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wil-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-sum, adj.

desirablepleasantwillingvoluntaryspontaneousdevoutdevoted

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Surt. 118, 108. devout, devoted Gode se willsuma wer vir Deo devotus, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 5. Gode seó willsume fǽmhe, 4, 26 ; S. 603, 5. Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów, 4, 6; S. 574, 16: 4, 19; S. 588, 2.

Linked entry: will-sum

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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witon ðæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon witon eác ðæt ealle ríca sint from him forðon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon.

Eowland

(n.)
Grammar
Eowland, es; n.

Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden Oelandia

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Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden; Oelandia Wǽron us ðás land, ða synd hátene Blecinga ég, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, on bæcbord we had, on our left, those lands which are called Blekingey, and Meore, and Oeland, and Gothland, Ors. 1

ranclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ranclíce, adv.
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

tungol-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-cræft, es; m.
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rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 31

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Se kok ðe ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

geond-líhtan

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Þǽr becóm seó beorhtnys . . . ꝥ ealle eondlýhte wǽron . . . þǽr wæs fǽringa geworden on ansýne swylce þǽr gylden sunna onǽled wǽre, and ofer ús ealle eondlýhte, Nic. 12, 20-23. Add

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, <b>. I a.</b>
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taliað ducimus (nec legitimum connubium spernendum ducimus, Ald. 7, 27), An. Ox. 419. Tó for náht taliende parui pendendam, 504. <b>I c.

ælmes-georn

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Sýn rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26: Wlfst. 109, 12. Add

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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ðás word sprecaþ ... þe in carcerne sittaþ, 2, 27; Cri. 25. , þe ús befæst is seó gýmingGodes folces ... we, to whom is committed the care of God&#39;s people..., L. E. I. 1; Th. ii. 402, 9.

Linked entry: þý

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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hit reahtan and be hwý hit reahtan we said what decision we had come to in the case, and on what grounds we had come to it, Chart.

lǽdan

(v.)
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' Tó þǽmm Hé teohchode hine tó lǽdanne on lífes weg, Past. 305, 5. of a road, to serve as a passage to Weg þe lǽdeþ (lǽdas, L.) tó forwyrde . . . se weg þe lǽdeþ (lǽdes, L.) tó lífe, Mt. R. 7, 13-14.

drinca

(n.)
Grammar
drinca, an; m: drince, an; f. [drinc drink]

Drink potus

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Drink; potus Eáðe we mágon geseón hwǽr se drinca is we can easily see where the drink is, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 30. He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5.

HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Haygrassfœnum

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gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30

Linked entries: hig hoeg

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10. Ne lǽte ic eów steópcild, Jn. Skt. 14, 18

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.

Linked entry: sméðe

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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sceolon leánum hleótan, swá widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784. Á forð heonan wídeferh for ever, 36, 28; Cri. 583. Swá áwa sceal wesan wídeferh, 142, 12 ; Gú. 643 : 350, 1; Sch. 57: 255, 32; Jul. 223.

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Ðone þurst earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.