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hreód

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D. iii. 79, 26: hreód-burne, 25, 18: hreód- íg, v. 121, 30: hreód-leáh, iii. 246, 19: hreód-mǽd, vi. 153, 9: hreód-mór, C. D. B. ii. 433, 29: hreód-pól, C. D. ii. 29, 10: hreód-slæd, vi. 137, 17

líc-hama

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Nelle wé ꝥ mon þá Hchoman þe ǽr on cyrcean bebyrgede wǽron út weorpe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 9. Twégen líchaman, twá líc gemína (defunctorum) cadauera, An. Ox. 1870: Ph. 489. <b>I a.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód, monge reorde, 334, 9; Gn. Ex. 13

Linked entry: ge-reord

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service

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Nele God ús witnian for his weldǽdum, oððe his milde mód mannum áfyrran 76, 7. Weldǽda wítes merita (beneficia) martyrii Hpt. Gl. 489, 50. Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág on ofermétto in elationem permutatur. . . intumuit Past. 3, 2; Swt. 35, 13-16.

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.

very great, exceedingly great ⬩ with the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) ⬩ of energetic, violent action, vehement, violent ⬩ of that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severe ⬩ of feeling, or emotion, intense, vehement ⬩ of discipline or conduct,stern, severe, strict

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Moys. 10. Hí sáwon swíðlíce rénas, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 22. of energetic, violent action, vehement, violent:-- Wið swíðlícne hracan. Lchdm, i. 270, 2. Him swyrdgeswing swíþlíc eówdon weras, Judth.

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.

guilt ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ fault ⬩ a debt ⬩ due

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Hafaþ ðæt mód hwylcehugu scyldo habet animus aliquem reatum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 42. Synna, scylda piacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 78. Míne scylde delicta mea, Ps. Th. 68, 6: Ps. Surt. 58, 13. Scylða, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 211, 20. Scelda, Ps. C. 45.

Linked entry: GYLT

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury

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Hleótan man mót bútan wiccecrætte . . . gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ; ðis nis nán wíglung, ac bið wissung for oft. Homl. Skt. i. 17, 87. Wígelunge divinatione Hpt. Gl. 467, 69. Deófles bígencg, ne on wíglunge ne on wiccedóme, Homl. Ass. 143, 122.

Linked entry: wílung

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

mockery, blasphemy ⬩ To mock, deride, irritate, reproach, blaspheme, defame, revile ⬩ illudere, deridere, irritare, irridere, blasphemare, calumniam facere, maledicere

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Ongunnon hí on ðám wícum Moyses bysmrian they began to irritate Moses in the camps, 105, 14. Hú lange bysmraþ se wiðerwearda naman ðínne usquequo irritat adversarius nomen tuum? Ps. Spl. 73, 11.

ge-dafenian

(v.)

conuenit, ⬩ alone

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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack

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Kmbl. 13, 6. to move as a spring moves Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne boh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up. Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24. to spread, be diffused Ða wíde springaþ crebrescunt, Hpt. Gl. 517, 4.

Linked entry: sprincan

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Óht (áht, ǽnig þing, v. ll.) wundorlices wyrcan, 45, 5. predicate subst. or adj. any good, good for anything :-- Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht, Hml. Th. i. 268, 12. Hwæðer heora geþanc áht sý, Wlfst, 11, 13.

húðe

(n.)
Grammar
húðe, [v. herehúðe], e; f.

Prey ⬩ spoil ⬩ booty

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Cómon tó Moyse mid micelre húðe adduxerunt prædam ad Moysen, Num. 31, 12. Se Chaldéa cining com ðá tó his earde mid ðære húðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 23: Cd. 174; Th. 220, 2; Dan. 65.

leóhte

(adv.)
Grammar
leóhte, adv.

Brightly ⬩ clearly

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Scýnan leóhtor to shine more brightly, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902

Linked entry: líhte

lustful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustful-ness, e; f.

Pleasure ⬩ delight ⬩ desire

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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege ðæt hié mágon þurh ða lustfulnesse heora módes mid gódum dǽdum geearnian leht ðæs écan lífes the Lord established for all believers their passage to the way of life, that they may

magu-timber

(n.)
Grammar
magu-timber, es; n.

A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born

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Mé sealde sunu sigora waldend, and mé cearsorge mid ðýs magotimbre of móde ásceáf, 55; Th. 68, 10; Gen. 1115. [Cf.

martyr

(n.)
Grammar
martyr, martyre, es: m.

A martyr

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Hé wilnade ðæt hé mid ðone martyr þrowian móste, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 18. Hí cóman tó ðæs martyres húse, S. 477, 9. Ðǽr martiras meotode cwémaþ, Cd. 228; 671; Th. 305, 30; Sat. 655. Hé gemynegode ðara eádigra martyra, Bd. 1. 7; S. 476, 33: Andr.

meagol

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol, <b>, megol;</b> adj.

Earnest ⬩ strenuous ⬩ firm

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Earnest, strenuous, firm Ðæt ic Gode and Sancta Marian meaglum móde on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe what I, with mind immovable, have given as a perpetual inheritance to God and St.

un-gleáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gleáwlíce, adv.

Without understanding ⬩ without sagacity ⬩ unwisely ⬩ imprudently

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Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé oft ǽr on stillum móde ðurhteáh, and suá ungleáulíce for ðæm scyfe ðære styringe suíðe hrædlíce tówierpð ða gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede qui, dum perturbationi

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of action, frequently, constantly Wé mynegiað ǽlcne getreówfulne man, ꝥ hé gelómlíce lufige cumlíðnysse and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, Hml. A. 147, 82.