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hefig-líce

(adv.)

sluggishlydullyvehementlydeeplyintensely

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Sió stilnes swíðe hefiglíce (gravius) dereð hiora ingeðonce, Past. 350, 6. Hé ofermódegað innan micle ðý hefiglícor graviter interius superbitur, 312, 3

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Mid stilnesse ánfealdlíce (simpliciter) hé ingange, 81, 10. simply, without ornament, amplification, &c. Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml.

ge-wun

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Gewune . . . geþæfe stilnesse hí wuniað assuete [delitiis et] contentae quiete commorantur, An. Ox. 287.

dígolnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígolnes, dígolnys,-ness , -nyss, e ; f.

Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra

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Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess; solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra He to dígolnesse and to stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge he came to the privacy and stillness of the divine contemplation

smyltness

(n.)
Grammar
smyltness, e; f.

Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillityof physical calmthe quiet of evening, eveninggentleness, quietness in actionquiet, silenceplacidity, calmnesspeace, tranquillity, quiet calmness, composure

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Ðurh ðæt wierð tóslieten sió stilnes hiera hiéremonna módes and biþ gedréfed sió smyltnes hiera lífes eo subditorum vitam dissipata quietis tranquillitate confundunt Past. 40, 1; Swt. 289, 8.

a-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurforn; pp. -hworfen.

To turn awayconvertavertereconvertereTo turn awayturnmoveaverticonvert!

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Ðú eart of ðínre stilnesse ahworfen thou art moved from thy tranquillity, Bt. 7, 1. Fox 16, 24. v. intrans. To turn away, turn, move; averti, convert!

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ge-þæf

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Gl. 413, 18) stilnesse uernacula contentae quiete. An. Ox, 289

ge-metlic

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Lǽrð ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlice sprǽce . . . Lǽrð ús se deófol unstillnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wlfst. 233, 13-18

Linked entry: ge-métednes

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Ðá wearð stilnes and swíge geworden innon ðare healle, Ap. Th. 17, 6. Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge, Exon. Th. 12, 23; Cri. 190. Náht framaþ, gif on eardungstówe swígea sý, Scint. 82, 1: 213, 14. Be swígan . . .

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, considerationrespect,regardreconnoitring, surveying, examinationa spectacle, showa show, appearance, pretence

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Tó dígolnesse and tó stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge ancorlífes ad anachoreticae contemplationis silentia secreta pervenit, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 11.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Windum stilnesse bebeódan, 177, 17. Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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MSS.) sió stilnes hiera hiéremonna módes and biþ gedréfed sió smyltnes hiera lífes subditorum vitam dissipata quietis tranquillitate confundunt, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 7. to distract the mind Hú oft sió bisgung ðæs ríces tóslít ðæt mód ðæs recceres quod

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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Gehérsumendre stilnesse ł þieówiende quiete, Hpt. Gl. 413, 20. followed by dat. of the person or institution served Ic ( an animal's skin ) dryhtunt þeówige, Exon. Th. 394, 9; Rä. 13, 15. Him ánum ðú þeówast (þéwige, Rush.) illi soli servies, Mt.

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ge-bídan

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Hé lytle stilnesse gebád, þá hwíle hé ríces weóld, Chr. 1065; P. 195, 26. Ic mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, B. 934. Sé þe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum, Seef. 28. (1 b) to endure, undergo, suffer ill :-- Fela ic weána gebád, Fins. 25.

gif

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Th. i. 6, 4 (and often), where the clause on which the condition depends is dependent Ðæt wé gedón, swá wé eáðe magon, gif wé ðá stilnesse habbað, Past. 7, 9. the principal clause past Gif hí nu góde sint, þonne wǽron hí swá gesceapene, Bt. 14, 2 ;

lǽtan

(v.)
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behindan ne lǽt, þonne þú heonan cyrre, mænigo þus micle, Cri. 155. to pass beyond, outstrip Ðonne bist þú bufan ðám rodore, and lǽtst behindan þé þone héhstan heofon, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 16 : Met. 24, 29. fram, to start from a port Wé nó geseóð þá stilnesse

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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On stilnesse, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 11. Gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde, 11, 1; Fox 32, 33. Ðá wæs cyning on hreón móde, Beo. Th. 2619; B. 1307. On ungearwe at unawares, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 34. Eal ðæt folc wæs on blǽdran, 1, 7; Swt. 38, 6.

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