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hrínan

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Ne wæs ǽnig þára þæt mé þus þríste swá þú nú þá mid hondum hrínan dorste, Jul. 512. the agent non-personal Hé on þá tíd ðe hé inne bið ne bið hrinen (hríned, v. l.) mid þí storme ðæs wintres (hiemis tempestate non tangitur ), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 25.

CYN

(n.)
Grammar
CYN, cynn,es; n.

every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progeniesGender genus a sex sexus

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Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither kind, neither of male nor of female, 6; Som. 5, 32.

beadu-folm

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-folm, e; f.

A war or bloody handbellica manus

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A war or bloody hand; bellica manus Nán íren blódge beadufolme onberan wolde no iron would impair his bloody warhand, Beo. Th. 1984; B. 990

hér-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hér-, hǽr-líc; adj.

Nobleexcellent

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Noble, excellent Næs ðæt hérlic dǽd that was no noble deed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18. Hǽrlíc, 1, 86; Met. 1, 43

hlæder-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder-wyrt, hlædder-, e; f.

Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder;polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum

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No. 26, 'ladder to heaven'], Lchdm. iii. 8, 25

lytel-hygdig-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lytel-hygdig-, , hýdig; adj.

Small-mindedpusillanimous

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Small-minded, pusillanimous Mon ðæs lytelhýdig ne ðæs læthýdig no man of mind so small and so sluggish, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 4; Crä. 10

beácnian

(v.)
Grammar
beácnian, býcnian, bícnian; p. ode; pp. od.

to BECKONnodinnuereto shewindicateindicaretypice significare

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to BECKON, nod; innuere He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646.

Cant-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-ware, gen. a; dat. um; acc. e; pl. m.
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Agustinus nú on Brytene rest, on Cantwarum Augustine now rests in Britain, among the inhabitants of Kent, Menol. Fox 207; Men. 105

Linked entry: Cont-ware

Cent-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cent-land, -lond, es; n.

Kentish land, KentCantium

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Kentish land, Kent; Cantium Eást-Seaxe syndon Temese streáme tosccádene fram Centlande the East-Saxons are divided from Kent by the river Thames, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17: 3, 15; S. 541, note 24.

CWÁNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWÁNIAN, part. cwániende; p. ode, ede ; pp. od , ed

To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere

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deplorare, queri, lugere . v. trans Sum sceal, leómena leás, sár cwánian one, void of light, shall bewail his pain, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 18; Vy. 19: 73b; Th. 274, 23; Jul. 537. v. intrans Cwániendra cirm the cry of mourning men, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 19, note

Linked entry: mód-c-wánig

dwolma

(n.)
Grammar
dwolma, dwolema, an; m.

Chaos, a chasm, gulph chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus

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Betweox us and eów is mycel dwolma getrymed inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmātum est, Lk. Bos. 16, 26. Ða twegen tregan teóþ to-somne wið ðæt mód fóran mistes dwoleman the two vexations draw together before the mind a chaos of darkness, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: dwolema for-dwilman

eówan

(v.)
Grammar
eówan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew, manifest, confer ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre

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To shew, manifest, confer; ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweþ nor strife anywhere shews hostility, Beo. Th. 3480; B. 1738.

Linked entry: geówian

fyr

(adv.)
Grammar
fyr, fyrr, fier; adv. [comp. of feor; adv. far, q. v.]

Fartherultĕriuslongius

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Farther; ultĕrius, longius Ðeáh ðú fyr séo ðonne ðú wǽre though thou art farther than thou wast, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33, note 7, MS. Bod. Ǽr gé fyr heonan feran ere ye proceed farther hence, Beo. Th. 510; B. 252 : 288; B. 143.

Linked entries: fier fyrr

hund-seofontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-seofontig, num.

Seventy

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Ne secge ic ðe óþ seofon síðas ac óþ seofon hundseofontigon síðon non dico tibi usque septies, sed usque septuagies seplies, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 22

Linked entry: -seofontig

un-sceaþfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfull, (-scæþ-, -seeþ-); adj.

Innocent

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MSS.) qui festinat ditari, non erit innocens, Past. 44; Swt. 331, 15. Hé ðe unscæðfull byð mid his handum innocens manibus, Ps. Th. 23, 4. Unsceðfull wið ða unsceðfullan, 17, 25: 24, 19. Ða wegas ðæra unsceðfulra vias immaculatorum, 36, 17.

andel-bǽre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
andel-bǽre, ( = and-hél-bǽre; cf.
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Reversed, inverted Andelbǽrre tíde tempore prepostero (id est, vernali non autumnali, Ald. 33, 12), An. Ox. 7, 282: 8, 207. Andelbǽre, 2, 257: 4, 74: Hpt. Gl. 496, 42: Angl. xiii. 35, 218 (all are glosses on the same passage)

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
brægden, bregden.
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Substitute for translation of Ors. 5, 7, Marius non minore pene quam ipse praeditus erat astutia; and add

ge-díglan

Grammar
ge-díglan, ge-díglian.
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Bið gedégled contexilar, Mt. p. 9, 10. to lie hid Ne gedégelde non latuit, Lk. L. 8, 47

on-hróp

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Þæt hé ná sí geledt óðres mid onhrópe ut non impediatur alterius inprobitate, R. Ben. I. 87, 4 (= R. Ben. 81, 9 in Dict.)

rúmgifol-ness

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D. 317, 22. abundance of a thing. material Manega seócnyssa metta of rúmgyfulnysse wé þolið plurimas egritudines escarum largitate patimur, Scint. 36, 5. non-material Of þǽre myclan rúmgyfulnesse (-geofol-, v. l.) his mildheortnesse ex magna misericordiae