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smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely

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Mé þincþ ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum validioribus rationibus utendum puto 13; Fox 36, 32 : 13, tit.; Fox xii, 16.

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty

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Skt. i. 7, 182. of things Ðæt wíf gelýfde his wælhreówum geðeahte, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 15. Mid wealhreówre ł deóflícre mihte tyrannica potestate, Hpt. Gl. 434, 3. Mid wealreówre grimnysse crudescente atrocitate, 515, 23.

Linked entries: wæl-grim wæl-rǽw wæl-reów

líðian

(v.)
Grammar
líðian, p. ode
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Biþ ðæs innoþes sár líðigende ðæt hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ the disease of the stomach will grow easier, so that soon it will be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10

Linked entry: líðan

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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[Þurh án scýr wæter Brádan ǽ hátte, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 16.] of wine, bright, clear, pure, neat Wínes scíres vini meri, Ps. Surt. 74, 9. Syle drincan on scírum wíne, Lchdm. i. 342, 23. Nalles scír wín hí ne druncan, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 9: Met. 8, 21.

healh

a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay

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Gemétte hé hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan wið þám weófode invenit eum recumbentem in angulo oratorii sui contra altare, Guth. Gr. 163, 50. Hé gefeall him in ánan heale and . . . slǽp, Vis.

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Gif þeów næbbe wíf and his hláford him wíf sylle ... þæt wíf and hire winclo beóð þæs hláfordes ... Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé is mín hláford leóf,' Ex. 21, 4-5.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Sat. 303. with infin. (?), to succeed in doing Þæct hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan wið feónda níð, Scef. 74

for-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despise ⬩ to disdain ⬩ scorn

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H. 47, 30. with a case and a clause in apposition Ic þæt forhicge, þæt ic sweord bere, B. 435: Ph. 552. with infin. Wíf forhycgeaþ (-hicgaþ, v. l.) heora bearn fédan mulieres filios nutrire contemnunt, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 80, 11, 19. with dat. infin.

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
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Gif is geléfed were ꝥ wíf forleta, Mk. L. 10, 2. with gerundial infin. Ðá néron geléfed (-lǽfed, R.) him tó gebrúcanne quos non licebat ei edere, Mt. L. 12, 4. Ne is giléfed ðé tó habbanne láfe bróðer ðínes, Mk. R. L. 6, 18: Lk.

niman

(v.)
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Gif Iacób nymð wíf of þises landes mannum, Gen. 27, 46. Þonne man níwan wíf nymð, ne fare hé út tó gefeohte, Deut. 24, 5. Þú scealt sweltan for þám wífe þe þú náme; heó hefð óeth;erne wer, Gen. 20, 3.

hú

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Þæt is fyrn sægen, hú hé weorna feala wítu geþolode, An. 1492.

samod

(prep.)
Grammar
samod, prep,
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with dat. With, at Samod ǽrdæge (with the coming of the dawn ) eode æþele cempa self mid gesíðum, Beo. Th. 2627; B. 1311. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum somod ǽrdæge with day came comfort to the sadhearted, 5877; B. 2942

Linked entry: samod

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas

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Se cyning hine west wende mid ðære fierde wið Exancestres the king turned west with the army towards Exeter, 168, 26, col. 1; 24, col. 2; 169, 21, col. 1; 18, col. 2. the name of a particular place, as CHESTER, CAISTOR, CASTOR, the city; hæc civitas

Linked entries: cæster Exan ceaster cester

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
    • ;
  • S. 573, 17
    • ).

law, &c. ⬩ matrimony

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Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26. Wíf ðæt him mid rihtre ǽ (rihtum ǽwe, v. l.) forgifen sí, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 17. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað de eo qui adulterat, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The long Anglo-Saxon á is accented, and words containing this long or accented á are now represented by English terms, with the vowel sounded like o in no and bone.

ge-licgan

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R. 1, 30. to lie with a person, have sexual intercourse with Gif man wið cyninges maegdenman geligeð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 4, 11, 13: 10, 6. Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeð, 24, 9.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit

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R. 78, 15: Wick. Is. 32, 17. God sent þe sonne to saue a cursed mannes tilthe, Piers P. 19, 430. To sowe cockel with the corn So that the tilthe is nigh forlorn, Gow. ii. 190, 12

Linked entries: tylþ tilþe

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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</b> to sympathize with, be patient or in harmony with (?)

eástan

(adj.)
Grammar
eástan, eásten; adj.

East ⬩ orientālis

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East; orientālis Eástan súþan wind south-east wind; vulturnus, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 86; Wrt. Voc. 36, 12. Norþan eástan wind eurus, euroauster, 54; Som. 66, 87; Wrt. Voc. 36, 13. Eásten wind subsōlānus, 54; Som. 66, 82; Wrt. Voc. 36, 8

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