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Lengten ne mæg beón ǽr .v. id. Febr. ne lator þonne .II. id. Martii, Angl. viii. 324, 42. the comparative used in the sense after the point of time indicated by the context Gif se bisceop þá á lator inn eóde si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset Gr.

GYLT

(n.)
Grammar
GYLT, gilt, gelt, gielt, es; m.

Guiltcrimesinoffencefaultwrongdebtfineforfeiture

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Æt ðam forman gylte ðære fiohbóte onfón on the first offence to accept pecuniary compensation, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 8: L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 12: L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 11; L. Ath. 1, 11; Th. i. 206, 3: L. Edg. S. 2, 2; Th. i. 266, 13.

Linked entry: gelt

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperoussecure from danger, safe

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Wit begra ǽr wǽron orsorge we before were safe from both (hunger and thirst). Cd. Th. 50, 5 ; Gen. 804. Wé beóþ for eów and eów orsorge gedóþ (cf. wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus; we will secure you, Mt.

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre, gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas and micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26. Smylte reng pluvia serena Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 34. Smelt hagol imber serotinus (v. smolt) Kent. Gl. 560. Swá biþ sǽ smilte Exon.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor, gif hé him ǽr sǽde ðæt hé hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne hé cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious prudens

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Swá cwæð snottor on móde, gesæt him sundor æt rúne 293, 4; Wand. 111. Rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte Andr. Kmbl. 938; An. 469. Se wítga snottor searuþancum Elen. Kmbl. 2377; El. 1190. Se snotera Beo. Th. 2631; B. 1313. Snotra 6231; B. 3120.

Linked entry: snytre

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Dó on hluttor æg add the white of an egg, 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 9. Lǽt standan óþ hit sý hluttor nim ðonne ðæt hluttre let it stand till it be clear, then take the clear part, Lchdm. iii. 4, 3.

Linked entry: hlýttor

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Æt baða gehwylcum, Ph. 110. Baða thermarum, An. Ox. 2, 384. Baþena, 4777. Baþu wið blǽce, Lch. ii. 8, 2. Wyrc baþo, 68, 3. of baptism:-- 'Gif gé willað áþwegene beón ðý hálwendan wylle fullwihtes bæðes (fonte salutari) . . .

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Ic sylle þæt þú ǽr bebude, Ps. Th. 39, 7. Hé bebeád his suna þæt hé tówearp þæt templ, Ors. 6, 7; S. 262, 19. Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. Hwæt yfela bebeád Drihten ǽfre, Bl. H. 41, 2.

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood.

bóc-land

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. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add

daru

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Án gecyndelic ǽis gesett, ꝥ nán man ne gedó dare óðrum menn, Hml. S. 11, 349; Wlfst, 11, 1. Dere (dare, v. l. ), Gr. D. 207, 14. Dara noxas, Hy.

fracoþ

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., þeáh hé ǽlc unriht dreóge on his lífe, Wlfst. 34, 6. Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf ( Jezebel ), Hml. S. 18, 160.

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.

grǽg

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S. 7, 135. v. æsc-grǽg, deorce-grǽg ( perhaps deorce should be taken as an independent adverb), dun-grǽg, flint-grǽg, fold-grǽg, ísen-grǽg, ísern-grǽg. Add

ild

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(l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps. L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)

híréd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-mann, hírd-man, es; m.

A member of a 'híréd:' —

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Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his hírédmen [hírdmen (MS. A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.

be-dǽlan

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Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272, 27

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Be úre ǽ hé sceal (gedaefnaþ, Lind.) sweltan debet mori, Jn. Skt. 19, 7. Seó cyrice sceal fédan ða ðe æt hire eardiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 41, 27: 47, 21.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal