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ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj.

powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent

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Gif hwylc ríce mon and æþelboren his bearn Gode on mynstre geoffrian wile, R. Ben. 103, 9-11. Rícra grundleás gítsung ǽhta, Met. 7, 14.

deór

(adj.)
Grammar
deór, diór, dýr; adj. [deór an animal] .

brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens

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Nis mon in his dǽdum to ðæs deór there is not a man so bold in his deeds, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 17; Seef. 41. Ðæt wæs se deóra, Didĭmus wæs háten that was the bold one, he was called Didymus, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 1; Sat. 543.

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declare ⬩ announce ⬩ tell ⬩ to inform against ⬩ accuse

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Ic sceal mód meldian swá ðú mé beódest I must tell all my mind, as thou dost bid me, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 10; Jul. 463. Ongan meldigan ðone hálgan wer the devil began to tell who the holy man was, Andr. Kmbl. 2341; An. 1172.

Linked entry: a-meldian

miltan

(v.)
Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.

To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid

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Ðonne mé mægen and mód mylte dum defeceret virtus mea, Ps. Th. 70, 8. Weax miltende cera liquescens, Ps. Spl. 21, 13. Myltende madens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 56. Myltende[s] liquidas, Hpt. Gl. 470, 73

Linked entries: mealt myltan sám-milt

neótan

(v.)
Grammar
neótan, niótan; p. neát, pl. nuton

To enjoy ⬩ have the benefit of

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Ðæt hé ðær brúcan mót wonges mid willurn, and welan neótan lífes and lissa, 208, 2 ; Ph. 149. Sécan swegles dreámas and (ðara dreáma) willum neótan, Andr. Kmbl. 1620; An. 811. Wǽpna neótan to make good use of his weapons, Byrht.

blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus

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Se móna mid his blácan leóhte the moon with her pale light, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34

Linked entry: blǽc

BLÍCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.

to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle ⬩ lucere, fulgere, coruscare, micare ⬩ to shine by exposure, as the bones ⬩ denudando in conspectum dari ⬩ apparere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ fulgere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ I shine ⬩ to shine

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Móna swá seó Godes circe beorhte blíceþ the church of God shines brightly like the moon, 18 a; Th. 44, 11; Cri. 701: 58 b; Th. 210, 16; Ph. 186.

Linked entry: BLÆC

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet

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Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton it befits teachers that they salt the minds of believing men with the salt of wisdom, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 16 : L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 32. Me gedæfnaþ me oportet, Jn. Skt.

geornlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willingly ⬩ dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter

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Ðæt he geornlícost God weorþige that he most zealously worship God, Exon. 14 a; Th. 27, 19; Cri. 433

Linked entry: eornlíce

regol-weard

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

The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler

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Ond ðás forecuædenan suǽsenda all ágefe mon ðæm reogolwarde, and hé brytniæ swǽ hígum mǽst réd síe, Chart. Th. 460, 37. Se reogolweord, 460, 16. a ruler Sum reiglword (regoloword, Rush.) quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 46.

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful

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Unrighteous, unjust, wicked, wrongful Unryhtlícu iersung, ðæt is ðæt mon iersige on óðerne for his góde ( on account of his prosperity ), Past. 27; Swt. 189, 8.

æþel-boren

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Gif hwylc ríce mon and æþelboren si quis de nobilibus, R. Ben. 103, 10. Eádgár ... cincg æðelboren ( egregius ), Angl. xiii. 365, 5. Ealdorman æfter worulde swíðe æþelboren, Hml. S. 30, 3. For worulde æðelboren, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 10.

Linked entry: boren

bismerian

(v.)
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Se mon bið bismrod (-ad) (inluditur) swá swá ðurh swefen, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 93, 10. Bismrud, Lk. 18, 32. Add

byrgen

(n.)
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Áne tóbrocene byrgenne, swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte sepulchrum dirutum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 4. Ofer ryhtwísra monna byrgenne super sepulturam justi, Past. 327, 2. Byrgenu openodon, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 4.

cist

(n.)
Grammar
cist, a chest.
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Funde mon on his máðmhúse twá cista (arcas), Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 13. <b>I a.</b> a coffin. v. cistian :-- Cest arca funeris, sarcofagum, Txts. 109, 1146. Heó wearð bebyrged on treówenre cyste, Hml. S. 20, 69.

deád-lic

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On myrran wæs getácnod ꝥ hé wæs deádlic mon, Shrn. 48, 22. Lífes deádlices vitae mortalis, Rtl. 39, 25. In líchoma úsra deádlicum in carne nostra mortali, 13, 5.

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, adv.
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., fearra, L. a longe) geseah án fíctreów, 11, 13: Lk. 16, 23. of time. of a distant past Frumsceaft fira feorran reccan to tell the origin of men from the most remote past, B. 91: 2106. of a distant future Hé wolde feorran and lange ǽr cýðan his ðrowunge

for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity

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Þú sealdest mannum synna forgifnessa, 87, 12. mildness, lenity, indulgence; in a bad sense, laxity Oft ungemetlico fofgifnes bið gelícet ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, Past. 149, 9.

ge-árian

(v.)
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Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, inde justius damnatur, Past. 391, 8.

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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(I) the subject a noun Ne selle mon to féla . . . ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió ælmesse, Past. 325, 8. the subject a pronoun representing a circumstance already mentioned Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum