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sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolishstupida fool

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Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, wyrcþ barbarismus. Swylce cweðe ðú sót ðǽr sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

Linked entry: sot

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.

Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness

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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ óþ ðæt o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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Him twýnode be hwam hit sǽde haesitantes de quo dicerit, Jn. Skt. 13, 22.

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Ealle his wǽpnu (woepeno, Lind.: wépeno, Rush.) him áfyrð, Lk. Skt. 11, 22. áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 31. Hié him ealle hiera wǽpeno ágeáfen arma traderent, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 210, 21. Hié wǽpna náman arma sumunt, 1, 10; Swt. 44, 32.

uppe

(adv.)
Grammar
uppe, adv.

upaboveon highup

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Th. 90, 4; Cri. 1468: Hy. 3, 30. marking discovery, Similar entries v. yppan, gemartirode swá dyrnlícost mihte, and geðóht hæfde ðæt ðǽr nǽfre uppe ne wurdan, ac ðurh Godes mihte ðanon gecýdde wurdon, Lchdm. iii. 424, 31. marking effectual

Linked entry: up

GLÆD

(adj.)
Grammar
GLÆD, adj.

shiningbrightgladcheerfuljoyousbrightpleasantkindmildcourteous

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Ǽfre he biþ ánes módes and glæd þurhwunaþ he is ever of one mind and continues cheerful, Homl. Th. i. 456, 25: 72, 27. He wearþ glæd on his ansýne he was bright of face, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 20.

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Th. 115, 19; Gen. 1922. to rouse from repose, to excite, stir up Se kok, ǽr ðam ðe cráwan wille, hefð up his fiðru, and wecð hine selfne, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 14. Drihten windas weceþ Dominus ventos excitat, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22.

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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Wénþ gif hit him iéwe ðæt him nylle geþafigean ðæt hine sníðe he expects, if he show it [the knife] to him, that he will not allow him to cut him, Past. 26, 3 ; Swt. 185, 25. Ðíne miltse ýwe show thy mercy, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32; Cri. 245.

Linked entry: éwan

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell casa, cubiculurn, cella

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hine lǽddon út of ðære cytan they led him out of the cottage, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 8. Gecyrde he to sumes hyrdes cytan he turned into a shepherd's cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 14.

Linked entry: cote

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt com tó ðære lytlan ysopan he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall (l Kings 4, 33) Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.

á-sceádan

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Gode þancie ꝥte hine from nýtenum áscéd, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 8. to make distinct, clear Ásceádan is declaratur, Jn. p. 8, 1

Linked entry: sceádan

friþian

(v.)
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Add: (i) to protect a person or institution Hwá is monna on Angelcynne wuniende ꝥ nyte (Eadgar) Godes ríce, ꝥ is Godes cyricean, fyrþrode and friþode.

scegð

(n.)
Grammar
scegð, scǽð, es; m.: e; f.

A light, swift vessel

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Syððan tó lande cymþ, ðonne forlǽt ðæt scyp standan; for ðam him þincþ syððan ðæt mǽge ǽð bútan faran ðonne mid.

hláford-searu

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-searu, f. n.

Plotting against the life of a king or lord

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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie, síe his feores scyldig and ealles ðæs ðe áge of plotting against a lord. If any one plot against the king's life, let him forfeit his life and all that he owns, L.

Linked entry: hláford-swice

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Iudas cwæþ ðæt wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.

grimetan

(v.)
Grammar
grimetan, grymetan, grimetian; p. ode, ede
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He gristbitade and grymetade he gnashed his teeth and raged, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 15; Jul. 598.

Linked entry: grymetan

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Ðæt woldan andlyfne niman ðǽr hit findan mihton, 1, 15; S. 483, 39. Se monlíca wunode þǽr hié strang begeat wíte, Cd. Th. 155, 4; Gen. 2567. nǽnne ne mæg gebringan þǽr him gehét, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 4.

Linked entry: þár

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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On ǽlcum þingum hié sceolon habban ðone regol tó láreówe, 15, 20. Benedictus nam ðone hálgan regol ðe mid his handum áwrát, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 66

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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lǽsse ongietað ðæs ðe him hreówan ðyrfe, Past. 411, 4. hit gehíwað swá þæt lǽst manna wát him wið þone ðeódfeónd gescyldan sceal, Wlfst. 54, 19.

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Ðǽrtógeánes se eorl gewann ðone castel æt Argentses, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 9. in reply, in refutation Ðonne cweðaþ : ' magon ðás bán beón geedcucode?' Ac wé cweðaþ þǽrtógeánes, ðæt God mæg eal ðæt wile, Homl. Th. i. 236, 8 : Homl.

Linked entry: tó-geagnes