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freá-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-beorht, -briht, frǽ-beorht; adj.

Exceedingly brightgloriouspræclārusclarissĭmus

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Homl. 229, 28

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lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽwan, p. de

To betray

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Homl. 171, 21

mægen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-leás, adj.

Without strengthpowerlessweakfeeble

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Seó sáwul, gif heó næfþ ða hálgan láre, heó biþ ðonne weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33. Icel. megin-lauss.]

stówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stówlíce, adv.
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Locally, in respect of place Ða Iudéiscan ðe on Crist gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce and eác ðurh cýððe ðære ealdan ǽ : wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne ǽgðer ge stówlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Homl. Th. i. 106, 19-21

un-pleólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-pleólíce, adv.

Without dangerwithout risksafely

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Without danger, without risk, safely Ða óðre apostoli be Godes hǽse leofodon be heora láre unpleólíce; ac ðeáh hwæðere Paulus ána nolde ða álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his neóde foresceáwode, Homl. Th. i. 392, 20

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un-gewís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewís, adj.

Uncertainunknown

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q. v.) seó tíd ðære ylcan forðfóre eo quod certus sibi exitus, sed incerta ejusdem exitus esset hora futura, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16

breátan

(v.)
Grammar
breátan, ic breáte, ðú breátest, brýtst, he breáteþ, brýt, pl. breátaþ; p. breót , pl. breóton; pp. breáten

To break, demolish, destroy, kill;frangere, conterere, necare

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To break, demolish, destroy, kill; frangere, conterere, necare Hí hálge cwelmdon, breóton [breotun MS.] bóccræftige [bóccræftge MS.] bærndon gecorene they slew the holy, destroyed the book-learned, burned the chosen, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16

Linked entries: breótun BREÓTAN

on-middan

(prep.)
Grammar
on-middan, prep.

Amid, in the middle of

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Onmiddan ðære byrig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 609. Ómiddan eówrum sceáfum, Gen. 37, 7

Linked entries: midd midde ó-middan

ge-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swǽs, adj.

Dearfamiliarkindcārusfămĭliārisblandus

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Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34

tó-clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-clifrian, p. ode

To scratch or tear to pieces

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Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Sóhton sárigu tú (the two women at the sepulchre) sigebearn Godes, 460, 2; . 11.

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Voc. ii. 107, 8 : 29, 18. of things, of physical movement, slow, gentle Sum munuc mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde, Homl.

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stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Stánas and ðæt starce ísen, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 29. Beátan mid stearcum stengum, Homl. Th. i. 428, 6. <b>I a</b> fig. unyielding, stiff-necked, obstinate :-- Heó wǽron stearce, stáne heardran, Elen.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Homl. 25, 9. Hwá ongyt his uncysta delicta quis intelligit? Ps. Th. 18, 11. Sume wealdaþ ealle uncysta and leahtras on him sylfum, Homl. Th. i. 344, 35. the vice of avarice, niggardliness, parsimony, want of liberality.

Linked entry: un-gecost

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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Hú man mæg unlage afyllan how one may abolish unjust laws, L.C.S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8. Gif hwá óðres ryht afylle if any one suppress another's right, L. Ath. i. 17; Th. i. 208, 16: L. Eth. vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 26.

FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence to go, proceed, travel, march, sailīre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre FARE, happen, to be in any state versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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Hú mæg se man wel faran how can the man fare well? Ælfc. T. 40, 3

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óþ-wítan

(v.)
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Ðæt hé mé ðæt ne ótwíte ut non hoc nobis imputet, Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 32. Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óþwíton him his wræcsíð let us go and insult the captive, taunt him with his misery, Andr. Kmbl. 2715; An. 1360.

ge-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belgan, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen.

To make one angryirritateenrageīra se tumefăcĕreirrītāteexaspĕrāreTo angerincenseirrītāreexaspĕrāreTo be angryindignāriirasci

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Mid gebolgne hond with wrathful hand, Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 19; Gú. 274. intrans. To be angry; indignāri, irasci Gebulgon wið ða twegen gebróðru indignāti sunt de duōbus fratrĭbus, Mt. Bos. 20, 24

ge-níwian

(v.)
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Add: to renovate, restore what has decayed or been injured. the object material Eft geníuað wæs hond his restituta est manus ejus, Lk. L. 6, 10. Eal bið geníwað feðerhoma, swá hé æt frymðe wæs, Ph. 279.

gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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Ic þæs wénde þæt ic mid wísdóme full gleáwlíce ongitan mihte existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc, Ps. Th. 72, 13. Ongitan gleáwlíce gástgehygdum, An. 863: Jul. 181: Hy. 4, 77. Gleáwlíce sollerter (animadverteret ), An. Ox. 3131.