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þrǽl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl-riht, es; n.
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Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, ne ðæt ðæt heom on Godes ést góde men geúðon and tó ælmesgife for Godes

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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(Alfred) on sumes swánes (the swán is called vaccarius in the Latin Vita S. Neoti, but in other forms of the story, e.g. Matthew of Westminster's, he is subulcus and drives 'porcos ad solita pascua') húse his hléw gernde . . .

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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ýste mæg oncyrran ðæt him windes hweoðu weorðeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram Ps.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Wynflæd brought her witnesses, they were archbishop Sigeric, etc., Th. Chart. 288, 3: 539, 31. Here ealre ðe hér bé gewitnesse of all those that here are witnesses, Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 21. Ymb huæd we willnias gewitnesa quid desideramus testes, Mk.

Linked entry: witness

on-findan

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Gif man onfinde ꝥ heora ǽnig on wóhre gewitnesse wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 23. Nán man ne mihte onfindan ꝥ heó wæs fǽmne, Shrn. 31, 11. to suffer, feel pain, discomfort, &c. onfindeþ swile and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde, Lch. ii. 174, 22.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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Wlát wítga geond þeódland, óþ ðæt gestarode, ðǽr gestaþelad wæs æþelíc ingong, 19, 25; Cri. 306. Hió wlát ofer ealle, Elen. Kmbl. 770; El. 385. tó heofenum wlát, Byrht. Th. 136, 56; By. 172. æfter recede wlát, Beo. Th. 3149; B. 1572.

grípan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. with personal subject, to grasp at Heó gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501. to take hold of, lay hands on. a material object Heó on mec ( an onion ) grípeð, Rä. 26, 7.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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hit swíðe unáberendlíc talaþ, Past. 33; Swt. 226, 18. mé ofslægenne talaþ, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 29. talaþ hine sylfne wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Ða ðe hí sylfe wáce taliaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 29. Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19.

munuc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
munuc-líc, adj.

Monastic

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heóld his munelíce ingehýd swá ðeáh betwux mannum he preserved the habit of mind which he had when a monk though mixing with men, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 13. On munuclícum hádum in monachico habitu, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 21

sirwung

(n.)
Grammar
sirwung, e ; f.
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Samson heora syrwunga undergeat, Jud. 16, 3

Linked entry: searwung

deór-ling

(n.)
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Se wela þe ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3. (Nero) weorþode his deórlingas mid welum, 28 ; F. 100, 29. Sumne king and his deóHingas, Shrn. 200, 29.

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

ÆlhelredÆthelrédÆthelrédus

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Her gefór Æðelréd, ealdorman on Myrcum here, A. D. 912, died Æthelred, alderman of the Mercians, Chr. 912; Erl. 101, 46.

Linked entry: Æðelréd

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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.: Finde borh, Ll. Th. i. 390, 19: 332, 20. Finde wærborh borh, 250, 18. Finde him borh, 268, 16. þæs borh finde, 168, 7. him borh finde ꝥ swilces geswíce, 346, 13. Finde him ǽle man ꝥ borh hæbbe, 268, 7.

á-spendan

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þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt, ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135. Hí on heora lustum heora líf áspendað, 17, 240. Áspende his feoh on ælmyssum, 14, 14. on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, 31, 68.

Sceáp-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Sceáp-íg, e; f.

Sheppy

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Sheppy ( =Sheep-island, cf.Far-oe, ) Hér hǽþne men ǽrest on Sceápíge (-ége,MS. E. ) ofer winter sǽtun, Chr. 855 ;Erl. 68, 23. Hér hǽþne men oferhergeadon Sceápíge, 832 ; Érl. 64, 18

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extentclear space, roomextension, clearance

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Hit is gedón swá ðú héte, and hér gyt is rýmet æmtig, ii. 376, 9.

Linked entry: rýmetleást

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht. Th. 140, 68; By. 315: Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 308.

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

ge-hýþan

(v.)
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to plunder, spoil Hungor (the Pater Noster) gehídeð (áhýþeþ, v. l. [under á-hýþan this passage is wrongly translated]), helle gestrúdeð hunger it harries, hell lays waste, Sal. 73

Linked entry: hýþan

hirw-ness

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Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie þæt huxlíce onhisce, ne ðurh hyrwnesse (hyruw-, v. l. blasphemiam) God ne gegremie, Wlfst. 70, 12. Take here hyrw-ness in Dict., and add