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þanc-hycgende

(adj.)

thoughtful

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thoughtful Hé, gumena nát hwylc, þanchycgende ðǽr gehýdde deóre máðmas, Beo. Th. 4462; B. 2235

þegnung-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-weorod, es; n.

A body of attendants or serving-men

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A body of attendants or serving-men Manege of ðæs ealdormannes þénungwerode, Shrn. 154, 26

wíf-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gemána, an; m.

Mulieris consortium

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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17

wíg-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-þreát, es; m.

A military troop

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A military troop Ðæs hiofenlícan werodes wíg-þreátas coelestis exercitus militiae Lchdm. i. lxviii, 8

Linked entry: þreát

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic

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Ic wéne, lá, uplendisca preóst, ðæt ðú nyte hwæt beó atomos, 318, 14. Ðú byst uppan lande mid wímmannum oftor ðonne ic beó ... Ic hit gehýrde secgan, ðæt ðás uplendiscan wíf wyllaþ oft drincan, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 12.

Linked entry: uppe-land

ofer

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Add Þæt earme mancynn ofer him sylfum heófiað and wépað, Wlfst. 183, Add Dæg byð ofer dæg, Ps.

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly

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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.

wuldor-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-fæst, adj.

Glorious

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Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte englas on Drihtnes onsýne wuniaþ. Blickl. Homl. 103, 32. Ða stówe ðínes wuldorfæstan temples locum tabernaculi gloriae tuae, Ps. Th. 25, 8. For ðære swétnesse ðære wuldorfæstan gesihðe, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 179.

fíf-teóþa

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On þone fíftegðan dæg, Shrn. 104, 12. Add

strang-lic

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Först. 121, 19. 2. add Þǽr wearð on dæg swíðe stranglic gefeoht on bá halfe, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 12. Hé þet land mid stranglicum feohte gewann, 1097; P. 234, 12

dagung

(n.)
Grammar
dagung, e; f.

A dawning, dawn, day-break ⬩ aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum

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On dagunge ðæs fiftan dæges quinta inlucescente die, 5, 19; S. 640, 26

heofone

(n.)
Grammar
heofone, an; f.
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God gesette hig on ðære heofenan ðæt hie scinon ofer eorþan God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, Gen. 1, 17, 14. On anginne gesceóp God heofenan and eorþan in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, 1, 1

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigning ⬩ pretence ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy

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Ðæt his gesacan on miclum dǽle lícettunge and leáse wið hine syredon and onsægdon accusatores ejus nonnulla in parte falsas contra eum machinasse calumnias, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 14. Þurh lícetunge per simulationem, Confess. Peccat

líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yard ⬩ cemetery

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An enclosure in which to bury people, a grave-yard, cemetery Hí woldon ðæt heora líctún wǽre geseted cimeterium fieri vellent, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 37: Glostr. Frag. 8, 20.

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appoint ⬩ appellare, vocare

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Bútan ðære mægðe Leui ðe næs genamod ðǽr to besides the tribe of Levi that was not named amongst them, Swt. Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20

Linked entry: namian

brýd-búr

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Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22. Gibloetsa, Drihten, brýdbúre ( thalamum ) ðis, Rtl. 110, 38.

for-sewennes

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Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19.

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Ðá fæstnedan hié ða fét up and ðæt heáfod ofdúne, Blickl. Homl. 191, 2-9

Linked entry: á-dún

on-lútan

(v.)

to lout, bend down, bow

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to lout, bend down, bow Hé onlýtt tó ðissum eorþlícum, suá ðæt neát for gífernesse onlýt tó ðære eorþan, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 2-4. Ǽlc gesceaft ealle mægene symle onlýt wið his gecyndes, Met. 13, 66.

Linked entry: an-lútan

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell out ⬩ grow big

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Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene lim fram ðære uferan healfe beþe, Lchdm. ii. 68, 13. Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða tóswolnan turgida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 7.