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ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandallis, rixa, seditio

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Gif he þurh unnytte ceáste man ofsleá fæste x geár si in inutili rixa hominem occident, x annas jejunet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, § 22; Th. ii. 230, 29. Ne he ceaste ne astirige he shall not stir up strife, L. Ælf. P. 50; Th. ii. 386, 12.

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, es; n.

Animal-kind, beast-kind animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus

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Animal-kind, beast-kind; animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus Sume wurdon to ðam deórcynne ðe mon hát tigris some were turned to the kind of beast which man calls tiger, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 1.

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Lettinghinderingobstructiondelayretarding

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Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2

port-geráfa

(n.)
Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
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Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.

swica

(n.)
Grammar
swica, an; m.
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Th. ii. 392, 25. one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor Him man wearp on, ðæt hé wæs ðes cynges swica and ealra landleóda that he was a traitor to his king and country, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 4.

Linked entry: ǽ-swíca

tíd-ege

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-ege, (?), es; m.
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, one of three things, disease or age or violence, crushes the life out of the fey man, outward bound from this world, Exon. Th. 310, 3; Seef. 69

Treónta

(n.)
Grammar
Treónta, Trenta, an;
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Man ofslóh wine be Tréntan, 679; Erl. 41, 10. On Trenton (Treóntan, P:M. 144, 14) streáme in fluvio Treenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 31. Mid Tréntan (Treóntan, Bd. M. 240, 1) streáme fluvio Treanta, 3, 24 ; S. 557, 37. Be Tréntan (Treóntan, Bd.

weorold-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cræft, es; m.
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd.

druncnian

(v.)
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Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg fore druncnigan vino, hoc est, omnis generis potu quo quis inebriari possit, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21. Druncniga (druncgnia, L.) inebriari, Lk.

ears-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ears-gang, es; m.
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Ox. 3917. faecal discharge Wið þon þe man þurh hys argang (arsgange, v. l. ) blóde út yrne, Lch. i. 82, 3: 4, 19. Gif hyt byð of þan þerman, þanne myht þú þurh þane arsgang hyt gecnáwan, iii. 138, 16

flǽsc-mete

Flesh

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Unrihtlic bið þæt se crístena man flǽsclice lustas gefremme on þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal, Wlfst. 286, 2. Add:

ge-metan

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Of mínum ágenum góde ágifan þá teóðunga . . . swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan, oþþe getellan, oþþe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8. I a. with dimensions as object Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét, Ll.

lyffettan

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Mardocheus sæt þǽr úte and nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane cum A man vidisset Mardochaeum sedentem ante fores palatii, et non solum non assurrexisse sibi, sed nec motum qtiidem de loco sessionis suae, Hml. A. 97, 194.

sac-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-full, adj.

contentious, quarrelsome

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Ne ǽnig man ne sý tó sacfull ne ealles tó geflitgeorn, Wulfst. 70, 19 : Lchdm. iii. 428, 34. Sacful wíf litigosa mulier, Kent. Gl. 690. Mid secfullan (rixosa ) wífe, 790. [ȝif þe cristene mon bið sacful, O. E.

wederung

(n.)
Grammar
wederung, e; f.

Weather

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Weather Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc gear . . . swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽþelíce geþencean ne mæg; swá stór þunring and lǽgt wes, swá ðæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21.

Linked entry: wederian

on-fangenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fangenness, e ; f.

Receiving, reception, acceptance

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Nán ásolcen man nis orsorh be onfangennysse Godes feós, 556, 24, 33. Mid onfangennesse ( perceptione ) ðæs Drihtenlícan líchoman, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 39. For onfangenysse ( susceptionem ) gesta, 1, 27 ; S. 489, 8

Linked entry: and-fengnes

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Swá fela manna swá man wite þæt ungelygne sýn, L.

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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will I declare, that the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of man, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 1.

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worseworst

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Grammar wirs, marking an inferior degree of what is desirable or proper Ðæt hié wiers ne dón ðonne him man bebeóde ne minus, quae jubentur, impleant, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 18.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Manna mildost Moses ), ( Cd. 170; Th. 213, 8; Exod. 549. Cwǽdon ðæt hé wǽre manna mildust and monþwǽrost they said that he was kindest and most courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6344; B. 3182. Se leó gewát swá swá ðæt mildoste lamb, Glostr.