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heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Utan God lufian innewerdre heortan, Ll. Th. i. 350, 9. Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde mid líchoman (lichom-licre, v. l. licre is written above an) heortan (with camal affection ?)

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Ðú eart hyht ealra ðe on ðysse eorþan útan syndon spes omnium finium terræ, 64, 6. Hwílum hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wigweorþunga bǽdon ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede.

Linked entry: hiht

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Eft sint tó manigenne ða geþyldegan ðætte ðæt hie mid hiera wordum and dǽdum forgiefaþ ðæt hie ðæt eác on hiera ingeþonce forgifen ðý læs hé mid ðý níðe yfles ingeþonces tóweorpe ða mægenu ðæs gódan weorces ðe hé Gode útan anwealglíce forgeaf contra admonendi

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte. Þeáh ðú nú hwam fæger þince, ne biþ hit nó ðý raþor swá, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 24. He ðúhte him selfum suíðe unlytel se parvulum non videbat, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 12.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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Utan us biddan ðone blíðan gǽst ðæt he us gescilde, wið sceáðan wǽpnum let us pray the kind spirit [i.e. the Holy Ghost] that he shield us against the spoiler's weapons, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 20; Cri. 774. Blíðe móde with gentle mind, Ps.

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Gif ða ómihtan, wannan þing oþþe ða reádan sýn útan cumen, Lchdm. ii. 82, 21. of the colour of living creatures, swarthy, dusty, dark-hued Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb, Exon. Th. 433, 8; Rä. 50, 4.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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For gehwæt heardes oððe hnesces . . . þæs ðe mé innan oððe útan gebyrede, Angl. xi. 98, 52. Scealt þú georne geþolian gehwæt þæs þe tó heora þénungum belimpþ aequo animo toleres oportet quidquid intra fortunae aream geritur Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 25.

gímen

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Hit is ðearf ðætte sió giémen, ðe hié hira híremonnum útan dón scylen, sié wel gemet-god sollicitudo, quae subditis exterius impenditur, sub certa necesse est mensura teneatur Past. 139, 10.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Hét se árleása hine útan belúcan, Hml. S. 31, 656. Tó bilúcanne costungo ad excludendas temptationes, Rtl. 118, 9. Maria wæs belocen (exclusa) bútan þære wícstówe, Num. 12, 15. Sind wé úte belocene fram ðám leóhte, Hml.

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 6. <b>IV a.</b> the earth, world, globe; orbis terrarum :-- Ymbhwerft orbis vel firmamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 43.

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Þá hé þǽr tó cóm, þá ne mehton hié nánne monn on ðǽm fæstenne útan geseón exercitum ad urbem duxit. Et cum murum escendisset, vacuam civitatem ratus, 3, 9; S. 134, 10: 3, 11; S. 148, 19.

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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Ðeáh he fæger word útan ætýwe although it outwardly shew fair words, Frag. Kmbl. 31; Leás. 17.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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2, ] Besæt sió fierd hié þǽr útan þí hwíle þe hié þǽr lengest mete hæfdon.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Grammar wirsa, marking inferiority Hé bið swíðe gelíc sumum ðara gumena ðe him þringaþ ymbe útan; gif hé wyrsa ne bið, ne wéne ic his ná beteran, Met. 25, 20. Ǽlc man sylþ ǽrest gód wín, and ðonne hig druncene beóð ðæt ðe wyrse (wyrest, Rush.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Xersis hét ꝥ fæste lond útan ymbfaran . . . Leoniþa his fierd gelǽdde on án óþer fæstre land, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 14-29. Þá hié ongeátan þæt þæt festen sceolde ábrocen bión, hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten, 3, 11; S. 148, 23.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Geofonhúsa mǽst innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod wið flóde, Gen. 1323. Hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht, Jul. 400.

húru

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</b> where a limiting date is fixed, at latest, at last :-- Utan gelǽstan ǽlce geáre úre sulhælmessan fífténe niht onufan Eástran . . . and úre eorðwæstma be emnihte oððe húru (cf. latest, 208, 5) be ealra hálgena mæssan, Wlfst. 116, 3.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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Ic nát hwæðer hit wæs innan mé ðe útan ( extrinsecus sive intrinsecus ), Solil. H. 3, 9. hwæþer ... oþþe Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfondian, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht; hwæðer hé God mid inweardlicre heortan lufige oððe hé mid híwunge fare, Hml.

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 367. figurative, chastisement, affliction Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid suingellan . . . ðætte suá hwæt suá nú on ús unnytes sié ðætte ðæt áceorfe sió suingelle from ús nunc foris per flagella tundimur . . .

Linked entry: swincgel

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Ðara gumena ðé him mid þegnungum þringaþ ymbe útan, 25, 28. For ðý ða óþra gesceafta þeówe sint, hí healdaþ hiora þénunga, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 18. Þegnunga, Met. 11, 46. <b>II a.