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inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear

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Ðá frægn hé hwæðer hí ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon.

self

Grammar
self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
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Ǽgðer ge hié self wéndon ge ealle ðá neáhþeóda ꝥ hié ofer hié ealle mehte anwald habban, 3, 1; S. 96, 6: Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 12. <b>B.

fédan

(v.)

to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze

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Se Metod eallra gesceafta fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas and ealle forþbrengþ alit ac profert quidquid vitam spirat in orbe, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 18. where the subject is a personification: Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl.

Linked entry: fóster

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Þurh ealne ðane háligdóm ðe ic on Róme for mé and for ealne þeódscype gesóhte by all the relics that I sought out in Rome for myself and for all the nation, Th. Chart. I17, 10. a holy place, sanctuary Ðínne háligdóm sanctuarum tuum, Ps.

be-witan

watch over

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S. 22, 99: 3, 61. ꝥá góde mæn þe þis land bewiston, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 27. property ꝥá (the senators) wæron simbel binnan Rómebyrg wuniende, tó þon ꝥ hié bewisten eal ꝥ licgende feoh, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.

Linked entry: be-witian

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Seó sáwul ealle líchamlicra þinga híw mæg on hyre sylfre gehíwian, and swá gehíwode on hyre móde gehealdan, I. 225. Blódig wolcen on mistlíce beámas wæs gehíwod, Chr. 979 ; P. 122, 26.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

for-gifan

to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive

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Hafað þám treówe forgiefen Meotud þæt hé is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen, 175. Eów weorþeþ forgifen hwæt gé sprecaþ, Bl.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22. Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder

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Twegen gebróðru ðe hæfdon behwyrfed eall heora yldrena gestreón on deórwyrþum gymstánum two brothers who had converted all their parents' wealth into precious stones; Homl. Th. i. 60, 23.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica

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Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.

Linked entry: blǽddre

án-forlǽtan

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Hié ne gémdon hwonne hié ꝥ gestreón eall ánforlǽtan sceoldon, Bl. H. 99, 30. to leave unnoticed, to omit, neglect Þá gódan weorc wé ánforlǽtaþ þe wé began sceoldan, Bl.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32. Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9. Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. <b>IIIb.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

ge-méde

(n.)
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Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon mid ealra gemédum ( to the satisfaction of all) þás dómas, Ll. Th. i. 36, 12. Nó hér cúðlícor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, mága gemédu (what their pleasure might be), B. 247.

geong

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Hé wæs wintrum geong and on his þeáwum eald, Gr. D. 219, 3. Gewiton ealdgesíðas swylce geong manig, B. 854. Ongit, guma genga, El. 464.

hyhtan

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Hyhton nú and blissian eall geleáffull folc, 91, 6. Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas, Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely

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Ðeáh se láreów ðis eall smeálíce and openlíce gecýðe cuncta haec licet subtiliter rector insinuet 21, 6; Swt. 163, 18. Se ðe wile geornlíce ðone Godes cwide singan sóðlíce (smeálíce, MS. B.) Salm.

I

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Thus the mutation of the breaking ea is written i, e. g. ildu, irmþu from eald, earm; and the mutations of eó, eá are written í, e. g. onlíhtan, híran.

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far

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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5.

Linked entries: lencg leng

mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽne, adj.

mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil

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Eall yfel forlǽtan ge on manslihte ge on mǽnum áþum, 228, 21

Linked entry: mán

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, 35, 5; Fox 164, 31.