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cúþ

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
cúþ, comp.ra; sup. ost, est ; adj. [cúþ known, pp. of cunnan] .

known, clear, plain, evident, manifest notus, cognĭtus, manifestus known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebratednotus, certus, præstans, egregius familiar, intimate, related, friendlynotus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus

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Ne sint me winas cúþe eorlas elþeódige the strange men are no affable friends to me, Andr. Kmbl. 396; An. 198. Feor ðú me dydest freóndas cúþe longe fecisti notos meos a me, Ps. Th. 87, 8. Míne cúþe notos meos, 87, 18: 54, 13: 131, 18

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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A. ceafese; B. cefese] ne dó him nán preóst nán ðara gerihta, ðe man cristenum men dón sceal he who has a right wife, and also a concubine, let no priest do for him any of those rites, which ought to be done for a christian man, L. C.

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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Þreó hund manna and eahtatýne men, Gen. 14, 14. Geseald tó þrím hunde penega sold for three hundred pence, Blickl. Homl. 69, 8: 75, 22. Þriim hundum peninga, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 5. Feówer hund geára, Gen. 15, 13. Ðá ðá hé wæs fíf hund geára, 5, 32.

Linked entry: hundes beó

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Cot. let] ða men ðe beóþ átihte tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3. Ðæt flǽsc oft lett [MS. Hat. lætt] ða geornfulnesse and ðone willan ðæs þeóndan módes hér on worulde.

Linked entry: ge-lettan

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Cwǽdon ðæt hé wǽre manna mildust and monþwǽrost they said that he was kindest and most courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6344; B. 3182. Se leó gewát swá swá ðæt mildoste lamb, Glostr.

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7. Raðe ðæs directly afterwards, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 33. Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd.

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28. Huíto sint tó hrippe ( ad messem ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 35. II. what is reaped or gathered in, a sheaf of corn (cf. Whan thou repist corn in the feeld, and forȝetist and leeuest a repe, Wickl.

Linked entry: ripa

ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripegraspseizecapererapereprehendereapprehenderecomprehenderearriperecorripereeripere

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Ðá gegripon ða únclǽnan gástas ǽnne of ðám mannum then the unclean spirits seized one of the men, Bd. 3,19; S. 548, 47 : Ps. Spl. 39, 16 : Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 17. Gegríp wǽpn and scyld apprehende arma et scutum, Ps.

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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Timbredon men seonewalte (cf. cyrice is sinhwyrfel . . . seó is unoferhréfed, Blickl. Homl. 125, 21) cirican. Shrn. 80, 37. Hæfde ðæt deór seonowealt heáfod swelce móna, Nar. 20, 27. Heó is leáfun sine-wealton.

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óþre men for eówrum gebyrdum, nú gé nánne ne magon métan unæþelne, ac ealle sint emnæðele, gif gé willaþ ðone fruman sceaft geþencan, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 16: Met. 17, 17.

á-blinnan

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Monige men nellaþ áblinnan from heora unrihtum gestreónum, Bl. H. 25, 5. of things, to cease, stop, fail, come to an end Ðæt leóht on nánre tíde ne áblinneþ, Bl. H. 21, 16. Se rén áblon, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19. Seó scadu áblann umbra cessavit An.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

ést

favourluxuries

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Þæt þæt heom on Godes ést (in accordance with God's good pleasure) góde men geúðon, Wlfst. 159, 19. Eal þæt wé sceoldan on Godes ést gelǽstan all that according to the will of God we ought to do, 92, 12: 103, 5: 172, 7: 181, 11.

ge-rídan

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Add: to ride with others Nú ic þǽr mi men sende (cf. nonne eres viros misimus in medium ignis ?, Dan. 3, 24) tó síðe, nales me sylfa gerád, Az. 175. Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[rí]dan (rídan, tó rídan, v. ll. ) mid his geférum, Ll.

leóran

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Hwylce men sceoldon beón sweltende and leóriende (leórende, v. l.) qui morituri sunt, 300. 11. <b>II a.</b> of things, to pass away, come to nothing :-- Word mín nǽfre ne leóraþ verba mea non praeteribunt, Mt. R. 24, 35

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Ðá sceolde se hearpere weorþan swá sárig ðæt hé ne mihte on gemong óðrum monnum beón the harper (Orpheus) is said to have become so afflicted with grief, that he could not live among other men, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 6.

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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Ðis godspel ðincð dysegum mannum sellíc, ac wé secgaþ swá ðeáh ; weald ðeáh hit sumum men lícige, 466, 10.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Similar entries v. ǽr-ǽt :-- Ðæt men ǽr tíman ne gereordige, Hml. S. 16, 316. Ǽr mǽle, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 25. ago, cf. for Ǽr monigum geárum ante annos plures be his lífe wé áwriton, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 12.

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Gif hé nylle ða oferhýrnesse syllan, ðonne rídan ða yldestan men . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan mid his geféran, gilde cynges oferhýrnesse, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 26-210, 1. Gif hwá hreám gehýre and nine forsitte, gylde ðæs cynges oferhýrnysse, L. C.

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posteritygeneratio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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Fisc sceal on wætere cynren cennan [MS. cynran cennen] a fish shall propagate, his kind in the water, Menol. Fox 515; Gn. C. 28. Cynrenu genera, Scint. 53. Ic andette ðé on cynrenum [cynrenon MS.], Drihten confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine, Ps.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Wíse men, learned men, Cd. Th. 201, 24; Exod. 577. Héfeára sum gengde wísra monna wong sceáwian, Beo. Th. 2830; B. 1413. Geceós wíse men (viros potentes) Ex. 18, 21. Unrihtwíse habbaþ on hospe ða ðe him sindon rihtes wísran, Met. 4, 45.