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hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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And of what sort of men is he Father? It is plainly said, of evil men. And of what kind is the Father? Homl. Th. i. 254, 5-8. Hwylc is mihtig God bútan úre se mǽra God quis Deus magnus sicut Deus noster, Ps. Th. 76, 11.

lagu-flód

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-flód, es; m.

Seaoceanstreamwavewater

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Lyfthelm and laguflód air and sea, Menol. Fox 553; Gn. C. 46. Swá wé on laguflóde ofer ceald wæter ceólum líðan geond sídne sǽ, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 16; Cri. 851. Heliseus leólc ofer laguflód on swonráde, 75 b; Th. 283, 2; Jul. 674.

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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Crist wæs acenned, Hǽlend geháten Christ was born, called Jesus [Saviour] Menol. Fox 1-7. Hér is on cneórisse bóc Hǽlendes Cristes liber generationis Iesu Christi Mt. Bos. 1, 1.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high, dear to men

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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Cott. myrþ and let) ða men ðe beóþ átihte tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3. Merþ, tit. 32; Fox xvi, 12. Seó ungesceádwísnes heora eágena hí myrþ (ámerraþ, Cott. MS.), 32, 2; Fox 116, 26. Gyf hí ðé myrraþ and lettaþ, Shrn. 185, 5.

Linked entries: meoring myrran

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Hú nyt biþ ðæm men, ðéh hé geornlíce gehýre ða word ðæs hálgan godspelles, gif hé ða nel on his heortan habban, 55, 6 : Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 10 note. Nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 4; Rä. 12, 5.

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Geared gumum gold brittade Jared dispensed gold to men, Cd. 59: Th. 72, 4; Gen. 1181. Goldes brytta a dispenser of gold, 137; Th. 173, 26; Gen. 2867

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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On mannum and on nýtenum beóþ wunda and swellende blǽddran there shulen ben in men and yn beestis biles and bleynes swellynge, Wyc; Ex. 9, 9, 10. the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine; vesica Báres blǽdre a boar's bladder, Med. ex Quadr. 8, 12; Lchdm

Linked entry: blǽddre

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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Hí wiston ðæt hine gehýddan hæleþ Iudéa they knew that the men of Judea had hidden him. Exon.119 b; Th. 460, 6; Hö. 13. Læg mín flǽschoma niþre gehýded, in byrgenne my body lay hidden beneath, in the sepulchre, 29 a; Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467 : Elen.

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Útan cumene men eów genyðriaþ strangers shall bring you low, Deut. 28, 43. Ðú genyðerodest te humiliasti, Ps. Spl. 88, 11. He ðurh his ðrowunga deófles ríce geneðerode he through his passion put down the devil's kingdom, Blickl. Homl. 7, 13.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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A track, trace, footstep, vestige; left in swathe a row of mown grass On Oliuetes dúne syndon nú gyt ða swæþe Drihtnes fótlásta . . . ne mihte seó his swaðu beón ðǽm óðrum fiórum geonlícod . . . ða his swaða syndon monnum tó écre láre . . . men mihton

sundor

(adv.)
Grammar
sundor, (-er, -ur); adv.
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Swá monig beóþ men ofer eorþan, swá beóþ módgeþoncas; ǽlc him hafaþ sundor sefan (sundor-sefan?), 344, 5; Gn. Ex. 169. Heó wile gesécan sundor ǽghwylcne feorhberendra, 420, 18; Rä. 40, 5: Salm.

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14. God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse Deus inestimabilis misericordie, Anglia xi. 112, 1.

á-lǽdan

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Gang on ðá ceastre and álǽde hine of ðáre ceastre, 237, 3. of guidance Ꝥ dysig ðá earman men gedwelaþ and álǽt of þám rihtan wege, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 7.

án-forlǽtan

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Manige men hwæthugu gód begangaþ, and raþe hié hit ánforlǽtaþ. Bl. H. 57, 3. Hé his swostor ánforlét. Chr. 658; P. 32, 7. to give up what one has a claim to Gif wé ússe brýde ánforlǽtað if we give up those who ought to be our wives. Shrn. 86, 22

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

cídan

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Ðá men cíddon ongeán ðone blindan (cf. 156, 10 above), Hml. Th. i. 152, 17. Wið ðone tó cídanne ðe yfel déð si male acta corriperent, Past. 355, 22. absolute Þreá and wítna and hálsa and cíd ( increpa ), R. Ben. 13, 9. Cíd mid wordum, Hml.

ge-líca

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Tó Ðeódríce and tó Neróne and tó manegum hecra gelícum, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 1. (1 a) the like of a person, such a person as (depreciatory) :-- Hwylc eom ic, ꝥ ic ǽfre þus his gelícan (þyslicum men, v. l.) þeówie quis sum ego, ut isti serviam?, Gr.

guma

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. ¶ of other than mere men :-- Feásceaft guma ( Grendel ), B. 973. Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of þæs guman (Christ's) sídan, Kr. 49

here-gild

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Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C. D. vi. 205, 23. Ab illa magna heregoldi exactione quae per totam Angliam fuit, 180, II.

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24. For ǽghwylc onsundran riht ágieldan, Exon.

Linked entry: sundor