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píl

(n.)
Grammar
píl, es; m.
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Heó (sea-holly) hafaþ stelan hwítne, on ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre beóþ ácennede scearpe and þyrnyhte pílas (sharp and thorny prickles ), Lchdm. i. 304, 1. gehæfte on ánum micclum stocce, and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-píled

plantian

(v.)
Grammar
plantian, p. od
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To plant Ðú plantast ( plantes ) wíneard and ne brícst his, Deut. 28, 30. Gé plantiaþ, 28, 39. Gé plantigeaþ, Lev. 19, 23. heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7.

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

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Ðá gedufon ealle and adruncon then they all sank and were drowned, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24. He wearþ gedofen coepit mergi, Mt. Bos. 14, 13

ge-sceádwís

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceádwís, adj.

Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautiousrationalis

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Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan heó gedón sí and hwǽr and hwænne in each deed an intelligent judge must distinguish how it be done, and where and when, L. de Cf; Th. ii. 260, 27: Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6: Bt. Met.

weorþfullíce

(adv.)
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adv, of moral worth, worthily, honourably, excellently Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne ða hwíle ðe ic lifede, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 15. nobly, in a way that is highly esteemed Swá swá men wurðlícor lybbaþ ðonne treówu, swá eác weorðfulícor árísaþ on

weorold-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2. Ðæt þolian woroldǽhta (world-, v. l. ), L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 13. mót his fæstan álýsan, mid his worldǽhton ( mundanis suis possessionibus ), L. Ecg.

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6. Tǽlincga oððe wærginga hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16

Linked entry: wergung

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7. Hwá gaderað fícæppla of brémelum (tribulis) ?, ii. 406, 3. Sécende geond þýfelas and brétnelas (brémblas, brýmelas, v. ll.), Hml. S. 32, 143. . Add

bucca

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onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25. wæs on buccan slege getácnod, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 23. Ðár mon ðane chiorl slóh for ðan buccan, C.D. iii. 434, 21.

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 13. Gegyrede heó mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

deáw

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H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 29. Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Swilce wǽre on wynsumum deáwe, 31, 888, 876. Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441.

ge-lóme

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Swá geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. ¶ combined with oft :-- Sind freólsbricas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 164, 9 : Gen. 1670: Bl. H. 209, 14. Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add

ge-wun

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Gyf lytlan gewune beóð, geswinc hit ná byð, for þí þe of gewunan hit cóm si paulatim adsueti fiant, labor non erit, quia ex usu uenit, Scint. 64, 1. Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

ge-týd

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Heó wæs getyddre on þǽre Godes ǽ, Hml. A. 127, 359. On Godes ǽ seó getýdeste fǽmne, 135, 655. Béda, gumena se getyddusta, Angl. viii. 301, 47: 319, 46. Getiddusta, 308, 37. Getyddestum peritissimo, doctissimo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 2

hæfen

Grammar
hæfen, having.
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Se bróðor þe mid swǽrra gylta hæfene bið gedered frater qui gravioris culpe noxa teneatur, 49, 13. concrete, what is possessed Sé ðe eallunge ðá eorðlican gestreón forlǽtan ne mæg . . . fremige hafenleásum mid his hæfene, Hml. Th. ii. 400, 2.

nihtes

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Add: alone nihtes on ungearwe on bestæl, Ors. 1,10; S. 46, 34. Hié . . . hié nihtes on frumslǽpe on bestǽlan, 2, 8 ; S. 92, 1: Chr. 876 ; P. 74, 11. with dæges, continuously Dæges and niehtes hié fundiað, Past. 127, 20.

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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Þǽra (hláfa) ic breác notigende, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Add

pytt

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Ðonne drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes . . . 'bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui'. . . Bibit sui fluenta putei, Past. 373, 3-10. Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. v. 148, 10.

wíf-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hád, es; m. 1.

womanhood

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God ána wát his gecynde biþ, wífhádes oððe weres, Exon. Th. 223, 9; Ph. 357. Se ðreát ðæra Godes ðeówa in wífháde ancillarum Dei caterva, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 34

ofer-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.

Proud, arrogant, haughtysuperbus

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Proud, arrogant, haughty eode tó reordum mid tócumendum mannum. Ðá tǽlde hine án oferhýdig bisceop for ðon, Shrn. 129, 28. Ðone oferhygdgan superbum, Ps. Surt. 88, 11. Ða wǽron æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8.