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singallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
singallíce, adv.
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Swíðe singal*-*líce beswícþ monna mód, Bt. 18, 1 ; Fox 60, 20. Hí (Cherubim) sin*-*gallíce singaþ ' they continually do cry, ' Elen. Kmbl. 1490 ; El. 747. Syle drincan singallíce nigon dagas, Lchdm. i. 230, 22.

Linked entry: ge-singallícode

wyrms

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrms, es; n. m.
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Hé áscræp ðone wyrms of his líce, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28. ¶ figurative :-- His wuldor is wyrms and meox, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 261. v. worms; ge-wyrms; adj

Linked entries: wyrsm worms

beorhte

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Add: of light (lit. or fig.) Þú gedést ꝥ hé scínaþ swíþe beorhte, . . . sume beorhtor, sume unbyrhtor, swá swá steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 20.

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Lind. 6, 34. On merne, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43: 12, 12. Tó merne cras, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 32. On mergen in crastinum, Jn. Skt. 1, 43: 12, 12. On merien, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 16. Wé nyton hwæt tó merigen biþ tóweard, 82, 17: i. 374, 21: 462, 3.

Linked entries: mergen merne

un-ádrysnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnendlíc, adj.

Unquenchableinextinguishable

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Lind. 9, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 17 (unádryssenlíc, Rush.)

píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
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Lind. 13, 15 : Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

sóþ-hwæðere

(con.)
Grammar
sóþ-hwæðere, conj.

Howeveryetnevertheless

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Lind. 26, 64: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 42

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte every body that had within it a living spirit, 77, 28; Gen. 1282. On hwelcum hí (Weland's bones) hlǽwa hrúsan þeccen, Met. 10, 43.

Linked entry: þacian

plett

(n.)
Grammar
plett, e; f.
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A fold Óðre scíp ic hafo ða ðe ne sindun of ðisse pletta (from ðissum plette, Lind.) ... biþ ánn pletta (án plette, Lind.), Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 16. In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1

los-wist

Grammar
los-wist, lose-wist, e; f: es, m.[?]

Hurtlossdestructionwaste

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Lind. 16, 26. Losuist [losewest] gedóe, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 36: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 25

gristbitung

(n.)
Grammar
gristbitung, e; f.
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A gnashing of the teeth Tóþa gristbitung [gristbiottung, Lind.] stridor dentium, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12: 13, 42, 50: Blickl. Homl. 185, 7: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 7; Sat. 334. Gristbiotung, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Gristbittung, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28

Linked entry: gristbátung

ge-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styltan, p. te

To be astonishedto be silent from astonishment

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Lind. 12, 23. Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 56

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death? Blickl. Homl. 59, 27.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Nis mé nán þing ꝥ mé on mínum lífe getímode, Hml. S. 37, 107. Þeáh ús ungelimp on ǽhtum getíme (-tímie, -tímige, v. ll. ), 13, 287.

ge-fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fulwian, -fulgwian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptize

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Lind. 3, 14. Gefulwas baptizabit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Se ðe gefulguas qui baptizat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 33. Hine man gefulwade he was baptized, Blickl. Homl. 219, 1. Gefulguade baptizabat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 22. Gefulwad, Blickl. Homl. 213, 14 : Elen.

elehtre

(n.)
Grammar
elehtre, eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupine lŭpīnus albus

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The plant lupine; lŭpīnus albus, Lin Elehtre lupine, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 238, 30: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 24: 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 320, 12. Hafa clam geworht of elehtran have a plaster made of lupine, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 21.

Linked entries: eluhtre electre elotr

tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
tealt, adj.

in a physical sense, unsteadyin a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious

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Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious Hú lǽne ðis líf is, hú tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8. Tealte beóþ eorðan dreámas, 264, 3.

Linked entry: un-tealt

trumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
trumlíce, adv.
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Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedom trum*-*líce up wegaþ, L.I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 19. Trumlícor firmius, Rtl. 34, 26. Freóndscype trumlícust (firmissimé) wunaþ, Sciut. 197, 18. in a way that encourages (?)

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothedunmarried

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unbetrothed Gif hwá líð mid unbeweddudre fǽmnan si quis dormierit cum virgine necdum desponsata, Ex. 22, 16. Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode and hire mid slǽpe, L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5.

Linked entry: be-weddian

un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Unbelieving, infidel, not Christian Se ðe ðam suna is ungeleáfsum ne gesyhþ hé líf qui incredulus est filio non uidebit vitam, Jn. Skt. 3, 36. Ða ungeleáfsuman ðeóde gesécan incredulam gentem adire, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 33.

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum