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hyht-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
hyht-wynn, e; f.
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Joy of hope Ne þearf hopian nó ðæt ðonan móte ac dǽr wunian sceal hyhtwynna leás no need has he to hope that he may go thence, but there shall he dwell hopeless and joyless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121

fóre-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-mǽre, def. se fóre-mǽra; sup. -mǽrost, -mǽrest; adj.

Fore-greatvery honourableillustriouseminentfamouscelebratedpræclārusillustrisexcellensfāmōsusceleberrĭmus

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he fóremǽrost seó how he may be most illustrious, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 34: 18, 3; Fox 64, 35. Se wer se foremǽresta the most eminent man, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, note 37

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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færð swá wandriende from his háde and of his endebyrdnesse.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Gegód[ode] indeptam (cirris crispantibus), 4647. (1 a) to endow with property, enrich :-- Se bisceop nýdde þæt folc þæt ðone ðriddan dǽl þæs feós underféngon, and mid þám twám dǽlum þæt mynster gegódode, Hml. Th. i. 452, 23: Hml. S. 6, 147.

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Heó ýs ðín wyln (ancilla) under ðí ðinre handa; þreá hig lóca ðúwylle. Gen. 16, 6. Seó sáwl is ðæs flǽsces hlǽfdige, and hire gedafnaþ ðæt heó simle gewylde ða wylne, ðæt is ðæt flǽsc, tó hyre hǽsum.

grim

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fǽhðo wið God grimme gefremede, An. 1389. Grim gárgewinn, 960. Grimra geþonca, Jul. 367. Ic má fremede grimra gylta, Hy. 4, 27. Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum, B. 1542. flýhð grimme gieltas, Ph. 461.

frófor

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Hié him frófre and fultomes wilnodan, ꝥ hié móston ðǽra feónda searo ofercuman, Bl. H. 201, 28. Se engel cwóm on fultum and on frófre, 203, 21: B. 1273.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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H. 41, 3. Him þúhte on healfslápendon líchaman, ná eallinga swylce on swefne, ac gýt gewisslícor, ꝥ sceolde néde ofer áne swíðe smale bricge, Vis.

hearde

firmlytightly

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hiene geeáðmédde tó þǽm folce þe him þǽr heardost ondréd, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 33. Þonne hine þæs hlísan heardost lysteð, Met. 10, 14

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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hider becom of his Fæder ríce, Bl. H. 203, 2. temporal tó þám seofoþan dæge ne becymð he will not live till the seventh day, Lch. iii. 76, 23.

lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Lýþrum monnum to vile cravens, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 27. of things lǽne and lýðre þis líf is on tó getrúwianne. Wlfst. 189, 3. Hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lýðrum tolle ( for sordid gain ), Hml. S. 19, 253.

tó-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceád, es; n.

a separating,distinguishing,distinctionthe faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the minddiscriminationdiscerningdifference,diversity

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Sumum men forgifþ wítegunge, sumum tósceád gódra gásta and yfelra to one is given by the Spirit prophecy; to another discerning of spirits (discretio spirituum), 1 Cor. 12, 10, Homl.

liss

(n.)
Grammar
liss, e; f.

Mildnesslenitymercykindnessfavourgracedelightjoy

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, Homl.

Linked entries: lissan líðs

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde when he meant to fix the end of this world, Blickl. Homl. 119, 9: 27, 24.

meld

(n.)
Grammar
meld, e; f.
[
O. H. Ger. melda; f. delatura, delatio, proditio
]

Declarationproclamation

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Declaration, proclamation wíde beád Metodes mihte ðǽr meld áhte he declared the Lord's power widely, where he could proclaim it, Cd. 208; Th. 256, 30; Dan. 648

mis-bysnian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-bysnian, p. ode

To set a bad example

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To set a bad example Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ and wel bysniaþ ðonne beóþ gehealdene; gif mistǽcaþ, oððe misbysniaþ, forpǽraþ sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 3-5

óleccere

(n.)
Grammar
óleccere, es; m.

A flatterer

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geliéfþ ðæt suelc síe suelce gehiérþ ðæt his ólicceras secgaþ ðæt síe, Past. 17, 3; Swt. 111. ll

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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mé (St. Paul) tó bodunga sende, Bl. H, 185, 33. Críst clypode on his bodunge, Hml. S. 16, 130. Se cyning gerehte his witum þæs bisceopes bodunge, 26, 66. Þurh Paules bodunga. Bl. H. 173, 18. Bodunge, R. Ben. 4, 5: Hml. Th. i. 58, 30.

sécan

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Hit gelamp þá on fyrste þá þá ꝥ folc þider sóhte tó þám micclan screfe, Hml. S. 35, 331-334. Sécan frequentemus, An. Ox. 56, 314. 3. Add healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781.