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FÚHT

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚHT, adj.

Moistdamphŭmĭdus

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Moist, damp; hŭmĭdus Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fúhtum and on wæteregum stówum this herb is produced in damp and watery places, Herb. 9, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 25; 39, 1; Lchdm. i. 140, 5: 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 26

Linked entry: fýhtan

níþing

(n.)
Grammar
níþing, es; m.

A villainone who commits a vile action

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A villain, one who commits a vile action Walreáf is níþinges dǽde, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3. Se cing and eall here cwǽdon Swegen for níþing ( Swegen had treacherously put Beorn to death ), Chr. 1049; Erl. 174. 31

níþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-sele, es; m.

A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe

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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513

Linked entry: niþ

gramlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gramlíc, adj.
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On heora gasthúsum is gramlíc inwit nequitia in hospitiis eorum, Ps. Th. 54, 15

best

(adv.)

BEST, mostoptime

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S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3 The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants

ge-broc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ge-broc, es; n. [ge-brocen, pp. of ge-brecan to break]

A breakingbroken piecefragmentfractiofragmentum

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A breaking, broken piece, fragment; fractio, fragmentum Sum biþ mid ðæs innoþes gebrocum gemenged some is mingled with fragments of the inwards, L. M. 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 276, 26. Ðara gebroca fragmentorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 20: 15, 37

Linked entries: broc broc

ge-healdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdsum, adj.

Keepingsparingfrugalparcus

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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9

Linked entry: healdsum

Searo-burh

(n.)
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Salisbury In ðære stówe ðe is genemned [æt] Searobyrg (-byrig, Searoburh, Sælesberi), Chr. 552; Th. pp. 28, 29. Tó Searebyrig, 1086; Th. 353, 18. To Searbyrig, 1003; Th. pp. 252, 253. [Seresbyrig (Særes-), 1123; Th. 374, 5, 20, 24, 34.]

Linked entry: Sear-burh

stuntlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stuntlíce, adv.
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Th. ii. 100, 16. Hí nellaþ understandan hú stuntlíce hí dóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 132. Hwæt is stuntlícor quid est stultius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 11

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
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With one's eyes, ocularly, evidently Swilce ic hine mid mínan eágan eáhsýnes beheólde as if I beheld him plainly with my eyes, Hml. S. 23, 828. Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

elpend-bán

(n.)
Grammar
elpend-bán, es; n.

ivory

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Ger. elafant ebor; elefant-ín, -isc eburneus) ebor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 73. Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5

Linked entries: elpen-bán elpend

ge-lícung

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Substitute: Pleasing, pleasure Ꝥ him mon mettas gife . . . swá swá beóþ æppla . . . and hláf gedón on ceald wæter oþþe on hát be þǽre gelícunge þæs magan ( according as one or other is agreeable to the stomach ), Lch. ii. 176, 19

ge-bild

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ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

híre-mann

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Ðæt is ðæt hé ðreáge his híremenn, 125, 22. Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hýre-mann

riht-hámsócn

(n.)
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housebreaking which is such in the eye of the law, housebreaking which has been actually committed (not merely attempted) Inuasio domus vel curię, quod dicitur rihthámsócne (cf. infectam inuasionem, quod Angli dicunt unworhtre hámsócne, 615, 16), Ll.

Linked entry: hám-sócn

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m. l. n.
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D. ii. 89, 7. Add Interuallum þæt is hwíl oððe rúm, Chrd. 24, 6. Add Gif hé ꝥ rúm and þone ǽmtan hæbbe si locus aut tempus exigerit, Chrd. 105, 18

wín-háte

(n.)
Grammar
wín-háte, an; f.

A feast

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A feast Gefrægn ic Olofernus wínhátan wyrcean, and eallum wundrum þrymlíc girwan up swǽsendo; tó ðám hét se gumena baldor ealle ða yldestan þegnas (the Latin is: Holofernes fecit cenam servis suis, Judith 12, 10), Judth. Thw. 21, 6; Jud. 3

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Ic oncneów of cýðnissum dínum, forðon in écnisse ðú gesteaðulades (fundasti) ðá, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Ne seah ic wídan feorh never in all my life have I seen, Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014. Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blowrush

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Voc. ii. 30, 23. Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11

Linked entry: on-blǽstan