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smolt

(adj.)
Grammar
smolt, smeolt; adj.

Serene, quiet, peaceful

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Serene, quiet, peaceful Smolt wæs se sigewong Exon. Th. 146, 23; Gú. 714. Smeolt Andr. Kmbl. 3160; An. 1583. Smolt regn imbres Rtl. 85, 9: torrens Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 125, 4). Smolt biþ serenum erit Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 2.

Linked entry: smeolt

ge-þræc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þræc, -þrec, es; n.

Presscrowdcrushtumult

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Press, crowd, crush, tumult Ac wæs flód to deóp atol ýða geþræc but too deep was the flood, the fierce press of the waves, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 13; Rä. 23, 7: 101 a; Th. 381, 26; Rä. 3, 2. Þurh þreáta geþræcu[?], 109 a; Th. 417, 17; Rä. 36, 6.

Linked entries: searu-geþræc ge-þrec

hlís-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
hlís-ful, adj.

Famous, of good repute, renown

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Ðý læs ðe hé wurde tó hlísful on worulde and ðæs heofenlícan lofes fremde wǽre lest he should become too famous in this world and be a stranger to the praise of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 142. 26.

hlýpa

(n.)
Grammar
hlýpa, hliépa, an; m.

That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block

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That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block Siððan hé wæs ðæm cyninge to ðon geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan hoc

Linked entry: hliépa

weóce

(n.)
Grammar
weóce, an ; f.

The wick of a lampcandle

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Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce ðú weócan settan wylle Techm. ii. 126, 3. Riscene weócan fila scirpea Germ. 391, 15. Wéocan accendilia Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia 284, 26.

ge-hlýd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlýd, part.

Coveredtectus

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Covered; tectus Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlýde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were covered with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2

Linked entry: hlýd

ge-mildscad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mildscad, part. p.

Mixed with honeymulsus

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Mixed with honey; mulsus Gemildscad wæter melicraton, i. e. mellis mistura, sc. cum aqua: hydromeli. Gemildscad wín mulsum, i. e. mellis mistura cum vino, Cot. 137; Lye

teón-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
teón-smiþ, es; m.
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176

Cumere

(n.)
Grammar
Cumere, (-as ?); pl.
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The Britons of Strathclyde Ealle ðá cyningas þe on þysum íglande wǽron Cumera and Scotta cómon tó Eádgáre, Hml. S. 21, 451. v. Cumber-land in Dict

hád

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Betre him wǽre ðæt hé on lǽssan háde (as a layman) his líf geendode, Past. 31, 25.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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Hé wiste ꝥ hé mid feóndlicum cræfte ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe ... wæs ðá geswutelod his híwung, 31, 827. Wǽron óþre gedwolan Antecrístes lima, mid árleásra híwunge, 832.

ge-leáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfsum, adj.

Faithfulcrediblecredulousfĭdēliscredĭbĭlis

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Wǽron forþgongende ða cristenan men and ða geleáfsuman the christian men and the faithful went forth, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 20.

fant

a founta font

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Se ængel gehálgode þæt wallende wæter (on þám cytele) tó fonte, Hml. A. 178, 293. Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne hé font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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Ðá wæs of ðæm hróran helm and byrne alýsed then was helm and byrnie loosed from the active chief, Beo. Th. 3264; B. 1630. We synt alýsde liberati sumus, Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5. Ðæt hí wǽron alýsede ut liberentur, 59, 4

ge-árian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árian, p; ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To give honourto honourhonōrārehonorĭfĭcāreTo have mercy or compassion upon any onebe merciful topitypardonpropĭtium essemisĕrēriparcĕreTo endow

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[ár III. property] To endow Ðurh ðone tocyme we wǽron geweorðode and gewelgade and geárode through that advent we were honoured and enriched and endowed, Blickl. Homl. 105, 24

Linked entry: gearod

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To gosail

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Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed [cf. Icel. líða as a transitive verb ], Beo. Th. 452; B. 223. Dóhtor mín eácen up liden my daughter, great and grown up[?], Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11

be-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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Hafaþ fægerne eard wætre beworpen it hath a fair dwelling surrounded with water, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Wæs eall-geador to ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod the people was collected together in the public place, Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100: Elen. Kmbl. 563; El. 282. Mycle mænigeo wǽron gesamnode to hym congrĕgātæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ, Mt.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Hé wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9. Súð, eást and west, Met. 9, 42: 14, 7. Ðæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275. Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140. adverbial conjunction. as Ealswá ut, An. Ox. 316. Hí dydon eallswá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20.