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hofer

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to clothe.
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Þá þá hé wæs eallinga eft scyrped vestitus, 343, 19. to equip for a journey Hé hine hám wel scyrpan wolde, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 659, 25

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

tó-weaxan

(v.)
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to grow in a scattered way, cover with a scattered growth Under þám eáhþýrle geonode mycclu neolnes, and seó wæs eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána sub fenestra ingens praecipitiwm patebat saxorum molibus asperum (aspersum seems to have been

weoroldlíce

(adv.)
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Add: temporally (in contrast with eternally) Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad ꝥ hié þone woroldlíce forbærndon þe hié þóhte bærnan on écnesse justo Dei judicio ipsi eum vivum incenderunt, qui propter eum morti vitio erroris arsuri sunt, Ors. 6, 34; S.

maniend

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Add: a creditor Hé sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. Hé hét ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

weá-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
weá-tácn, es; n.

A sign of misery, a woeful signal

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Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121

breóst-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gehygd, e; f: es; n.

the heart, mindthought, meditation The thought of the heart or mind, a thought cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio

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[breóst the heart, mind, gehygd thought, meditation] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Ðæt wæs gingeste word breóstgehygdum that was the last word from his mind's thoughts, Beo.

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitablenesshospitalityhospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.

ge-þungennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þungennes, -ness, e; f.

Increasegrowthpietyexcellencegravity

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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6.

Linked entry: ge-þinþenes

tó-lǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtenness, e; f.

Abandonment,a giving up

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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Ða ðe seoððan after Cristes cyme wǽron tó Gode gecyr*-*rede, 81, 15. Ðá æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs á seoððan mǽre ge*-*worden, 219, 4. Á syððan ðenden wunaþ húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 571 ; B. 283. Siððan á, Andr.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

ge-hæftan

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Gehæftad wæs diwl in helle dampnatus est diabolus in infernum, Rtl. 197, 25

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 10. Salomones reste wæs mid weardum ymbseted. - Hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste ... ? Ac hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera stondende wǽron ymb ða reste? 11, 16-23. Ræst ;a sepulchre,; Exon.

Linked entries: ræst reste

un-áræfnedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíc, adj.

Intolerableimpossible to bear

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Wæter unárefnedlíc aquam intolerabilem, Ps. Lamb. 123, 5. Þurh ða lond ðe ða unárefnedlícan cyn nædrena in wǽron in execrabilia serpentum genera, Nar. 6, 22

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, 254, 6. to beg Hé gesaet æt woeg giornade sedebat juxta uiam mendicans, Mk.

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Hér wæs seó forme yld ðissere worulde and seó óðer yld wæs óþ Abrahames tíman ... Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ...

Linked entries: yld eld

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

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FAR, at a distance; prŏcul, longe Ðá wǽron ðás wundru feor and wíde gemǽrsode and gecýðed quĭbus pătĕfactis ac diffāmātis longe lāteque mīrācŭlis, Bd. 3, l0; S. 535, 2: 3, 16; S. 542, 16. Hyra heorte is feor [feorr, Mt.

Linked entries: feorr fior

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To pressoppresscomprimerecontendereopprimere

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From ðæm here wæs geþrunged ł geþrungen a turba comprimebatur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 42. Calde geþrungen wǽron míne fét pinched with cold were my feet, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8. Wombe geþrungne a swollen belly, 129 a; Th. 485, 3; Rä. 84, 2

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

un-sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽl, es; m.

Unhappiness

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Unhappiness Ða deóflu wǽron on miclum unsǽlum (v. sǽl, IV, ¶), and ða englas wǽron on swíðe micelre blisse, Wulfst. 236, 26

Linked entry: sǽl