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un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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Cf. the similar phrase in reference to the seizing of a thief: Ða mǽgas him ( the captor ) swerian áðas unfǽhða, 28; Th. i. 120, 6

á-cwencan

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Ox. 4391. of other things Gesihða yfele ácwencð ( extinguit ) hungor, Scint. 56, 14. Se crístendóm ne mihte beón þanonforð ácwænced nǽfre, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 20

á-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwirfan, p. de
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Ne áhwyrf þú þíne onsýne from mé, Bl. H. 83, 11. Hú lange wilt þú áhwyrfan ( avertes ) þínne andwlitan fram mé, Ps. Th. 12, 1. Gedwolan fram Godes eágum áhwyrfan (-hwerfan, -hweorfan, v. ll.) errores a Dei oculis abscondere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 11.

Linked entries: á-hwerfan á-hwyrfan

á-lesan

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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29.

cófa

(n.)
Grammar
cófa, l. cofa.
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Gá in þíne cofan ( cubiculum ), Mt. R. 6, 6. In cofum in penetralibus, Mt. L. R. 24, 26. a cave, den Cofa spelunca, Jn. L. R. 11, 38. Cofa ðeáfana speluncam latronum, Mt. L. 21, 13: Mk. L. R. 11, 17: Lk. L. R. 19, 46

port-geréfa

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Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. . . . Godríc portgeréfa, C. D. iv. 117, 27. On Ælfgǽres gewitnesse portgeréfa and Ælfwærdes portgeréfa þe ꝥ toll námon for þæs cynges hand, Cht. E. 256, 16-18: 259, 9: 27: 262, 2: 264, 12: 271, 12: 273, 7

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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Ymbe þises bissextus gefyllednysse wé wyllað rúmlícor iungum cnihtum geopenian, Angl. viii. 306, 15: 32. add: abundantly Se man þe næbbe of hwám hé mæge rúmlíce ælmes-san syllan, Hml. A. 141, 80.

singal

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Ðæt mód ðætte næfð singale sorge hit self tó behealdanne si a circumspectionis sollicitudinecor desiituitur, Past. 431, 8. of other things Singal perpes, An. Ox. 508.

los

(n.)
Grammar
los, es; n.

Lossdestruction

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Loss, destruction Ða þing tó lose wurdon ðe on ðam scipe wǽron perditis his quæ in navi erant rebus, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 20. Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.

Linked entry: lor

módig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
módig-líc, adj.

Noble-mindhigh-souledcourageousbraveSuperbmagnificent

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Th. 680; B. 337. of things (v. mod, III.), Superb, magnificent Nǽnig man nafaþ to ðon módelíco gestreón hér on worlde, Blickl. Homl. 111. 24: 113, 6

Linked entry: móde-líc

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6

Linked entry: betre

be-witan

(v.)
Grammar
be-witan, ic. he -wát, ðú -wást, pl. -witon; p. -wiste, pl. -wiston; pp. -witen; v. trans. [be near, witan to know, see, take care of]

To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administerpræesse, administrare

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To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer; præesse, administrare Ðe ealle his þing bewiste qui præerat omnibus quæ habebat, Gen. 24, 2. Ne miht ðú leng tún-scíre bewitan jam non poteris villicare, Lk.

Linked entry: be-wiste

ge-dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrnan, -diernan, -dirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To concealhidekeep secretcēlāreoccultāre

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Se ðe ða þýfþe gedyrne, forgylde ðone þeóf be his were let him who conceals the theft pay for the thief according to his value, 36; Th. i. 124, 17, note 40, MS. B. Ðonne hit gedyrned weorþeþ when it is hidden, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 27; Gn. Ex. 117

Linked entries: ge-diernan ge-dirnan

wídgilness

(n.)
Grammar
wídgilness, e; f.
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Vastness, spaciousness, vast expanse Hí him menigfeald þing sǽdon be ðære wídgilnysse ðæs wéstenes. Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 16. Seó eorðe stód mid manegum wudum on hire wídgilnysse. Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 5.

Linked entry: wídgalness

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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Þú earhlíce ( with fear and trembling ) scealt gyltas þíne bemurnan, Dóm. L. 30, 54. v. arhlíce in Dict

Linked entry: earhlíce

fant-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fant-bæþ, es; n.
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The baptismal font, font with water in it ready for baptism, the rite there performed Þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes georne . . . Þá ðreó dýfinga on fontbæðe getácniað . . . Wlfst. 36, 1-10.

ge-streónfull

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Substitute: of things, (i) profitable, advantageous, v. ge-streón; Hí wilniaþ þá heafene þysse gestreónfullan wǽdle exigunt sumptum lucrosae egestatis, R. Ben. 136, costly, precious.

ge-synto

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Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23. of things Hé þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf fractum calicem pristinae incolumitati restituit, Gr.

openian

(v.)
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Rdr. 5, 11. add: to spread apart, expand Openiendum þé hand þíne, Ps.

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 218, 27: 318, 27. Spellunga ł saga fabulas, An. Ox. 188. <b>I a.</b> saying, speech :-- Sage raþor dicto citius, An. Ox. 3130. Lufwyndre sage fatu amico, 18, 26