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þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.
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Ðá sæt ðǽr sum þearfa æt ðæm burggeate, Blickl. Homl. 213, 32. Ðá sæt ðǽr sum blind þearfa, 15, 16. Ná ðæt án ðæt hé wolde mann beón, ac eác swylce hé wolde beón þearfa for ús, Homl. Th. i. 140, 10. Fela sind ðearfan þurh hafenleáste ...

Linked entry: EARM

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upononaboveuponatafteruponon touponagainst

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Gá uppan Sinai dúne and stand uppan ðære ðúne ufeweardre. Ne cume nán mann uppan ðære dúne, 34, 2-3. Hé bæd æt Gode ðæt hé him sealde wæter uppan ðære dúne, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 112.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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Wá lá ðære yrmðe and wá lá ðære woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3. Wá ús lá, Blickl. Homl. 153, 26. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. Wá lá wá hú ic greów..., wá lá on hú micelre genihtsumnysse ic hwílum wæs, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 189-193.

Linked entries: eów waa

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, e; f.

Eventfatedestinycondition

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Hit is of ðæra bisceopa gehlote and of heora ágenre gewyrde ðæt ðæt hý secgaþ in potestate esse antistitis quid velit fingere, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 34. Gewyrd fatum, parca, fortuna, Hpt. Gl. 529, 467.

Linked entry: -wyrd

Boéties

(n.)
Grammar
Boéties, Boótes; m. Boätes; Bŏōtēs, æ; m. [ = βoώτηs, oυ; m. a ploughman, from βoυs an ox].

The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs

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For ðý hí habbaþ swá sceortne ymbhwyrft, for ðí hí sint swá neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe, ðe eall ðes ródor on hwerfþ, swá nú Boéties déþ who wonders not that some constellations have a shorter course than others have?

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga the eagerness for earthly things blinds the eyes of the mind with temptation, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 128, 15; Cot. MS. Ðeós geornfulnyss hæc dīlĭgentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 6.

Linked entry: eornfullnes

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.

swǽfan

(v.)
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The Latin original has: Saevior ignibus Aetnae fervens amor ardet habendi, which is rendered in the prose version: Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ðæt fýr on ðære helle seó is on ðam munte de Ætne hátte, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 29.

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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Ðære þútendan bombose, 11, 71. Him on gafol forlét ferðfriþende feówer wellan scíre sceótan on gesceap þeótan ( or gesceapþeótan. ? v. gesceap, III, and þeóte.

á-cólian

(v.)
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Ǽr ðæt fýr ðǽre willunge from ðám móde ácólie, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 31. Hí lǽtað ácólian ðá innecundan lufan, Past. 139, 8. Wearð se sóða geleáfa ácólad, Wlfst. 270, 2. Bið manna lufu ácólod, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 26.

bísgu

Grammar
bísgu, l. bisgu,

occupationtrouble

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and add: gen. u, e, a; an: occupation Þonne hí mid eorðlicum teolungum hí gebysgiað, þonne ne magon hí for ðǽre bysga smeágan embe þæs Hǽlendes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 524, 16. Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge, Btwk. 194, 7.

brymme

(n.)
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Háwian tó ðǽre sǽ, gif ǽnig mist árise of ðám mycclum brymme, 18, 146. Ofer ðone sealtan brym, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 20. Ðone brym the sea of Galilee, 378, 23: 384, 19. Brymmas aequora, Hy. S. 38, 23. Sǽs brymmas ponti freta, 6, 28.

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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In feng ðǽra fiscana in captura piscium, Jn. p. 8, 9. capture, seizure of a person: Sé þe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tó fæncge (in captionem) tóðum heora, Ps.

ge-þæf

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gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to rollfig.to joincompoundcompose

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Hé wylede ðone stán fram ðære byrgenne duru, Blickl. Homl. 157, 8. Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28.

brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
brosnian, part. brosniende; ic brosnige, ðú brosnast, he brosnaþ, pl. brosniaþ; p. ode, ade; pp. od

To corrupt, decay, rot, perishcorrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire

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To corrupt, decay, rot, perish; corrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte the body of the maiden could not corrupt; feminæ caro corrumpi non potuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36.

Linked entry: ge-brosnod

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Ðonne wyrþ ðæt mód beswungen mid ðam welme ðære hátheortnesse then is the mind scourged with the heat of anger, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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On his ðære hálgan healle in aula sancta ejus, Ps. Th. 95, 8, Hé dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle loud merriment he heard in the hall, Beo. Th. 178; B. 89: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 1; Dan. 719.

ofer-reccan

(v.)

to convince, confute, convict

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Ðonne is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðære race gebundene and ofersuíðde prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victi jaceant, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 3.

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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Ðæt wíf wearþ wráþ ðam cnapan mulier molesta erat adolescenti Gen. 39, 10. a servant; servus He hét his cnapan behealdan to ðære sǽ he ordered his servant to look towards the sea Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 23; Lchdm. iii. 276, 24