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bealo-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo-ful, -full ; def. se bealo-fulla ; adj.

BALEFULdirecursedwickedpestiferusfacinorosusscelestusmalitiosus

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Heó ðone bealofullan aléde mannan she laid down the odious man, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 2 ; Jud. 100. Biter bealofullum bitter to the baleful, Exon. 21 a ; Th. 56, 31; Cri. 909

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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Huntingdon Fór se here of Huntandúne and of Eástenglum and worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmese forda and forléton ðæt óðer æt Huntandúne ...

meolcian

(v.)
Grammar
meolcian, p. ode.

to milktake milk from an animalto give milkto suckle

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Nán wíf hire yrfe ne meolcige, bútan heó ða meolc for Godes lufan syllan, Wulfst. 227, 10. Hyt biþ gód ceáp tó milcian, Lchdm. iii. 178, 30. to give milk, to suckle (v. ge-milcian) Ða breóst ða ðe nǽfre meolcgende nǽron, Blickl. Homl. 93, 32

Linked entries: melcan milcian

mid-winter

(n.)
Grammar
mid-winter, es; m.

Mid-winterChristmas

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Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdæg, ðonne byþ winter gedréfedlíc, Lchdm. iii. 164, 1-10. On ðære hálgan midwintres tíde, L. C.

Linked entry: winter

ge-ríman

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

ge-wítendlic

Grammar
ge-wítendlic, In l. 6 l. gewítendlicum, and add: ge-witenlic perishable.
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Heó oferwinð þá gewítendlican geswinc, Hml. A. 77, 102

Linked entries: -wítendlic ge-witenlic

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

tó-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread to piecestrample upon

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Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771. Sixti hundred weoren totredene mid horsen, 27473. Wordliche þinges totreden & forhowien, A. R. 166, 22. Totrad conculcavit, Wick. Ps. 55, 2

Linked entry: te-treþ

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc (q v.), W. S.) gecýðnisse hiora non erat conveniens testimonium illorum Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: wénþ

be-witian

(v.)

to watchobserve

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ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe, B.1796. þý geornlícar hire þearfa begá and bewiotige, Cht. Th. 470, 13. þæs behðfaí hie. eþa ǽghwylc, þ he his sáwle sið sylfa bewitige (geþence, MS. Vercel.) that he see after the course of his soul, Exon.

sáwan

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'Sé ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, sǽwð tó seldon'. . . cwǽdon ðæt sé sceolde lytel sáwan, sé ðe him ðone wind ondréde, Past. 285, 17-24. Add sǽwð ðone sticel ðæs andan, Past. 279, 9. Ðá ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14: 361, 6.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Tó þám forewerdon ꝥ becweðe þone sceat þám þe him leófost beó þe on þám lande stent on the condition that he may bequeath the money that is on mortgage on the land as he pleases, Cht. Crw. 9, 121.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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wæs ðǽr iii. gear on wrece (wræce, wreccesíð, v. ll. ) ; hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; Erl. 34, 4. (Abraham) on wræce lifde he lived a wanderer, Cd. Th. 202, 5; Exod. 383.

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Outside, without. where there is motion to the outside Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 19. Ðæt up heonon úte mihte cuman, Cd. Th. 27, 10; Gen. 415.

Linked entry: út

ge-séman

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Hié bǽdan Philippus þæt heora ládteów wǽre wið Focenses, and . . . þæt . . . oþþe hié gesémde, oþþe him gefultumade ꝥ hí hié oferwinnan mehten (vel differri bellum, vel auferri) . . .

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiað ꝥ hí hýran godcundan ealdran, Ll. Th. i. 332, 34. with infin. forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 6. with dat. infin.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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nam of hire eall ꝥ áhte, for ðám heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine, Chr. 1043; P. 162, 26. Fæste bewunden, An. 58: El. 937.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

erfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-weard, es; m.

An heir hēres

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An heir; hēres Ðú eart erfeweard ealra þeóda tu hērēdĭtābis in omnĭbus gentĭbus, Ps. Th. 81, 8. Forleórt he ðæs hwílewendlícan ríces erfeweardas his suna þrié tres fīlios suos regni tempŏrālis hērēdes relīquit, Bd. 2, 5; Whelc. 121, 41

á-plantian

(v.)
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Þá ðé heora heortan wyrtruman on his lufe áplantodon, Hml. Th. i. 612, 29. Áplanta on ðínre heortan þá sóðan lufe, ii. 410, 1. hæfde áplantod án fictreow binnon his wíngearde, 406, 35: Ps. Th. 1, 3. Add

ealgian

(v.)
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Ðonne wel þénað and úres Drihtnes heorde ealgað, R. Ben. 123, 2. Hí ealle on andwyrdnysse stódon, ðá ðá se án ðé týnde, and noldon ðé ealgian wið heora bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 13: B. 796. Add