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cuc

(adj.)

quickalive vivus

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quick, alive; vivus He lét cucne he left alive Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 116, 41; Gen. 1, 20; Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 90

Linked entry: cucon

hindrian

(v.)
Grammar
hindrian, p. ede

To hinder, obstruct, keep back, repress

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To hinder, obstruct, keep back, repress Á sceal hǽðendðm hindrian he must always repress heathenism, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 7

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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Mon gerehte ðæt yrfe cinge forðon wæs cinges mon and Ordláf féng tó his londe forðon hit wæs his lǽn ðæt onsǽte ne meahte ná his forwyrcan the property went to the king because he [Helmstan] was the king's man; and Ordlaf took the land, for the

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

ge-nídan

(v.)
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him tó gafolgieldum hié geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 34. with clause geniédde Arhalaus ꝥ wæs his underþeów, 5, 11; S. 238, 1. to force a person to bodily or mental action. bodily hié tó geligre geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 7.

sicetung

(n.)
Grammar
sicetung, sicettung, siccetung, siccettung, e; f.
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angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt ear*-*foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8.

ǽw-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]

A breaker of the marriage vowan adultereradulter

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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30

ge-ǽðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽðelian, p. ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To render celebratedrenownedexcellentto ennobleimprovenobĭlĭtāre

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To render celebrated, renowned, excellent, to ennoble, improve; nobĭlĭtāre Ðú geæðelodest ealle gesceafta thou ennobledst all creatures, Hy. 7, 64; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 64.

bisceop-þegnung

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bisceop-þegnung, -þénung
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him biscopþéninge (ministerium episcopale) séceað tó Westseaxna biscope, 5, 23; Sch. 691, 4. Add

ge-brýdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brýdian, p. od
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Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21

Linked entry: brýdian

nátes-hwón

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suwode swilce ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, Hml. S. 31, 977. Sume nellað wítnian mid nánre wrace þá máran synna on him sylfum náteshwón, Hml. A. 8, 185 : 16, 79 : 26, 43. Náteshwðn (nullatenus) ne gedyrstlǽce, R. Ben. I. 100, 17. Add

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

tó-lǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtenness, e; f.

Abandonment,a giving up

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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt byþ gelácnud þeáh ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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He wæs swýðe gelǽred and swýðe mihtig lareów, and he munuc regol gesette mid swýðlícre drohtnunge. He wæs ǽr Benedictus, ðe us bóc awrát on Lédenre spræce leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac he tymde swáðeáh to Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse.

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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Ðæt biþ ðæs recceres ryht ðæt þurh ða stemne his láriówdómes ætiéwe ðæt wuldor ðæs uplícan éðles debitum rectoris est supernæ patriæ gloriam per vocem prædicationis ostendere, 21, 5; Swt. 159, 22.

leóf

(n.)
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La leóf nele gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah! Sir, he will not believe my words, Glostr. Frag. 2, 10, 19. Lá leóf O Lord, Gen. 18, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31.

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Se gesamnade sáwle to líce he united the soul to the body, Bt. Met. Fox 17, 23; Met. 17, 12. v. intrans. To collect, come together; congrĕgāri, convĕnīre gesamniaþ congrĕgāti sunt, Ps. Th. 103, 21.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Þreó hund geára ylpas libbað, gif áléfede ne beóð, Hml. S. 25, 570. Wundru worhte on áléfedum mannum, Hml. A. 10, 255. Gegadera ðearfan and áléfede ( pauperes ac debiles, Lk. 14, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 374, 27.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Gif sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 15. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum.

Linked entry: six-hynde