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mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Deófol sendeþ árleásnesse ðæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his underþeóddum ne on his efenlícan shews no respect for his subordinates or equals, 53, 24

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde ðe of Godes ágenre gyfe cymþ, se wiðerrǽda deófol sǽwþ réceleásnesse, Wulfst. 53, 6. Se man ána hæfþ gesceád and rǽd and andgit, Homl.

Linked entry: rád

ge-teón

(v.)
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Ð á iersigendan him tó getióð ðæt ð ætte hié eáde bútan bión meahton iracundi, quae tolerentur, important, 293, 18. to draw to, attract, allure Deófol hié getýhþ tó eallum uncystum, Bl. H. 25, 11. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede, þæt . . .

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ox. 817. where the devil is the father: Forgit þæt hús and þone híred þínes leásan fæder, þæt ys deófol obliviscere domum patris tui, Ps.

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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Deófol gefeallaþ in sweartne lég under foldansceát 94, 2; Cri. 1534. a bay; sinus Wæs hé besenced on sumne sǽs sceát demersus est in sinu maris, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 6. a garment Sceát vel heortes hýd nebris, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 26.

Linked entry: sceáta

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Se deófol slóh lób mid ðære wyrstan wunde (with the most grievous disorder) Homl. Th. ii. 452, 26. Mid ðý werrestan áttre with the most virulent poison, Shrn. 84, 28. On ðone wyrrestan deáð to the most cruel death,, Andr. Kmbl. 172; An. 86.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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H. 3, 9. hwæþer ... oþþe Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfondian, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht; hwæðer hé God mid inweardlicre heortan lufige oððe hé mid híwunge fare, Hml. Th. i. 268, 11-14. Hueðer ... oþþe (ł MS.) utrum ... an, Jn. L., R. 7, 17.

mann

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Áh hláforda gehwylc formycle þearfe ꝥ hé his men rihtlíce healde, i. 372, 13. of unfree men (in a temporal or spiritual sense) Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Se deófol brohte him bráde stánas the devil brought large stones to him, Cd. 228;Th. 306, 31;Sat. 672.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewritu and hé leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he was false in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Egyptians; the chief priest of the Romans was called Pontifex Maximus, which was a title assumed by the Consuls and Emperors, Similar entries v. yldest-bisceop Sǽdon ða Égyptiscan bisceopas, ðæt ða Godes wundor hiora ágnum godum getealde wǽron, ðæt sint deófol-gild

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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Se deófol wæs oferswíðde on ðám ylcum gemetum ðe hé ǽr Adam oferswíðde, Homl.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðære bellan, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 9. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord, i. 246, 2. Hig tódǽldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot ðǽr ofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35. Hí wurpon hine on ðone bát. Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 17.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

ge-tæl

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Rdr. 38, 5. ꝥ a particular sum of units, of a kind determined by the context Æfter þám þúsende bið se deófol unbunden. Nú is þæt þúsendfeald getæl ágán, Wlfst. 243, 24. Fulfremedum þreófealdum getæle perfecto trino numero, Hy. S. 60, 29.

lǽran

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Se deófol þone Iúdas lǽrde ꝥ hé Drihten belǽwde, Hml. A. 154, 66. Ic leófra gehwone lǽran wille ꝥ hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, Cri. 816: Dóm. 47: El. 1206.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Ðæt deófol genam mid him óþre seofon deóflo, 243, 4. Þú seofone genim on þæt sundreced túdra gehwilces, Gen. 1335. Ðý lǽs genime ðec mið doema ł gelǽdæ ðec tó dóme ne forte trahat te apud judicem, Lk. L. R. 12, 58. <b>IX b.

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Grammar wiþ-sacan, where the clause is put negatively Ðá wiðsóc Crist, ðæt hé deofol on him næfde; ac hé ne wiðsóc, ðæt hé nǽre Samaritanisc, Homl.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Se deófol hire genam and lǽdde hine on swíðe heáhne munt assumpsit eum diabolus in montem excelsum valde, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 8: Blickl, Homl. 27, 16. Ðá cwæþ hé tó ðam engle ðe hine lǽdde then said he to the angel that conducted him, 43, 32.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Æfter ðam þúsende biþ se deófol unburden, Wulfst. 243, 23. On þúsende ðære cneórisse in mille generationes, Ps. Th. 104, 8. Hié ðone here gefliémdon and his fela þúsenda ofslógon, Chr. 911; Erl. 100, 28: Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 8: Cd.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Godes þeówas nágon mid wígge ne mid worldcampe áhwár tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian wið deófol, Ll. Th. ii. 388, 5. of things and animals Æceras farað on sumera swá swá sǽ ýðigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 11.

Linked entry: farnian