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níd-behéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behéfe, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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In Godes lofe and in nýdbehéfum weorcum wé sceolon gewunigan, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 31. Wé habbaþ ða nýdbehéfestan ánunga áwritene, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 12

Linked entry: níd-behóf

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

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Se níþfulla wer ... se gesibsuma wer the malicious man ... the man that loves peace, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 20, 22, 30. Feóndes níþfulles fácne hostis invidi dolum, Hymn. Surt. 3, 21. Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 10.

gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
gítsere, es; m.

An avaricious, a covetous personmiser

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He wæs se wyresta gítsere ðe he gesealde wið feó heofeones hláford he was the worst covetous man because he sold for money the lord of heaven, Blickl. Homl. 69, 13, 10.

Linked entry: gýtsere

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.

BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyfullætus corde, hilariskind of heart, mercifulbenignus corde, misericors

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Kmbl. 1319; An. 660. kind of heart, merciful; benignus corde, misericors Gebletsode blíðheort Cyning, Metod alwihta, wíf and wǽpned the merciful King, Lord of all things, blessed female and male, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 28; Gen. 192

ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourageanimaterefreshconfortareanimarerefrigerare

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Drihten us gehyrte the Lord encouraged us, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12. Mín werod gehyrted wæs my army was encouraged, Nar. 8, 17. Gehyrtan refocillare, confortare, Hpt. Gl. 478. Se læg dæg and niht geswógen.

Linked entry: hyrtan

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traversepertransīre, peragrāre

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Gewunede he swýðost ða stówe geondféran, and in ðám túnum godcunde láre bodian, ða ðe in heágum mórum and in hréðum feor gesette wǽron solēbat autem ea maxĭme lŏca peragrāre, illis prædĭcāre in vicŭlis, qui in arduis aspĕrisque montĭbus procul posĭti,

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and with very great secrecy does the water make its way into the leaky ship, and yet it has the same intention as the loud

sinc-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gifa, an ; m.
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Se ðe wát his sincgiefan holdne beheledne hé sceal heán hweorfan he who knows his gracious lord buried shall wander downcast, Exon. Th. 183, 13 ; Gú. 1326. Hé his sincgyfan ( Byrhtnoth ) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62 ; By. 278. Cf. sinc-gim, -þegu

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt. Gl. 420, 45. Se yfela gást hine drehte mid deófollícum sticelsum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 10. Sticelsas rhamnos, Ps. Spl. 57, 9

Linked entry: sticel

be-rídan

to surroundinvestto seizearrest

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Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21. Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30

dryge

Grammar
dryge, l. drýge.
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Ðerh stówa drýia per loca arida, Mt. L. 12, 43

fleót

(n.)

an estuary

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flactra locus coenosus, Migne), ii. 36, 43. Binnan twám fliátum sind genemde pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádad þæt land westan and eástan oð ðæt weallfæsten, C. D. ii. 86, 25. Add

geómrian

(v.)
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. ¶ geómrian tó to sigh for, long for :-- Hí geómriað tó ðám upplican, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. Add

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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In loco ubi nominatur Hallingas, i. 194, 15 (the last two passages are parts of the same charter). De Heallingan, 264, 11. Hallinga homme, weallan, iii. 389, 7, 19 (the last three occur in the same charter, which refers to Halhagan).

reócan

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In þǽre stówe þǽr þá hátan wæter reócað and swá mycele ǽþmas wyrcað in loco in quo aquae calidae vapores nimios faciunt, Gr. D. 343, 4.

sprǽc-hús

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Add: a place in which the monastic school was held; auditorium [auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii

web

(n.)
Grammar
web, webb, es; n.

A web, woven stuff

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Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12. Webbu swá hwilc swá wyfð, and blisse gesihð, gód ǽrende getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28

Linked entry: wæbb

wíg-heafola

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Icel vígr in fighting state, serviceable for fighting, and afli strength; so that the passage would mean he had or brought strength that might serve to help his lord in battle. (?)

Linked entries: hafela wíg

cólian

(v.)
Grammar
cólian, p. ode, ede; v. intrans.

To COOLto be or become cold algererefrigerari

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Cólaþ Cristes lufu the love of Christ cooleth Exon. 33a; Th. 104, 17; Gú. 9. Sumur-hát cólaþ summer-heat becomes cold Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 58; Reim. 67. Líc cólode the corpse became cold Exon. 51b; Th. 180, 18; Gú. 1281.

Linked entry: a-cólian

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Ne lǽt bysmrian banan mancynnes ða ðín lof beraþ let not the murderers of men revile those who bear thy praise, Andr. Kmbl. 2587; An. 1295. Bysmeredon hie bútú ætgædere they reviled us both together, Rood Kmbl. 95; Kr. 48: Andr. Kmbl. 1923; An. 964.