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weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

ge-sehtness

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Add: agreement, concord, peace Ic forgife sibbe and gesehtnysse eów ꝥ gé bútan ógan eówres eardes brúcan dabo vobis pacem et absque pavore habitabitis in terra vestra (Lev. 26, 6), Hml. S. 13. 160

forþ-sige

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-sige, (?), es; m.
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ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8

Linked entry: sige

heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Sublime work Úpheofen is heáhgeweorc handa þínra opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Nis þæt monnes gemet þæt hé mæge in hreðre his heáhgeweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 28. Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

wel-gelícod

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Add: well-pleasing, much liked Ic nát for hwí eów sindon þá ǽrran gewin swá welgelícad, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 2. On welgelícodon folces ðínes in beneplacito populi tui, Ps. Vos. 105, 4

heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven and on earth shall be moved in his presence, Chart. Th. 390, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 360, 32.

Linked entry: heofon-ware

fǽcne

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In weolerum faecnum in labiis dolosis, 16, 1. Þá fǽcnan fraudulentas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 47. Add

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.)

Linked entry: Tróiesc

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Th. i. 264, 31.

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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μαρσύπιoν Dó on swylc fætels swylce ðú wille put [it] into whatever vessel thou wilt, Lchdm. iii. 16, 26.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.
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Th. ii. 314, 11. of places, exempt from jurisdiction, &c.

hors

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But if a passage in Alfred's translation of Boethius describes English feeling, riding as an amusement was little known (v. rídan). In war, too, and in farming horses were less used than in later times.

bóc-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
bóc-cræftig, adj.

Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Biblein libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus

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Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Bible; in libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus Hí bleóton [MS. breotun] bóccræftige they destroyed those learned in the Bible, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshirelŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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nam in this year [A.

leác-tric

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leác-tric, leáh-tric, es; m.
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Voc. 67, 47: ii. 50, 51. Lactucas ðæt is leáhtric, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: cærse

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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Th. i. 452, 11-14. Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie per ignota Indie loca, Nar. 6, 12. Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram partem Indie, 30, 19: 21, 7. Wé cwómon in Indie lond in India peruenimus, 4, 2. On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?)

wringan

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Add Hit gelamp in sume tíd þá þá Langbærdisce mæn wrungon elebergan on þǽre treddan . . . þá cóm Sanctulus tó heom and bróhte ǽmtige cyllan tó þǽre wringan quodam tempore cum in prelo Langobardi olivas premerent . . . utrem vacuum ad prelum detulit,

wédenheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wédenheortness, e ; f.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Wédenheortnessum furiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 50. In woedenheortnisse leáse in insanias falsas, Ps. Surt. 39. 5

Linked entry: wéden-heort

á-wundrian

(v.)

to wonderbe astonishedto wonder atadmire magnify

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Substitute: to wonder, be astonished Ic áwundrode mirabar, Gr. D. 244, 13. Áwundrode eall se líchama in þám wífum omne in eis corpus obrigesceret, 284, 21. Áwundradon mirabantur, Lk. L. 1, 21: 4, 22: mirati sunt, 8, 25.

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
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Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán