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mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23b, 800. His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum, Shrn. 84, 3. Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30.

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula

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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.

Linked entry: giefernes

ge-deorf

(n.)
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Th. ii. 144, 13-20. trouble, laborious effort, difficulty &#39;Micel gedeorf bið mé þæt ic míne feónd lufige.&#39; Ne wiðcweðe wé þæt hit micel gedeorf ne sý; ac gif hit is hefigtýme . . . Hml. Th. i. 56, 1-4.

Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.

The Saxons ⬩ continental Saxons

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.; S. 471, 10. continental Saxons Ðý ilcan geáre gegadrode micel sciphere on Ald-Seaxum, and dǽr wearþ micel gefeoht . . . and ða Seaxan hæfdun sige, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 8. Ic wæs mid Seaxum, Exon. Th. 322, 12; Víd. 62

in-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
in-brengan, p. -brohte

To bring in ⬩ present

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To bring in or to, present Hú micele hefigra biþ se wénenda deáþ ðonne se inbrohta how much more grievous is death when it is expected than when it is presented to us, Shrn. 42, 31.

snáw-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
snáw-gebland, es; n.

A snow-storm

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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret

sláwian

(v.)
Grammar
sláwian, p. ode

To be or become slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inactive

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To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224.

Linked entry: slágian

Wente

(n.)
Grammar
Wente, pl.

the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) ⬩ the same as Waller-wente q. v.

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Nemne man him ealswá micel Wente swá cyninges þegne L. N. P. L. 52 ; Th. ii. 298, 11 : 53; Th. ii. 298, 14.

Linked entries: Waller-wente Went-sǽte

leóht-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-fæt, es; n.

A lamp ⬩ light ⬩ lantern

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Surt.) micel geworhte fecit luminaria magna, Ps. Th. 135, 7: Hymn. Surt. 126, 12

ge-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
ge-mang, prep. [ge-mang a mixture]

AMONG ⬩ inter, in medio.

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Gemang ðám arás micel murcnung interea ortum est murmur, Num. 11, 1. acc Ic eów sende swá sceáp gemang wulfas ego mitto vos sicut oves in medio luporum, Mt. Bos. 10, 16

Linked entry: on-gemang

be-willan

(v.)
Grammar
be-willan, p. de
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Gewyrce gemilscade drincan, ꝥ is micel dǽl bewylledes wǽteres on huniges gódum dǽle, 202, 27

Linked entry: willan

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35.

un-gefóglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefóglíc, adj.

Immense ⬩ enormous

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Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, on ðam is iernende se ungefóglecesta streám fossa extrinsecus late patens vice amnis circumfluit, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 18. in a moral sense Is swíðe micel þearf ðæt gé georne mǽnra áða stýran, and eówrum hýremonnum

bróc

(n.)

a brook

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Sum micel ǽwelm, and irnon manige brócas of, 34, I; F. 134, 10. On cocbróc . . . on mylenbróc . . . on beánbróc . . . on ðan lace ðǽr ðá brócas twisliað, C. D. v. 198, 34. Add

heorcnung

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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to

ne

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Ðeáh ic nú ðis recce, næ (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic ná micel weorc, 41, 2. Add Ðonne ne léten hié nó hié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, Past. 306, 4

dryht-folc

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-folc, driht-folc, es ; n. [folc a people]

A nation, multitude ⬩ pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo

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A nation, multitude; pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo Micel aríseþ dryhtfolc to dóme a great multitude shall arise to judgment, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 23; Cri. 1042. Dryht-folca helm a protector of nations, 107 a; Th. 408, 24; Rä. 27, 17.

Linked entry: driht-folc

Hámtún-scir

Grammar
Hámtún-scir, l. scír,
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and add: Northamptonshire Hí ( the Danes ) heafdon þá ofergán East-Engla i, and Eást-Seaxe ii, . . . and healfe Huntedúnscíre ix, and micel on Hámtúnscíre x, Chr. 1011; P. 141, note 3.

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distance ⬩ room

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Ymb tela micel fæc (mycelne fyrst, v. l. ), Chr. 942; P. 110, 26. Facum spatiis, i. intervallis, An. Ox. 3723: lustris, Wrt.

ungemet-hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-hleahtor, es; m.

Immoderate laughter

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Immoderate laughter Hú micele má wénestú ðæt hé mid yrre ða út áweorpe of his temple, ðe mid unnyttum gesprǽcum and mid ungemethleahtrum ða stówa, ðe tó Godes þeówdóme gehálgode wǽron, fýlaþ and besmýtaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 32