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þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne gehwirfð ... Ðonne drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes, ðonne bið self geðwǽned mid his ágnum wordum, Past. 373, 7-11.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Leásingum beswicen ðæt wéneþ furþon ðæt man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.

Linked entry: bisleásung

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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Beó wið ðone cyninge scyldig ealles ðæs ðe áge, Wulfst. 271, 26. Se ðe ðæt gecwéme ne déþ, beó his inganges scyldig, Ch. Th. 606, 21. Sý his tungan scyldig, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 25. with inst.

áhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
áhte, áhtest

hadowned

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had, owned He sealde eall ðæt he áhte he sold all that he had; vendidit ornnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46;

bold

a dwellinga town

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, Wlfst. 261, 8. ꝥ heora bold gedréfe, Angl. x. 146, 187. a town. Similar entries Cf. tún: In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster, Angl. x. 141, 13. (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Ðæt folc wolde hine áhebban tó cyninge, ðæt wǽre heora heáfod for worulde, Homl. Th. i. 162, 5. Ðá forlét eal ða ðing ðe for worulde hæfde. Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 33: Exon. Th. 276, 22 ; Jul. 570. Gif récþ ǽniges weorþscipes hér for worulde.

rǽd

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lét him tó rǽde he adopted as his plan, Hml. S. 23, 319. Gódo dóað woegas iúero and raedo (studia, printed stadia, but see Jer. 7, 3) iúro, Rtl. 36, 21. <b>III a.

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Ðæt bícne (biécne, v. l. ) mid ðǽm eágum, Past. 359, 3. to summon by a sign bícnode gehwanon mid bláwunge him fultum he summoned help to himself from all sides by the blowing of trumpets, Hml. S. 25, 635.

Linked entry: bécnan

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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Gá ꝥ land . . . swá gegódod swá heom bám gerísan mage, C. D. ir. 86, 15. Ill a. where a clause follows the verb Suelcum ingeðonce gerist (congruens) ðæt . . . wið dá scire ne winne, Past. 61, lo.. Wel þé geríseð þæt þú sié heáfod, Cri. 3. .

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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him forlét feówer wellan sceótan ( the reference is to the milk from a cow's udder' ), Exon. Th. 419, 26; Rä. 39, 3. [The word is also found in place-names.]

ǽrende

(adj.)

a messagean errand, a mission

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Æfter hit áboden hǽfde, hié heálsade ðæt hié nánuht ðára ǽrenda ne underfénge . . . Ásǽdon his geféran hú heora ǽrenda ábeád, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 10-22. Earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (ǽrendo ábeódan, v. l.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20.

Linked entry: ǽrend

un-forcúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forcúþ, adj.

Not despicablenot ignoblenot wickedhonourablenoblegood

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þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince eal unforcúþ, Exon. Th. 315, 14; Mód. 31. Cweðan ealle ðæt unforcúðe ðe him on standeþ egsa Dryhtnes dicant qui timent Dominum, Ps. Th. 117, 4

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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Hér wiðufan on ðyssere rǽdinge, 608, 15: ii. 228, 7. Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7. bebeád wolcnum wiþufan mandavit nubibus desuper, Ps. Lamb. 77, 23: Hymn. Surt. 24, 31.

draca

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Hér is cumen án draca þe mé forswelgan sceal . . . Mín heáfod hæfð mid his ceaflum befangen, Hml. Th. i. 534, 15. Ic eom forðrycced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan ( draconis ) . . . Ðes draca nú fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9.

ed-hwyrft

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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

rihtung

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Add him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtunge and hláforddóme ei in monasterii regimine successit, Gr. D. 96, 7. add On ðisum ðrým tíman andbidað God mancynnes rihtinge and góde wæstmas, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 15.

spornan

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Se flǽscbana spearn hine mid his spuran, and hét hine ꝥ árise hunc interfector calce pulsavit ut surgeret, Gr. D. 254, 27. Yfel bið ðé sylfum ꝥ ðú spurne ongeán ðá gáde, Hml.

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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, absent Ðeáh ðe lícumlíce ðǽr æfterweard (æfweard, v. l.) wǽre quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; Sch. 264, 6. adv. prep. After Hí urnon ealle him æfterweard, Hml. S. 31, 995.

smǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
smǽte, adj.

Refined, pure

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hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16: Homl. Skt. i. 2, 113

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [býtla a builder]
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To build; ædificare Hí ongunnon býtlian heora burh they began to build their town, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 33; Gen. 1880: 99; Th. 131, 15; Gen. 2176. He ne býtlaþ of ðam grúndwealle he builds not from that foundation, Homl. Th. i. 368, 25.

Linked entry: byggan