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CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus

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A cold, coldness, CHILL; frīgus Ne mæg fýres feng ne forstes cýle somod eardian the grasp of fire and chill of frost cannot dwell together, Salm. Kmbl. 708; Sal. 353. Befóran ansíne cýles ante faciem frigŏris, Ps. Spl. 147, 6. Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe

Linked entries: céle cíle

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Name of the months June and July Se mónaþ is nemned on lǽden Iunius, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra Líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ ðonne smylte and ða windas. Ond monnum biþ ðonne gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 87, 34. Se ǽrra Lýða, 99, 11.

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

piþa

(n.)
Grammar
piþa, an; m.
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;

steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
steorfa, an; m.
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mortality, pestilence Sceal áspringan wíde and síde stric and steorfa and fela ungelimpa, Wulfst. 86, 12: 159, 10. Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oðþon hungor, þurh stric oððe steorfan, L. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 29. flesh of animals that have

un-árlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árlíc, adj.

dishonourable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ shameful ⬩ unkindly

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dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium

ár-full

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Add: shewing honour or respect Ǽghwylc man wið óðerne árful sý on ǽlcum þǽra góda þe hé him tó áre gecweðan oððe gedón mæge, Hml. A. 160, 191. Utan beón árfulle fæder and méder, Wlfst. 119, 3. shewing kindness, mercy, favour God is swíðe árfull and

á-lesan

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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29. Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp

be-standan

to surround

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Add: to surround Ðá hǽþenan hine bestódon, Hml. S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire

býdel

Grammar
býdel, l. bydel,
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and add: a herald Hé sende bydelas and beád eallum þám here transierunt praecones per castrorum medium et clamare coeperunt, Jos. 3, 2. a beadle, v. Andrews' Old English Manor. pp. 142-3 Bydel gǽð ætforan déman, Hml. Th. i. 354, 34 : Shrn. 95, 14.

feówertigeda

Grammar
feówertigeda, feówerteóþa.
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Add: alone Wé sceolon under þǽm feówerteóþan geríme (during Lent) syllan þone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, Bl. H. 35, 18. On þone feówerteg[ð]an dæg, Chr. 763; P. 50, 16. with units On þǽm twǽm and feówerteóþan (-tigþan, v. l.) wintra Agustuses ríces,

ge-hǽled

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Substitute: safe, salutary Hí þóhtan ꝥ him wíslicra and gehǽledra wǽre ꝥ hí hám cirdon, ðonne hí þá elreordian þeóde geférdan . . .; and þis gemǽnelíce him tó rǽde curon redire domum potius quam barbaram gentem adire cogitabunt, et hoc esse tutius communi

ge-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirdan, p. de.
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in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal Hé ( the goldsmith ) gehyrdeð and gehyrsteð wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. átre gemǽled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see áhyrded, B. 1460), Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 49. in a moral sense, to inspire

Linked entry: ge-hyrdan

heardness

hardness ⬩ callosity ⬩ obduracy ⬩ strictness ⬩ severity ⬩ austerity

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Add Heardnissae rigore, Txts. 92, 871. hardness, callosity, hard material Wið ǽlce heardnysse, fearres smeru mylt . . . ealle þá sár and ꝥ hearde hyt gelíðigaþ and gehnesceaþ, Lch. i. 366, 26. Ealle yfele heardnyssa and gegaderunga heó tófereþ, 270,

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Hraebn, hraefn [nycti]corax, Txts. 52, 285. Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá hé þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27. Þá geségon hí

port-geréfa

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Add: an official of a foreign town Se biscop árás and mid him se portgeréfa (of Ephesus), and þá yldostan portmen, Hml. S. 23, 749. II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. .

syferlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
syferlíce, adv.

with cleanliness, without impurity ⬩ soberly, purely, without excess or grossness ⬩ soberly, prudently, circumspectly ⬩ ad sobrietatem

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with cleanliness, without impurity Ðæt gé witen ðæt hit ( the preparation of the wafers for the mass) clǽnlíce and sýferlíce gedón sý, L. E. I. 5; Th. ii. 404, 36. soberly, purely, without excess or grossness Sidefulle on ðeáwum and sýferlíce lybbende

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.

full

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The two passages given here may be taken under full; see Gen. 50, 10 :Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 33 under full in Dict., and full; V. above; but see also ful-líce, 6.. The forms of adjectives and adverbs given in the Dictionary as compounds with full- (ful-)

sceóta

(n.)
Grammar
sceóta, an; m.

A kind of trout ⬩ a shoate ⬩ shot

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A kind of trout, a shoate, shot ['Carew makes a distinction between the trout and shot. "The latter," he says, "is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him.

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valley ⬩ convallāria mājālis ⬩ hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officĭnāle

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lily of the valley; convallāria mājālis Lin. Ðeós wyrt ðe man Apollĭnārem, and óðrum naman glófwyrt nemneþ this plant which is called Apollĭnārisand by another name glovewort, Herb. 23, 1; Lchdm. i. 120, 3: L. M. 1, 40; Lchdm. ii. 106, 7: Wrt. Voc. 66

þeów-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-níd, e; f.

Violence or force that enslaves or subdues ⬩ oppression ⬩ enslavement

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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga (Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd(þreánýd), (Exon. Th. 187, 1)