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rudian

(v.)
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Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge

-ling

(suffix)
Grammar
-ling, es; m.
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Add: v. byrd-, cýþ-, efen-, heáfod-, mæst-, rǽp-, reád-, sib-, þeów-, þeówet-, under-, wǽdl- (?), wiþer-ling

út-scytling

(n.)
Grammar
út-scytling, es; m.

A stranger

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A stranger Mid útscytlinge ne dó ðú rǽd cum extraneo ne facias consilium, Scint. 200, 4

Linked entry: scytling

rásettan

(v.)
Grammar
rásettan, p. te
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Cf. rǽs

datárum

(n.)
Grammar
datárum, indecl. m.
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Gif man rǽt þæne datárum on Sunnandæge, 302, 20

geofan

(v.)
Grammar
geofan, p. geaf, pl. geáfon; pp. gifen

To give ⬩ dare

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To give; dare Nymþ ðú me rǽd geofe unless thou mayest give me counsel, Ps. Th. 58, 1: 118, 72

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

ge-resp

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Substitute: Proved against (on) a person Gif mon folc­leásunge gewyrce, and hió on hine geresp (ge-rǽf, v. l. ) weorðe. Ll. Th. i. 80, 21

réðig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
réðig-mód, adj.

Of fierce or savage mind

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Of fierce or savage mind Hé réðigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde (reðe, MS., but cf. wédende hund, Fox 186, 8) wuhta gelícost, Met. 25, 17

hærn

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Substitute for passages Hraen, raen fiustra, undae, Txts. 60, 400. Flód oððe hærn flustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 32. Hærn eft onwand árýða geblond, An. 531

riht-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wirþe, adj.
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25

gold-fyll

(n.)
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gold-leaf, gold-foil Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge goldfylle (-felle [ in a later MS. ], 476, 58) gelíc glitonaþ Fénix, E. S. viii. 478, 61. (?)

Linked entry: gold-fell

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull má tó gefyllenne þe hé rǽd þænne tó witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16

mis-rǽdan

(v.)

to counsel amiss ⬩ give bad advice

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to counsel amiss, give bad advice Gif geférrǽden ðæne rǽd on gemǽnum geþeahte misrédaþ (-rǽdaþ) and feáwa witena ðæs geféres ða þeaife wíslícor tócnáwaþ stande ðara rǽd ðe mid Godes ege and wísdóme ða þearfe geceósaþ if the society in a general council

inlíce

(adv.)
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Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum . . . þæt hé symle inlocast and geornlícost God weorðige, Cri 432. Add

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

be-beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
be-beódendlíc gemet, beódendlíc gemet, es ; n.

The imperative mood ⬩ modus imperativus

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The imperative mood; modus imperativus Ðæt óðer modus is imperativus, ðæt is bebeódendlíc ; mid ðam gemete we hátaþ óðre menn dón sum þingc, oððe sum þingc þrówian, - Rǽd ðú lege, rǽde he legat, beswing ðis cild flagella istum puerum, sí he beswungen

Linked entries: forþ-werd beódendlíc gemet

wín-horn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-horn, es; m.

A wine-horn ⬩ drinking-cup

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A wine-horn, drinking-cup Gyf ðú wínhorn habban wille, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swíðran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand swilce ðú tæppan teón wille, and rǽr up ðínne scytefinger be ðínum heófede, Techm. ii. 120, 11

dol-líce

(adv.)
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add

H

hail

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In the Northumbrian specimens the use of the initial h, especially in the combinations hl, hn, hr, is uncertain, e. g. eorta = heorta, haald = ald, hlíf = líf, lysta = hlysta, hnett = nett, nesc = hnesc, hræst = ræst, ræfn = hræfn.

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