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tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Ðá com his tíd ðæt hé sceolde of middangearde tó Drihtne féran, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 13: 4, 9; S. 577, 16. Tó morgen on ðisse ylcan tíde ic sende micelne hagol, Ex. 9, 18. Ðæt sylþ his wæstmas tó rihtre tíde, Ps. Th. 1, 4.

Linked entry: týd

æt

(prep.)
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Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ. Bl. H. 41, 28. in various cases marking object with which one is occupied Hí æt láre wǽron, Hml. S. 29, 10. Ic stande æt gebede, Ps. Th. 5, 3. Hé sæt æt þǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Se ðe feohtan ne dear mid Godes gewǽpnunge ongeán ðone feónd, hé biþ þonne mid ðám deófellícum bendum gewyld, Homl.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Hé ðære mægeþ sceolde láce (acc. fem.?) gelǽdan láþspel tó sóþ he to the maiden must bring the message, the grievous tale too true, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 28; Gú. 1317.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Hærincgas and leaxas . . . and fela swylces ( et similia ), Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13. Hæleða fela swelces and swelces wundraþ, Met. 28, 49. Be swilcum and swilcum ðú miht ongitan, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 11: Met. 26, 107.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

BERAN

(v.)
Grammar
BERAN, beoran, ic bere, beore, ðú birest, birst, byrst, he bireþ, byreþ, birþ, byrþ, pl. beraþ; p. ic, he bær, ðú bǽre, pl. bǽron; pp. boren; v. a.

to BEARcarrybringbear or carry a sacrificeofferbear offcarry outextendwearsupportenduresufferferreportareafferreofferredeferreproferreextenderegereretolerareto BEARproducebring forthfacereferreedereparere

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Ðæt wæs deáþes beám se bær bitres fela that was the tree of death which bare much of bitter, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 2; Gen. 479 : 30; Th. 40, 26; Gen. 645. Gif he to ðæm ríce wæs on rihte boren if he to that kingdom was rightly born, Bt. Met.

DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan deáde féðan dread ye not dead bands, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 26; Exod. 266: Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 21; Cri. 1159: Andr. Kmbl. 2156; An. 1079. Lǽt deáde bebyrigean hyra deádnn let the dead bury their dead, Mt. Bos. 8, 22.

Linked entry: déd

hýnþ

(n.)
Grammar
hýnþ, e; hýnþu [-o]; indecl. f.

Humiliationabasementdisgracecontemptinjuryharmloss

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Fela heardra hýnþa many cruel injuries, Beo. Th. 334; B. 166. Hénþa, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 41; Met. 12, 21. Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ they are not blessed, who mourn for losses of temporal comforts, Homl.

Linked entries: hénþ hiénþo

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mournbe sadbe anxiousTo mournlamentto care aboutregard

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Sélre biþ ǽghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne, Beo. Th. 2775; B. 1385. Ðæt mín murnende mód. Bt. 3, l; Fox 4, 18: Beo. Th. 99; B. 50: Andr. Kmbl. 3332; An. 1669 : Exon. 101 a; Th. 380, 28; Rä. l, 15.

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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Ðǽr wearþ Heáhmund bisceop ofslægen and fela gódra monna there was bishop Heahmund slain and many good men, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 34.

Linked entry: good

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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Ús ne þearf ná twýnian, ðæt wé gebyrian ne sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wulfst. 151, 19. with nom. of person, to feel doubt, to doubt, absolute Se ðe ná twýnaþ on heortan his ac gelýfþ qui non hesitauerit in corde suo sed

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Uselessvainidleunprofitable

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Ádó of his móde fela ðara ymbhogona ðe him unnet sié (cf. ungerisenlíce ymbhogan, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 19), 16, 6: 22, 10. Hit wæs unnet gebod, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 32. Se unnytta and forhogoda inrita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 65.

Linked entry: un-net

á-lecgan

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Th. ii. 232, 15. fig. to put down, of persons, to cast down, overthrow, deprive of power or life Se cásere áléde þone Godes feónd, Hml. S. 27, 60. Tóbrýt ðás hǽðenan and álege hí mid swurdum, 25, 273. Álege hig depone eos, Ps. Spl. 58, 12.

Linked entry: á-licgan

á-feallan

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Ðætte ðá ðe gestondan ne meahton, gif hí áfeallan scolden, ðæt hí áfeóllen on ðæt hnesce bedd ðæs gesinscipes, 397, 22. voluntary, to fall at a person's feet Ic for þám ege nyþer on þá eorþan áfeóll, and hé mé up áhóf, Nic. 10, 40: Hml.

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Þá wíse menn ǽgðær ge binnan burh ge búton, Chr. 1052; P. 181, 1. within an enclosure, a fence, &c. with dat. Iéwde hé mé áne duru beinnan ðǽm wealle, Past. 153, 19. Ðá wuhta beinnan ðám wáge, 155, 21.

earm

(adj.)
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Hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ, Bl. H. 63, 11. Úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol.

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27. of the body and its parts Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme, Wlfst. 148, 5. Þín se fægresta fæþm, Bl. H. 7, 25.

ge-mittan

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Ðá hé cóm ongeán dǽm herge, þá gemitte hé þǽr swelcne feld swá him ǽr on swefne ætýwed wæs, Shrn. 70, 16. Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22.

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Hé gestriónde (gestriónende wæs, L.) óþre féfe, Mt. R. 25, 16. Gestreónde, 17. Hwæt helpeð menn ðeáh þe hé middengeard ealne gestreóne (-strióna, L.) quod prodest homini si mundum universum lucretur, 16, 26. Gestriéne, Past. 331, II.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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agree together, be companions, act in concert Seó sǽ and se móna geþwǽrlǽcað heom betweónan, ǽfre hig beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Angl. viii. 327, 25. to agree with another, be a companion, accomplice of, consent to the plans of Gif þé fédan

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan