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cweþan

Grammar
cweþan, <b>. I.</b>
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Swá cwæð eardstapa ... winemǽga hryre, Wand. 6

heard-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-heort, adj.

Hard-hearted, stiff-necked

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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes who is so hard of heart that he cannot weep at such misfortunes, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 40. His folc is hardheort thou art a stiff-necked people, Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl.

beán

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Alwan leáf swelc swá biþ þreó beána, ii. 228, 6. Ádríge beána, 70, 20. Beána gesodene, 44, 17. Healde hé hine wiþ beána, 214, 3. Gif þú beána habban wile, Tech. ii. 123, 16: Coll. M. 34, 27. Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml.

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Wundorlices brǽðes swæc, 352, 15. Brǽd olfactum, i. odorem, An. Ox. 315 : odoratum, 3487. Brǽþum swétum odoramentis nectareis, 3325. fig. Mid brǽðe háligra mihta . . . mid brǽðum gódra weorca, Hml.

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20. [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe. Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 191. Hé déþ ǽlc twig áweg, Jn. Skt. 15, 2. Of ðam twige ( Abel's murder ) ludon réðe wæstme. Cd. Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988. Heó brohte án twig ( ramum ) of ánum elebeáme.

Linked entries: twí twigu

ge-méde

(n.)
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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron (dilaniaverunt), Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 24.

hýre-mann

Grammar
hýre-mann, hiére-, hýr-mann, es; m.

a subjectfollowerservantsubordinatea parishioner a hearer

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Se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn hi, qui subsequenter inhærent, dorsa nominantur, Swt. 29, 12. On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ealdormen on oðre wísan ða hiéremenn quomodo admonendi subditi et prælati, 28; Swt. 189, 13.

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.
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MSS. ) sine disciplinae percussione, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 20. Sunu mín ne ágiémeleása ðú Godes suingan (swingan, Cote. MSS.) fili mi, noli negligere disciplinam Domini, Swt. 253, 2. Ic neósiu in swingum (verberibus) synne heara, Ps. Surt. 88, 33

Linked entry: swynge

þyrel

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrel, adj.

Perforatedhaving a hole or holespierced through

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Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on ðyrelne pohchan ( in sacculum pertusum ), Past. 45; Swt. 343, 20. Gif ðegna hwelc ðyrelne kylle bróhte tó ðýs burnan, béte hine georne, 65; Swt. 469, 10. Heáfodwunde tó bóte.

un-gerisene

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, es; n., or un-gerisenu; indecl. f.

inconveniencedisagreeablenessunseemlinessindignitydisgrace

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Bið ðæt sǽd ágoten tó unclǽnnesse and tó ungerisnum ad immunditiam semen effundit, 15; Swt. 97, 11

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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Mid hú heardum brocum ús swingaþ úre worldcunde fædras, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 25. Ðonne hié eallinga ágiémeleásiaþ ðone ymbhogan woruld*-*cundra ðinga cum curare corporalia funditus negligunt, 18; Swt. 137, 2.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Thus, L.E.I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 21-, it is said no secular work was to be done 'bútan hwam gebyrige ðæt hé nýde faran scyle; ðonne mót hé swá rídan swá rówan swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige.'

georne

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Swá hé geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, Ll. Th. i. 330, 3: 358, 18. Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge, 376, 9: 310, 26.

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Of Dyddanhamme gebyreð micel weorcrǽden, Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande, swá of lande, C.

læt

(adj.)
Grammar
læt, adj.

Lateslowsluggishtardy

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And á swá hit forþwerdre beón sceolde swá wæs hit lætre and ever as things ought to have been more forward, did they go on more slowly, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 33.

ge-þingian

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

to determine

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Th. ii. 112, 22: 528, 14: Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 2, 10: Hat. MS.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Hié hit tó nánum fácne ne tó nánum láðe næfdon ðætte ða earman wífmen hié swá tintredon nec tamen miseriæ hominum pressura temporum deputata est, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 13.

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Gif ðonne ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe si ergo in ea [pace] cor quæ relicta est figitur, Past. 46, 5; Swt, 351, 14. Swá mycel lufu tó godcundre láre tantus amor persuadendi, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 20.

Linked entry: lufe