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un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive

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Bóc unmǽtre ( enormis ) micelnesse, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 5: Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 1. Mid unmǽtan here, Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 21. Mid unmǽte ege geslægene timore immenso perculsus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 14.

Linked entry: un-gemǽte

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

affliction ⬩ labour ⬩ misery ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ disease ⬩ hurt

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H. 59, 33. disease, bodily trouble or hurt Ǽlc broc cymð of deófle and nán bót . . . hé sent on unwære menn oððon on heora yrfe sum swíðlic brocc . . . byð þæt brocc líðre, Wlfst. ll, 15-12, 5. Þæt broc þæt hé áræfnode, Gr. D. 22, 5.

Linked entry: bróc

ge-þrǽstan

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Vos. 104, 16. to vex, distress, afflict. the body Þá ásweóll him se líchama ... sárlíce hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced ... þá sǽde hé him þone intingan þurh hwæt hé ǽrest swá geþrǽst wǽre ( causam vexationis suae narrabat ), Guth. Gr. 153, 18.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106. Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra (the slower in swimming), ðá hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness ⬩ afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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metaphorically, that which violently breaks from the body or mind; hence, Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness; afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo God nyle nán unaberendlíce

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro

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Bos. 10, 42. Ðú miht blissigan gewisslíce thou mayest certainly rejoice, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 1. Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A.

Linked entries: wisslíce ge-wisslíce

þegen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-scipe, es; m.

thaneship, ⬩ the status of thane ⬩ a body of thanes ⬩ bravery, ⬩ manfulness, ⬩ gallantry ⬩ service to a lord,

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S. 15; Th. i. 384, 13. a body of thanes Sce Adrianes wæs ðæs cáseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe Maximianus wæs nemned, Shrn. 59, 24. bravery, manfulness, gallantry.

Linked entry: þegen-rǽden

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.

thickness, ⬩ viscosity. ⬩ thickness ⬩ obscurity ⬩ cloud ⬩ darkness ⬩ a thicket ⬩ thickness ⬩ depth ⬩ a thick body

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Ðicnyssa condensa, 28, 9. referring to dimension, thickness, depth, a thick body. v. þicce, IV Hreóflícre þicnesse elephantina callositate, Hpt. Gl. 519, 31. Hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse non habebat altitudinem terrae, Mk. Skt. 4, 5.

Linked entries: þicce þiccness

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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For ðære wilnunge (gewil-nunge, v. l.) ðe hé wolde hý him on fultum geteón ambitione habendorum equitum Thessalorum, quorum robur ut exercitui suo admiscerit, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 14.

Linked entry: willnung

eáw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
eáw-fæst, adj. [eáw = ǽw, ǽ law; fæst fast, fixed]

Firm in observing the law, religious, pious ⬩ religiōsus, pius

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Firm in observing the law, religious, pious; religiōsus, pius Gregorius wæs of æðelborenre mægþe and eáwfæstre acenned Gregory was born of a noble and pious family, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 7. Se eáwfæsta papa the pious pope, ii. 118, 8.

hete-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
hete-níþ, es; m.

Enmity ⬩ hostility ⬩ malice ⬩ wickedness

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Grendel heteníþas wæg Grendel bore enmity, Beo. Th. 307; B. 152

hran-rád

(n.)
Grammar
hran-rád, e; f.

the sea

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The whale-road, the sea Ús bær on hranráde heáhstefn naca us the high-stemmed bark bore on the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 531; An. 266: 1267; An. 634. Geond hronráde throughout the ocean, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 19; Gen. 205: Beo. Th. 19; B. 10: Andr.

-metod

(suffix)
Grammar
-metod, [In the phrase se metoda drihten, metoda is not a gen. pl., as suggested in Dict., but either a wk. noun or adjective, as will be seen from the following examples
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Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod. Met. 29, 68) fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas, Bt. 39,13; F. 234, 18

ofer-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hoga, an; m.

One who despises, a contemptuous, proud person

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One who despises, a contemptuous, proud person Se biþ Godes oferhoga ðe Godes bodan oferhogiaþ, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 31. Hér sýn on earde oferhogan godcundra rihtlaga, Wulfst. 164, 12. Oferhogan superbi, Ps. Surt. 118, 122: 139, 6.

Linked entry: hoga

arg

(adj.)
Grammar
arg, adj.

Wicked ⬩ depraved ⬩ bad ⬩ malus ⬩ pravus

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An impure word only found in the Lindisfarne Gospels or the Durham Book Cneórisse yflo and arg an evil and wicked generation; generatio mala et adultera, i. e. prava, pigra, etc. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 39. Arg peccatrix, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38

Linked entry: earg

bendan

(v.)
Grammar
bendan, p. bende; pp. bended; v. trans. [bend a band] .

to BEND ⬩ flectere ⬩ tendere ⬩ intendere ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincire

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He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit 7, 13. to bind, fetter; vincire Sume hí man bende some they bound Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf. Tod. 4

luf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
luf-líc, adj.

Lovely ⬩ lovable ⬩ amiable ⬩ dear

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Cild ácenned gód luflíc a child born at this time will be good and amiable, Lchdm. iii. 190, 5. Hú luflíce geteld ðín how amiable are thy tabernacles; quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Ps. Spl. 83, 1

Linked entry: lufe-líc

ealu-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-gafol, es; n. [gafol tax, tribute]

Tribute or excise paid for ale ⬩ cervĭsiæ trĭbutum

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Tribute or excise paid for ale; cervĭsiæ trĭbutum On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan hunig-gafol, on suman mete-gafol, on suman ealu-gafol in one place a boor shall give honey-tribute, in another meat-tribute, in another ale-tribute, L. R.

strið

(n.)
Grammar
strið, es; m.
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Th. 19, i; Gen. 284. contention, dispute, strife of words Hwæt scal ðé swá láðlíc stríð wið ðínes hearran bodan? 41, 28; Gen. 663. Ðone láðan stríð, yfel and-wyrde, 36, 16; Gen. 572

hrícian

(v.)
Grammar
hrícian, p. ode
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Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49), Germ. 398, 144

Linked entry: hrycigan