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gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Ne beó ðú ælþeódegum gram thou shalt not ... oppress a stranger, Ex. 23, 9. Ne beó ðú me gram noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. 11, 7: 18, 5

Linked entry: grom

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ðú hýrdes sceþþendum sceaþan, Exon. Th. 85, 24; Cri. 1396

Linked entry: sceaþan

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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On swáte ðínes andwlilan ðú brícst ðínes hláfes. Gen. 3, 19. Se man on gewinne and on swáte hé leofaþ, Blickl. Homl. 59, 36: Cd. Th. 33, 8; Gen. 482

Linked entry: swǽtan

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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Ne pearft ðú ðé wiht ondrǽdan, þenden ðú míne láre lǽstest, 130, 33; Gen. 2169: Beo. Th. 574; B. 284. Mon mæg gelácnian, þenden of ðære lifre sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne ðone líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 222, 9.

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation

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Ðú ne tweódast ymbe Honorius segene, hwí tweóst ðú ymbe hera þegena sæcgena, 197, 21-23. Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene he would not admit what they said, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 33. Sægenum assertionibus, Wrt.

Linked entries: segen sæcgen

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty

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Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond (crudeli) ðín geár, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl. Th. i. 80, 31. Ne mæg ic mínne feónd lufian, ðone ðe ic wælhreówne tógeánes mé geseó, 54, 31. Ðone wælhreówan feónd ðisse menniscan gecynd[e], Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.

Linked entries: wæl-grim wæl-rǽw wæl-reów

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire qui tegis aquis superiora ejus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3. Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýhþ. Ps. Spl.) hí labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos, 139, 10. Oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Ne dó ðú ne dyrne ðíne ða deóran bebodu non abscondas a me mandāta tua, Ps.

Linked entries: derne dierne

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness

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Ne mínne noman ne cíg ðú on ídelnesse, L. Alf. 2 ; Th, i. 44. 7.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lion ⬩ lioness

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Hwænne áhredst [ðú] míne ángan sáwle æt ðǽm leóum (leóm, Ps. Surt.) restitue a leonibus unicam meam, Ps. Th. 34, 17. Hé hét gelǽdan león and beran, manega and mycele, Homl. Skt. 4, 403

Linked entries: leá león leóna

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANY ⬩ many a

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Ðú bist manegra þéoda fæder. Gen. 17, 4. Hé sende Agustinum and óðre monige munecas, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 27. used absolutely On manig dǽlan, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 11. Ðú tósyndrodest hig on manega, Hy. 7, 65; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 65. Mænego, 9, 21; Hy.

gild

(n.)
Grammar
gild, geld, gield, gyld. es; n.

a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum

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III. a payment to God, worship, service, sacrifice, offering; cultus, sacrificium Ðú goda ussa gield forhogdest thou hast despised the service of our gods, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 17; Jul. 246.

Linked entries: gield gild-scipe ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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A sister. of blood relationship Saga ðæt ðú sié sweostor mín, líces mǽge, Cd. Th. 110, 3, Gen. 1832. Ðære swustur (suoester. Lind.: swester, Rush.) wæs Maria huic erat soror nomine Maria, Lk. Skt. 10, 39. Soester, Lind. 10, 40.

Linked entries: suster swuster ge-sweostor

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, Prov. K. 51: Wlfst. 158, 37. Tó his ágenum hé com in propria venit , Jn. 1, 11. Cúþan mon ofslóg, and Ceaulin hwearf tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; P. 20, 4.

dwelian

(v.)
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Ne dwela ðú on ídel ... and ne wén ðú ná be þé ꝥ þú ungewítnod beó, Hml. S. 25, 157. (2 a) of madness :-- Seó dohtor on wódum dreáme læg dweligende, Hml. Th. ii. 110, 19. of wrong conduct, to err Þú dwelast, geneálǽc and geoffra þíne lác, Hml.

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe

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Ne þorftest ðú ðé nánwuht ondrǽdan, . . Ðonne ðú ðonne orsorg wǽre, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 30. Næs ic nǽfre swá emnes módes ðæt ic eallunga wǽre orsorg, ðæt ic swá orsorg wǽre ðæt ic náne gedréfednesse næfde, 26, 1; Fox 90, 26.

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens

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Ðú oferswíþdest ðone snotrestan helwerena cyning Exon. Th. 275, 1; Jul. 543. Burgsittendum ðám snoterestum Elen. Kmbl. 553; El. 277.

Linked entry: snytre

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire

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Ne ðú næfst nán þing mid tó hladenne neque in quo haurias habes, Jn. Skt. MS. A. 4, 11. Gemétte ǽnne ealdne munuc wæter hladende found an old monk drawing water, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 7

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten

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Tele ðú óð ðæt ðú cume tó þrittiga, eft . . . tele óð týne (count up to ten), Lchdm. iii. 228, 2

Linked entries: teá tién týn

þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search for ⬩ seek out ⬩ to search through ⬩ examine

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Ger. durh-suohhan to search through.]

Linked entry: sécan

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