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tacan

(v.)
Grammar
tacan, p. tóc

To take

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To take Ða menn ealle hé tóc, and dyde of heom ðæt hé wolde (cf. ðamen hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde, MS. E.), Chr. 1072; Erl. 211, 20. Hé tóc swilce gerihta swá hé him gelagade (cf. hé nam swilce gerihta swá se cyng him geúðe, MS.

un-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽge, adj.

Not feynot appointed to die

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Not fey, not appointed to die Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcsíð, se ðe Waldendes hyldo gehealdeþ out of misery and exile may easily come one not appointed to die, who possesses God's favour, Beo. Th. 4571; B. 2291.

Linked entry: un-fǽglíc

un-gerýdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerýdelíce, adv.

Violentlywith impetus

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Violently, with impetus Cwæð se Hǽlend: 'Ic geseah ðone sceoccan swá swá scínende líget feallende ádún dreórig of heofonum,' for ðam ðe hé áhreás ungerýdelíce, Hexam. 10; Norm. 18, 7.

wic-þegnung

(n.)
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wic-þegnung, e; f.
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Service which lasts for a week Se ðe ða ǽrran wicþénunga geendod hæbbe, þonne hé út of ðære wicþénunge fære, cweþe ðis fers . . . and swá mid bledsunge of ðære wicþénunge fare.

weorold-weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorþscipe, es; m.
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Worldly honour, civil dignity Hæbbe hé ( the priest) Godes miltse, and tó woroldweorðscipe ðæt hé þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe (his civil status is that of a thane ), L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 20. Tó woruldwurðscipe hé þegenlage wyrðe, L.

deór-fald

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Voc. ii. 129, 64. [ a deer-park Se king rád in his dérfald, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 5. þis wæs segon on þe selue derfald in þá tune on Burch and on ealle þá wudes, 1127; P. 258, 21. ]

eax

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Áhóh þæt heáfod nyþerweard oððæt seó ex gesóht hang the head downwards until the vertical axis is reached (until it is hanging vertically downwards? ), Lch. iii. 2, 11. Add

fíc

a figa fig-tree

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Add: a fig Hé sæh treów fíces videns fici arborem, Mt. R. 21, 19: 24, 32. Of unberendum trées fíc de sterili arbori fici, Lk. p. 8, 3. Fíca carisarum, An. Ox. 8, 209. a fig-tree Forwisnade se fíc arefacta est ficulnea, Mt. R. 21, 19, 20.

fíf-teóþa

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Se fífteóða quintus decimus, Ælfc. G. Z. 283, 3. Under þám fífteóðan (-teogeþan, -tigeþan, -tegþan, -téþan, v. ll.) geáre, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 430, 22. Gér ðe fíftegða (ðió fífteiðe, L.) anno quinto decimo, Lk. R. 3, 1. Ðió fífteiðo, Lk. p. 4, 6.

folc-gesíþas

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gesíþas, folc-gesíþ, es; m.
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Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan. 412. Þeódríc héht folcgesíðas healdan þone hererinc, Met. l, 70. Substitute:

for-dimmian

(v.)
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þe gaderað seolfer biþ fordimmod oððe áþýstrod (obscurabitur), 99, 19. For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::

ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.

handlian

(v.)
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Add: to touch with the hands ðe handlað wífhádes mannes líc, Hex. 50, 11. Handla contrecla, i. palpa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 35. Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An.

heort-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
heort-leás, adj.

cowed

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Without courage or spirit, cowed Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst.

hohful-ness

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Gl. 404, 72. trouble, sadness, anxiety Þá eahta leahtras . . . hohfulnes (cf. se fífta leahtor is tristitia ꝥ is þissere worulde unrótnyss, Hml. S. 16, 289), Wlfst. 188, 37

hýra

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Suá se hýrra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesiehð mercenariorum vice deserviunt, quia veniente lupo fugiunt, Past. 89, 15. Hýra mercennarius, Wülck. Gl. 213, 10

ofer-módigian

(v.)
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Ðonne ofermódigaþ (superbit) se árleása, Scint. 177, 15. Ðæt mód ðe for his cræftum ofermódgede virtute superbiens anima, Past. 463, 24. Mid nánes prýte þú ofermódiga nulla elatione superbias, Scint. 152, 16.

un-lísan

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un-lísan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and hé Martinum bæd ꝥ hé hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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Not wide, narrow Emne swá mycel swá fram heofenes hrófe is tó þysse eorðan, þonne is leornod on hálgum bócum, þæt sió hel sié swylc twá deóp, and nis ná ðe unwídre (-widdre, v.l.) (cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd.

Linked entry: wíd

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add