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þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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: where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English) Service Þæs

ge-stillan

(v.)
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hrymde ðæs ðe swiðor, Hml. Th. i. 156, 19. to allay, mitigate Gestilde miligaret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 51. to assuage, abate heat Gestilde sedans (torridacum gelidis sedans incendia flabris, Aid. 146, 36), Wrt.

be-sorgian

(v.)
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þes man mid tarlicum andwlitan, nát ic hwæt besorgað, Ap. Th. 15, 10. Swíðor Drihten besorgade þá heora synna þonne his ágene wunda, Hml. Th. i. 50, 25. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, Bl. H. 171, 18. Dele passage from Bt., and add

Linked entry: sorgian

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Wésten geworhte on wídne mere. Ps. Th. 106, 34. wendeþ stán on wídne mere, 113, 8.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Seó sául þá hwíle þe heó on þám lícuman byð ne mæg God geseón swá swá heó wilnað for þæs lícuman hefenesse and gedréfednesse, Solil. H. 29, 14. disease Ðe ilca úsra untrymnise í hefignise gebær ipse nostras aegrotationes portavit, Mt.

án-daga

(n.)
Grammar
án-daga, an; m. [dæg a day = daga, q. v.]

A fixed daya time appointeda day or term appointed for hearing a causedies dictusdies constitutus

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Ðæt gehwilc spræc hæbbe ándagan hwænne heó gelǽst sý that every suit have a term when it shall be brought forward, L. Ed. proœm; Th. i. 158, 6: 11; Th. i. 164, 21: L. Edg. H. 7; Th. i. 260, 13: L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14

Linked entry: án-dagian

un-árlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árlíc, adj.

dishonourabledisgracefulshamefulunkindly

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dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium

blód

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Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16.

on-gemang

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Þá ongemang ðyssum (then while this was going on) beheóld heó hine swýðe georne, Hml. S. 30, 345 : 33, 88. <b>I a.</b> with acc.

tó-springan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen

To spring asunderfly to piecesto crackburst open

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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10.

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurstcopsewood

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Wermód hér on hyrstum heasewe standeþ wormwood stands dusky here in the woods [Grein takeshyrstum under the previous word], Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 24; Rä. 41, 61. v. horst, hurst, Grff. iv. 1042

midd

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Heora ǽgþer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum, and hié selfe wǽron on þǽm midmestan, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 3, . add: (cf. the last passage with midde-niht) Hí tó ðám middan wintran eódon heomheora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24

be-twuh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twuh, prep. dat. acc.

Between, amonginter

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Between, among; inter He gewícode betwuh ðǽm twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 23, col. 1. He betwuh him wunaþ he dwells among them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4

weorodian

(v.)
Grammar
weorodian, p. ode
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To grow sweet is swíðe biter on múþe, and ðé tirþ on ða ðrotan, ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast; ac werodaþ (-edaþ, v.l.) syðþan innaþ, and biþ swíþe líþe on ðam innoþe (interius recepta dulcescant ), Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30

á-cýþan

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Þeáh ǽr yfel wolde, þonne nyste hit swá fullíce ácýðde, ǽr fullne anweald hæfde, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 23. Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add

for-leorning

(n.)
Grammar
for-leorning, e; f.

error

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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34

Linked entry: leornung

ge-cneord

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Á swá gecneordra swá bið weorðra, Angl. ix. 260, 19. Add

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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hæfde him tó gamene hú eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde he [Nero] made it his sport, how he could vex and torment the kings of this earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.

Linked entry: ge-irman

rówan

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tó scipe eóde . . . Mid þý þurh þá fenland reów, Guth. Gr. 141, 12-16. ágan rówan oð ꝥ becóm tó Antiochiam, Ap. Th. 3, 25. Beón hí áwergode rówende and rídende, Ll. Lbmn. 438, 21. Hrówundum ł mið ðý gehrówun nauigantibus, Lk. L. 8, 23.

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd