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greótan

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Hwí ne bidst þú þé beþunga lífes lǽcedómes nú þú scealt greótan, teáras geótan cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis, et tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelaet? Dóm. L. 82. [v. N. E. D. greet.] Cf. grétan. Add

brim

(adj.)
Grammar
brim, adj. ?
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Brimne stór and hwítne rýcels, Lch. iii. 14, 21

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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Hwí fæste wé . . . sóðlíce þíne leorningcnihtas ne fæstað, Mt. 9, 14. Fæstest þú on foldan, Seel. 144. Fæst tó nónes, and forgang hwít, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 4. Sé ðe fæstan wille, ne tǽle hé nó ðone ðe ete, Past. 311, 24.

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

á-mirran

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Hwí woldest ðú ámyrran mín sunu, and tó Críste gewéman?, 4, 198.

full-wiht

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Ðá hwíle ðe fulwiht stondan móte, Txts. 175, 17: 13. Add

án-genga

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Hwí se fearr ángenga his heorde forsáwe, 17. Add

for-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyldan, ic -gylde, ðú -gylst; subj. pres. -gylde, pl. -gylden; the other inflections as in for-gildan

To pay forrepayrequiterecompensereward

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To pay for, repay, requite, recompense, reward: — Hwí nolde God him forgyldan his bearn be twífealdum why would not God repay him his children twofold? Job Thw. 168, 23: L. Ath. v. § 8, 8; Th. i. 238, 10. Héht t

Grammar
eá, interject.
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for hwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor?, 30, 1; F. 108, 2. Eálá (eá, v. l. ) mín cild, eá!, 34, 12; F. 154, 9. Add

fleá

Grammar
fleá, Strong and weak forms occur of which the former seem the older
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Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;

gós

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Hwít gós anser, i. 62, 10. Wilde goos cente, ii. 103, 68: gente, 109, 63. Wilde gós gante, 40, 65. Genim góse rysele, Lch. ii. 40, 12, 15. Heorotes smera oþþe gáte oþþe góse, 68, 26.

unc

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Þá wé úp cómon, þá næs úre módor mid ús, nát ic for hwí þá genam úre fæder unc, and bær ús wépende forð on his weg, Hml. S. 30

un-brocheard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brocheard, adj.

Tenderdelicate

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Hwí ne niiht ðú ongitan, ðætte ǽlc wuht cwices biþ innanweard hnescost and unbrocheardost quid, quod mollissimum quodque, sicuti medulla est, interiore semper sede reconditur? Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6

Linked entry: brocheard

hæsel

Grammar
hæsel, hazel.
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Of ðǽre apoldre on ðæne hwítan hæsl, ðonnæ of ðám hwítan hæsle on hnuttwíc eástewearde, C. D. v. 221, 18. Add

clæfre

Grammar
clæfre, l. clǽfre, dele 'n.' (in Lch. ii. 312, 20 reád clǽfre is nominative), and add:, clǽfer (?), cláfre. [From clǽfre comes claver (remaining only in dialects), from cláfre comes clover]
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(In Lch. ii. 326, 21 hwíte-clǽfre seems a compound :-- Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan.) Reáde cláfre (clábre) caltha vel genus floris, 375. Rǽde clǽfer calta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 49. Clǽfre viola, 79, 61: An. Ox. 56, 429. Cleáfre, Lch. iii. 305, col. 2.

Dor

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Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat, Chr. 942; P. 110, 15. Add

carl-mann

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Gif hwilc carlman hǽmde wið wimman hire unðances, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 17. Add

hwifer

(adj.)
Grammar
hwifer, (?); adj.
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Ic gæan þæs landes æt hwi-fersce, 272, 16

nǽtan

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Hwí eom ic nǽted? cur affligor? 142, 2. Swá mycle swíðor swá wé nú beóð nǽtte on þyssum lífe, swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, 141, 18

hwider-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hwider-hwega, adv.
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Somewhither Gange hé him út hwider-hwega sume hwíle, Lch. ii. 182, II