swíþ
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Ðý læs hé for wlence, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, 294, 34; Crii. 25. Hwæt wæs ðé, sǽ swíþa? forhwan fluge ðú swá? Ps. Th. 113, 5. Wyrd seó swíþe, 477, 16; Ruin. 25: Salm. Kmbl. 886; Sal. 442. Hé tóswengde þurh swíðes meaht líges leóman, Exon.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Sé þe hine sylfne áhefeð heáhmódne, sé sceal heán wesan, Mód. 54. depressed, dejected, cast down, miserable For hwon wást þú weán, gesyhst sorge, sagast lífceare heán, hygegeómor, Gen. 879: 866.
hwanan
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I. 2 e :-- Nán mon nyste hwonon sió wróht cóm, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 19. Gif ðú witan wilt hwonan hý cumaþ, þonne miht þú ongitan ꝥ hí cumaþ of woruldgítsunga, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 14.
þicce
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montem Dei, montem uberem; mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, Ps. Th. 67, 15. Seó eá ( Nile ) gedéþ mid ðæm flóde swíþe þicce eorþwæstmas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 36. marking dimension, in a general sense, thick, stout Dó on ánne þicne (þynne, MS.
hwæþer
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Geseón hwæðer him mon sóð þe lyge sagað, 1307. Hwæðer him yfel þe gód under wunige, 1333: Bl. H. 119, 5. Ic nát hwæðer hit wæs innan mé ðe útan ( extrinsecus sive intrinsecus ), Solil.
munuc-cild
A boy that is being brought up to be a monk
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A boy that is being brought up to be a monk Sum munuccild drohtnode on his mynstre, and hæfde micele lufe tó his fæder and tó his méder. Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl.
rǽdness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde
BLÁT
Livid, pale, ghastly ⬩ lividus, pallidus ⬩ livor
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Ðæt biþ frécne wund, blátast benna that is a dangerous wound, most ghastly of sores, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 13; Cri. 771
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ge-bismerian
To mock ⬩ laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ provoke ⬩ illūdĕre ⬩ irrīdēre ⬩ derīdēre ⬩ exacerbāre
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To mock, laugh at, deride, provoke; illūdĕre, irrīdēre, derīdēre, exacerbāre Draca ðes ðe ðú hywodest to gebismrienne him drăco iste quem formasti ad illūdendum ei, Ps. Lamb. 103, 26.
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ge-spelia
A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius
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He wæs Æþelstánes b' gespelian siððan he unfere wæs he was bishop Athelstane's substitute after he was unable to move, Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, 12
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wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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hit biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon geþyldlíce áræfnþ nihil est miserum, nisi cum putes; contraque beata sors omnis est aequinamitate tolerantis, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 31.
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seón
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Wénaþ ða dysgan, ðæt ǽlc mon sié blind swá hí sint, and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón (gesión, Cote.
magan
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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.
yfele
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Gr. 38; Zup. 235, 1. in a moral sense Yfele gé dydon pessimam rem fecistis, Gen. 44, 5. Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl.
dígle
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On diglum, on dihlum in abscondito, Mt. 6, 4. hard to get knowledge of. of a fact or circumstance We leoraiaþ ꝥ seó tíd sié tó þæs dégol ꝥ nǽre nǽnig mon þe ꝥ wiste hwonne ..., Bl. H. 117, 25.
ge-earnian
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Tó ðǽm ðe þone écean éðel mid móde and mid mægene tó Gode geearniað. Bl. H. 209, 25. with gen. : — Gif ic tó þisum þe mé swencað þæs geearnod hæbbe, Ps. Th. 7, 3. absolute Him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde, Cht. Th. 202, 22.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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Ðæt bisceop . . . næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman, búton hit sý his módor . . . L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 13. Gif hwá wille wið wífman ( cum muliere ) unrihtlíce hǽman, L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 274, 10. Þeówne wímman ancillam, L. Ecg.
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ge-þingian
to determine
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Ðæt me seó hálge wið ðone hýhstan cyning geþingige that the holy one intercede for me to the most high king, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 20; Jul. 717. Giþingage intercedat, Rtl. 66, 13: intervenire, 60, 42.
a-cýðan
To show ⬩ announce ⬩ confirm ⬩ manifestare ⬩ annuntiare ⬩ confirmare
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Ǽr he hine acýðan móte ere he can show himself, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 49. Tom acýðan to make known or show one's affliction. Exon. 78a; Th. 293, 8; Wand. 113. Ðǽr me wæs yrre ðín on acýðed in me confirmata est ira tua, Ps. Th. 87, 7
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Æsces dún
ASHDOWN
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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on
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