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hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
hwider, adv.

Whither

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Ðú nást hwanon hé cymþ ne hwyder hé gǽþ non scis unde veniat et quo vadat, 3, 8: 12, 35

Linked entries: hwæder hwyder

in-findan

(v.)
Grammar
in-findan, p. -fand

To finddiscover

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Ic ne infand in him intinga ego non invenio in eo causam, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 6. Infunden wæs inventa est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 18

Linked entry: findan

lád-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lád-mann, es; m.

A leaderguide

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A leader, guide Ðú canst wegas geond ðæt wésten beó úre ládmann thou knowest the ways through the desert; be our guide; eris ductor poster, Num. 10, 31.

læt-hýdig

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-hýdig, adj.

Slow-mindeddull

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Slow-minded, slow of thought, dull Nis mon on moldan ... ðæs læthýdig ðæt hine sé árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man is there on earth so dull, that the bounteous giver hath quite cut him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 5; Crä.

mǽg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-líc, adj.

Belonging to kinsmen

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Belonging to kinsmen Hé hine lufode swá micclum for ðære mǽglícan sibbe he loved him, not so much because they were relations, Homl. Th. i. 58, 4.

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, p. réhte
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Ðám mannum ðe fram ðære teóþan tíde ne geseóþ, ðæs ylcan drinces smýc heora eágan onfón and mid ðam broþe récen, and ða lifre wǽten, and gníden and mid smyrgen, Lchdm. i. 346, 22

Linked entry: reócan

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian; p. ode; pp. od

To guard, bewarecustodire, cavere

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To guard, beware; custodire, cavere He wel ne bewarenaþ wið ða unþeáwas he does not well guard against the vices, Bt. Met. Fox 16, 45; Met. 16, 23.

Linked entry: be-warnian

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, -drync, es; n.

A drinkingcompotatioconvivium

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A drinking; compotatio, convivium We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking nor any vanity, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 27; Vy. 57 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25

Linked entry: ge-drync

síclian

(v.)
Grammar
síclian, sícelian; p. ode
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[Ðá wæs Leófríc c Þat ilce ðæi þat Martin abbot of Burch sculde þider faren, þa sǽclede hé & ward déd .iv. no. Jañ., 1154; Erl. 266, 10.]

strið

(n.)
Grammar
strið, es; m.
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struggle, fight, contest Strange geneátas ða ne willaþ mé æt ðam stríðe geswícan, Cd. Th. 19, i; Gen. 284. contention, dispute, strife of words Hwæt scal ðé swá láðlíc stríð wið ðínes hearran bodan? 41, 28; Gen. 663.

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

un-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lúcan, p. -leác

To uncloseopen

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Nán man ne dorste ða duru unlúcan, Homl. Ass. 113, 360

weorold-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, adj.
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Nǽnigum woruld-rícum men ne cininge sylfum, Blickl. Homl. 223, 27. Worldrícum men, ðe áhte on ðysse worlde mycelne welan and swíðe módelíco gestreón and manigfealde, 113, 5. Worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29

Linked entry: ríce

wyn-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dæg, es; m.

A day of gladness a joyous time

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Ne móstun gé á wunian in wyndagum, ac scofene wurdon in éce fýr, Exon. Th. 140, 3; Gú. 604. Eádig weorþan, wunian wyndagum, and welan þicgan, 330, 34; Vy. 61

æt-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
æt-hrine, es; m.
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Voc. i. 42, 55. ꝥ ne e On æthrine in tactu, Angl. xi. 116, 14. Mid hys æthrine hý onweg gewítað at a touch from it they will go away. Lch. i. 336, 14. Hnesce on æthrine soft to the touch, 108. 1: 110, 5

Linked entries: hrine on-hrine

andgit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
andgit-leást, e; f.
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Want of understanding, senselessness Hwónlíce fremað þæs mannes líf ðe for andgitleáste ne cann his mód áwendan tó ðám écan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 9. Be andgytléste, Wlfst. 47, 11.

cum-líþe

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Ꝥ mæssepreóst his hýremen lǽre ꝥ hig cumlýðe sýen, and nǽnegum farendum men hyra húsa ne wyrnen, 422, 6. Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

crafian

(v.)
Grammar
crafian, cræfian.
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Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C. D. iv. 290, 32. Add

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.

Linked entry: gód

ge-cope

Grammar
ge-cope, l. ge-cóp,
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For ðǽm ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópustan tíman, ðætte wé ðonne ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo feruore non accenditur, Past. 283, 2