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ofer-hygd

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E. 242, 20. add: magnanimity, highmindedness Geclǽnsa mé ðá hwíle ðe ic on þisse worulde sí, and gedó mé unmódigne; sile mé oferhýda; mé gesceádwísne and rihtwísne and foreþancfulne and fulfremedne, and gedó mé lufiende þínes wísdómes jubeas me dum

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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ǽges ðæt hwíte tó, Lch. ii. 20, 12. Genim ǽges ðæt geoluwe, 22, 19. Ǽges geola, 130, 12. 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.

smirwung

(n.)
Grammar
smirwung, smiring (-ung), e; f.

anointing, unctionan ointment

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Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm L. Ælfc.

Linked entries: smiring smyring

hád

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Ðá ðe mon tó hiéran háde dón wille, 7, 15. Onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and dá geðyncja, Past. 411, 25. Se engel hafað yldran hád, Cri.1669: Reim. 15. <b>V a.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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., and háligwæter ðǽron, and drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa (the lower side of the sods), Lchdm. i. 398, 11. <b>I b.</b> that on which a thing depends :-- Staðul cardo, Wrt.

Linked entry: scaþel

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes middaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricie on ánum brádum brede.

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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Ðá heówon hí ðone stán swá swýðe swá hí mihton dolantes lapidem in quantum valebant, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Leóhte scypa, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 8 (in Dict.). of meat or drink, that does not lie heavy on the stomach; of intoxicating drink, without much alcohol Leóht beór melle dulci, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 77: ii. 56, 49.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Ðæt hé geþence ðone teónan ( injuriam ), ðe wé him dydon, Gen. 50, 15: Ps. Th. 102, 6. Se ðe úre ealra teónan wrǽce he that should avenge the wrong done to us all, L. Ath. v. 7; Th. i. 234, 20: 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 18: Blickl.

Linked entry: teóne

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Wið ðæs ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest towards that thou wilt strive as soon as thou dost recognise it, Bt. ll, 2 ; Fox 34, 8. Se man ðe swereþ man and eft his gilt onget, Lev. 5, 4: Met. 22, 16.

a-ídlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ídlan, p. ede; pp. ed.

To become idlefree fromvacareTo profaneprofanare

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To profane; profanare Monige ðone geleáfan mid unrihte weorce a-ídledon multi fidem iniquis profanabant operibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 5

for-cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cnídan, p. ic, he -cnád, ðú -cnide, -cnyde, pl. -cnidon; pp. -cniden

To beat or break into piecesdash or throw downcomminuĕrecontĕrĕrecollidére

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To beat or break into pieces, dash or throw down; comminuĕre, contĕrĕre, collidére Ic gewanie oððe forcníde hig swá swá dust commĭnuam eos ut pulvĕrem, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. Ealle trumnysse hláfes he forcnád omne firmāmentum pānis contrīvit, 104, 15.

fore-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
fore-spræc, -spæc, e; f. [ = for, spræc a speech]

A speaking fora defencean assentingagreementdefensioexcūsātioastipŭlātio

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A speaking for, a defence, an assenting, agreement; defensio, excūsātio, astipŭlātio Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads

Linked entry: fore-spæc

port-weall

(n.)
Grammar
port-weall, es ; m.
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A town-wall Man gengde ábútan ðone portweall, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 267.

grimme

(adv.)
Grammar
grimme, adv.
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Grimly, fiercely Hý him æfter ðæm grimme forguldon ðone wígeræft ðe hý æt him geleornodon they afterwards gave him grim requital for the military skill they learnt from him, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 30: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 15; Gen. 1275: 183; Th. 229, 2; Dan.

bígan

(v.)
Grammar
bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn backflectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere

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To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back; flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere His cneów bígde on eorþan genua flexit in terram, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643,15: 3, 2; S. 524, 14: Mt.

ge-dweola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dweola, -dweolda, an; m.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis Se ge-dweola wæs on ðam Nyceniscan sinoþe geniðerad the error was put down in the Nicene synod, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 36. Gé gedweolan lifdon ye lived in error, Invent. Crs. Recd. 623; El. 311.

swétan

(v.)
Grammar
swétan, p. te; pp. swéted, swét
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To sweeten, make sweet. in a physical sense Nim hunig and swét ðone drænc, Lchdm. iii. 58, 30: ii. 120, 11. Swéte swíðe mid hunige, 216, 4. Swétedne, 111, 8, 15. to make pleasant Hé (the devil) mec féran hét, ðæt ic ðé sceolde synne swétan, Exon.

Linked entry: swétian

un-coðu

(n.)
Grammar
un-coðu, e; f.: -coða, an; m.

Disease

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Hé mid ísene ðone uncoðan (ða uncoðe, v. rr. ) áceorfe, R. Ben. 52, 19. Orfcwealm oþðon mancwealm þurh fǽrlíce uncoða, Wulfst. 170, 2

þwínan

(v.)
Grammar
þwínan, p. þwán, pl. þwinon; pp. þwinen

To get lessdwindlebe reduced

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To get less, dwindle, be reduced (of a swelling) Beþe ða fét and smyre, ðonne þwínaþ (-eþ, MS.) hý sóna ( the swelling goes down ), Lchdm. i. 84, 25. Ðonne þwínaþ ða áswollena sina, ii. 282, 8.