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þri-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þri-feald, adj.

Threefoldtriple

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Ðú þriefalde on ús sáwle gesettest, Met. 20, 176. Þryfealdne (þreo-, MS. B.) áð ... þryfealde (þri-, MS. B.) láde mid þryfealdan foráðe, L. C. S. 22; Th. i. 388, 12-15. Ða þriefealdan sáwla, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 39. Ðrifaldo ternos, Rtl. 193, 33

un-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beald, adj.

Not boldnot confidentirresolute

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Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorþan sceolde, and ðý unbealdra, Exon. Th. 268, 4; Jul. 427

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62. Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16.

Linked entries: blac blec

efen-þeówa

Grammar
efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25. Se góda þeówa þe hwǽte gedǽlde his efenþeówum, R. Ben. 123, 4

ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Sé þe behýt his leahtras, ne bið hé gerihtwísad, Angl. xii. 513, 16. to shew an action, statement, &c. to be right, defend as right Swá hwæt swá ðú cwist oþþe dést, ic hit gerihtwísige. Hml, Th. i. 380, 4.

Linked entry: rihtwísian

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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service on a saint's day: cf. mæsse-sang; On ðone xviiii-an dæg biþ þæs martyres tíd Scĩ Magni ðæs sang (cf. mæssesang, 4) biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 119, 12. a charm, incantation Wyrt ricinum ic bidde ꝥ þú æt sý mínum sangum, and ꝥ ðú

sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽtian, sǽtan; ode

To lie in wait for, waylay

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Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan, Cd. Th. 56, 18; Gen. 913. Hú ǽghwelc syn biþ sǽtigende ðæs þióndan monnes quomodo unumquodque peccatum proficientibus insidietur, Past. 21, 5 ; Swt. 161, 24.

Linked entries: sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian

wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced

To weakenafflictoppress

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Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9. Ðá hé mid swinglum and tintregum wǽced wæs cum tormentis afficeretur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 45.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Hwæt máre ytst ðú? Wyrta and ǽgra, Coll. M. 34, 27. and add

gifan

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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife?, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 5. Him weorðeð blǽd gifen, Cri. 878. Gyfen, B. 64. <b>III a.</b> </b> Þé Meotud wist gife, An. 388. <b>III b.

ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ágnian, = áhnian; part. ágnigende; p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od; v. a.

To ownpossessto appropriate to himselfto prove or claim as one's ownpossiderevindicare sibi

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To own, possess, to appropriate to himself, to prove or claim as one's own; possidere, vindicare sibi Hú miht ðú, ðonne, ðé ágnian heora gód how canst thou, then, appropriate to thyself their good? Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 26.

Linked entries: áhnodon ægnian

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

livingfoodsustenancenourishmentpottagevictusalimentapulmentumthat by which food is procuredmoneywagesalmsstipendiumstips

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Ðú winnan scealt and ðíne andlifne selfa gerǽcan thou shalt labour and thyself get thy sustenance, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 25; Gen. 933. Sealde him andlyfene dedit eis alimenta, Gen. 47, 17: Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 494, 16.

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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Stíge mine ðú asmeádest semitam meam investigasti, Ps. Spl. 138, 2: R. Ben. 55. Asmeágende indagantes, Cot. 104. Asmeáde elicuit, Cot. 77. Gif man hit ariht asmeáþ if one rightly considers it, L. Edg. C. 13 ; Th. ii. 246, 21.

be-beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
be-beódendlíc gemet, beódendlíc gemet, es ; n.

The imperative moodmodus imperativus

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The imperative mood; modus imperativus Ðæt óðer modus is imperativus, ðæt is bebeódendlíc ; mid ðam gemete we hátaþ óðre menn dón sum þingc, oððe sum þingc þrówian, - Rǽd ðú lege, rǽde he legat, beswing ðis cild flagella istum puerum, sí he beswungen

burh-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
burh-sittend, burg-sittend, es; m.
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A city-dweller, an inhabitant of a city, citizen; urbis incola, civis Ðú scealt sunu ágan, ðone sculon burhsittende Isaac hátan thou shall have a son, whom the city-dwellers shall call Isaac, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 12; Gen. 2326: 136; Th. 172, 2; Gen. 2838

Linked entry: burg-sittend

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINTa rocksĭlexpetra

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Ðæt ðú gesomnige flint unbrǽcne that thou unite the unfragile flint, Exon. 8a; Th. 1, 11; Cri. 6: Salm. Kmbl. 202; Sal. 100. Flintum heardran harder than flints, Exon. 25a; Th. 73, 13; Cri. 1189.

huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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Wǽre ðú tó-dæg on huntnoþe fuisti hodie in venatione? Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 35. Hé of huntnoþe com venerat de venatu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 33. On fiscnoþum and on huntnoþum and on fugelnoþum piscationibus, venationibus, aucupationibus, Cod. Dipl.

Linked entry: huntaþ

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200.

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledgehostageobses

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Ðú eádige Maria God ðé hafaþ to gísle on middangearde geseted thou blessed Mary, God hath placed thee on earth as a surety, Blickl. Homl. 9, 5. Hió genam ðone ǽnne to gísle she took the one as hostage, Elen. Kmbl. 1196; El. 600.

Linked entry: gýsel

ge-lufian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lufian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To love, esteemămāre, dilĭgĕre

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Ðú eart mín gelufoda sunu tu es fīlius meus dilectus, Mk. Bos. 1, 11. Hí wǽron gelufode ămāti sunt, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 8, 11, 13, 16

Linked entry: lufian