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syn-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
syn-sceaþa, an; m.

One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant

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Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707. Ðone synscaðan gúðbilla nán grétan nolde, 1607; B. 801. Ða synsceaðan ( the heathens ) Godes tempel brǽcan and bærndon, Exon. Th. 44, 21; Cri. 706.

Linked entry: syn-sceaþa

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18), An. Ox. 23, 36

ge-sceádness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceádness, e; f.
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cf. ge-sceádan; 3), decision (?) Wé þæs náne bysne nabbað, ne on bóca gesceádnyssum (in auctoritate scripturarum), ne on háligra fædera hǽsum, Nap. 32, l

Linked entry: -sceádness

twifealdness

(n.)
Grammar
twifealdness, e; f.
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Ða ðe nán sceadu ue geðiéstraþ ðære twiefaldnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat. Swt. 243, 23.

fǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adj.

Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wickedsubdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam

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Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked; subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam Swá oft sceaða fǽcne forféhþ eorlas as oft the guileful robber surprises men, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 20; Cri. 871.

Linked entries: fácne fácne

weald-genga

(n.)
Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.

A weald-goer bandit brigant

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'Hé is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe hé him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31

scimian

(v.)
Grammar
scimian, p. ode
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Beóþ his dagas démde gelíce swá ðú on scimiendre sceade lócige, Ps. Th. 143, 5

Linked entry: scima

nát-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwilc, pron. indef.

Some oneI know not who

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(Cf. sceaða ic nát hwylc, 554; B. 274.)

midlung

(n.)
Grammar
midlung, e; f.

The middlemidst

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On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes in medio umbrae mortis, Ps. Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga, 81, 1

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164. Hé cýdde ꝥ heó forscylgod wǽre for hire crístendóme, 7, 89. Biþ ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh forðfædera mándǽda, gif hé mid yfele him geefenlǽhð, Hml.

tó-standan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.

to stand apartbe distantto differbe differentto stand aloofnot to be forthcoming

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Hú micel tóstent seó godspellíce sóðfæstnyss fram sceade dære ealdan ǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 29. Tóstænt differt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 13. Tóstent discrepat, 141, 25: dispartire. Tóstandaþ distent, i. separent, 24.

ge-sundrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundrian, p. ode; pp. od [sundrian, syndrian to sunder]

To separatedividesundersēpăxārediscēdĕredisjungĕre

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Of sceádes ł gesundras definiens, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 13. Ðú ðe gesundradest qui destinasti, Rtl. 56, 31

Linked entry: ge-syndrian

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, hreopian; p. ode

To touchtreat

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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hí hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...

cwealm-stów

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Ðá cempan hine ( Jesus gelǽddon tó ðǽre cwealmstówe þǽr man cwealde sceaðan, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 15. Hí lǽdde Maximus mid óþrum cwellerum tó þǽre cwealmstówe, Hml. S. 34, 226. Tó ðǽre ealdan cwalmstówe (cwealm-, Cht. E. 290, 29), C. D. iii. 404, 27.

midd

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On midde þá sceade deáðes in medio umbrae mortis, 22, 4. Betwih midde þreátas inter medios cleros, Ps. Vos. 67, 14.

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Gl. 1067. to dry by exposure to heat, air Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 70, 10. Nim heortes sceallan, drýg, wyrc tó duste, 336, 16. Dríg tó duste, 20. of the action of heat, air, &amp;c. Seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht, Hml.

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Swylce sceadu gewitan, swylce swefen fordwinan (euanuerunt), Scint. 215, 11. Fordwínan euanescere, i. deficere, An. Ox. 3272

EGLE

(adj.)
Grammar
EGLE, adj.

Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis

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Ðý-læs sceaðan mihton egle ondsacan lest the horrid apostates might injure [him ], Andr. Kmbl. 2297; An. 1150: 2916; An. 1461. Eglum áttor-sperum with horrid venomed spears, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 10; Rä. 18, 9

Linked entry: fonfyr

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.

The exact middlejust in the middle

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Ðá héngon ðá cempan Críst on ælemiddan, and ðá twégen sceaðan him on twá healfa, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 22

Linked entry: midde