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stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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On ðære hlǽddra is twá and sixti stapa, Anglia xi. 5, 22. Stæpena, 4, 11. Ne gá ðú on stapum tó mínum weofode, Ex. 20, 26. Hé stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 22. <b>III a.

niht-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
niht-slǽp, es; m.

Sleep during the night

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Sleep during the night Ðæt ilce geþanc ðe heom amang ðam nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eall ðá hí áwac. Odon hí ðæt sylfe geþohton, Homl. Skt. 23, 442

æcer-splott

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-splott, es; m.
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An acre-plot, an acre Ðæs healfes weres bóc and ðæs æcersplottes ðe ðǽrtó líð (cf. Cum unius jugeris sibi adjacentis portione, 134, 33), C. D. vi. 136, 12

ge-týnan

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Add: to fence, enclose land Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben tó týnanne and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl ... þám þe hiora dǽl getýnedne hæbben, Ll. Th. i. 128, 5-9

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest, -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton; pp. -sóht; v. a.
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Hie ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton they sought the young man's death, Andr. Kmbl. 2244; An. 1123: Ps. Th. 70, 22. Ðæt ealra witegena blód sý gesóht fram ðysse cneórysse ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum a generatione ista, Lk.

Linked entries: ge-soecan ge-sahte

lytel-hygdig-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lytel-hygdig-, , hýdig; adj.

Small-minded ⬩ pusillanimous

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Small-minded, pusillanimous Mon ðæs lytelhýdig ne ðæs læthýdig no man of mind so small and so sluggish, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 4; Crä. 10

náwa

(adv.)
Grammar
náwa, [ = ne áwa]; adv.

Never

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Never Ðæt is swíðe strang ðam ðe ðæt náwa ǽr þigde it is very strong for him who never before tasted it, Lchdm. ii. 252, 14

Linked entry: áwa

forþlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
forþlíce, adv.
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In a slate of forwardness Swá hit ǽfre forðlícor beón sceolde swá wearð hit fram dǽge tó dǽge lætre and wyrre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 37

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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Ne him nǽfre genóg ne þincþ ǽr hé hæbbe eall ðæt hine lyst, 33, 2; Fox 124, 7.

ofer-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].
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Ðæt heofenlíce ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse and oferhygde, 25, 1. Se dóeþ oferhygde qui facit superbiam, Ps. Surt. 100, 7. Ða dóeþ oferhygd, 30, 24.

Linked entries: ofer-hýd ofer-hygdig -hygd

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very

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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,

Linked entries: on-gemet un-gemete

róse

(n.)
Grammar
róse, an; f.
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Ðære rósan wlite, Bt. 9; Fox, 26, 20. Ðæra rósena blóstman getácniaþ mid heora reádnysse martyrdóm, Homl. Th. i. 444, 13

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.
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The old name for February Ðonne se Solmónaþ biþ geendod, ðonne biþ seó niht feówertýne tída lang and se dæg týn tída, Shrn. 59, 2. Solmónaþ sígeþ tó túne, Februarius, Menol. Fox 31; Men. 16

Linked entries: sol Februarius

tó-hyht

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hyht, es; m.
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Dæg byþ myrgð and tóhiht eádgum and earmum, 344, 12 ; Rún. 24. Cf. tó-hopa

Linked entry: tó-hopa

ymbhygdiglíce

(adv.)
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Hí writon þone dæg and gemearcodon ymbhigdiglíce (ymbehýdiglíce, v. l.) sollicite conscripserunt diem, Gr. D. 306, 13. Swá myccle geornlícor and ymbhýdiglícor beó beeóde hire gebedu tanto sollicitius ad usum orationis excreverat, 284, 7. Add

for-wird

(n.)
Grammar
for-wird, e; f.

Loss ⬩ destruction ⬩ ruin ⬩ perdition ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ intĕrĭtio

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Loss, destruction, ruin, perdition; perdĭtio, intĕrĭtio Hira forwirde dæg ys gehende juxta est dies perdĭtiōnis, Deut. 32, 35. He generode hí of forwirdum heora erĭpuit eos de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Spl. 106, 20

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Ðæs hé wæs ealles swíþost to hergenne, ðæt . . . he was to be praised most of all for this, that. . . Blickl. Homl. 223, 27.

Linked entry: swíðor

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.
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Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan he shall observe the sun&#39;s course, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 27; Ph. 90: 57 b; Th. 205, 17; Ph. 114.

Linked entry: be-healden

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