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brád-nes

(n.)
Grammar
brád-nes, -ness,-nis, -niss,-nys,-nyss, e; f. [brád broad, large, -nes, -nis, -nys -ness]

broad, large-nessBROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies

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Gehérde me on tobrǽdednesse oððe on brádnesse Drihten exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, Ps. Lamb. 117, 5. Salomone forgeaf God brádnysse heortan God gave Solomon largeness [or liberality] of heart, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 29.

Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys

Cnut

(n.)
Grammar
Cnut, es; m.

Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035

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D. 1037, they drove out Ælfgifu, widow of king Cnut, who was mother of king Hardacnut, A. D. 1037 Erl. 167, 1

fléring

(n.)
Grammar
fléring, e; f.

A FLOORINGcontăbŭlātio

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wurmas, on ðære feorþan fléringe [MS. fléringa] wæs ðæra tamra nýtena steall, on ðære fíftan fléringe wæs ðæra manna wunung mid wurþmynte gelogod on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and dunghill, on the second flooring the food of

I

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In the case of niht in the earliest times, in that of miht and its compounds in later, i takes the place of original a. Initial i before a, o, u is found where most generally ge is used; for examples see below

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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</b> figurative :-- Synne áttor hálwendfice byð geopenud on andetnysse, ꝥ cwyldbǽrlíce lutude on geþance peccati uirus salubriter aperitur in confessione quod pestifere latebat in mente, Scint. 39, 6. of spiritual health Oft weorðað men swíðe hálwendlíce

ge-lǽdan

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Hé ( Noah) gelǽdde ofer lagustreámas máðmhorda mǽst (the contents of the ark ), Exod. 367. Gé mec úp gelǽddon, ꝥ ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseón meahte, Gú. 455. Onfóh ús mid eów on ꝥ scip, and gelǽdaþ ús on þá ceastre, Bl. H. 233, 8.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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On næddran hiwe in the form of a serpent, 16, 32: 104, 23. On fýres hiwe like as of fire, 232, 15. On cuman hiwe as a guest, ii. 96, 35. Heowe, Blickl. Homl. 235, 29. Æfter his hiwe secundum speciem suam, Gen. 1, 12.

hræding

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Ox. 3347. ¶ the word occurs mostly in the phrase on hrædinge hurriedly, without allowing enough time :-- Hit is on hrædinge earfoðrecce it is difficult to relate unless plenty of time is allowed, Wlfst. 22, 14.

teón-hete

(n.)
Grammar
teón-hete, es; m.
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Harmful or wrongful hate, dire hostility Wið ðam teónhete ( the hostility of the Egyptians in pursuit of the Israelites ), Cd. Th. 191, 34; Exod. 224. Wið teónhete, Ps. Th. 147, 2

hýþ-gild

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Substitute: A festival held at a harbour in honour of the god of harbours Hýdgylda portunalia (spurcas caeremonias exhibentes, aut lupercalia celebrando, vel portumnalia perpetrando, Ald. 67, II), An. Ox. 4717

Linked entry: hýþ-lic

weald

(suffix)

is found as the second part of many proper names.

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is found as the second part of many proper names. Cf. Icel. -valdr, e. g. Ás-valdr = English Ós-wald. v. for a list of such names, Txts. pp. 491-3

eald-lic

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Add: proper for mature years, of the character that should belong to age Cildlic on geárum and ealdlic on móde. Hml. S. 7, 9. Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Take here passages under flerdian, fyrdian, and add: To go on an expedition, march, be on active service Swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác, Wlíst. 106, 28. used of a leader Fyrdode (mid fierde férde, v.l. /

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

stíþ

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Ox. 2177

-anne

(suffix)
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-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

nearu

(n.)
Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinementduranceprisona straitdifficulty

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confinement, durance, prison Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan ( when they might come out of the ark ), Cd. Th. 86; Gen. 1433. Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte, Elen.

snǽd

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Other instances of the word are Tó nican snádæs forda . . . ðonon on ðonæ westmæstan snád on beaggan hyrste, C. D. v. 173, 31-34.

néðing

(n.)
Grammar
néðing, e; f.

Daringaudacity

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the courage to visit him in search of peace in the east of this earth, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 24

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Cf. on; B.

basu

(adj.)
Grammar
basu, g. m. n. -wes; f. -re: pl. nom. m. f. n. -we: def. m. se baswa; adj.

Purplecrimsonpurpureusphœ́niceus,coccineus

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Basu hǽwen of purple colour or hue, of scarlet or crimson colour, Cot. 117

Linked entries: baso basuian beosu