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ofer-níd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-níd, -neód, e; f.

Extreme need

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Extreme need Gif hit oferneód beó si valde necesse sit L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 33

hild-lata

(n.)
Grammar
hild-lata, an; m.

One sluggish in war, slow to fight, a coward,

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Kmbl. 466; An. 233: Beo. Th. 5684; B. 2846

Linked entry: lata

hlynian

(v.)
Grammar
hlynian, p. ode

To make a noise, roar

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To make a noise, roar: — Wælfýra mǽst hlynode the greatest of funeral fires roared, Beo. Th. 2244; B. 1120

Linked entry: hlynn

tó-cnyssan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnyssan, p. te; pp. ed

To crush to pieces,smash,shatter

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Ben. 121, 6

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Wergðu dreógan to be damned, 422; El. 211: 1901 ;El. 952. Werhðo dreógan Beo. Th. 1182; B. 589. Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan, Exon. Th. 78, 11; Cri. 1272. Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps.

leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
leáfa, an; m.

Belieffaith

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Belief, faith Hú mæg se leáfa [other MS. geleáfa] beón forþgenge gif seó lár and ða láreówas áteoriaþ how can belief be prosperous if teaching and teachers fail, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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Still, yet Hér mon mæg giet gesión hiora swæþ their track may still be seen here, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 15; Hat. MS. Be ðiosum git is swíðe ryhtlíce gecweden to ðæm wítegan about which further is very rightly said to the prophet, Swt. 162, 22; Cot.

Linked entries: giet geot

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Ben. 15, 12 : 55, 10: 56, 17. with a preposition 'Úre Fæder . . . 'Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgðháde bútan sóðre lufe, Hml. Th. i. 54, 10. with a reflexive dative For hwig gedyrst- lǽhtest þú þé ꝥ ðú ꝥ geþanc ásendest ?, Nic. 17, 6

ge-þafa

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Hí ealne þone bryce uppon þone cyng tealdon, ac hé nolde þæs geþafa beón, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 9. with clause Hé geþafa beón nolde þæt hé untela dyde. Ps. Th. 9, 35.

ge-setnes

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Ne secge wé nán þincg níwes on þissere gesetnysse (cf. on þyssere béc þǽra hálgena þrowunga, 36), Hml. S. p. 4, 46. On þǽre gesetnysse be worulde frymðe, Angl. viii. 307, 5. Be þǽre gesetnysse of ðám gedwylde, Hml. A. 24, 5.

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Ðæt cyriclíce stǽr úres eálondes and þeóde ic wrát on fíf béc [Bede] wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 31. Cyriclíce preóstas ecclesiasíici presbyteri, L. Ecg. P. A. 5; Th. ii. 232, 17.

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Ben. 139, 26. Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118

stæpe

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Add Nis nán twýn þæt eów ne beó forgolden ǽlc þǽra stapa ðe gé tó Godes húse stæppað, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 11. <b>I b.

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Dele beði(ge)an, and add to v. trans. Ꝥ bæð ꝥ sc̃a Maria ꝥ cild on baþode Shrn. 30, 17. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: bæþ

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning hail sir, king of the Jewish people, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 28. Hál beó ðú Have, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 49.

Linked entry: hǽl

weorold-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cearu, e; f.
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Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19. Twá mynecena wǽron . . . ðám gewícnode sum eáwfæst wer on woruldcarum, 174, 7.

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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Ben. I. 65 3. sadly, mournfully Hefelíce lugubriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50

resten-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
resten-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, Sabbath

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; A day of rest, Sabbath; Ðæt þridde bebod is 'Beó ðú gemyndig ðæt ðú ðone restendag gehálgige' . . .

ful

(n.)
Grammar
ful, full, es; n.

a cuppōcŭlumwhat contains liquidsA collection of waterthe seacloudsreceptācŭlum liquĭdimărenūbes

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a cup; pōcŭlum He ðæt ful geþah he partook of the cup, Beo. Th. 1261; B. 628. Him wæs ful boren to him the cup was borne, Beo. Th. 2388; B. 1192. Onfóh ðissum fulle accept this cup, Beo. Th. 2342; B. 1169.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Ben. 11, 19. Hí bisnodon hiora æftergengum ꝥ hí nǽren mid wítum oferswíþde exemplum ceteris praetulerunt, invictam malis esse virtutem, Bt. 39, 10; F. 230, 2. Bysnige hé ealle eáðmódnesse eallum magis humilitatis exempla omnibus det, R. Ben. 107, 6.