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FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZEfurze-bushesgenistarhamnusulex eurōpæus

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Ær-ðan undergǽton eówre þornas fyrs priusquam intellĭgĕrent spīnæ rhamnum, Ps. Lamb. 57, 10: Lchdm. iii. 86, 17.

heofone

(n.)
Grammar
heofone, an; f.
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Heaven Heofone næs ná ǽr ǽrðan ðe se ælmihtiga wyrhta hí geworhte on anginne heaven was not before the almighty workman wrought it in the beginning, Hexam. i; Norm. 4. Heofenan ríce the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 68, 2: 58, 4.

hyge-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-leás, adj.

Thoughtlesscarelessfoolish

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Thoughtless, careless, foolish Ne geríseþ biscopum ne æt hám ne on síðe tó higeleás [iuncglíc, MS.

in-byrdling

(n.)
Grammar
in-byrdling, es; m.
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Ǽlc werhádes man on eówrum mǽgðum and inbyrdlingum and geboht þeówa omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam emptitius, 17, 12.

gleowian

(v.)
Grammar
gleowian, gliowian, gliwian, glywian; p. ode; pp. od

To play on an instrumentsingjokejestact the gleeman or buffoonfidicinarejocariscurrariscurram agere

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He sumu þing ætgædere mid him sprecende and gleowiende wæs ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron cum ibidem positi aliqua, una cum eis qui ibidem ante inerant, loquerentur ac jocarentur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 34. Mádena glywiendra juvencularum tympanistriarum, Ps.

ge-dræg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag, es; n.

A draggingbandmultitudetumulttractusturmatumultus

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Eác ðon breost-ceare sin-sorgna gedreag sý æt him even when care of breast, multitude of constant sorrows be at him, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45. Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.

Linked entries: -dræg ge-dreag

ge-hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreówan, p. -hreáw, pl. -hruwon; pp. -hrowen

To ruerepentgrievepitypœniteredoleremiserere

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Mec æt heortan gehreáw I repented at heart [lit. it repented me at heart ], Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1494 : Cd. 221; Th. 288, 2; Sat. 374

streccan

(v.)
Grammar
streccan, p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (v. strecedness)
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III. to . prostrate He hine wæs on gebed streccende æt líchoman ðæs Codes weres prosternens se ad corpus viri Dei pia intentione, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 29. [O. H. Ger. strecchen extendere, porrigere, prosternere.]

Linked entry: ge-streccan

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan hwæðerne áðreóteþ ǽr when fate and prudence strive, each with its own hard constraint, which of the two tires first? 857; Sal. 428. Nealles sylfes willum ac for þreánédlan, Beo. Th. 4450; B. 2224.

Linked entry: -nídla

un-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sǽlig, adj.

unhappyunblestmiserableunhappybringing misery

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Hí ( the good) fore góddǽdum blissiaþ, ða hý (the wicked ) unsǽlge ǽr forhogdun tó dónne, 79, 9; Cri. 1288. Hæleð unsǽlige ( the unbelieving Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1122; An. 561. of things, unhappy, bringing misery Æppel unsǽlga (cf.

Linked entry: un-gesǽlig

án-wille

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Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt hé lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8. Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393, 63. þzt yfel þe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 24.

bócere

a bookmanan authora scholar

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Hé manige searwa ádreág æt þám unlǽdum bócerum, Bl. H. 85, 1. Mið boecerum (bókerum, R.) cum scribis, Mt. L. 27, 41

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14. Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml. S. 37, 271. Ceoslum glareis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287.

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs bisceopes byrele (byrle, v. l.) the bishop's cupbearer, Gr. D. 186, 22. Be ðám byrle þe ðone apostol eárplætte, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 13. Ǽlcan gesettan discðegne and gesettan biriele, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30.

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

dearnunga

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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

dweorg

(v.)
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Add: — Ðis is biscopes gehwearf and ðára hígna ðára londa æt Beórhám . . . (cf. in the charter so endorsed: Placuit archiepiscopo ejusque familia . . . aliquam vicissitudinem terrarum inter se habere), C. D. B. i. 526, 19.

ge-leáfsum

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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

ge-ligernes

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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,