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wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Summ monn wlong quidam homo dives, 27, 57. Ðú, weliga, ðínne Drihten ne lufadest . . . Hwæt, wéndest ðú, wlanca, gif ðú mé sealdest ówiht ðínes, ðæt ðé ðonne wǽre ðín woruldgestreón gelytlad? Wulfst. 260, 18.

Linked entry: wlencu

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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A. 129, 442-130, 449. a stated form of a rite, order of service: Þá gefullode hine mon on ðǽre ciricean endebyrdnesse, Bl.

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.
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Seó is ealra dúna mǽst and hígest mons maximus et altissimus, Nar, 37, 32. Se hýhsta ealra cyninga cyning the most high king of all kings, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 1; Cri. 1682. Goth. hauhs: O. Sax. hóh: O. Frs. hách, hág: Icel. hár: O. H.

Linked entries: heá heág héh

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgende monn do not thou let living man divert thee from thy journey, hinder thee from thy way, 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24: Beo. Th. 1142 ; B. 569.

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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Gif monna hwelc mundum sínum aldre beneóteþ, Cd. 50; Th. 63, 31; Gen. 1040. Ic geféng mid mundum mægenbyrðenne. Beo.

Linked entry: mundian

lust

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Hé (Noah) stáh ofer streámweall lustum miclum, Gen. 1495. desire, appetite for something Monað módes lust ferd tó féran, Seef. 36.

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Wæs þæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne . . . hú se gúðsceaða Geáta leóde hýnde, 2318: 2948. in dependence on nouns of meaning akin to the verbs mentioned in Ðis is seó gerǽdnyss hú mon ðæt hundred haldan sceal, Ll. Th. i. 258, 2.

ge-híran

(v.)
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L. 16, 13. to learn by hearing, hear of, be informed of, be told, the object a noun Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon þe má wolde bión earm ðonne welig, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 16. Ǽlc man . . . þára þe þá gebodu gehýrde, L!.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.
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Wite hé ðæt hé hit dé ofer Godes ést and ofer ealra his háligra, and eác ofer monna godcundra háda and woruldcundra, Chart. Th. 131, 36: Exon. Th. 226, 10; Ph. 403: Cd. Th. 76, 2; Gen. 1251.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Monge, nales feá, Exon. Th. 72, 11; Cri. 1171. Nalæs æfter myclum fæce non multo post, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 33. Nalæs æfter mycelre tíde, 4, 23; S. 593, 24. Oft, nalæs seldan, Ps. Th. 74. 4

Linked entry: nalas

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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E. 299, 1. marking combination, coincidence Þá hié swá monega gewin hæfdon emdenes underfongen eo tempore quo tria bella fuerunt suscepta, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 29. Þá Israhéla bearn endemes hrímdon, Num. 13, 31.

duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ, dugoþ, e; f. [dugan vălēre] .

multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly hostcōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestismajesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălusbenefit, gift benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness dĕcōrum

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Be ðám hringum mon mihte witan hwæt Romána duguþe gefeallen wæs by the rings one might know how many of the nobility of the Romans had fallen, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 11: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 30: 1, 12; Bos. 35, 43.

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Ðeáh mon anweald and genyht tó twǽm þingum nemne ðeáh hit is án though power and abundance be spoken of as two things, yet are they one, Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 21. Hí gewunedon hí móder cýgean and nemnian (tó hátenne and tó nemnenne, MS.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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For hwam wolde gé secgan oððe singan, ðæt ic gesǽllíc mon wǽre, Met. 2, 17. of other living creatures Earn sang hildeleóþ, Judth. Thw. 24, 28 ; Jud. 211. Wulfas sungon ǽfenleóþ, Cd.

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan ( in matrimonium ire), 152, 24. to form by union of elements, make by joining Þæt mon cúðe tóslíteð, þætte nǽfre gesomnod wæs, Ru. I. 18, <b>V a.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ðæt is tó tácne ðæt mon endebyrðllce ðone biscepdóm healde, ðæt hé hine on gódum weorcum geendige, Past. 53, 23. Geendedre transacto (officio), An. Ox. 2144. ¶ líf geendian to die :-- Ǽghwylc þára manna þe his líf geendaþ on þyssum, Bl.

lócian

(v.)
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Hét hé ǽnne mon stígan on þone mæst and lócian hwæþer hé þæt land gecneówe, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 2. fig. to direct the intellectual eye, to turn or fix one&#39;s attention or regard Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú nó ne lócige on míne synna, for ðǽm ðe ic self

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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He hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlícnesse he has created man after [secundum] his own image, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 19; Gen. 396. Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaðoswáte wanian the sword began to fade away by the warsweat [in consequence of the hot blood], Beo.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Ǽlc mon tiohhaþ him ðæt tó sélestum goode ðæt ðæt hé swíþost lufaþ every man considers that as his best good, which he most loves, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 23. Hí teohhiaþ út him tó snǽdincgsceápum aestimati sumus ut oves occisionis, Ps. Th. 43, 23.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.
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Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne ðæt hé mon mid ofsleá, 19; Th. i. 74, 1-4. Wǽpnes spor a wound, Exon. Th. 280, 2; Jul. 623. Áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, Salm. Kmbl. 323; Sal. 161. Ic ðý wǽpne gebrǽd, Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664.