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níwane

(adv.)
Grammar
níwane, adv.

Latelyrecently

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Lately, recently Wénaþ ðæt ðæt ne sié eald gesceaft, ac síe geworden níwane, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 4

Linked entry: níwan

be-wrigen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-wrigen, -wrigon

covered, concealed

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Fox 4, 93; Met, 4, 47; Similar entries pp. and p. pl. of be-wríhan

geocsa

(n.)
Grammar
geocsa, an; m.

A sobbingsingultus

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Fox 2, 9; Met. 2, 5

Linked entry: geoxa

ge-óleccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-óleccan, v. a.

To allureblandiri

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To allure; blandiri Ðá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan when they most allure thee, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 1

Linked entries: óleccan ge-ólǽcan

un-þyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þyldig, adj.

Inspatient

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Inspatient Hí bióþ swá unþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþa geþyldelice áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2

ofer-líhtan

(v.)

to outshine

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.; Fox xii. 2

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Fox 22, 47; Met. 22, 24. Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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For ðære meniu, Gen. 16, 10. For ðære miclan menige, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 36. Of menge wetra de multitudine aquarum, Ps. Surt. 17, 17. For ðære mænige, Rood Kmbl. 221; Kr. 112: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 121; Met. 26, 61. Ic álýse ealle ða menigo, Andr.

mán

(n.)
Grammar
mán, es; n.

A bad, shameful actiona crimecrimeguiltwickedness

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Fox 58, 2, hwilc mán hé weorhte), Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13; Met. 9, 7. Mánes fraudis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 44. Mánes wyrhtan peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Máne piaculo, Hpt. Gl. 432, 50 : Lev. 19, 29.

Linked entry: mán-áþ

a-berend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-berend-líc, adj. [berende bearing]

Bearabletolerablethat may be bornetolerabilis

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Bearable, tolerable, that may be borne; tolerabilis Aberendlíc broc bearable affliction, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 4, note 5

Linked entry: berendlíc

allunga

(adv.)

altogetheromnino

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altogether; omnino Ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum who is altogether subject to vices, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 20

féhan

(v.)
Grammar
féhan, ðú féhst, he féhþ

to takeseizecaptāre

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to take, seize; captāre, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 16: Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 1; Rä. 28, 9

Linked entry: a-féhþ

fiórþa

(adj.)
Grammar
fiórþa, seó, ðæt fiórþe; adj.

The fourthquartus

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The fourth; quartus Seó [MS. þio] fiórþe bóc the fourth book, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9, note 14

fyrd-man

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-man, ferd-mon; pl. -men; m.

A military mana soldiermīles

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A military man, a soldier; mīles He sceal hæbban fyrdmen he must have soldiers, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 33

Linked entries: ferd-mon fird-man

geár-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
geár-mǽlum, adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n.]

Yearlyquotannis

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Fox 1, 10; Met. 1, 5

be-sylian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sylian, p. -ede; pp. ed

To soil, stainmaculare, inquinare

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To soil, stain; maculare, inquinare Besyled stained; maculatus Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 18: Elen. Kmbl. 1390; El. 697

Linked entry: sylian

be-wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wealwian, p. ode; pp. od

To wallowvolutare

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To wallow; volutare Swín on ða solu bewealwiaþ swine wallow in the mire, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 29

Linked entry: wealwian

siðða

(adv.)
Grammar
siðða, adv.
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Fox 24, 59. v. next word

stige

(n.)
Grammar
stige, es ; m.
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Fox 129 ; Men. 64. v. niþer-, up-stige

un-wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wénunga, adv.

Unexpectedly

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Unexpectedly Men cwǽdon ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebyrede, ðæt ðæt wǽre weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4

Linked entry: wénunga