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þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, ne tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13. with dat. of person to whom thanks are given, and gen. of thing for which Hí Gode þonciaþ blǽdes and blissa, Exon. Th. 77, 14; Cri. 1256.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Wén ne brúceþ, ðe can weána lyt, sáres and sorge, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 30 ; Rún.8. Weána dǽl a deal of trouble, Exon. Th. 379, 17; Deór. 34: Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150. Ic ðé wið weána gehwam wreó, Cd. Th. 131, 2 ; Gen. 2170: Beo. Th. 2796; B. 1396.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

bringan

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Lytel gestreón wiþerweardnes þé bringþ, 20; F. 72, 13. Ic nát hwæt þá woruldlustas myrges bringaþ hiora lufigendum, 31, l ; S. 70, 14.

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41. Eówre lyðre mód incircumcisa mens, Lev. 26, 41.

þynne

(adj.)
Grammar
þynne, adj.

Thinthinleanthe opposite of fat or stoutthinthe opposite of thickthinthe opposite of broadthinthinthinweakfeebledelicatefine

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Lyft is líchamlíc gesceaft, swýðe þynne, iii. 272, 17. Þynne wín, ii. 254, 18. Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wǽtan, iii. 278, 23.

Linked entries: þinne þynness

hwilc-hwega

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Þæt forneáh náht tó láfe ne wunode búton hwylchugu lytel ele ut pene nihil nisi parum quid olei remaneret Gr. D. 159, 9. Of hwylcumhugu dǽle, Bl. H. 103, 17. Hé gedyde hwylcehueu (sume lytle, v. l.) yldinge paululum moram fecit Gr. D. 88, 23.

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, heálsian [Ettmüller connects this verb in the sense obsecrare with hals, and writes halsian, healsian; the forms in which ea occurs seem to favour this writing, while reference to cognate dialects seems to point to á]

To beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, conjure, exorciseaugurarito salute, greet

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On wigbedde tó hálsienne in altari ad augurandum, Cot. 17, Lye

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Ðonne miht ðú ongitan ðæt eorþan ymbhwyrft is eall wið ðone heofon tó mettanne swylce án lytel pricu (lytlu price, Cott. MS.) on brádan brede omnem terrae ambitum ad coeli spatium puncti constat obtinere rationem, Bt. 18, 1 ; Fox 62, 4.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Seó lyft liccaþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 13. Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. <b>I a.</b> metaph. a shower of missiles :-- Flána scúras, Judth.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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Skt. ii. 30, 441. wet, moist, having moisture Sié lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35; Anglia viii. 299, 28. Se wǽta wong roscida tellus, Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1.

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene of physical calmness Se mónaþ (June) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte Shrn. 87, 34. Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Lytle báte lintrum, 52, 12. Bát lintrem, 75, 9: 52, 24: lembum, naviculum, i. ratem, Wülck. Gl. 254, 25. Hí wurpon hine on þone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 9. Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

be-dǽlan

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Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272, 27

ge-bídan

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lytle stilnesse gebád, þá hwíle hé ríces weóld, Chr. 1065; P. 195, 26. Ic mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, B. 934. Sé þe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum, Seef. 28. (1 b) to endure, undergo, suffer ill :-- Fela ic weána gebád, Fins. 25.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Nó ðonne bútan med-mycelne dǽl hláfes and án henne ǽg mid lytle meolc wætere gemengedre hé onféng, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 33. Þreó ǽgero, Shrn. 135, 18. Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon fisces and butran and aegera ðaet mon begeotan maege, C.

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

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Th. ii. 174, 26. a wafer like the sacramental wafer Man sceal niman . vii. lytle oflǽtan swylce man mid ofraþ, Lchdm. iii. 42, 3. [Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33. Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer: O. H.

Linked entry: ofláte

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Lyt swígode níwra spella, se ðe næs gerád, Beo. Th. 5788; B. 2898. Hí sprecaþ níwum tungum, Mk. Skt. 16, 17. Gelǽrdan biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr ealde gedydan, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 2. Singaþ sangas neówe, Ps. Th. 95, 1

Linked entry: níwung

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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a shield, a piece of defensive armour: — Scyld scutum vel clipeus vel parma, lytel scyld pelta . . . scyld clipeus, testudo, lytel scyld ancile, ða læssan scyldas peltae vel parmae, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 27-28, 57-59. .

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208. Swylc sceolde secg wesan, þegen æt þearfe, 5410 ; B. 2708.

under-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
under-lútan, p. -leát, -luton; pp. -loten

To stoop beneath something in order to raise or support itto supportbearsubmit to

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Hwí eów á lyste mid eówrum swiran selfra willum ðæt swǽre gioc underlútan, Met. 10, 20