas, and syllaþ ðam cynge ðone fíftan dǽl ut frūges hăbēre possītis, quintam partem rēgi dăbĭtis, Gen. 47, 24, 26

fóre-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stapan, he -stæpþ; p. ic, he -stóp, ðú -stópe, pl. -stópon; impert. -stape, -stæpe, pl. -stapaþ; pp. -stapen

To step before ⬩ prevent ⬩ come or go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præīre ⬩ præcēdĕre

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Ða ðe fórestópon hine þreádon, ðæt he súwode qui præībant, incrĕpābant eum, ut tăcēret, Lk. Bos. 18, 39. Fýr ætfóran him fórestæpþ ignis ante ipsam præcēdet, Ps. Lamb. 96, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 18.

Linked entry: fór-stapan

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearken ⬩ listen

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To hearken, listen Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out directly and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15. Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl.

Linked entry: hyrcnian

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding

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[Se cyng scipa út on sǽ sende his bróðer tó dære and tó lættinge, Chr. 1101; Erl. 237, 19.] Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2

líðigian

(v.)
Grammar
líðigian, líðegian; p. ode

to assuage ⬩ calm

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Ðæt ðú líðegie ut mitiges, Ps. Spl. 93, 13. Uton líðegian úre móde leniamus animum nostrum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 26

Linked entry: líðian

mirring

(n.)
Grammar
mirring, e; f.

hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering

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Ða uncystgan cysta lǽre hé, swá hé ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largilas, ut prodigis effusionis frena minime laxentur, 60; Swt. 453, 27

mis-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-líce; adv.

diversely ⬩ variously ⬩ in different ways ⬩ in an irregular manner

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Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon ( went wandering about ) on wuda and on feldon óþ ðæt Eádwine wearþ ofslægen fram his ágenum mannum, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 26

réceleást

(n.)
Grammar
réceleást, e; f.
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeþyldegum irsunga swá hé ðone hnescan þafettere on récceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 25

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, l. á-feorrian;
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R. 23, 27. ꝥte áfirrade ut discederet , Mk. L. 5, 17

á-hwǽnan

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Utan fréfrian áhwǽnede and hyrtan ormóde, Wlfst. 119, 8

Linked entry: hwǽnan

ears-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ears-gang, es; m.
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Ox. 3917. faecal discharge Wið þon þe man þurh hys argang (arsgange, v. l. ) blóde út yrne, Lch. i. 82, 3: 4, 19. Gif hyt byð of þan þerman, þanne myht þú þurh þane arsgang hyt gecnáwan, iii. 138, 16

ge-þweorod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweorod, (<b>ge-þweórod ?</b>
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according to the metre the syllable is long) Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut

Linked entry: -þweorod

Bricg

(n.)
Grammar
Bricg, Brycg, e; f. [
  • Sim. Dun.
Brige:
  • Hovd.
Briges:
  • Matt. West.
Brigges] .

Bridgenorth in Shropshire ⬩ oppidum in agro Salopiensi ⬩ Bruges in Belgium ⬩ Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium

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Férde Swegen út to Baldewines lande to Brycge Sweyn went out to Baldwin's land to Bruges, 1045; Erl. 170, 11: 1046; Erl. 175, 6: 1052; Erl. 181, 20: 1052; Erl. 182, 4

á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert

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Ðæt ðá ídlan ne ásláwien ut otiosis non fiat torpor 453, 24

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap

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Seó lyft sycð ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hyre, . . . se wǽta gǽð up swylce mid miste, and gyf hit sealt byð . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wǽtan áwend, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7-12. Ðá forscranc ðæt sǽd, for ðan ðe hit næfde nǽnne wǽtan.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

arctos

(n.)
Grammar
arctos, acc. arcton; f. [ἄρκτος, m. f. a bear; ἄρκτος, f. the constellation Ursa Major, called also ἅμαξα, carles wǽn the churl's wain: the bright star in Boötes is denominated by ancient astronomers and poets Ἀρκτοῦρος, the bear-ward].

The constellation Ursa Major

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The constellation Ursa Major; arct-os, -us, i; f. = ἄρκτος, f Arcton hátte án tungol on norþ dǽle, se hæfþ seofon steorran, and is for ðí óðrum naman geháten, septemtrio, ðone hátaþ lǽwede menn carles wǽn.

Linked entries: Boéties carles wǽn

wealcian

(v.)
Grammar
wealcian, p. ode

To roll up, muffle up

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To roll up, muffle up Hefeldþrǽdum liða wealcedon liciis arliculos obvolverent, Hpt. Gl. 489, 56

Linked entry: wealca

slǽpness

(n.)
Grammar
slǽpness, e; f.

Sleepiness ⬩ drowsiness

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Sleepiness, drowsiness Deófol ús lǽreþ slæpnesse and sent ús on slǽwðe, Homl. As. 168, 106

a-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyldan, ðú -gyltst, he -gylt; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To pay ⬩ render ⬩ repay ⬩ requite

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Ðæt ic mín gehát agylde ut reddam vota mea, Ps. Th. 60, 6. Ðú agyldest ánra gehwylcum wyð weorc heora tu reddes unicuique juxta opera sua, Ps. Spl. 61, 11. Drihtne ðú agyltst ðíne áþas reddes Domino juramenta tua, Mt. Bos. 5, 33.