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stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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,' 119, 6. not speaking Stillíce ingán silenter incedant, Angl. xiii. 403, 542. without producing sound Wer wís uneáþe stillíce hlihð uir sapiens uix tacite ridebit; a wise man doth scarce smile a little (Ecclus. 21, 20), Scint. 171, 16

þeón

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(l a) in greeting :-- Fæder mín leófa, þeóh þú an Críste wel (beneualeas in Christo ), Chrd. 92, 17. Add Þá þá hé geseah hine weaxan and þeón in Godes ege cum eum in timore Domini excrevisse videret, Gr. D. 225, 22.

fýst

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Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11. Fýstum pugillis, i. colaphis, An. Ox. 4694. Add:

gyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrwan, p. ede; pp. ed

To preparemake readymakeput onclotheadornpărārefăcĕrevestīreornāre

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Wer and wíf bearn mid bleóm gyrwaþ man and wife adorn their child with colours, 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3

leóf

(n.)
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Hí cwǽdon tó ðám apostolon lá leóf hwæt is ús tó dónne they said to the apostles, Sirs, what shall we do? Homl. Th. i. 314, 33

botl

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ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt hí eft up árǽren on ðǽm botle, ðǽr ðǽr timbran willen altum silvae lignum succidimus, ut hoc in aedificii tegmine sublevemus, Past. 433, 36. of a considerable (royal, monastic, &c.) dwelling On Donafelda

ge-healdsumnes

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</b> abstinence, refraining from :-- Uton yfel forlǽtan and eft ne geed-lǽcan, þæt móton Gode geðeón þurh gódre gehaltsumnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 19.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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. ; þeáh ús mid þám deórwyrþestan gimmum úton ymbehón, hwæðere sceolon on nearonysse ende gebídan, Wlfst. 263, 1

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Ðæt syndan Antecristes þrǽlas ðe his weg rýmaþ Wulfst. 55, 9. Ða ðe ingang rýmaþ Salm. Kmbl. 442; Sal. 221. Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid; ná ðæt hé Criste útganges rýmde, Homl. Th. i. 222, 9. Se engel rýmde him weg þurh ðæt fýr, ii. 344, 13.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

þearflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þearflíce, adv.
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Usefully, profitably, with profit, to good purpose mihton ðás hálgan rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian, ac ús twýnaþ hwæðer gé magon máran deópnysse ðǽron þearflíce tócnáwan whether you can with profit know the profounder parts of the subject, Homl

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.
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on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12. Wǽron his bebodu ealle treówfæste fidelia omnia mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 110, 5

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeówet-líc, adj.
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Gif ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

un-treówfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-treówfæst, adj.

Unfaithfuluntrustworthy

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Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: ' wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.

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céling

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férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge, Ps. L. 65, 12) in refrigerium, Hml. S. 4, 340. Add

in-gán

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ðá cynelican burh Porres mid úrum wǽpnum ineódon (printed metdon) urbem regiam Pori armis inuasimus, Nar. 4, 19. Add

leód-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rǽden, <b>, leód-rǽdenn,</b> e; f.
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A population; people, the country of a people Hwylc wundor is, þeáh þe þis be mannum secgan, nú seó úplice leódrǽden þǽre ængellican gecynde of sumum dǽle æfwerdlan áræfnede of hyra efenceasterwarum quid mirum quod hoc de homine dicitur, quando illa

sand

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sand, sand.
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Ox. 7, 162. of deserts Ðá férde þurh þá weallendan sond and þurh þá wǽdlan stówe wætres per feruentes arenas et egentia humoris loca profectus sum, Nar. 6, 9

stilness

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D. 170, 12. add: abstention from speech: — For þǽre stilnesse hefignysse neoþran stefne tó sprecenne geþáfedon pro taciturnitatis gravitate summissa voce loquendum permisimus, Angl. xiii. 433, 970.

ufan

Grammar
ufan, <b>. II.</b> ¶
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Th. i. 206, 21. figurative Þ hine man forgulde mid healfan punde; gif þonne gyld árǽrdon, ꝥ him man ýhte ufon on ꝥ be his wlites weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan

sár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
sár-slege, es; m.

A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains

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A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198.