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scóh-wyrhta

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Hé gewunode ꝥ hé ongan sceós wyrcan. Be þám scóhwyrhtan geseah sum óðer man . . . hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan (scóh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 322, 1-5. Add

freónd-spéd

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Bið þæt ǽghwylcum men sélre þæt hé hine gehealde on his freódóme gesundne, þeáh þe hé his freóndspédum treówige, þænne hé scyle æfter þám bendum þæs freódómes ceápian, Nap. 26. Add

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode

To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable

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Hý (evil spirits) háma þoliaþ, Exon. Th. 115, 22; Gú. 193. Ic þolade gódes ealles, 457, 16; Hy. 4, 84. Hé férde swá swá his forcúða fæder, and his lífes ðolode and his lǽnan ríces, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 231.

furþum

Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just

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Hé furðon orsorh ne brícð his genihtsumnysse even his abundance he does not enjoy without anxiety, Hml. Th. i. 64, 34.

ge-beorgan

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Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, 440, 16 : Dan. 436. to protect an object (acc.) from (wiþ ) Hí wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 420.

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Sona ðæs ðe hé gelíhte tó ðam hearge ðá sceát hé mid his spere ðæt hit sticode fæste on ðam hearge nec distulit ille, mox ut propiabat fanum, profanare illud, injecta in eo lancea quam tenebat, 13; S. 517, 11.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Grammar twelf, with qualifying or defining words Hí twelfe (tuoelfo, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 8, 1. Hig twelfe (ða tuoelfo, Lind.) sǽdon him, 9, 12. Hé dyde ðæt hí twelfe mid him wǽron (ðætte hiá wére twelfo mið him, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 3, 14.

Linked entry: endleofan

un-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fæstlíce, adv.

Not firmly ⬩ uncertainly ⬩ vaguely

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Not firmly, uncertainly, vaguely Ðonne mon smeáð on his móde ymb hwelc eorðlíc ðing, ðonne déð hé swelce hé hit átífre on his heortan, and swǽ tweólíce and unfæstlíce hé átífreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe hé ðonne ymb smeáð, Past. 21; Swt.

un-swice

(n.)
Grammar
un-swice, es; m. (or -swic, es; n. ?)

Good faith ⬩ absence of deceit or treachery

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Good faith, absence of deceit or treachery Ðá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla, ðet hé móste unswican intó gemóte cuman and út of gemóte he required safeconduct and hostages, that he might come to the meeting and go from it without treachery, Chr. 1048; Erl

word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one says ⬩ keeping one's word

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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.

Linked entry: word

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte Wolf reached him with his weapon, Beo. Th. 5923; B. 2965: 1117; B. 556: Byrht. Th. 135, 63; By. 142: 136, 29; By. 158. He ða burh gerǽhte he took the town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 14.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

á-lecgan

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Heó álegde ꝥ pælmtwig þe heó ǽr onféng . . . and heó eác álegde hire hrægl, Bl. H. 139, 4-6. Hé his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 228. Álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, 33, 81. Deóplic dǽdbót bið ꝥ lǽwede man his wǽpna álecgan, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 17.

Linked entry: á-licgan

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless

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Ðonne hé wilnaþ on his móde ðæt hé sciele rícsian hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste mens principari appetens fit ad hoc pavida, cum quaerit, audax cum pervenerit, 9; Swt. 57, 4.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

ændlefen

(n.; num.)

eleven ⬩ undecim

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eleven; undecim He ætýwde ændlefene he appeared to the eleven, Mk. Bos. 16, 14

geaf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
geaf, p. of gifan.

gave

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gave He nallas beágas geaf he gave no rings, Beo. Th. 3443; B. 1719;

heort-lufe

(n.)
Grammar
heort-lufe, an; f.

Love which comes from the heart,

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Love which comes from the heart, Hy. 9, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 29

niþer-onwend

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-onwend, adj.
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Down-turned Hé hangode nyþeronwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 29

ofdúne-onwend

(adj.)
Grammar
ofdúne-onwend, adj.
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Turned downwards Hé hangode ofdúneonwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 28

ofer-drencan

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Óðre swá feala swá hí mǽst mægon hí oferdrenceað, Hml. A. 146, 63. Add

singal-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
singal-lic, adj.
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Constant, assiduous Hé sceal geleornian ðæt hé gewunige tó singallecum gebedum, Past. 61, 21