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word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Homl. i. 301, 13

Linked entry: word

a-lésan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lésan, p. de; pp. ed

To redeemsolvereliberare

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To redeem; solvere, liberare, Hy. 8, 33; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 290, 33

a-rád

(v.)
Grammar
a-rád, p. of a-rídan.

rode

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rode He út arád he rode out, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 22;

éðe

(adv.)
Grammar
éðe, sup. éðest; adv.

Easilyfăcĭlĭter

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Easily; făcĭlĭter, Hy. I. 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 6. v. eáðe; adv

geómor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
geómor-líce, adv.

Sadlylūgubre

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Sadly; lūgubre He gilleþ geómorlíce he yelleth sadly, Salm. Kmbl. 535; Sal. 267

on-beslagen

(adj.)
Grammar
on-beslagen, adj.
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Inflicted Swilce mid onbeslagenre wunde geblódigian, Hml. Th. ii. 88, 23

Bryttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Bryttisc, Brittisc; adj.

BritishBritannicus

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British; Britannicus He wæs Bryttisc he was British, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 3

Linked entry: Brittisc

fæst-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá neár and neár eódon fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423

mid-weg

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Þá þá wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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ne dorste geopenian ꝥ on Drihten gelýfde, ac dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac gewát sóna swá ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

hnesce

softtendersoftgentlesofttendergentleeffeminate

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Wyrce him hnesce bedd, iii. 112, 1. Næscum hræglum gegearwæd, Mt. R. 11, 8. Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ hwéne hnescran gecynde; bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, 34, 11; F. 150, 27. Eóde heó onuppan þá hnescan ýþa, Hml.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Th. ii. 420, 24. ability to walk: gesundfull his færeldes breác, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 5. Healtum forgeáfon færeld, i. 544, 33. Underfóð þá healtan færeld, Hml.

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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sceal habban láre ðæt máge Godes folc mid wísdóme lǽran he must have learning, that he may be able to instruct God's people with wisdom, Homl. Th. i. 206, 26.

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

orige

(adj.)

in the following passage

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in the following passage Se ðe þeóf geféhþ áh .x. scitt. . . . Gif ðonne óþierne and orige (orrige, MS. H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . .

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bendinclinebend or bow downprocumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

ge-dyrst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To dareaudere

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To dare; audere He ne gedyrstlǽcþ ðæt he furðon orðige oððe sprece he dare not even breathe or speak, Homl. Th. i. 456, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 29

un-geworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geworht, adj.

not madenot finished

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not made Gif geworht wǽre, ne wurde nǽfre ælmihtig God ... wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrcan

doxian

(v.)
Grammar
doxian, p. ode
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To become dark-coloured Hwílum ( the dead body ) bið swíðe láðlicum men gelíc; þonne wannað and doxaþ; óðre hwíle bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, Verc. fol. 23 b

lár-bóc

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áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add