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ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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elles, hú elles not otherwise, no how else; haud sĕcus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3: Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 8. Nówiht elles nothing else; nil ăliud, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 8. Elles áwiht, ówiht or wuht anything else; ăliud quid.

Linked entry: el

un-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blíðe, adj.

sadsorrowfulgrievedunkindshewing ill-will or displeasuresternangryunquietnot peaceful

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Gemynð hé ða ungelimp ðe hé hæfde on his wrecsíðe and ne byð þeáh ðe unbliðre ( not less glad ), Shrn. 204, 11.

þæge

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þæge, þage; pron. pl.
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Saga mé hwanon wæs Adames nama gesceapen? Ic ðé secge, fram iiii steorrum. Saga mé, hwæt hátton ðage? Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 1

Linked entry: þage

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled much :-- Wídsíð maðolade, se ðe mǽst mǽrþa ofer eorþan, folca geondférde, Exon. Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1

wudu-rofe

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rofe, -rife (
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cf. Jamieson's Dict. wood-rip
), an; f.

Woodruff

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Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man astula regia, and óðrum naman wudurofe nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 132, 6-9. Wuduhrofe. Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe Grécas malochin agria, and Rómáne astula regia nemnab, and eác Ængle wudurofe hátaþ, 156, 8-11.

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis remansit, 323, 23. Tweógan be þissere sócne and frignunge ( quaestione ), 305, 15. v. be-frignung; frægning

Linked entry: frægning

geoc-led

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-led, geoc-let, geoc-leta
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20.

ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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Hé næfde náht bútan his gewǽdum and his gewǽpnunge, 67. spiritual, v. ge-wǽpnian; 2 Feohtan mid Godes gewǽpnunge ongeán ðone ungesewenlican feónd, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 18

Linked entry: wǽpnung

ofer-findan

(v.)
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to put to the proof, make trial of For ðon nǽre se breóst nánra þinga oferfunden, gif hine seó árfæstnes ðæs árwyrðan weres ne oferswýðde virtutis enim pectus non esset, si hoc pietas non vicisset, Gr. D. 18, 19.

Linked entry: ofer-fundenness

spadu

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Hé hét weorpan íserne gelóman in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá íserngelóman gewunelice naman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas (vangas), and cwæð, 'Weorpað þus manige spada (tot vangas)' . . .

útan

Grammar
útan, <b>. A. II.</b>
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add: Ne mehton hié nánne monn on ðǽm fæstenne útan geseón cum murum escendisset, vacuam civitatem ratus, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, II. Add Se petra oleum is gód andfeald tó drincan wið innantiédernesse and útan tó smerwanne.

sæp

(n.)
Grammar
sæp, es; n.

Sap

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Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18

Linked entry: saftriende

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám óðran æscene, Cht. Th. 439, 25, 29. Man sceal habban trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 15. Substitute:

hálettan

(v.)
Grammar
hálettan, p. te

To salute, greet, hail

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To salute, greet, hail Sum man hine hálette and grétte and hine be his naman nemde quidam eum salutans ac suo appellans nomine, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12 : 2, 12; S. 514, 31 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 20.

Linked entries: álette hǽlettan

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt hý him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 12. to behave, act. with hit and adv. denoting manner Ic nát forgeare hú ic hit þus macige I do not quite know how it is I behave so, Hml. S. 23, 556: 672.

ge-dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíc, -dæfenlíc; adj. [ge-dafen becoming]

Becomingfitdecentconvenientagreeabledĕcenscongruusconvĕnienshăbĭlis

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Nis gedafenlíc ðæt ðes man ána beó it is not fitting that this man be alone, Homl. Th. i. 14, 17. Uæs gedæfenlíc [gidæfendlic, Rush.] oportebat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 4

Linked entry: ge-defenlíc

weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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Hé spræc tó ðam weorcstánum ( the stones of Jerusalem ) oððe tó ðære getimbrunge, i. 402, 10 : Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 106. Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas ( saxa ingentia ), Jos. 10, 18, 27

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Manige wé sceáwiað nú, and swá þeáh nú gýt wé hí full medomlíce (perfecte) oncnáwaþ, Gr. D. 331, 13. Hweln úre mæg áreccan medemlíce úres Sceppendes willan?, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 11. Bútan hé hit medomlíce gebǽte ǽr his ænde, C. D. vi. 35, 2

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Ne ðú ne wén ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Nán man náge náne sócne ofer cynges þegen búton cyng sylf L. Eth. iii. 11; Th. i. 296, 23. [ Þe reue of Rotland sokene Piers P. 2, 110.]

Linked entry: fird-sócn