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fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44. fǽringa feóll tó þǽre eorðan. . . and forðférde, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14: Bl. H. 223, 11.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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sceal ealra his dóma riht ágyldan beforan ðæm rihtwísan déman on dómesdæge, R. Ben. 16, 7. sceal mid his sáwle ánre Gode riht ágyldan ealles ðæs ðe on worlde tó wommum gefremede, Blickl. Homl. 113, 3.

wícnere

(n.)
Grammar
wícnere, es; m.
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clipode himhis yldestan geréfan ( servum seniorem domus suae ), ðe ealle his þing bewiste ... Ðá cwæð se wícnere (in v. 9 geréfa is again used, in v. 10 wícnere), Gen. 24, 5.

Linked entry: wícnung

in-segel

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Ðá ðá him seó talu cúð wæs, ðá sende gewrit and his insegl tó ðám arcebisceope, C.D. iv. 266, 19. a seal placed on a lock, receptacle, &c., so that an opening cannot be effected without breaking it beleác þæt wínern and ásette his ágen

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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, Hml.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.

biter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLYamare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

un-druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-druncen, adj.

Not drunksober

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Not drunk, sober suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw suá undruncenra wæs he recognized his own folly so much better as he was more sober, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 8

níde

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Add gebint hine selfne tó him mid his wordum ðæt sceal niéde ðá giémenne ymb ðone habban ðe ǽr ne ðorfte ... ðæt hine sceal níde tela lǽran apud curam, quae ante deerat, mens ligatur . . . commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, Past. 193, 8-

a-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyltan, -giltan; p. -gylte, -gilte; pp. -gylt, -gilt [a, gyltan to be guilty]

To fail in dutyto commitbecome guiltyoffendsin againstdelinquerecommittereadmitterepeccare

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Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41. Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut delinquat in semet ipso, Ps. Spl. 35, 1. Agyltan wið to offend or sin against.

Linked entry: a-giltan

DÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DÓR, es; pl. nom. acc. dór, dóru, dúru; n.

A large door porta

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Gáþ nú on his dóru intrāte portas ejus, Ps. Th. 99, 3. Hóh ða wyrte on ðam [MS. ðan] dóre hang the herbs on the door, Lchdm. iii. 56, 29. Forðon he ǽren dór eáðe gescéneþ [MS. gesceeneþ] quia contrīvit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15.

Linked entry: dýr

pusa

(n.)
Grammar
pusa, posa, an ; m.
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Hwæt mǽnþ se pusa búton woruldlíce byrþene, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 19-24. Se ríca berþ máre ðonne behófige tó his fórmettum, se þearfa berþ æmtigne pusan, i. 254, 31. Áwurp stánas in tó ðám pusum, and besenc on sǽlícum ýþum, ii. 418, 6.

Linked entry: posa

ge-leáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfsum, adj.

Faithfulcrediblecredulousfĭdēliscredĭbĭlis

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Seó ætýwnys heofonlíces wundres geopnode árwyrþlíce wǽron to onfónne eallum geleáfsumum mirācŭli cælestis ostensio, quam revĕrenter eæ suscĭpĭendæ a cunctis fidēlĭbus essent, patĕfēcit, 3, 11; S. 535, 34, note : 5, 24; S. 646, 32

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-cúþ ; adj.
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wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes ( the sound of Orpheus' harp ), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 23. willaþ simle hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes eówian, 34, 4 ; Fox 138, 29. Ðú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlíce and seldcúþe sprǽce, 35, 5 ; Fox 164, 17.

Linked entry: -síne

stíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþe, adv.
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[Hou thai mai stithe stand igain the fend, Met. Homl. 4, 11.] hardly, harshly, sternly, severely stíðe ( dure ) se landhláford spræc wið hig, Gen. 42, 30. Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15 ; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl.

þrotu

(n.)
Grammar
þrotu, an; f.

The throat

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Þeós ðrotu hoc guttur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 3. On ðære ðrotan, Lchdm. ii. 2, 18. On ða þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30. ( Judas ) gewráð ða forwyrhtan ðrotan, seó ðe lytle ǽr belǽwde Drihten, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 16.

beðing

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on wlacum ele gebeðedon . . . wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, Hml. Th. i. 86, 24. Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch. ii. 36, 24; 200, 3. pá ǽrgenemnedan beþunga, 210, 6.

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, blód-lǽs, e; -lǽswu, e; f.

Blood-letting

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Frægn hwonne hyre blódlǽs (-lǽswu, v. l.) ǽrest wǽre . . . þæt þǽre tíde blód-lǽs (-lǽsewu, -lǽswu, v. ll.) wǽre frecenlic, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 10-564, 11. On þǽre blódlǽs(e) (-lǽswe, v. l.), Sch. 563, 3. mon scyle blódlǽse forgán.

fracoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ, es; n.
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Sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras, swylce Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora ingeþanc mid fracoðe áfylled. Wlfst. 54, 7. Mið fræceðo geyfled contumelia adfectus. Mt. L. 22, 6. Unclǽnnessa ł fracede squalores, immunditias. Hpt.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
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úp gewítað (cf. an ealond he (the sailors) wenen it (the whale) is, . . . sipes on festen and alle up gangen, Misc. 17, 533), Wal. 13