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on-hyring

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tó þǽre onhyringe his forhæfednysse underðeóddon, Hml. S. 23 b, 31. Ic syngede þurh onherunge peccaui per emulationem, Confess. Peccat. Add

ornlíce

(adv.)
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ornlíce, adv.
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Excessively, immoderately Þá (man) fédde his líchoman orenlícost mid smeámettum, þá geearnode mé (the soul) þæs écan hungres, Verc. Först. 155

Linked entry: orne

tyhting

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tihton heora geféran ꝥ unforhte wǽron ... Betwux þysum tihtingum tengdon þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 28, 66. v. leás-, on-tyhting. Add

un-geleáf

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Add: incredulous Þá ongan beón eallunga ungeleáf ꝥ hit wǽre ipsum hunc esse coepit omnino non credere, Gr. D. 46, 12

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
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sǽde ꝥ sylf án wítega unleáslíce wǽre, Hml. S. 31, 802. Wé witon ꝥ ðú eart unleaslíce Godes freónd, 1024. Add

riht-racu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-racu, e; f.

A correct account

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A correct account Ðá lýfde ðæt móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace Chart. Th. 170, 4

wacollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wacollíce, adv.

Watchfullyvigilantly

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Watchfully, vigilantly (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15

ofer-rídan

(v.)

to cross on horseback

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to cross on horseback: — Sealde ðæt betste hors Aidane, ðæt on ðam mihte fordas oferrídan. Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 18

weorþ-full

(adj.)
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weorþ-full, adj.
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Wurðfulleste praestantissimus, dignissimus, sublimissimus, Hpt. Gl. 463, 44. manna wæs wígend weorðfullost, Beo.

for-þencan

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Wurdon hié swá swíþe forþóhte þætte ... hié him heápmǽlum selfe on hand eódon, 4, 5; S. 170, 5

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

seht

(adj.)
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seht, adj.
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him ðæs gætíðodon wið swylcon gersumen swylce ðá sehtæ wǽron such as they were then agreed upon, 198, 16. wurdon sehte on ða gerád ðæt . . ., Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 25.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode he keeps the dead bodies undecayed, Shrn. 82, 21

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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fleáh ðá biernendan (birnendan, 35) ceastre, Past. 397, 33. to suffer heat, of fire (Dives) wæs eall biernende, Past. 309, 10. of inflammation His (Herod) líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 86, 4.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Add: to visit a person, come for the sake of intercourse to geneósode ðá burunware ðurh his menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 404, 21. wolde hellwara geneósian, 480, 26.

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Sume ða ýða hecerþ mid ðý scipe sume hit oferstígþ some of the waves the steersman avoids with the ship, some it surmounts, Past. 56, 3; Swt. 433, 3.

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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On grundleásum seáþe on how bottomless a pit, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8. Ðá wæs ðǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel wæterseáþ wǽre. On ðam seáþe ufan Gúþlác him hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 8.

fýren

composed of fire on fire, flaming, burning.bearing fireburning, red-hot

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H. 203, 9, 28. gedéð his flán fýrena, Ps. Th. 7, 13. burning, red-hot Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Bl. H. 43, 31. figurative Is þín ágen sprǽc innan fýren ignitum eloquium tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 140: Ps. Srt. 118, 140

dihtan

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'Árǽrað þæt mynster swá swá ic eów on swefne dihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 172, 28. déð be þám þe his willa him dihte, Hml. S. 27, 175. to dictate what is to be written Þá fíf béc God sylf dihte, and Moyses áwrát, Hml. Th. i. 186, 20.

íþe

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þingum ne on rénum, Shrn. 204, 3. easy, not troublesome, pleasant sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. of persons, not exacting, not harsh Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá him ǽr wæs

Linked entries: eáþe éþe