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yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Evil, ill, bad Yfel malus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 47. in a moral sense Yfel mann of yfelum goldborde bringð yfel forð, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 35. Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, ne yfel gewitnes ( witness of wrong-doing ) ne wrégde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33. Ðæt ðǽr mæge

hundred

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Add: as an abstract numeral Þrittig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and týn ; feówertig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and hundeahtatig; fíftig síðon seofon beóð þreó hundred and fíftig, Angl. viii. 303, 7-9. as substantive. governing a gen. Half hundred

sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
sceacan, scacan; sceóc, scóc; sceacen, scacen, scæcen.

to shake (intrans.), quiverto flee, hurry off, go forthto move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shakingto pass, proceed, departto shake (trans.)to weave

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to shake (intrans.), quiver Gerd from uinde styrende łsceæcen de, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7. but generally used of rapid movement, of living creatures, to flee, hurry off, go forth (cf. (?) colloquial shackto rove about) Ðá sceóc hé on niht fram ðære fyrde

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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trans. To stick, stab, pierce, prick Oxa spæc and cwæð: 'Tó hwon sticast ðú mé,' Shrn. 30, 12. Mé on fæðme sticaþ hygegálan hond, Exon. Th. 394, 1; Rä. 13, 11. Hé( the wounded elephant ) ða óþre elpendas sticade, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 13. Gé hyne ( Christ

þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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a time, season Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum, Exon. Th. 183, 9; Gú. 1324. Wergendra tó lyt þrong ymbe þeóden, ðá hyne sió þrág becwom, Beo. Th. 5759; B. 2883. Ǽr ðam seó þráh cyme, ðæt hé ðec áworpe of woruldríce, Cd. Th. 252, 34; Dan. 588. Nis

Linked entry: wód-þrág

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Such. Grammar þys-líc, used adjectivally, Grammar þys-líc, qualifying a noun Gif him þyslícu þearf gelumpe, Beo. Th. 5267; B. 2637. Wénst ðú ðæt ðé ánum þyllíc (þellecu, Cott. MS.) hwearfung and þillíc (þillícu, Cott. MS.) unrótnes on becumen, and nánum

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

hwíl

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Add: an indefinite space of time Næs þá nán hwíl tó þám þæt . . . nec mora . . . Guth. Gr. 139, 3. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl

mid

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Add His here geseah þæt hé mid þý horse áfeóll, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 4. Se wer þe mid his ágene (-on, v. l. ) wíf bið slǽpende, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 86, 1. Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.</b> where

drífan

(v.)
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Add Onstyredan, drifan agitabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12. Se æþeling

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Well. well, rightly, aright, correctly Hé hine sceal níde tela lǽran. Ðý him is micel ðearf ðonne hé tela lǽrþ ðæt hé eác tela doo dum commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, ipsum prius necesse est, quae dixerit, custodire, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 193, 12. Teala

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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where movement takes place, to shew the way, guide, direct, Grammar wísian, absolute Hé stóp on strǽte, stíg wísode, Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, hand wísode, Byrht. Th. 135, 61 ; By. 141. Snyredon ðǽr secg

Linked entry: riht-wísian

ge-læccan

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Add Ic gelæcce arripio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 12. without sense of violence. to take, take hold of, catch Þá árás hé and gelæhte hine be þám swuran, and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30,335. to take, catch fish, &amp;c. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá

ge-lǽdan

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Add: where there is movement. where the movement of the object is not the act of the subject, to lead, bring, conduct. the subject a person Ic þé út gelǽdde of Ægypta londe, Ll. Th. i. 44, 4. Ðrió cnæhtas of ofone ðú gilǽddest ( eduxisti ), Rtl. 101,

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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To be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. as an independent verb, denoting existence to be, exist Wesendum, beóndum existentibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 63. of animate objects, to exist, live Wesaþ and weaxaþ ealle werþeóde, lifgaþ bi ðám lissum

eald

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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94. Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas,

fundian

(v.)
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Dele <b>tó-fundian</b> at end, and add: of movement. of persons, to go with the object of reaching a person or place, direct one's course to Suá mon oft lett fundigendne monnan and his færelt gǽlð velut iter tendentis impediant, Past. 257

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283. Hié út hiora éðel gerýmdon, Past. 3, 8. þonne sió wund sié clǽne, gerýme þyrel tó nearo ne sié, Lch. ii. 208, 24. to extend so as to include a greater

hyht

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Add: hope, expectation of something desired Ðæt sió manung hine tó hyhte gehwierfe ut admonitio eum ad&#39;spent reducat, Past. 265, 21. <b>la.</b> </b> in gen. Ne bið him wynne hyht, Ph. 480. Þú mé gelǽddest mid lufan hyhte deduxisti

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1 c. Add Hé sylf intó þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 31. add: Þú cwǽde ꝥ ic ne þorfte ná máre áwendan þǽre béc búton tó Isaace, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1. 9. Ðæt hié mid ðǽm hié selfe tó feóre ne gewundigen ( vulnere mortali se feriunt

lǽdan

(v.)
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Add: to cause to move (líþan) with oneself, to bring or take a person to a place or person, with the person's consent Ezechias lǽdde ðá ællðeódgan ǽrenddracan on his máðmhús, Past. 39, 3. Orfeus lǽdde his wíf mid him oþ þe hé eóm on ꝥ gemǽreleóhtes and