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un-stille

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stille, adj.

Not stillunquietnot at restmovingliking movementunquietrestlessunrulyunquietdisturbednot at peacetroubled

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.), unquiet, restless; in a bad sense, unruly Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wǽre unstille yfel lingua, inquietum malum, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 7. Eh byð unstyllum ǽfre frófur, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 9; Rún. 19. Ða unstillan ( inquietos ) hé sceal þreágean, R.

Linked entry: stille

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
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Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, Lchdm. ii. 114, 8, 12. Hé getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest, 227, 29; Ph. 430. God geworhte eall gærs and wyrta ( omnem herbam ), Gen. 2, 5. Ðú ytst ðære eorðan wyrta, 3, 18: Ps. Th. 103, 13. Werta, Kent.

Linked entry: blód-wyrt

geótan

(v.)
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(aa) to shed tears :-- Ealle teáras guton omnes lacrimas fundunt, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 523, 7. with a non-material object Sió slǽwð giétt slǽp on ðone monnan pigredo immittit soporem, Past. 283, 6.

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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Sió gifu hiora fæder and heora eldran (eolldran, v. l.) fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32. Yldran fæder avitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 61.

hwý

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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.

þing

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Add Hwæt is ðienga (ðinga, v.l.) ðe bieterre sié ... ðonne se anda?, Past. 165, 1. (1 a α) add :-- Þé biddað manega þeóda þínes þinges tó lǽne and þú ne bitst nánne foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo foenus accipiens, Deut. 28, 12.

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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MS.) tergat of monna heortan ðæt fúles sié, 74, 21. Hát gefeormian mín blód and ðonon ádrýgan, Bl. H. 183, 27. to dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry Se wísdóm ádrígde mínes módes eágan, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 27

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á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Gastas hwílum on heánnesse upp worpene, hwílum eft áslidene on grund, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25. to fall, be removed to an unfavourable place:-- Ne lǽt mé áslídon on þá firenfullan eardungstówe, Angl. xii. 503, 5. figurative, to fall into sin, lapse, relapse

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Swá hwá swá hilþ his gódan weorc si bona quæ agit occultat, Past. 59, 4; Swt. 449, 29. Ða ðe hira gód helaþ ðe hie dóþ qui bona que faciunt abscondunt, 23; Swt. 179, 9. Ic hæl míne scylda I concealed my sins, Ps. Th. 31, 3: L. E.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

EÁM

(n.)
Grammar
EÁM, es; m.

EAM, uncle chiefly on the mother's side avuncŭlus

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For an uncle on the father's side

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.

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian ; p. ode.
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to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration, to bless, consecrate Se biscop nam hláf and sénode essent manus ad panem benedicendum missuri, Bd. 3, 6 ; S. 528, 15 note.

Linked entries: sénian sægnian

tweónung

(n.)
Grammar
tweónung, twínung, twýnung, e; f.
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Gr. 272, 13: sine dubitatione, R. Ben. Interl. 52, 12: sine scrupulo, Anglia xiii. 367, 24. Gyt mé tweónaþ; ac gif ðú ðás deádan sceaðan árǽrst, ðonne biþ mín heorte geclǽnsod fram ǽlcere twýnunge, Homl. Th. i. 72, 32.

Linked entries: twínung twýnung

weg-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-férende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaringa wayfarer, traveller.travelling, going a way, passing by

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sind hér swilce wegférende menn, Homl. Th. i. 248, 15. Se ríca and se ðearfa sind wegférende on ðisse worulde, 254, 28. used substantively Swá swá wegférende þyrstende sicut uiator siciens, Scint. 225, 10. Wíférend, Kent. Gl. 137.

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trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Drihten sylf trahtnode be ðisum ðæt ða sind de Godes word gehýraþ ac hí sind gebysgode mid heora welum we spoke of the seed that sprang tip among the thorns . . .

be-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-geótan, bi-geótan; he -gýt; p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour].

to pour outto cast uponto sprinklecoveraspergereto pour intoinfundere

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to pour out, to cast upon, to sprinkle, cover; aspergere Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed, begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood, poured from the man's side Rood Kmbl. 97; Kr. 49.

BED

(n.)
Grammar
BED, bedd, es ; n.

a BEDcouchpalletstratumlectusa bed in a gardenpulvillusareola in hortis

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Bos. 2, 4; thei senten doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man lay, Wyc.

Linked entries: bædd bedd beád

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f, A province of Germany, now the duchy of
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Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire On óðre healfe Donua ðære eá is ðæt land Carendre, súþ óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis on the other side of the river Danube is the country Carinthia, [lying] south to the mountains which are

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Ðýlæs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu and ða fæderlícan láre forléten lest the wise old scriptures should be overturned and our ancestral lore deserted, Elen. Kmbl. 862; El. 431.

fóre-tácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-tácen, -tacn, es; n.

A FORE-TOKENpresagesignwonderpræsāgiumprodĭgium

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A FORE-TOKEN, presage, sign, wonder; præsāgium, prodĭgium Fóretácn écra góda a fore-token of eternal blessings, Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 21: Ps. Spl. 77, 48: 70, 8.