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cyne-dóm

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</b> the fine paid for the offence to the royal dignity where a king is slain :-- Norðleóda cynges gild is .xxx. þúsend þrymsa, fífténe þúsend þrymsa bið þæs wergildes, .xv. þúsend þæs cynedómes.

cot-líf

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In the last case it is said 'ic bebeóde ðat Paðu mí meodes wrichte and UUlnóð mín húscarl and Ælfríce Hort and Frébern mín freósócne men ðe ðat cotlýf healdeð heonneforð . . . bén on sainte Petres wealde and ðám hirde on ðám minstre hérsumian and þewwan

ge-gladian

(v.)
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Ne þǽr árfæstnes sib ne hopa ne swige gegladað nec pax nec pietas immo spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident, Dóm. L. 220. Hé his folc gegladode dedit requiem universis provinciis, Hml. A. 95, 107. Gegladiga laetificet, Rtl. 18, 15.

grǽdig

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</b> with gen. :-- Hé wearð eft suá ungemetlíce grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes in bonorum necem post didicit anhelare, Past. 37, 2. that manifests eager desire Hire on hafelan hringmǽl ágól grǽdig gúðleóð, B. 1522

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Æfter strǽta endum, Past. 135, 3. part of the human body (?): Gif nýten sig mannes ende besmiten si bestia a viro sit polluta, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 10. part, proportion (v. N. E.

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be-ládian

(v.)
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Hú hí hí willen beládian on ðǽm miclan dóme, Past. 429, 4. with gen. Heó eáþe mihte þæs forligeres unhlísan hí beládian. Hml. S. 2, 205.

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Oð hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28. Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan þæt hé þone nacodan mid náhte ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25.

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindleto burn (cf. anneal), consume by burningto make hot with fireto make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Onǽled mid ðæm andan his hiéremonna unþeáwa, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 8

be-healdan

(v.)
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H. 241, 9: Past. 317, 9: 449, 36. Ðæt hí hí behealden ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen, Past. 439, 9. Ðá ðe heá búta éghwoelcum flita behaldan, Mt. L. 5, 9 note. Hié for duste ne mehton geseón hú hí hí behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 16.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Past. 255, 4. Heofonlicra ceastriwarena supernorum (i. angelorum) ciuium, An. Ox. 328. Geimpod tó ðǽm hefenlicum (hefon-, v. l.) diógolnessum, Past. 99, 18.

FÆC

(n.)
Grammar
FÆC, es; pl. nom. acc. facu; gen. faca; n.

Space, interval, distance, portion of timespătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum

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Se þeódwíga þreónihta fæc swífeþ on swefote the noble creature is dormant in slumber a three nights' space, 96 a; Th. 357, 34; Pa. 38. Geseah he ánre stówe fæc vīdit ūnius lŏci spătium, Bd. 3, l0; S. 534, 19. Unfyrn faca in a little time, Andr.

Linked entries: æfter-fæce fec

grimetan

(v.)
Grammar
grimetan, grymetan, grimetian; p. ode, ede
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Brim grymetende the roaring ocean, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 6; Pa. 7. Swá grymetigende leó as a roaring lion, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 22

Linked entry: grymetan

swecc

(n.)
Grammar
swecc, swæcc, es; m.
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Swæcca, 358, 16; Pa. 46. Swétum swæccum ( odoribus ), 212, 22; Ph. 214. Sweccum, Kent. Gl. 1016. <b>II a.</b> the sense of smell :-- Swæc odoratus (in a list 'de homine et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 31: 64, 19.

Linked entries: swæc swice

ge-metfæst

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Hé is monþwǽre, nele láðes wiht ǽngum geæfnan, Pa. 31. sober, discreet, honest, orderly, v. ge-metfæstnys, ge-metlǽcan Ǽfestes lífes and gemetfæstes abbod religiosae ac modestae uitae abbas, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 631, 23.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

ceác

(n.)
Grammar
ceác, es; m. A pitcher, jug, basin, laver; urceus, caucus = καῦκος , luter = λουτήρ
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The laver was so large that it covered the oxen entirely, save that the heads projected out, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21b, 3, 4. On ðæm ceáce in the laver, 16, 5; Cot. MS

Linked entries: céc ceác ful

CLÚSTOR

(n.)
Grammar
CLÚSTOR, clúster, clauster; clústres; clústor, clustro; n.
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Ðæt he mihte cuman þurh ðás clústro that he might pass through these barriers. Cd. 22; Th. 27, II; Gen. 416. He hine héht on carcernes [MS. carcerne] clúster belúcan he commanded him to be locked in a prison's cell, Bt. Met. Fox l, 146; Met. l, 73

Linked entry: clauster

for-gán

(v.)
Grammar
for-gán, to -gánne; he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán

To FOR-GOabstain frompass overneglectabstĭnēretranscendĕreprætĕrire

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To FOR-GO, abstain from, pass over, neglect; abstĭnēre, transcendĕre, prætĕrire Ðæt he smeáge hwæt him sý to dónne and to forgánne that he meditate what is for him to do and what to forgo, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 6.

nyllan

(v.)
Grammar
nyllan, = ne willan
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Nyllaþ, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Nolde, Jn. Skt. 7, 1. Nalde, Ps. Surt. 35, 4. Noldon, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 3. Gif ðæt wíf nele si noluerit mulier, Gen. 24, 5. Sam wé willan, sam wé nyllan, Bt. 35, 12; Fox 154, 7. Nyllan gé nolite, Ps. Th. 61, 11.

Linked entries: willan nillan

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To lightenmitigateassuagealleviare

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Ðonne hie willaþ him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hie ðurhtugon to swíðe ge-líhtan when they wish to make too light of the evil they have done, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 20; Hat. MS. Ic mínne ðurst geléhte [?]

Linked entries: ge-lýhtan ge-lýhtan

ge-líðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðian, -líðegian; p. ode; pp. od

To soothesoftenmitigaterelieveappeaselēnīremītĭgāreplācāre

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Forðæm is swíðe micel néddearf ðæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðige therefore it is very necessary that the chiding of such sins be tempered with great moderation, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 3; Hat. MS

Linked entry: líðigian