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lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

look ⬩ see ⬩ however

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Lóca, hwá út gange, licge hé ofslagen, Jos. 2, 19. Lóca, hwá ðære mihte áge, hé mót gehæftne man álýsan [whoever has the power], Wulfst. 294, 32. Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, 295, 4. Hlystan lóca hwæt ða láreówas tǽcan, 294, 26.

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride

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Seó sáwul is animus, ðæt is mód, ðonne heó wát; heó is mens, ðæt is mód, ðonne heó understent, Homl. Skt. 1, 184: Blickl. Homl. 229, 14, 28. Nú ic wát tela and ic onféng gewit mínes módes, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 34.

ealdor-scipe

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Gif heora hwylc þurh þæne trúwan his ealdorscipes tóðint . . . hé sý of ðám ealdorscype áworpen, 46, 10-19. Se biscop is geset tó máran bletsunge ðonne se mæssepreóst . . .

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Th. 70, 25. with a clause Swíþe seldon ǽnig man wile beón andetta ꝥ hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Heó him tó sprǽcon ymbe ꝥ land, ꝥ hé his him geúðe; ðá wæs hé ondeta ꝥ hé swá walde he admitted that he was willing to do so, Cht. Th. 47, 18.

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj.

powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent

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Hé áwearp ða rícan (potentes) of setle, Lk. Skt. 1, 52. Hé (God) hæfþ nǽnne rícran, ne furþum nǽnne gelícan, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 5. Gyf ðú ðæt gerǽdest ðe hér rícost eart if you decide on this who are here in command, Byrht. Th. 132. 55; By. 36.

mynster-líf

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-líf, es; n.

monastic life ⬩ a place in which the monastic life is lived

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Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 7. Hé him sendan sceolde sume eáwfæste munecas ðe him mynsterlíf ástealdon, Homl.

asterion

(n.)
Grammar
asterion, es; n. [ = άστέριον]

The herb pellitory, so called from its star-like form ⬩ astericum

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The herb pellitory, so called from its star-like form; astericum, Herb. 61; Lchdm. i. 164, 1, 10

onettan

(v.)
Grammar
onettan, p. te.

to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy

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Hé onette on ðære byrig him tó fultume, Jos. 10, 33. Hé wið mín onette, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4. Wið ðæs fæstengeates folc onette, Judth. Thw. 23, 39; Jud. 162. Ðá onette Abrahames mǽg tó ðam fæstenne. Cd. Th. 153, 3; Gen. 2533.

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness

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Nú bidde ic dé ðæt ðú hí on gewitte gebringe now I beseech thee bring her to her wits, Homl. Th. i. 458, 11: Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 12; Jul. 144: 74 b; Th. 278, 13; Jul. 597.

Linked entry: wit

helle-gást

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a spirit of hell, an infernal spirit Ꝥ hé sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum heliegástum, Gr. D. 189, 26. Add:

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus

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in wort-beds, and in meads, Herb. 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 21 : L.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

for-habban

(v.)

To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop

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Th. ii. 300, 3, 6. not to mention Hé worhte má wundra mid eów þonne hé mid ús dyde, and þeáh wé fela forhebbon (-habbæn, v. l.), Hml.

ge-þióstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þióstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre

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To obscure; obscūrāre Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran, and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte the sun outshines all other stars, and obscures [them] with her light, Bt. titl. ix; Fox xii. 2. Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt.

án-forlǽtan

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Hé (Adam) gemunde þá gefeán þe hé ǽr ánforlét (amiserat), Gr.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

ǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr, eár, ér; sup. ǽrost, ǽrest, ǽrst; adv.

ERE ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ earlier ⬩ formerly ⬩ already ⬩ some time ago ⬩ lately ⬩ just now ⬩ till ⬩ until ⬩ antea ⬩ prius ⬩ mane ⬩ mature ⬩ dudum

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Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711: Beo. Th. 1236; B. 616

gát-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
gát-hyrde, es; m.

A GOAT-HERD ⬩ caprārius

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A GOAT-HERD; caprārius Be gát-hyrde : gát-hyrde gebýreþ his heorde meolc ofer Martinus mæssedæg, and ǽr ðam his dǽl hwǽges, and anticcen of geáres geógoþe, gif he his heorde wel begýmeþ de caprario : caprārio convĕnt lac grĕgis sui post festum Sancti

sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.

cleófa

Grammar
cleófa, l. cleofa,
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., chasm,' and add Hé hæfde ǽnne lícðrowere belocen on ánum clyfan . . . Ðá eóde Basilius tó ðám clyfan, ac se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 480-4. Sum déma hét hí belúcan on stǽnenum cleofan, Shrn. 103, 4. Cleofan absidan, Wrt.

undern

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Add: the third hour of the day Hé hét þæt hí áne tíd ofer undern (cf. æt þǽre þriddan tíde on morgenne, Bl. H. 201, 35) hí getrymedon ongeán heora fýnd, Hml.

reónig

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig, ;adj.;

Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;

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Hé ðǽr þreó métte in ðam reónian hofe ( ;in the hole in which they were buried; ) róda ætsomne greóte begrauene, 1664; El. 834. In ðam reóngan hám ;in that gloomy dwelling (hell),; Exon. Th. 274, 8; Jul. 530