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bleáte

(adv.)
Grammar
bleáte, adv.

Wretchedly, miserablymisere, miserabile

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Wretchedly, miserably; misere, miserabile He geseah ðone leófestan lífes æt ende bleáte gebǽran he saw his dearest [friend] bearing [himself] wretchedly at life's end, Beo. Th. 5640, note; B. 2824

ge-embehtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-embehtan, p. ade

To ministerministrare

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He geembihtæs ministrat, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 15. Ðætte he geembehtade ut ministraret, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 45 : 15, 41

ge-rádscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rádscipe, es; m. [gerád consideration, scipe condition]

Prudenceprudentia

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Prudence; prudentia He áwuht nafaþ on his módsefan rihtwísnesses ne gerádscipes he has not aught in his mind of wisdom or prudence, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 96; Met. 22, 48

ende-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ende-tíma, an; m.
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Last day, last hour Ne geþristlǽce Drihtenes líchaman underfó ǽr his endetíman (ante diem suum extremum), Ll. Th. ii. 268, 25. On úrum endetíman, Btwk. 220, 37

neádlunga

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hine neádlunga (mid nýde, v.l.) áhófon úp on ꝥ hors þe hine ǽr of áwurpon invitum eum in caballum de quo deposuerunt, levaverunt, Gr. D. 15, 24. Add

tealtian

(v.)
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ongann tó þám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian ꝥ uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte coepit se ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare, Gr. D. 36, 20. Add

á-drǽdan

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him Godes dómes ádréd, Hml. A. 196, 35. Hig ádrédon him timuerunt, Lk. 8, 35. Ðæt dómdæg ádrǽdæ, Wlfst. 308, 16. Add

breóst-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-weorþung, e; f. [ breóst, weorþung
a honouring
]

a honouringA breast-decoration, an ornament; pectoris decoratio, ornamentum

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A breast-decoration, an ornament; pectoris decoratio, ornamentum Nalles he Fres-cyninge breóstweorþunge bringan móste he could not bring the ornament to the Frisian king, Beo. Th. 5001; B. 2504

oft-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
oft-síþ, es; m.

A time that often occursofttimes

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A time that often occurs Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeówum on oftsíþas tó láðe gedón what he had ofttimes done to hurt God's servants, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 29

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Hié on sund stigon they went down into the bed of the Red Sea, Cd. Th. 198, 8 ; Exod. 319. Stíh ádún descend, Homl. Th. i. 580, 33. Ne stíge on his hús non descendat in domum, Mk. Skt. 13, 15. Ðæt engel ufan of roderum stígan cwóme, Cd.

Linked entry: a-stígend

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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D. ii. 120, 33. the construction is twofold, a (so many) hide(s) of land Næs án híd landes innon Englælande ꝥ nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 20. Tén hída ðæs londes, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

sǽta

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Add: v. ceaster-, -sǽta

eáþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-mód, adj.

Humble, lowly, obedienthŭmĭlis, obēdiens

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He eáþmóde him eorlas funde he found men obedient to him, Menol. Fox 195; Men. 99. His ætgiefan eáþmód weorþeþ he becomes obedient to his feeder, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 27; Vy. 91

Linked entry: eæþ-mód

earfoþ-hylde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-hylde, adj.

Ill-inclined, ill-disposed, ill-natured malĕvŏlus, malignus

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Ill-inclined, ill-disposed, ill-natured; malĕvŏlus, malignus Se ðe earfoþhylde biþ, and gyrnþ ðæra þinga ðe he begitan ne mihte, búton twýn him geneálǽhþ se hreófla Giezi he who is ill-inclined, and yearns for the things which he could not obtain, without

Linked entry: -hylde

pǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
pǽcan, p. pǽhte; pp. pǽht
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óðer specaþ, óðer þencaþ, and lǽtaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt óðre mágan swá swicollíce pǽcan, Wulfst. 55, 3. Pǽcht decepta, seducta, Hpt. Gl. 449, 42

gilpen

(adj.)
Grammar
gilpen, adj.

Boastful

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Boastful Ne mæg he geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele ac wierþ ðonon gilpen he cannot bear to conceal it, but becomes boastful on account of it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 9: Cot. MS.

Linked entry: gilpna

róde-hengen

(n.)
Grammar
róde-hengen, róde-hengenn, e; f.
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( the penitent thief ) geandette his synna on ðære ródehengene, ii. 78, 22. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, 600, 6

Linked entry: hengen

stede-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
stede-leás, adj.
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stedeleás fylþ, Homl.

sweofot

(n.)
Grammar
sweofot, es; n.
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Ðonne selþ gecorenum his swefetu (cf. fhe use of swefen in pl.) ł slǽp cum dederit dilectis suis somnum, Ps. Lamb. 126, 3

Linked entry: swefet

full-dón

(v.)
Grammar
full-dón, p. -dyde
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To complete, perform Eall ꝥ yfel ꝥ ǽr ðan begunnon, ꝥ eall syððan fuldydon, Hml. S. 23, 388. þæt fuldón hoc perficiant, R. Ben. 70, 21.

Linked entry: dón