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þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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-wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita, L. In. 7; Th. i. 107, 16; and cf. Wulfst. 158, 14. Gif se frigea on Sunnandæg wyrce, þolie his freótes, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 6. See also L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18. v. wíte-þeów.

gód

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Woruldgerihta ic wille ꝥ standan swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And . . . mid Denum be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen, Ll. Th. i. 272, 23-31.

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Him se mǽra mód getwǽfde, bælc forbígde, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 14; Gen. 53.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ðæt hit sceaðen mǽl scýran móste, 3883; B. 1939. [This verb is one of the small class of verbs called preterite-present.

þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Swelge hé ða ðráge ðe ( while, as long as ) hé mæge, Lchdm. ii. 284, 14. Geærndon hí sume ðráge they raced for some time, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 9. Ealle þráge all the time, Ps. Th. 101, 25: Exon. Th. 324, 2; Víd. 88: Judth. Thw. 25, 2; Jud. 237: Apstls.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Eá cwǽdon hié ðæt him nǽnig mǽg leófra nǽre ðonne hiera hláford then they said that no kinsman was dearer to them than their lord, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 19. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him nán hláford leófra nǽre ðonne hiora gecynda hláford, 1014; Erl. 150, 25.

Linked entry: leóf

ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

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Hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, 27, 2; Fox 98, 8. Ðes náht yfeles ne dyde hic nihil mali gessit, Lk. Skt. 23, 41. Náht elles búton nothing but, Blickl. Homl. 215, 3. Nóht elles ne wunaþ, búton ðæt án, 101, 4.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Mid fótum ne mæg grund gerǽcan cannot reach the bottom with his feet, Salm. Kmbl. 453; Sal. 227: Beo.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Wé his ne gefrédaþ, þon má ðe mon his feax mæg gefrédan bútan his felle, Past. 18; Swt. 139, 20. Him ðæt nó ne derede, ðon má ðe ceald wæter, Shrn. 83, 17 : Exon.

Linked entries: þanne þon

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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</b> of disease :--- Hit mæg wið ǽghwilcum uncúþum yfele, iii. 288, 17. Wið lungenádle and wið gehwylce yfelu ðe on ðam innoðe dereþ, i. 280, 18. <b>II b.

Linked entries: efel eofel

ge-sceaft

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Ne mæg mín líchoman wið þás lǽnan gesceaft deáð gedǽlan ( my body cannot separate death from this frail condition natural to it) ac hé geureósan sceal, Gú. 342. Heó sægde ymb hyre sylfre gesceaft: Is mín módor cynnes þæs deórestan, Rä.34, 8.

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Se bid gesǽlig ... þe mæg ... his þeódne geþeón, and þonne mót habban heofonríce felix ... qui ... conjunctus Christo coelestia regna tenebit, Dóm. L. 251. where the extent to which growth takes place is stated, with prep.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Add: to make worthy, give worth to Gé beóþ on gedwolan þonne gé wénaþ ꝥ ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod.

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Seó is ealra dúna mǽst and hígest mons maximus et altissimus, Nar, 37, 32. Se hýhsta ealra cyninga cyning the most high king of all kings, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 1; Cri. 1682

Linked entries: héh heá heág

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ic ðínra ne mæg worda ne wísna (words or ways; Similar entries or v. III.) wuht oncnáwan, síðes ne sagona, Cd. Th. 34, 7; Gen. 534. Is ðes middangeard missen-lícum wísum gewlitegad, Exon. Th. 413, 7; Rä. 32, 2.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Tax, tribute, rent, interest; vectīgal, trĭbūtum, census, ūsūra Hyra ár is mǽst on ðæm gafole, ðe ða Finnas him gyldaþ : ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum, and on fugela feðerum their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, which the Finns pay them : the tribute

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Ǽlces libbendes mannes mægen and anwald is ídelnes universa vanitas omnis homo vivens, Ps. Th. 38, 6.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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Tólýseþ leóna mægen molas leonum confringet, Ps. Th. 57, 5. Hwelpas leóna catuli leonum, Ps. Spl. 103, 22. Hý man sende in wildra deóra menigo, in leóna and in berena, Shrn. 133, 10: Wulfst. 200, 23.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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ǽnne prican ofer ðam ðe him gesette is, Lchdm. iii. 252, 17. of time, the fourth or fifth part of an hour Feówer puncti, ðæt synt prican, wyrcaþ áne tíd on ðære sunnan ryne, and forðan ys se prica gecweden forðan seó sunne ástíhþ pricmǽlum on ðam dæg-mǽle

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum