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dyrstig-ness

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Se ealda feónd onféng swilce dyrstinysse (bylde, v. l., ausum ) tó ácwellanne, Gr. D. 75, 32. Gif hé þurh dyrstignysse hine onhefð mid módignysse si presumpserit, R. Ben. 112, 12. Hé þǽra gedwolmanna dyrstignesse ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. i. 70, 7. Add

ealdor-scipe

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Sóð lufu on eallum bebodum Godes ealdorscype (principatum) healt, Scint. 4, 5. Principatus sind ealdorscipas, Hml. Th. i. 342, 30. Add

eóred-mann

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cf. eóred, ¶: Sixténe þúsend monna and eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede xvi milia equitum, octingente quadrige, omnes falcate, Nar. 4, 13. Add

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Ðonne sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn . . . forhwæga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram þǽm feó, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 30-36. Substitute:

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Fultuman ðám forðfarenum þe on wítnunge sind, gif hí mid ealle forscyldgode ne beóð, ii. 356, 16

ge-mynegian

(v.)
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Add: to make mention of Máre ic þyses gemyn-gade þonne ic his mid ealle ásaéde ut commemorata sint haec magis quant explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 26.

ge-blówan

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Add: <b>ge-blówen</b> blown (as in full-blown), blooming, in bloom, that has blossomed. lit. of plants Ealra beáma beorhtast geblowen, Ph. 179.

ge-beór

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Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum eallum ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeór-scipe, and ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 20. Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod.

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Th. i. 414, 9. add Se Sunnandæg waes ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið eft se néxta ł ættemesta, Wlfst. 210, I. Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr.

on-standan

(v.)
Grammar
on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
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Cf. standan; Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4.

Linked entry: an-standan

raþe

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Hé oft wýscte þæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweóran, þæt hé hiene raþost forceorfan mehte, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 27. Add

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

scyldig

Grammar
scyldig, <b>I a.</b>
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ealle andwyrdon þæt hé scyldig wǽre tó deáðe, 248, 23. v. deáþ-, efen-, healf-, syn-, wamb-scyldig

swíþe

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swíþe, <b>. II a.</b>
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Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian, ꝥ hit tó swíþe ne sý, ne tó hwónlíce, Hml. S. 1, 162. Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word, Ælfc. T.

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Ðæt is se teóða æcer, eal swá seó sulh hit gegá that is the tenth acre, all as the plough goes over it, L. C. E. 8; Th. i. 366, 6. Æceras jugera, Cot. 109

GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds, 116 a; Th. 445, 24; Dóm. 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2601; El. 1302. Glédum spíwan to spit forth flames, Beo. Th. 4614; B. 2312: 4659; B. 2335

Linked entries: ge-gléded gloed gléde

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es ; m.
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Ðonne hé ( the root ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde, i. 260, 9. Ðæs drinces smýe heora eágan onfón, 348, 22. Sméc vaporem, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15

Linked entries: sméc smoca

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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Áswífende exorbitans, exorbitantes, 31, 19, 31: 83, 7: 86, 10: exorbitantes, i. circuientes, declinantes, 145, 80.] of a course of action, to come to take part in a matter Ðá swáf Eánulf on wæs geréfa ðá genom eal ðæt yrfe him on ðæt hé áhte tó Tyssebyrig

Linked entry: a-swífan

wác-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-mód, adj.
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Beó hit eal mid gemete ðe læs ðe ða wácmódan beón ormóde omnia mensurate fiant propter pusillanimes (for ðám wácmódum, R. Ben. Interl. 82, 7), R. Ben. 74, 1.

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam wice tó ðære hapuldre . . . of ðam alre tó ðám twám wycan standaþ on geréwe eal swá ðæt gemére gǽð; swá up tó ðam wice stynt beneoðan bælles wæge; of ðam wice . . . á be hege tó ealdan wycan tó ðam wealle, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: wic