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CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

dóm-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dóm-leás, adj.

Inglorious, powerless, hapless inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus

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Sceolon nú ǽfre dreógan dómleáse gewinn now we shall ever wage powerless war, Cd. 218; Th. 279, 3; Sat. 232. Ealle swylt fornam, druron dómleáse death tore them all away, hapless they fell, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997

DILEGIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DILEGIAN, dilgian, dielgian; p. ode; pp. od
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To destroy, abolish, blot out, erase; delēre, abŏlēre Gif se wrítere ne dilegaþ ðæt he ǽr wrát if the scribe does not erase what he wrote before, Past. 54, 5; Hat. MS. Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps.

Linked entry: dilgian

eorre

(adj.)
Grammar
eorre, adj.

Angry, enraged, fierce īrātus, īrācundus

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Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend to ðam orlege the fierce spear-bearers were not slow to the onset, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078

hréð

(n.)
Grammar
hréð, es; m. [?]

Gloryfametriumphhonour

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Him wyrd ne gescráf hréð æt hilde fate ordained not for him triumph in battle, Beo. Th. 5143; B. 2575. v

Linked entries: Hróð- hróðor

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22

lǽlan

(v.)

to be bruised

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to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised, Andr. Kmbl. 2884; An. 1445.

Linked entries: lǽl líc-lǽlan

leoþu-bíge

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-bíge, -bíg; adj.

humblemeek

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Flexible at the joints, humble; meek Ðá wearþ ðæt hálige líc hál on eorþan gemét liþebíge on limum the holy body was found in the earth sound, and with the limbs not yet stiff, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 33.

Linked entry: liþe-bíge

sige-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-hréðig, adj.
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Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.

twelf-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-gilde, adj.
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-gilde the property of the church, if stolen, is to be restored twelve-fold (the word, however, might be a noun = a restoration of twelve times the amount stolen, cf. án-gilde; or adverb (dat.?), cf. ix-gylde forgylde, 4; Th. i. 4, 3), L.

un-andgitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andgitfull, adj.

Not intelligentwithout understanding

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Not intelligent, without understanding Unondgetfulle insensati, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 195, 11.

Linked entry: andgit-full

un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Not temporary, eternal Him is symbel and dreám éce, unhwýlen, Exon. Th. 352, 13; Sch. 97. Unhwílen, Elen. Kmbl. 2461; El. 1232. Ðǽr bið symle gearu freónd unhwílen, Andr. Kmbl. 2309; An. 1156. Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon.

Linked entry: hwílen

wíd-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gangol, adj.
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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre, wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes, ðý læs wé for dolsprǽce tó wídgangule weorðen in civitate considemus si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, ne loquendo exterius evagemur, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 7

stille

(adv.)
Grammar
stille, adv.
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It is not possible always to distinguish between the adjective and the adverb, but the latter character mav be assumed for the word when, if an adjective, it should take the u-inflection; e. g.

tó-slúpan

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</b> add :-- Nú sint sionwe tóslopen (in the facsimile reprint it is p not þ), An. 1427

útan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-weard, adj.

Outsideexteriorthe outside of

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Outside, exterior; may be translated, the outside of the noun with which it agrees Útanweard þeóh femur, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 62. Fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 32. Hlǽw ymbehwearf útanweardne, Beo. Th. 4583; B. 2297.

Linked entry: úte-weard

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriagenuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage; nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates Ne nán preóst mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceorlaþ nor may any priest be at the celebration of a marriage anywhere

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

un-geendodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendodlíc, adj.

Infinite

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Infinite Nis tó metanne ðæt geendodlíce wiþ ðæt ungeendodlíce infiniti atque finiti nulla poterit esse collatio, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 13

in-sting

(n.)
Grammar
in-sting, es; m.

Authority

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Authority Nán ðere biscope ne habbe nán insting on ðæt mynster let no bishop have any authority in that monastery, Chart. Th. 348, 12

Linked entry: on-sting