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handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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To handle, feel Gif mín fæder mé handlaþ si attrectaverit me pater meus, Gen. 27, 12. Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196,

ge-þyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þyldig, adj.

Patientlong-sufferingquietpatienslongănĭmis

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Patient, long-suffering, quiet; patiens, longănĭmis Þeáwfæst and geþyldig upright and patient, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 8; Gen. 2662: 92; Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942. Geþyldig and swýðe mildheort patiens et multum misĕrĭcors, Ps. Spl. 144, 8: Ps. Th. 85, 14: 102

Linked entry: ge-hyldig

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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A far journey, long travel Módor ne rǽdaþ, ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld wídsíð sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Wérig winneþ, wídsíð onginneþ, Exon. Th. 354, 26 ; Reim. 51. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled

furlang

(n.)
Grammar
furlang, furlung, es; n.

A FURLONGstădium

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A FURLONG; stădium On ðæt lange furlang to the long furlong, Cod. Dipl. 578; A.D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 32. Bethania ys gehende Hierusalem ofer fýftyne furlang ĕrat Bethania juxta Ierosŏly̆mam quăsi stădiis quindĕcim, Jn. Bos. 11, 18. Twentig furlanga

ge-sundfulnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sundfulnes, -fullnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Soundnesshealthinessprosperitysānĭtas corpŏrisprospĕrĭtas

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Soundness, healthiness, prosperity; sānĭtas corpŏris, prospĕrĭtas On ðínre gesundfulnesse in thy health, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 35. Se oferdrenc fordéþ untwílíce ðæs mannes sáwle and his gesundfullnysse over-drinking surely destroys a man's soul and his soundness

líf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
líf-leást, -lǽst, e; f.

death

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Loss of life, death On ǽlcum ðara daga gif man ǽnige ǽddran geopenaþ on ðara tíde ðæt hit biþ lífleást oððe langsum sár on each of those days, if a vein be opened at that hour, it is death or long disease, Lchdm. iii. 152, 5. Bendas oððe dyntas hwílum

brǽd

Grammar
brǽd, (-u, -o)

breadth

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breadth. Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx-es furlonga long, and swá eác brǽdo, Nar. 12, 17. On lenge and on brǽde, 33, 22. Mið braeda extensione, Mt. p. 15, 13. Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra

GÁD

(n.)
Grammar
GÁD, e; f.

A point of a weaponspear or arrow-headstingprickGOADcuspisacŭleusstĭmŭlus

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A point of a weapon, spear or arrow-head, sting, prick, GOAD; cuspis, acŭleus, stĭmŭlus Gád cuspis, Wrt. Voc. 288, 23. Gád stĭmŭlus, Wrt. Voc. 75; 1. Se yrþling ná gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea, Coll. Monast

Linked entries: gaad gǽd

feor-weg

(n.)
Grammar
feor-weg, es; m.

A far or long wayvia longinqua

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A far or long way; via longinqua Mín bigengea gewát bryce on feorweg incŏlātus meus prolongātus est, Ps. Th. 119, 5: Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 22; Gú. 228. Drihten asent þeóda ofer éow of feorwegum addūcet Dŏmĭnus sŭper te gentem de longinquo, Deut. 28, 49

weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml. Th. i. 318, 14. l.

a-déman

(v.)
Grammar
a-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To judgeadjudgedoomdeemtryabjudicatedepriveexaminareabjudicarejudicio facto relegare

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To judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, abjudicate, deprive; examinare, abjudicare, judicio facto relegare Lícode Gode hire ða hálgan sáule eác swylce mid longre hire líchoman untrymnesse adémde and asodene beón it pleased God that her holy soul should also

cleweða

(n.)
Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.

A clawing, scratchingscalpturigo, scalpurigo

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A clawing, scratching; scalpturigo, scalpurigo Se giecþa [gicþa MS. Cot.] biþ swíðe unsár, and se cleweða [MS. Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the

Linked entry: clæwetða

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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A swan Aelbitu olor, cicnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 47 : tantalus, 98, 30. Ilfatu alvor, 6, 55. Ilfetu olor, 63, 40. Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

fur-lang

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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25. Of ðǽre ealdan díc on

ge-þweorod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweorod, (<b>ge-þweórod ?</b>
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according to the metre the syllable is long) Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut

Linked entry: -þweorod

blíðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
blíðe-mód, adj.

Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerfullætus animo, lætus, hilaris

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Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful; lætus animo, lætus, hilaris Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás cyning [MS. kyng], ðeáh he lang ǽr, lande bereáfod, wunode wræclástum the innocent king was ever blithe of mind [cheerful], though he long before, bereft of land, dwelt

fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
fúlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. n.

To become foulputrefyrotdecayputrescĕrecomputrescĕrecorrumpi

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To become foul, putrefy, rot, decay; putrescĕre, computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a

Linked entries: a-fúlian fýlan

hremming

(n.)
Grammar
hremming, e;f

A hinderinghindranceobstructionobstacleimpediment

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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being

hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ

Linked entry: hlýda

íðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
íðe-líce, adv.

Easily

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Easily Iéðelíce and scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd hiora ingewinn without making the account difficult or long I have now related their intestine struggle, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 28. Iéðelíce forneáh búton ǽlcon gewinne easily, almost without any struggle,