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DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe ðone dimman hám we have nought in hope save this dim home, Cd. 221; Th. 285, 14; Sat. 337. Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd she urged him to that dark deed, 32; Th. 43, 3; Gen. 685.

FÝR

(n.)
Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.

FIREa firehearthignisfŏcus

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Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22, 23. In fýres fæðm into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 372; B. 185. Fýres feng grasp of the fire, 3532; B. 1764.

Linked entries: fír fýryn

gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
gilpan, gielpan, gylpan, ic gilpe, gielpe, gylpe, ðú gilpst, gielpst, gylpst, he gilpþ, gielpþ, pl. gilpaþ, gielpaþ, gylpaþ; p. gealp, pl. gulpon; pp. golpen

To gloryboastdesire earnestlygloriari

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Gelpan ne þorfte had no cause to boast, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 10; Æðelst. 44. Gylpan, Beo. Th. 4016; B. 2006: 5740; B. 2874. Ná ic ðæs gylpe I boast not of that, 1177; B. 586: 4116; B. 2055.

Linked entries: gielpan gelpan

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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Ofer seóce (aegrotos) hí hyra handa settaþ and hí beóþ hále, Mk. Skt. 16, 18. ¶ used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon.

ge-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, directionrectum, jus, ratio, officium

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Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 12. Cynescipes gerihta rights of royalty, L. Edg.

Linked entry: ge-ryht

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Hát in gán seón sibbe gedriht samod ætgædere, Beo. Th. 779; B. 387: 1462; B. 729. (Grein takes sibbe as gen, of sibb, Thorpe and Heyne make it the first part of a compound. Cf. sib-gedryht.)

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329. anything done by stealth Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden, furtum laudabile, hergendlíco stalo, Shrn.

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Chaucer has swope, swoope.] intrans.

ge-hwæþer

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Dó þonne gehwæþer, ge on ðá wunde lege, and eác drinc swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 78, 9. governing a genitive An wíg gearwe ge æt hám ge on herge, ge gehwæðer þára efne swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde, B. 1248.

Linked entry: hwæþer

ge-myntan

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(l a) with case :-- Þá gemunde hé hwæt hé ǽr be ðan cilde gemynte he remembered what his intentions about the child had been, Hml. Th. i. 80, 12.

ge-défe

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Manige hálge and gedéfe wítgan wǽran ǽr Sancte Ióhanne, Bl. H. 161, 12. Hié bútú wǽron swíþe gedéfe beforan Gode erant justi ambo ante Deum (Lk. i. 6). 30.

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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He is said to have been converted to Christianity, about 312, by the vision of a luminous cross in the sky, on which was the inscription ἐν τούτωι, νίκα by this, conquer.

on-sendan

(v.)

to send off, despatch (an emissary)to send forth or out,to emit (an odour, etc.)to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)

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Him his sunu hám onsende filium remisit, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 2. Hine God ús onsende, Beo. Th. 770; B. 382. Se ðisne ár hider onsende, Andr. Kmbl. 3207; An. 1606. Ðá onbeád heó him ðæt hé hire tó onsænde all ða gesíðwíf, Shrn. 87, 21.

Linked entry: an-sendan

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Hit hæfde (would have) ðonne tó wilnianne sumes gódes, Bt. 24, i; F. 80, 16. to hold, keep, retain. to hold in the same position Hafa lange hwlle þíne hand on.

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Ðære hǽlo ðe hé us tó hyhte forgeaf for the salvation which he hath given us to hope for, Exon. 16 b; Th. 38, 28; Cri. 613. Hæbbe ic mé tó hyhte heofonríces weard I have the guardian of the kingdom of heaven as my hope, 68 b; Th. 255, 10; Jul. 212.

Linked entry: hiht

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Se hálga Augustinus be his hálan líue hine hádode tó biscope [while alive and in health], Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 27. Ðearfendum lífe wunedon pauperem vitam agebant, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 8. Be muneca lífe de vita monachorum, 2, 4; S. 505, 33.

þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebukereproofthreatchastisementcorrectionpunishmentan infliction that has been deservedjustifiable severityan infliction (where no idea of correction is implied)evilillpangplaguecalamityaffliction

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greater miseries than they had done to him), and alone would have come to their distress, if they could not requite their misery on him with greater pains, Exon.

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a closean enclosed placean enclosed homesteada habitation with surrounding landlanda place enclosed by buildingsa courthalla placestreet

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Already places whose names contain the form (cf. those with tún), when they are mentioned in the Charters, may have extended beyond their original limits and have become properties, whose arca was considerable (e. g.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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Ymb xxxi wintra ðæs ðe hé ríce hæfde after he had reigned thirty-one years, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 26. Wé witon ðæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon wé witon eác ðæt ealle ríca sint from him forðon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon.