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mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, e; f.

A speechtalkconversation

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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212

cwician

(v.)
Grammar
cwician, cwycian, cucian; p.ode, ade; pp. od , ad [cwic alive, quick] .

To come to life, QUICKEN vīvĕre et spīrāre To make alive, OUICKENvivificare

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To make alive, OUICKEN; vivificare Me ðín spræc cwycade eloquium tuum vivificavit me. Ps. Th. 118, 50. Ðú us cwica quicken thou us, 79, 17

Linked entries: cwycian cucian

mín

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, pron. gen. of ic

Of me

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Ic sprece ego loquor, mín sprǽc mei locutio, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 56. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín oferswíðdest, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 25; Jul. 521. Ne wát ic hygeþoncum mín, 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4. Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen.

lustfull-nes

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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.

fram-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
fram-færeld, es; n.
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Departure Þá hyrdas sprǽcon him betweónan æfter ðǽra engla framfærelde ut discesserunt ab eis angeli in coelum pastores loquebantur ad invicem (Lk. 2, 15), Hml, Th. i. 40, 5

Linked entry: færeld

leornere

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Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres ( lectoris ), Past. 23, 17. a man of learning, a scholar Sc̃s Augustinus tíd ðæs bisceopes and þæs æþelan leorneres, Shrn. 122, 23.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.

Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simpleparatus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplexready, free

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Ge meterfers, ge gerǽdre sprǽce et versibus heroicis, et simplici oratione, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 13: 5, 18; S. 636, 6; Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 27

Fríge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Fríge-niht, e; f.
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The night between Thursday and Friday On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19.

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Substitute: carrying a message, acting as an emisary Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ðæt hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, oðþe þurh ǽnige sprǽce oðþe þurh ǽniges óþres mannes ǽrendunge by any other man's carrying a message R.

sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolishstupida fool

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Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcþ barbarismus. Swylce hé cweðe ðú sót ðǽr hé sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

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tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tweógendlíce, adv.
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Doubtingly, doubtfully Sume hí twíendlíce be his lífe sprǽcon, and ðæt cwǽdon, ðæt hí nyston hwæðer hé on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 16

Linked entry: twíendlíce

sárig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful, melancholy Nú sume hwíle wé sprácon ymb unróte and sáriglice bysne; gehwyrfen wé nú eft tó þám blíþum spræcum interim hoc triste seponentes ad ea laeta redeamus, Gr.D. 290, 6

þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.

fadung

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Ꝥ Léden and ꝥ Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan on þǽre sprǽce fadunge (fandunge, MS.), Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 8. Þæt is gedón be Godes fadunge, Hml. Th. i. 518, 31: Hml. S. 23, 257: Hex. 40, 26. Add

for-wandian

(v.)
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Add: to reverence Ꝥ mǽden mid forwandigendre sprǽce cwæð the maid speaking respectfully said, Ap.

ge-swencness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swencness, e ; f.
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Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27. For þám þingum swá monigra geswencnissa ꝥ wé ealle þá niht férdon mid þurste gewǽcte, Nar. II. 29.

ǽniht

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Ne spræc ic ǽniht locutus sum nihil, 20. Wyrca ǽnight facere quicquam, 5, 30: 9, 33: Lk. L. 20, 40. as adjective Næfdes ðú mæht wið mec ǽneht ullam Jn. L. 19, 11. as adverb Ne forstondes ǽniht wífigæ non expedit nubere, Mt. L. 19, 10: Mk.

eówan

(v.)
Grammar
eówan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew, manifest, confer ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre

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Da gén Abrahame eówde selfa hálige spræce then he himself shewed again to Abraham a holy speech, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 24; Gen. 2164. Ealne ðone egesan, ðe him eówed wæs all that terror which was shewn to him, 202; Th. 250, 4; Dan. 541

Linked entry: geówian

un-gesceapen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceapen, adj.

unshapenunformeduncreated

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unshapen, unformed Interjectio is án dǽl sprǽce getácniende ðæs módes gewilnunge mid ungesceapenre stemne ( voce incondita ), Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 277, 17.

Linked entry: ge-sceapen

wine-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wine-scipe, es; m.

Friendship

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Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145