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be-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hydig, bí-hidig; adj.

Careful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ wary ⬩ watchful ⬩ solicitous ⬩ anxious ⬩ sollers

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Careful, vigilant, wary, watchful, solicitous, anxious; sollers He wæs se behydegesta [MS. behydegæsta] erat sollertissimus Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 13 : 4, 7; S. 574, 33

Linked entries: big-hydig bí-hydig

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

un-milts

(n.)
Grammar
un-milts, e; f.

Sternness ⬩ wrath

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Sternness, wrath Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse may the wrath of God abide on him, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii, 4, 2: Cod. Dip. B. ii. 315, 21

Linked entry: milts

wiþ-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ceósan, p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To reject

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To reject Hé wiðceóseþ (-císt) reprobat, Blickl. Gl. Stán ðone widcurun timbrende lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, Ps. Surt. 117, 22. Wiðcurun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 42

æt-standend

(n.)
Grammar
æt-standend, es; m.
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A bystander, an attendant Seó heofenlice cwén cwæð tó hire ætstandendum, Hml. Th. i. 450, 31. Hé þone Hǽlend bodode eallum ætstandendum, Hml. S. 29, 255

be-heáwan

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Man ꝥ timber beheáwð, Angl. viii. 324, 8. Hí hine sceoldon þý heáfde beheáwan. Gr. D. 254, ii. Hé wæs heáfde beheáwen, Shrn. 155, 6. Add

cyne-boren

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Sum cyneboren mǽden, Hml. S. 2, 326. Ꝥ kyneborene mǽden, 351. Hé út áflýmde twégen cyneborene mæn (cyningas, v. l. ), Chr. 944; P. 111, 6. Add

Centingas

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Substitute Hi heafdon ofergán ... ealle Centingas, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 16. Hé gespeón ealle Centingas (Kentingas, v. l. ), 1052; P. 179, 17. v. Eást-, West-Centingas

ealnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
ealnunga, adv.
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Altogether, entirely Hé gange in, þæt him se tídsancg ealnuncge (-nunga, eallunge, v. ll.) ne losige ingrediatur intro, ut nec totum perdat, R. Ben. 68, 23

Linked entry: eallnunge

for-druncnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-druncnian, (fore-); p. ode
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To be made drunk Forgange hé wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg foredruncnigan (potu quo quis inebriari possit), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21

Linked entry: fore-druncnian

geár-torht

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Bright with the beauty of spring (? v. geár; III.6) Hé seów sǽda fela, sóhte georne þæt him ... bróhte geártorhte gife gréne folde, Gen. 1561. Substitute:

hundredes ealdor

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Add: — Hundredes ealdor centurio, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 12. Hé [Cornelius 'centurio cohortis quae dicitur Italica', Acts 10, 1) is hundredes ealdor, Hml. S. 10, 119

maga

(n.)
Grammar
maga, the stomach.
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Hé cuæð ðæt gé móston drincan ge-wealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum et frequentes tuas infirmitates, Past. 319, 7. Add

ofer-wealdan

(v.)
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to rule over, control Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne oferwealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 27. Cf. wealdan; <b>III d.</b>

seldan

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Ðá reáferas geðenceað swíðe oft hú micel hié sellað, and swíðe seldun (-on, v. l. ) hé willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, Past. 342, 15. Add

sicomorus

(n.)
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a sycamore Hé ástáh uppan án treów ðe is on bócum geháten sycomeres treów, E. S. 49, 353. Úp on án treów sicomorum, Lk. 19, 4

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, a morsel.
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Genim háran wulle lytle snǽde .iii. Lch. ii. 354, 14. Nim niþewearde eolenan, gesníþ on hunig, ete swá manige snǽda swá hé mæge, 358, 20. Add

syndrig

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Add Hé ǽnlýpig áwunode on syndrige (-re, v. l.) stówe fram þǽre cyrican in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 14

tó-gelan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gelan, pp. -golen.
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To diffuse, spread a fluid Se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tðgolen and tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat. Gr. D. 192, 18

Linked entry: gelan

un-wérig

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Add: unwearied Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte anwérig on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum node subsequenti indefessus in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 7