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til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38. Ðú mé þeódscipe lǽr ðínne tilne bonitatem et disciplinam doce me, Ps. Th. 118, 66. Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman (in tempore opportuno), 31, 7. [Cf.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus

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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford I had for many years a good service, a gracious lord, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 26; Deór. 39.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

dynt

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Hí habbað sweopan, swenga ne wyrnað, deórra dynta, Sal. 122. Mid fýstum ł dyntum geslaa colaphis caedere, Mk. L. 14, 65. Dyntas alapas, Jn. L. 19, 3. Martianus hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum ... Ðá cwæð Martianus ...

horn

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Atol deór monig írenum hornum, Sal. 470. <b>I a.</b> </b> Fearres horn gebrǽdedne tó acsan, 366, 9. v. cú-, wesend-horn. horn as emblem of power and might (Biblical use) Hé ús hǽle horn árǽrde, Lk. i. 69.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Ne dó ðú ne dyrne ðíne ða deóran bebodu non abscondas a me mandāta tua, Ps.

Linked entries: derne dierne

swipu

(n.)
Grammar
swipu, e; swipu(-e), an; f.: swipa (?), an; m.

literal, a scourge, whip, rod ⬩ that with which a stroke is struck, a sword (?), a javelin ⬩ affliction, chastisement ⬩ a whip ⬩ a lash, switch ⬩ for a top, ⬩ or scoorge flagellum

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Frome folctogan faraþ him tógegnes, habbaþ leóht speru lange sceaftas, swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ, deórra dynta, Salm.

Linked entries: swipa swipe

etan

to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy

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Ælcne mete hé onscunedon þe men etaþ, and wilnodon ðára þe deór etaþ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 196, 4. Treówa wæstmas hí ǽton and wyrta, 15; F. 48, 9. Hí hláf ne ǽton . . . ac ǽton manna líchaman, Bl.

ge-neahhe

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Heó cyrreð geneahhe, oft and gelóme, Rä. 32, 10: 9, 2: Deór. 32. Is úre sáwl swíðe gefylled mid edwite oft and geneahhe, and ús oferhýdige forseóð oft and gelóme, Ps. Th. 122, 5. Sendan swíðe geneahhe ofer waðema gebind wérigne sefan, Wand. 56.

beón

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Swá bið þǽre sáwle and þǽre synne, Wlfst. 240, 4. to consist of (on) Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 17. with predicate, noun or adjective Ic dó ꝥ gyt beóð (beóþan, R.) manna fisceras faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum, Mt. 4, 19:

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.

thy ⬩ thine, ⬩ thine ⬩ thine

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Sege mé hwæþer se þín wela swá deóre seó, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 6: Met. 20, 29. Álés þíne þa liófan gesceft, Hy. 8, 33: Ps. Th. 90, 7. Hi ðæt þín fægere hús forbærndan, 73, 7.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Th. 377, 10; Deór. 1. Oft sceal eorl monig wræc ádreógan, Beo. Th. 6148; B. 3078. suffering that comes as punishment, retributive punishment, vengeance Ǽlc wræc and ná wræc omnis uindicta et non uindicta, Scint. 223, 5.

gehwǽr

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Th. i. 128, 12. of position Þá welmas þá þe beóþ gehwǽr geond þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 204, 14. somewhere Wæs eác eorðstynung on manegum stówum on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr ( in some other places ) and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Hí þæs deóran hám wilniað bi gewyrhtum ( as it deserves ), Gú. 41. Gief hwá búton ge-wrihtum (without just cause) hit ábrecan wille, C.

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate

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Sege mé nú hwæþer se ðín wela (divitiae) ðínes þances swá deóre seó . . . ða welan beóþ leóftǽlran ðonne ðonne hié mon selþ, ðonne hié beón ðonne hí mon hesly . . .

Linked entries: wala weala weola

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es; n.

a swine. ⬩ the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.

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Hé (Ohthere) hæfde tamra deóra syx hund . . Hé wæs mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande (Norway); næfde hé þeáh má ðonne twentig swýna. Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 14. Ða ýtemestan leomo swína beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 23.

Linked entries: swun swín-líca swýn

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.

That which grows from another (used of animals or of plants) ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ product ⬩ fruit ⬩ of human beings, ⬩ a child ⬩ offspring ⬩ race ⬩ breed ⬩ family ⬩ children ⬩ of animals ⬩ of human beings and animals ⬩ of plants

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Deor and fishshes and fugeles and here tuder, O. E. Homl. ii. 177, 17

Linked entry: tuddor

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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To be in motion Hé sig ofer ða deór and ofer ealle ða creópende ðe stiraþ on eorþan praesit bestiis omnique reptili, quad movetur in terra, Gen. 1, 26. Ealle ða þing ðe on eorðan stiriaþ . . . Eall ðæt ðe styraþ and leofaþ, 9, 2, 3.

Linked entry: stirian

hwíl

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Ic hwíle wæs Heodeninga scop, Deór. 36. with an adverb Þá þe hwíle ǽr edwít þoledon, Jud. 214. Þá wítu ðe ic nú hwíle ( now for a time, already ) þolode, Solil. H. 12, 4. with a qualifying word pronominal (demonst. or indef.)

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river

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Eów is holmes hlæst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth are delivered into your hand, 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.

ge-wit

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Hí deorc gewit hæfdon on hreðre, 640. Þæt týddre gewitt, 29. right or sound mind (out of one's) mind, wits Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feóle si homo quis mente sua excederit, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 29. Gif mon of his gewitte weorðe, Lch. ii. 288, 20.