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heófian

(v.)
Grammar
heófian, p. ode

To lamentmournwailbewail

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To lament, mourn, wail, bewail Ic heófige lugeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 63. Gé heófiaþ and wépaþ plorabitis et flebitis vos, Jn. Skt. 16, 20.

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUNDa dog

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Hunda gebeorc barking of dogs, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35. Nys hit ná gód ðæt man nime bearna hláf and hundum worpe non est bonum sumere panem filiorum et mittere canibus, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 26

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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To enter, go in Ic ingange ingredior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 47. Ic on unscyldignyssa mínre ic ingange ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ingangeþ cyningc wuldres introibit Rex gloriæ, 23, 7.

innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Inner, interior Seó inre hrind liber, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 6; Wrt. Voc. 38, 57. Se innra man ðæt is seó sáwl interior homo, id est anima, L. Ecg. P. iv. 63; Th. ii. 224, 6. Se inra wind, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.

Linked entries: inra útera

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tollat unusquisque agnum, Ex. 12, 3. Swá swá lamb sicut agni, Ps. Spl. 113, 4. Swá sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Lambra, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. Mid lamba rysle cum adipe agnorum, Deut. 32, 14.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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Nú is ǽlc dæg of ðære sunnan lýhtinge, Lchdm. iii. 234, 18. Hí (the stars) nabbaþ náne lýhtinge for ðære sunnan andwerdnysse, 236, 1. Se móna næfþ náne líhtincge the moon shall not give her light, Wulfst. 137, 12.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽrlíce, adv.

Magnificentlyexcellentlynoblysplendidlywith distinction

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Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8. Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14. Mǽrlíce ðæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mightypowerfulablePossible

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On ðysum eahta dǽlum (parts of speech) synd ða mǽstan and ða mihtigostan nomen and verbum, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 5. Possible Mæhtiga possibilia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 27

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Muck, dung, ordure, dirt Meox stercus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 17: coenum, 13; Som. 16, 6: rudera velruina, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 12. Fugeles meox avium stercus, L. Ecg. P. add. 10; Th. ii. 232, 32.

Linked entry: mix

mist

(n.)
Grammar
mist, es; m.

Mistdimness

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Dymnys oððe myst caligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 58. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist facta est caligo tenebrosa, Gen. 15, 17. Ǽr se þicca mist þinra weorðe, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 11; Met. 5, 6.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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Ic fó mid grine laqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 17. Iudas férde and mid gryne hyne sylfne ahéng Iudas wente awey and goyinge awey he hangide hym with a grane, Wyc; laqueo se suspendit, Mt. Bos. 27, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 30, 22.

Linked entries: giren ge-grin

ge-fégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fégan, -fégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To joinunitecompactcomposejungĕreconjungĕrecompingĕrecompōnĕre

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Ic gefége compōno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57. Conjunctio gefégþ togædere ǽgðer ge naman ge word a conjunction joins together both nouns and verbs, 5; Som. 3, 48, 51 : Bt. 21; Fox 74, 37.

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Ic me gereste quiesco, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 30. Mín hige geresteþ nó my mind resteth not, Elen. Kmbl. 2164; El. 1083: Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 16; Cri. 53. On ðone seofoðan ðú gerestest on the seventh thou didst rest, Hy. 9, 23; Grn. ii. 291, 23.

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 306, 31: Wulfst. 267, 9. Stánbogan stapulum fæste, Beo. Th. 5430; B. 2718. Hé hét stapulas ásettan erectis stipitibus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr.

syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

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To sin Ic syngige committo, admitto, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 221, 8. Ic eom se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 42. Ic singie nitende peccavi nesciens, Num. 22, 34. Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé si peccaverit in te frater tuus, Mt.

Linked entry: singian

þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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Voc. i. 45, 16: intestina, ii. 49, 50: exta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 10. Ðearmas, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 14. Smæle þearmas ilia, 44, 46. Þearma fibrarum, Hpt. Gl. 520, 62. Darmana, Txts. 111, 27. Þearmas fibras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 5: Hpt. Gl. 453, 14

þweorian

(v.)
Grammar
þweorian, þwyrian; p. ode

To be opposedadverseto be at variance

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Ic ðwyrige oððe ic wiðerige adversor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 18. On sibbe is fulfremednyss ðǽr ðǽr nán ðing ne þwyraþ ( there are no conflicting elements ), Homl. Th. i. 552, 21.

Linked entry: þweorh

á-blendar

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Sedechias man áblende, Ælfc. T. 8, 13, Hí hine ( Samson ) áblendon, Jud. 16, 21. Hét se cyng áblendan Ælfgár, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. Him burston út his eágan . . . hé wearð áblend, Hml. S. 19, 129.

bróþor-rǽden

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Ðurh uncer bróðorrǽdene (-nne, v. l.) ic secge sóð per nostram fraternitatem, verum dico, Ælfc. Gr.

eáþe-lic

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Add Eáðelic facilis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 5. easy, presenting little difficulty Gif hé ðæt eáðelice bebod geheólde, Hex. 24, 16. Seó ealde ǽ wæs eáðelicre þonne Crístes gesetnys sý, Hml.

Linked entry: íþe-lic