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niþerung

(n.)
Grammar
niþerung, e; f.

a bringing lowhumiliationoverthrowdamnationcondemnation

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a bringing low, humiliation, overthrow Ic salde iów mæhte hénnisse ł niþrunge ofer nedre dedi vobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, Lk. Skt. Rush. 10, 19. Ǽttrige niþerunge venenata detrimenta, Hpt.

grad

(n.)
Grammar
grad, es; m. [Lat. gradus]
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Æt sumum sǽle ætslád se hálga wer on ðám heálícum gradum æt ðam hálgum weofode on one occasion the holy man slipped on the tall steps at the holy altar, Homl: Th. ii. 512, 11

ǽwisce

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
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Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such an equal fooling . Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. On ǽwisce (ǽswice? cf. 105, 26) in scandalum , Ps. Th. 68, 23.

Linked entry: ǽwisc

ge-lóme

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Gelóme ic eów sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 72, 24: i. 566, 34. Þider þú fundadest longe and gelóme, Cri. 1672.

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Wið sídan sáre ðære swíðran hwíte clæfran wyrc to drence for sore of right side make white clover to a drink, L. M. 1, 21; Lchdm. ii. 64, 4: 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 64, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 16. Wyrc drenc wið hwóstan make a dose for cough, L.

Linked entry: drenge

FEOHTAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten

To FIGHTcontendmake warcombatstruggleprœliāripugnārebellārecontendĕredecertārecollīdĕre

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Feohteþ se feónd the fiend fights, Salm. Kmbl. 995; Sal. 499: L. Eth. vii. 15; Th. i. 332, 14: L. C. S. 60; Th. i. 408, 12. Drihten fiht for éow Dŏmĭnus pugnābit pro vōbis, Ex. 14, 14: Wrt. Voc. 78, 1.

Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Salm. Kmbl. 739; Sal. 369. Hí fricgaþ, hú . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92. Frige mee fródum wordum question me in prudent words, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 8; Gn. Ex. 1. Frige hwæt ic hátte find out what I am called.

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
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Sax. ni síð noh ér : O. H. Ger. ér enti síd : Icel. ár ok síð, síð ok snemma) :-- Ǽr and síþ early and late, always, Beo. Th. 4993 ; B. 2500. Síþ and ǽr, Cd. Th. 177, 24 ; Gen. 2934 : Exon. Th. 38, 5 ; Cri. 602.

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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sǽp (seáp, MSS. O. V.) of ðæm calice blód, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 162. Súp ðæt wós, Lchdm. i. 86, 17. Hrefnes fót wel on wíne, súp swá ðú hátost mǽge, ii. 50, 25: 56, 2: iii. 48, 2. Seóð on wíne, súpe hit swá wearm and healde on his múðe, i. 94, 20.

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

tíderness

(n.)
Grammar
tíderness, e; f.
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Mid sáre geswenced, mid mislícum ecum and tyddernessum, Blickl. Homl. 59, 8. spiritual infirmity, sinfulness Ǽgylt, mislimp vel tyddernes excessus, i. culpa, delicta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 68.

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Th. 274, 7; Sat. 150. Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gesáwe ungelíce béc him berende beón ðurh ða gódan gástas oþþe ðurh ða gálan quod codices diversos per bonos sive malos spiritus sibi vidit offerri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 24.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Hé wolde guman findan þone þe him on sweofote sáre geteóde, B. 2295. to determine a course of action Hé ꝥ on his móde gehogod and geteód hæfde, ꝥ hé wolde ealle his þeóde fordón totam eius gentem delere decreuerat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 7. of the decrees

on-sendan

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Sige hŷ onsendað sôðfæstra gehwâm, Sal. 244. Þê sâwle onsende þurh his sylfes hand Meotod, Seel. 28. Onsende þê fultum Drihten mittat tibi auxilium Dominus Ps. Th. 19, 2. Þæt him folca weard onsende wíse geþóhtas, Crä. 21.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servanta man, soldier, sailor

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Dó ðínes scealces (servi) sáwle blíðe, 85, 3. Tó scealce in servum, 104, 15. Hǽl ðínne scealc salvum fac servum tuum, 85, 2: 88, 17. Hé Moyses sende his sylfes scealc misit Moysen servum suum, 104, 22.

Linked entry: scilcen

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Eaples, Sat. 411. Æppeles seáw, Lch. i. 350, 2. Æples, ii. 132, 11. Æpples, 111, 36, 31. Sing ðæt galdor on ðone æppel, 38, 4. Gebrǽdedne æppel, súme æppel, ii. 132, 14, 15.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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Sax. halba: O. Frs. halve: Icel. hálfa: O. H. Ger. halb, halba, Grff. iv. 882-6: Ger. halbe.]

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costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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Me costung and sár cnyssedan tribulation and sorrow troubled me Ps. Th. 114, 4. Hí on costunge cleopedan to Drihtne clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur 106, 12, 18, 27; 117, 5; 142, 12 Ðonne me costunge cnysedon in die tribulationis meæ Ps.

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rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Ðeós micel and rúm (spatiosum), Ps. Spl. 103, 26. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa biþ, and hú neara ðære eorþan stede is, ðeáh heó ús rúm þince, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23. Rúma rodor the spacious firmament on high, Met. 28, 16.

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH mors

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Unrót ys mín sáwl óþ deáþ tristis est anĭma mea usque ad mortem, Mt. Bos. 26, 38: 16, 28: Ex. 10, 17: Deut. 30, 15. He sceal deáþe sweltan he shall perish by death, L. Alf. 14, 15; Th. i. 48, 3, 7, 8.

Linked entry: deóþ

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Oft hit getímað þæt swýþe hefigtýme sacu and ungeþwǽrnessa (scandala gravia) on mynstre áspringað, R. Ben. 124, 3.