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brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breachfractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach; fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio Híg hine oncneówon on hláfes brice cognoverunt earn in fractione panis, Lk. Bos. 24, 35.

Linked entry: bryce

hyngrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyngrian, hyngran; p. ode, ede

To hunger

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God gefylþ ða hingrigendan mid his gódum, Homl. Th. i. 202, 35. with dat. or acc. of person Siððan him hingrode afterwards he hungered, 166, 12. Him nán þing ne hingrode, 168, 19. Hine hingrede esuriit, Lk. Skt. 4, 2. Mé hingrode esurivi, Mt.

Linked entries: hungrian hingrian

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan hetele. Wlfst. 310, 4. Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685.

Linked entry: hetollíce

or-sorg

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Add Ne onhyre þám þe byð orsorh on his wege (qui prosperatur in via sua ), Ps. Th. 36, 7. Cum orsorg and ríxsa prospere procede et regna, 44, 5. Drihlen wæs hire forespeca, and heó sæt ðí orsorhgre, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. <b>I a.

spówan

(v.)
Grammar
spówan, speów

To succeed.to be successfulit succeeds with a person (dat.)

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Th. 246, 14; Dan. 479. used impersonally, it succeeds with a person (dat.) absolute Him spéwþ ðe bet, Btwk. 222, 9. Ðá hié ongeáton, ðæt him ne speów, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 8. Him wiht ne speów, Judth. Thw. 25, 23; Jud. 274: Beo.

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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mid weorðlícan weorode and wynsaman dreáme hine feredan, Chr. 1023; Erl. 163, 26. Drihten hine mid weorðlíce wlite gegyrede Dominus praecinxit se virtute Ps. Th. 92, 1 : 103, 2.

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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nabbaþ wyrtruman on him ac beóð unstaðolfæste non habent radicem in se sed temporales sunt, Mk. Skt. 4, 17. Understaþolfæste (unstaþolfæste?

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24. Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian God's warriors began to yield, Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29

híred-mann

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Alfwold's) his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 24. Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22. Wé mágon beón nyttran æt him, Past. 32; Swt. 211, 21. Rǽd biþ nyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 1; Gn. Ex. 119

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte he wrought his throne all with red gold, H. R. 101, 2. Hundtwelftig mancæs reádes goldes a hundred and twenty mancuses of red gold, Th. Chart. 232, 10: 375, 28: Bt. Met.

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Fela hund manna námon, and lǽddon norð mid heom, 1064; P. 192, 9. Hit is án hund and syfan and fíftig mila lang súð and norð, Ors. 1, 1; S. 28, 8.

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Add: to make greater, add to, increase, augment Hé his synna geeácnað, Hml. S. 16, 292. Wé geeácniað heora werod, Hml. Th. i. 214, 23. mid ðám geeácniað yfelnysse him sylfum. Hml. S. 13, 298.

hǽþen

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Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . . Sé þe ofsleá his beam hǽðen . . . Hǽðen cild gif hit bið preóst beboden . . . and hit hǽðen swelte, 144, 32-35.

huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man sý his huntnoþes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan. And forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoþ hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban Of hunting.

Linked entry: huntaþ

leóf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-líc, adj.

Lovelybeautifuldelightfulpleasantlovabledear

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Hié Sarran wlite heredon óð ðæt hé lǽdan héht leóflíc wíf tó his selfes sele, Cd. 89; Th. iii. 16; Gen. 1856. His sweord leóflíc íren his sword, weapon of price, Beo.Th. 3622; B. 1809.

á-cwelan

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Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen, ðǽr ðǽr hié ðá óðre lácniað, Past. 371, 11. Gif sié sió hond oðcwolen (ácwolon, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 134, 17. Ðá ealdan sculan licgan heápmǽlum hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 16.

út-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lendisc, adj.

Outlandishforeigna stranger

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Hig noldon ðæt útlendiscum þeódum wǽre ðes eard þurh ðæt ðe swíðor gerýmed ðe heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 31. Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3

medum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
medum-líce, adv.

moderatelyin a small degreeimperfectlyworthilyfitlykindly

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Suíðe medomlíce Iacobus his stírde hinc pie Iacobus prohibet, 3, 1; Swt. 33, 9. Medomlíce benigniter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 3. Meodomlíce digne, Rtl. 2, 41

wundian

(v.)
Grammar
wundian, p. ode

To wound

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Swelce hé nacodne hine selfne eówige tó wundigeanne his feóndum, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 17. Ungehéredre leoma tóslitnysse wundade (lacerati), Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 14

Linked entry: ge-wundian