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hearpere

(n.)
Grammar
hearpere, es; m.

A harper ⬩ citharedus

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Án hearpere wæs on ðære þeóde ðe Thracia hátte ... ðæs nama wæs Orfeus there was a harper in Thrace whose name was Orpheus, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 29: Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn

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Ic ðæs orleges or anstelle (speaking of the strife of the elements), Exon. Th. 386, 9; Rü. 4, 59. Se ðæs orleges or onstealde, Beo. Th. 4805; B. 2407. Ðonne wé on orlege hafelan weredon, ðonne hniton féþan, 2657; B. 1326.

Linked entry: or-læg

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive

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Nánre wuhte líchoma ne beoð téderra ðonne ðæs monnes, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 8. Se hrycg færð æfter ǽlcre wuhte, Past. 1 ; Swt. 29, 14. Wiþerweardnes wuhte gehwelcre, Met. 11, 78. Ðære wihte, Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5.

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality

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Voc. ii. 88, 27-33: 52, 49. of morals, a vice, fault Ðæt on ús ne sý geméted nǽnigu stów ǽmetig gástlícra mægena, ðæt ðǽr mæge yfelu uncyst on eardian, Blickl. Homl. 37, l0. Ðeós deáþberende uncyst ( envy ), 65, 13.

Linked entry: un-gecost

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Ðǽr hió (the Nile) ǽrest up wielð prope fontem, Swt. 12, 24. [Ðæt treów ðæt man on heorþe leges, for ðare mycele hǽten ðe ðæt treów barned beoþ, þáre wylþ út of ðan ende water, Lchdm. iii. 128, 6.] Récels of ðæra treówa telgan weól, Nar. 26, 22.

Linked entry: for-weallen

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.

Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man

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For ðære úttran geornfulnesse woruldlícra dǽda pro industria exteriori, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 8. Ðætte wé swá lufigen ðisne úterran and ðisne eorðlícan fultum, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 2.

Linked entry: ýtera

hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
hreówan, p. hreáw

To rue ⬩ grieve

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Gif ðú ongite ðæt him his synna hreówen if you see that his sins cause him sorrow, L. de Cf. 2; Th. ii. 260, 19. Swá swá hí læsse ongietad on him selfum ðæs ðe him hreówan þyrfe cum minus se respiciunt habere quod defleant, Past. 52, 9; Swt. 411, 5.

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, es; m.

departure, escape, ⬩ escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion ⬩ outcome, event, issue ⬩ deceit, fraud, treachery ⬩ offence, stumbling-block, snare ⬩ scandalum

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Th. 164, 6 ; Gú. 1007. outcome, event, issue :-- Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne hé ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the

Linked entry: swicc

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Hé wælfǽhþa dǽl sæcca gesette he composed many a deadly feud and quarrel, Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029

Linked entry: sæccan

dógor-rím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-rím, es; n. [rím a number]
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Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705

fóster-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-land, fóstor-land, es; n.

FOSTER-LAND ⬩ land assigned for the procuring of provisions ⬩ fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus

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Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17

Linked entry: fóstor-land

in-gán

(v.)
Grammar
in-gán, p. -eode

To go in ⬩ enter

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Ðonne gé ingán on ðæt hús in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis . . . Intrantes in domum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 11, 12. Ðá hé ineode ingresso, Gen. 48, 3. Hé on ðæs gesíðes hús ineode, Bd. 5, 4 ; S. 617, 16.

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte Engleland, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 27. to instigate, incite Stihte hí Byrhtnóð, bæd ðæt hyssa gehwylc hogode tó wíge, Byrht. Th. 135, 34 ; By. 127.

Linked entry: a-stihtan

weoruld-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
weoruld-lufu, e, an; f.
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Se man ðe ánrǽdlíce wile his synna geswícan, dǽle on Godes ést eal ðæt hé áge, and forlǽte eard and éðel and ealle ðás worldlufu, L. Pen. 17; Th. ii. 284, 19

healfunga

(adv.)
Grammar
healfunga, adv.

By halves, partially, imperfectly

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Hit is nyttre ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece it is better that it should be said in part only, Past. 31; Swt. 207, 7: 32; Swt. 209, 22. Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16

of-þryscan

(v.)

to beat down, repress, suppress

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Ðæt hé on him selfum ofþrysce ða lustas his unþeáwa in semetipso suggestiones vitiorum reprimat, 14, 5; Swt. 85, 12

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.

Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly ⬩ subtiliter

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Hí smeádon swíðe smeáþancollíce ymbe ðæt éce líf they went into the question of eternal life in the most searching manner Homl. Skt. i. 3, 44.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

The handle of a scythe.

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Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14

ge-streónan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streónan, p. de; pp. ed

To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre

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Ðæt he manige þeóde úrum Drihtne þurh his láre gestreónde so that he gained many a nation for our Lord by his teaching, Blickl. Homl. 121, 10

Linked entry: streónan

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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An idol Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges (the golden image) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208.

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora