seld-líce
strangely ⬩ wonderfully ⬩ wonderfully well ⬩ excellently ⬩ admirably
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Singeþ syllíce, 539; Sal. 269. wonderfully well, excellently, admirably Iericho wæs sellíce getimbrod, mid seofon weallas beworht and wel wiðinnan geset, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 25. Syllíce hyt ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 13
þegen-líc
Manly, ⬩ brave, ⬩ manful.
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Andreas is gereht ðegenlíc, Homl. Th. i. 586, 11.
þegnung-bóc
A service-book, ⬩ a book giving the religious services that were to be performed
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Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum Domini, Homl. Th. i. 98, 26
ge-delf
digging, act of digging ⬩ an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole,
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Th. i. 562, 14, Similar entries v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole
æt-bredendlíc
Taking away ⬩ ablativus
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láreówe ic gehýrde wisdóm ab hoc magistro audivi sapientiam.
CEÓWAN
To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare
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T. 42, 9: Homl. Th. i. 404, 5. Ðec sculon mold-wyrmas monige ceówan many mould-warms shall consume [chew, eat] thee; Exon. 99a; Th. 371, 8; Seel. 72
Linked entry: cuwon
lytling
A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child
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A little one, a young person, child Se ðe underféhþ ǽnne lytling on mínum naman he that receives one little one in my name, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 30. Lyttlingas, i. 512, 21.
nytenness
ignorance ⬩ laziness ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy
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V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200. Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenysse per ignorantiam, Lev. 4, 27. Ðæt hyra nán þurh nytennesse hine beládian ne mǽge, R.
ge-healdsumnys
A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia
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For gehealdsumnysse sóþre eádmódnysse beóþ fórwel oft Godes gecorenan geswencte for preservation of true humility God's chosen are very often afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 474, 10. Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8
un-árímedlíc
innumerable ⬩ countless ⬩ boundless ⬩ infinite ⬩ shewn in countless instances
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Homl. 87, 6. Be ðære unárímedlícan mengeo his weoredes, ðæs wæs búton unárímedlícan féþum ... de innumerabili exercitu, in quo fuerint permultae peditum copiae ... Nar. 4, 10-12. Cóman tósamne unárímedlíco mengeo, Blickl. Homl. 199, 9.
un-gewemmed
unspotted ⬩ immaculate ⬩ uncorrupted ⬩ uninjured ⬩ undefiled ⬩ unstained ⬩ inviolate ⬩ immaculate
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On ungewemmedum mægðháde, Homl. Th. i. 58, 8. Hé his wíf him betǽhte ungewemmed, Gen. 20, 14. uncertain Ungeuuemmid infractus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 36
Linked entry: ge-wemman
wicca
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Hi áxoden æt wyccum and æt wísum drýum, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 108. Ða fǽnman ðe gewuniaþ onfón wiccan, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 10. Ne áxa náne wicca[n] rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat nec divinos, Deut. 18, 11
wirsian
To get worse
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Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 124, 26. Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23.
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.
on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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Homl. 233, 30, 27. to wait on, attend upon Onbídendum prestulanti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 58
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. Smiðian on smǽtum golde ánre culiran an-lícnysse Homl. Skt. i. 3, 126. Smeoðed fabricata Hpt.
ge-sigefæstan
To make triumphant ⬩ crown ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ cŏrōnāre
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Homl. 67, 14
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twirǽdness
Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement
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Discord, dissension, disagreement Sacu and twirǽdnyss (strife, seditions, Gal. 5, 20), Homl. Skt. i. 17, 26. Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: án-rǽdnes
þerscold
A threshold
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Homl. 207, 11. Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413. Þerscwold, Shrn. 141, 17. Þeorscwold, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26. Þyrscwold, Met. 11, 68. Þerxwold, Lchdm. ii. 142, 12. Þrexwealdum liminibus, Hpt. Gl. 513, 66.
Linked entries: þræxwold þrecswald þreoxwold þrescwald þyrscwold þærsc-wald þeorscwold þirscwald
þider-inn
Into that place,
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Ic mé þyderinn eode, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 500. Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart.