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riht-híwa

(n.)
Grammar
riht-híwa, an; m.

A legitimate consort

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A legitimate consort Monige beóþ ðara ðe hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed and swáðeáh his ágenra ryhthíwena ne brýcþ swá swá hé mid ryhte sceolde multi sunt, qui scelera quidem carnis deserunt, nec tamen in conjugio positi usus solummodo debiti jura conservant

Linked entry: híwan

á-sígan

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Þone wáh þe ne ásíhð nǽfre. Hml. S. 36, 68. On nóntíde ásíhð seó sunne. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 20. Sunne ásáh, Lk. 4, 40. Ásáh seó ǽfentíd. Gr. D. 83, 15. Ásige procumberet, An. Ox. 1579. Ásigen tó yfele, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 28. Add

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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excuse, defence against a charge hí nabbaþ náne láde be hyra synne nunc excusationem non habent de peccato suo, Jn. Skt. 15, 22.

Linked entry: ládian

æ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-mód, adj. [æ without, mód mind]

Out of mindmaddismayeddiscouragedamens

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Out of mind, mad, dismayed, discouraged; amens Forðam Rómáne wǽron swá æmóde, ðæt hý ne wéndon ðæt hí ða burh bewérian mihton because the Romans were so out of heart, they thought that they could not guard the city, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 12

cáf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cáf-líce, adv.
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Th. 136, 19; By. 153: Num. 31, 6

Linked entry: cóf-líce

cínu

(n.)
Grammar
cínu, e; f.

A chink, fissurerima, fissura

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Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál ðæt ðǽr nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22

cyric-sang

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sang, cyric-song, es; m.

A church-song ecclesiasticum carmen

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A church-song; ecclesiasticum carmen He ða cyricsangas lǽrde, ðe hí ǽr ne cúðan quæ illi non noverant, carmina ecclesiastica doceret, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 8.

cyne-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-bearn, es; n.

A kingly child, royal offspring regius puer, regia proles

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A kingly child, royal offspring ; regius puer, regia proles Ne mihton oncnáwan ðæt cynebearn they might not acknowledge the royal child, Andr. Kmbl. 1131; An. 566. Wuldres cynebearn the royal child of glory, Menol.

eorþ-slihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-slihtes, adv. [slihtes, old gen. of sliht destruction, slaughter, like nihtes of niht]

In an earth-destroying manner in mŏdo vastante terram

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In an earth-destroying manner; in mŏdo vastante terram Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awéstenne gærs, óþ ða wirttruman, eorþslihtes mid tóðum as an ox is accustomed to consume grass with his teeth, even to the roots, in an earth-destroying manner, Num. 22, 4

fión

(v.)
Grammar
fión, p. fióde, pl. fiódon

To hateōdisse

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Hit nǽre manna ryht, ðæt hiora ǽnig óðerne fióde it would not be right in men, that any of them should hate another, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 5

fót-lǽst

(n.)
Grammar
fót-lǽst, -lást, es; m.

A foot-stepfoot-tracevestīgium pĕdistrāmes

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Fótlǽstas [MS. fótlǽst] ðíne ne beóþ oncnáwen vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Spl. 76, 19: Blickl. Homl. 203, 36

mæsse-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-hrægel, es; n.

A surplice

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Ðes pápa gesette ðæt mæssepreóstas ne sceoldon brúcan gehálgodra mæssehrægla búton on cyrcean ánre, Shrn. 112, 19

meldan

(v.)
Grammar
meldan, p. ede

To announcedeclare

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Ic ne mæg word sprecan, moldan for monnum, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 18; Rä. 19, 2. Meldan, 109 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12

searu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-líc, adj.
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Ingenious, cunning, clever, displaying art or skill Ðæt ( writing being able to convey a message ) is wundres dǽl, on sefan searolíc ðam ðe swylc ne conn, Exon. Th. 472, 4; Rá. 61, 11.

ge-cneordnes

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Add Nánes fracodes gecneor(d)nysse ne gewilnion hí nequaquam fraudis cuiusque studium appetant, Chrd. 76, 33

BLEÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLEÁT, def. se bleáta, seó, ðæt bleáte; adj.

Wretched, miserablemiser, miserabilisnudusnudusnuduspauper, miser

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Wretched, miserable; miser, miserabilis Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópan deáþwéges there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep death-cup, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 24; Gú. 963

ge-clǽsnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽsnian, p. ode; pp. od

To cleansepurifymundārepurgāre

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To cleanse, purify; mundāre, purgāre Saul ne meahte his wartbe geclǽsnian Saul could not purify his stomach, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 196, 24; Cot. MS. Óðer dǽl sceal beón geclǽsnod the other part shall be cleansed, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 29, MS. Cot

ge-mædla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mædla, an; m.

Talk

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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11

sláwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sláwlíce, adv.
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Slowly, sluggishly; pigre Ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðara ne giémen ðe him befæste sién ut a commissorum custodia minime tor-pescant, Past. 28, 3 ; Swt. 191, 23. Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor (sláulícor, Hatt.

un-geendigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendigendlíc, adj.

Indefiniteinfinitive

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Ðæt fífte gemet is infinitivus, ðæt is ungeendigendlíc, forðan ðe ðær ne byð nán sprǽc geendod, 21; Zup. 126, 7

Linked entry: endigend-lic