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DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEERfĕra, bestia

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An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER; mostly in contrast to domestic animals; fĕra, bestia Is ðæt deór pandher háten the animal is called panther, Exon. 959 ; Th. 356, 16; Pa. 12.

Linked entries: dýr diór

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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a port, haven Wið ðone gársecg is se port ðe mon hǽt Caligardamana, and be súþaneástan ðæm porte is ðæt ígland Deprobane, and be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan ... is se port Samera.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

brǽded-nes

(n.; part.)
Grammar
brǽded-nes, -ness, e; f. [brǽded; pp. of brǽdan
to broaden
,-nes -ness]

to broadenBroadness, breadth, width, latitudeamplitudo, latitudo.

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Broadness, breadth, width, latitude; amplitudo, latitudo

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Th. 118, 107. with infin.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Gif hwá eácniend wíf gewerde . . . gif hió deád síe, selle sáwle wið sáwle, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 19. Se ðe gemét hys sáwle (sáule ł ferh, Rush.), se forspilþ hig; and se ðe forspilþ his sáwle for mé, hé gemét hí, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 39: 16, 25: Jn.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Ne beseoh þú þe ná, Lch. i. 202, 17. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum, 17. with prep. Beseah hé hine underbæc wiþ ðæs wífes. Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 14. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum 17. trans.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Sat. 303. with infin. (?), to succeed in doing Þæct hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan wið feónda níð, Scef. 74

deornunga

(adv.)

secretly

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In. 27; Wilk. 19, 12

hlǽfdige

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽfdige, hlǽfdie, an; f.

A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,

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Ðá forlét se cyng ða hlǽfdian seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne [of Eward putting away his wife, Godwin's daughter], Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 20.

for-drencan

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Heó gelaðode þá cwelleras swilce for cýððe and fordrencte hí mid wíne. Hml. S. 29, 327. Holofernis fordræncte hine sylfne mid þám strangum wíne ... and ealle his þegnas wǽron fordræncte, Hml. A. 111, 294. Add:

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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Mid ðás blíðan gedryht [MS. gedryt] with this joyful host, Exon. 15 a; Th. 33, 2; Cri. 519. Ic God bletsige blíðe móde I will bless God with a joyful mind, 41 b; Th. 138, 23; Gú. 580: Ps. Th. 54, 11: 65, 7: Rood Kmbl. 242; Kr. 122.

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury chlora perfoliata, Lin the lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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Wið útsihtádle; curmealle etc. for diarrhæa; centaury, etc. L. M. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 320, 11: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 76, 20. Curmille centaury, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 21.

Linked entry: culmille

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Higaþ ealle mægne ðæt hé wolde . . . strives with all his might to . . . Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 130; Met. 13, 65.

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

leóran

(v.)
Grammar
leóran, p. de

To godepartpasspass away

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Wið ða hwíle lióres [geleóreþ, Rush.] heofon and eorþo donec transeat cælum et terra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18. Hé leórde ðonan transiit inde, 11, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 247; An. 124. Hé tó drihtne mid sibbe leórde he departed in peace to the Lord, Glostr.

Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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Wé witon ðæt God spæc wið Moyses; nyte wé hwanon ðes is, Jn. Skt. 9, 29. Wé nyton (nutu wé, Lind. : niton wé, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 27. Gé neton, Exon. Th. 282, 9; Jul. 660. Ic wiste ðæt ðú út áfaren wǽre, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

síde

(n.)
Grammar
síde, an ; f.
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Wið ðære swíðran sídan sáre and ðære winestran, Lchdm. ii. 6, 3. On sídan lama pleuriticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 31. Hé Hǽlend genom be sídan, Cd. Th. 299, 5; Sat. 545.

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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[Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm. S. 5; Th. i. 250, 3. Ongan se bisceop ðancunge dón Drihtne episcopus gratias coepit agere Domino, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 31: 4, 23; S. 595. 19. Ðoncunge, 5, 19; S. 641, 2.

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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eum fortiter agentibus), in that those who had betrayed their lord were detestable to them, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 17. fidelity Heora gemynd þurhwunaþ for heora trýwðe wið God, Ælfc.

Linked entry: trýwþ

eáþ-mód

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Se eádmóda biscop wæs swíðe geðyldig wið þwyrum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 10. Hé hié tó eáþmódre (eádmódere, v. l. ) hérsumnesse gedyde, Chr. 828; P. 62, 3. Ábogenre, eádmódre cernua, i. humilis, An. Ox. 1278: suplici, 1329.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 231, 2. to remove impurity from an object Wé oft ágyltað; þonne sculon wé on þǽre forhæfdnesse ... ꝥ geclǽnsian, Bl. H. 35, 17