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þegen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-scipe, es; m.
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S. 15; Th. i. 384, 13. a body of thanes Sce Adrianes wæs ðæs cáseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe Maximianus wæs nemned, Shrn. 59, 24. bravery, manfulness, gallantry. v. þegen, VIII, þegenlíc Beóþ gehyrte, and healdaþ mid ðegenscipe ða hálgan Godes ǽ

wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíslíce, adv.

wiselysagaciouslywith wisdomprudentlywiselyskilfullycunningly

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Bið wíslícor ðæt gehwá ðis wite, Homl. Th. i. 6, 18. wisely, skilfully, cunningly Se wolcnreáda wǽfels wíslíce getácnode úres Drihtnes deáð mid ðære deáge híwe, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 5. Hé Adam funde, wíslíce geworht, and his wíf, Cd.

Linked entry: ge-wíslíce

byrgen

(n.)
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Ne fyllað hié hús, ac byrgenna (tumulos), Past. 383, 36. burial 'Þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne'. . . Heó þǽm apostolum æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 29-36.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren nam adversitatis magisterio sub disciplina cor premitur, Past. 35, 12. Eówre brocu lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

eorþ-búend

Grammar
eorþ-búend, eorþ-búend, -búgend, -búgi(g)end (-ende)
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Þá æðelingas, ealle eorðbúend, Ebréi hátað, Gen. 1648: Cri. 1279. Eorðbúend ealle, 422. Óðre þára mǽgða Moabitare eorðbúende ealle hátað, óðre weras nemnað, æðelinga bearn, Ammonitare, Gen. 2617: 1759. Gylt þe men gefremedon, eorðbúende, 1000.

full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)
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Ne métte ic ðín weorc fullfremed ( plena ) beforan mínum Gode, Past. 445, 21. Fulfremed, 22.

Linked entry: fremed

ge-maca

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Wolde gé ðæt gé næfden nánne gemacan on ðys gemǽnan middan-gearde habere in communi mundo consortes minime potestis ?, Past. 331, 2.

langsum

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Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11. For langsumere prolixa (valetudine fatigatam ), An. Ox. 3997. dilatory, tardy Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne is se tíma, Hml.

lengu

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</b> of space relations, (i) cf. lang; 2 Tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe (leng, v. l.) áþened wæs ne ei ultra liceret progredi, quam catenae ejusdem quantitas tendebatur, Gr. D. 214, 8.

ryne

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Cum ymb geáres rynu, 706. Þá gelamp hit imbe geára rina, Chr. P. 3, 18. Add Gefylledum ryne consummato (vitae) curriculo, i. cursu, An. Ox. 2147. Hí bútan ǽghwilcre gedréfednysse heora ryne gefyldon, Hml. S. 23 b, 103

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Ne forstondeð ꝥ fæsten nówiht ꝥ mid gesynsciplice weorce bið besmyten, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 7.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

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com ic tó eów þurh ðæs Almihtigan sande, 296, 20. Ðes ylca apostol becom þurh Godes sande tó Ethiopian, 472, 11. . a mess (from Latin mitto), a dish of food, victuals Wista vel sand dapes vel fercula. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 63.

brengan

(v.)
Grammar
brengan, ic brenge, ðú brengest, brengst, he brengeþ, brengþ, brencþ, pl. brengaþ ; p. ic, he brohte, ðú brohtest, pl. brohton; pp. broht ; v. a.

To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre

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scíneþ ðe leóht, ðæt ic from Gode brohte now the light shineth, which I brought from God, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 32; Gen. 615. Ðú brohtest thou broughtest, Exon. 121 a; Th. 463, 34; Hö. 80: 121 a; Th. 464, 12; Hö. 86.

Linked entry: bringan

ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Se Hǽlend ne geswutulode him his mihte ac oferdráf hine geþyldelíce mid hálgum gewritum the Saviour did not display his power to him (the devil) but overcame him patiently by the holy scriptures, Homl. Th. i. 176, 11.

ófost

(n.)
Grammar
ófost, ófest, ófst, e; f.

Haste, speed

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Wé secgaþ mid ófste ðás endebirdnisse, for ðan ðe wé oft habbaþ ymbe ðis áwriten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 30. Ðeós worald is on ófste this world is hurrying on (to its end ), Wulfst. 156, 5: Cd. Th. 191, 32; Exod. 223. Beó ðú on ófeste hasten Beo.

Linked entries: éfest ófest ófst

gremian

(v.)
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Ne græma þú úre godas, Hml. S. 7, 109. Ꝥ gé God ne gremian (grymman, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 270, 28. Ne gremigen (gremige, v. l.) gé eówru bearn nolite ad iracundiam provocare filios vestros, Past. 189, 23. Hú hí God gremion, Hml.

míðan

(v.)
Grammar
míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.

to concealdissembleTo be concealedlie hidto avoidrefrain fromforbear

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Ne míð ðú for menigo forbear not on account of the multitude, Andr. Krpbl. 2419; An. 1211. Ne mæg ic ðý míðan, Exon. 125 a; Th. 481, 1; Rä. 64, 10

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Ne biþ his lof ðý læsse, ac is wén ðæt hit sié ðý máre his praise will not be the less, but may be the greater Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 11.

Linked entry: wéna

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13. Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps.

Linked entry: hergan