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hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Be his ǽriste and be his hergunga on helle concerning his resurrection and his harrowing of hell. Blickl. Homl. 83, 29.

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nama

(n.)
Grammar
nama, an; m.

a namea noun

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Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 43. God him sette naman Adam, Homl. Th. i. 12, 31. him naman gesceópon, 92, 27. Hit ofetes noman ágan sceolde, Cd. Th. 44, 34; Gen. 719. a noun Nomen is nama, mid ðam wé nemnaþ ealle þing ...

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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nyste, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 13. nysðon (nyston, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 39, Wé neston, Blickl. Homl. 17, 12. Wénst ðú ðæt ic nyte, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ðæt nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; Fox 156, 8. Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Swá sceal gód scýrman (a reeve or bailiff) his hláfordes healdan, dó ymbe his ágen swá swá wylle, Anglia ix. 260, 16. Ne ofermódgiaþ ða scírmenn ná for ðý nequaquam praepositi ex hoc superbiunt. Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 18.

ende-dæg

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Him wearð bám samod án endedæg they died together the same day, Ap. 79. Æfre him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35.

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Geðreáde him se Hǽlend increpauit illi Iesus, Lk. L. 4, 35. geðreáde (giðreóde, R.) hiá increpans illos, 9, 21. Geþreáte, Mt. L. 17, 18. Ðín ágen þwyrnes þé sceal geþrégean arguet te malitia tua, Wlfst. 49, 12. Beón geþreáde increpare, An.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

gebed-rǽden

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hine sylfne befæste þæs weres gebedrǽddene (-rǽdenne, v. l.) se viri commendans orationibus, Gr. D. 39, 13. þæ æt him tó Gode mid heora gebedrǽdene þingian ut orent pro ipso, R. Ben. 70, 12. wylle æfter forðsíðe . . . gebedrǽdenne habban.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatmentflattery, fawning, adulationcharm, allurement

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Olaecunge blandimentorum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 48. gesceádwís se reecere sceal bión on his þreaunga and on his óleccunga quae esse debet rectoris discretio correptionis et dissimulationis, Past. 21, tit.; Swt. 151, 6.

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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his hǽlðe sécan wyle æt unálýfedum tilungum, Homl. Th. i. 474, 21. lǽrde ðurh ða tielunga (tiolunga, Cott.

Linked entries: teolung tylung

oþ-sacan

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add: to deny a statement put negatively þá oðsóc ꝥ hit nǽre he denied, (saying) that it was not he, Hml. S. 30, 273

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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him word onsende, þurh þæt hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron, Ps. Th. 106, 19. Hwearf þá hrædlíce, B. 356.

land-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
land-gafol, es; n.
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Rent for land sceal landgafol syllan he must pay rent, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 13. sceal ... his láforde wyrcan ... ne þearf landgafol syllan he must work for his lord, then he need not pay rent, 3; Th. i. 432, 23

mis-tǽcan

(v.)

to teach wrongly

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to teach wrongly Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, ðonne beóþ gehealdene; gif mistǽcaþ, forpǽraþ sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 4

fisc

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Add On Eásterdagum wolde etan fisc gif hæfde. Þá áxode þone prófost hwæðer fisc hæfde. Hml. S. 31, 1267-9

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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má geceás ðæt wæs eft hám hweorfende he preferred to return home, 5, 2; S. 615, 33. Him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre ðæt hám cyrdan ðonne ða eallreordan þeóde gesécan sceoldan, 1, 23; S. 485, 32.

leóht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-leás, adj.
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Without light sǽde ðæt wǽre gelǽd tó leóhtleásre stówe he said that he was conducted to a place without light, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 29

hwíl

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heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 219. Tó hwíl ( ad tempus ) geléfað, Lk. L. 8, 13. Þá wæs ymb hwíle ðá gefelde . . . Bl. H. 217, 30.

gird

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hét ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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Hwæt fremaþ ǽnegum menn, ðeáh he ealne middaneard gestrýne, gyf he hys sáwle forwyrd þolaþ quid prodest hŏmĭni, si mundum ūnĭversum lucrētur, anĭmæ vēro suæ detrīmentum pătiātur? Mt. Bos. 16, 26: Lk. Bos. 9, 25.

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Hét ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oððe ðæt lond æt him álésan, oððe hié wolde fordón, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 9: 44, 21. Hié óðer forleósan woldon, oððe hira ágen líf oððe Porsennes, 2, 3; Swt. 68, 28.

Linked entry: eðða