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mægden-lic

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Onféng heó þis bebod ꝥ ; heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicere wísan oððe merwelicre mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve et puellare ageret Gr. D. 287, 20. Gesáwon hí cuman mycel mǽdenlic werod, Hml. S. 7, 251. Add

Scede-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scede-land, Sceden-íg.

all

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.): the former (in pl.) seems to denote all l Blæd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. 38 ; B. 19

gyte-sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
gyte-sǽl, es; m.

Joy at the pouring out of wine

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Joy at the pouring out of wine Ðá wæs Olofernus on gytesálum then was Holofernes joyous in feasting, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 17 : Jud. 22. [Cf. Ðá wæs on sálum sinces brytta, Beo. Th. 1218; B. 607 and 2345; B. 1171.]

Linked entry: sǽl

or-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gilde, adj.

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

hleahtor-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor-smiþ, es; m.

One who causes laughter, mirth, joy

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One who causes laughter, mirth, joy Wóp wæs wíde worulddreáma lyt wǽron hleahtorsmiþum handa belocne widespread was the wailing and little of this world's joys, the hands of those who wrought laughter were closed, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 10; Exod. 43

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ofer wíd wæter, 4937; B. 2473. Swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter líðan, Th. 53, 17; Cri. 852: Andr.

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

medu-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
medu-gál, adj.

'Flown with wine,'excited with mead

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'Flown with wine,' excited with mead Holofernus módig and medugál, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 19; Jud. 26: Cd. 209; Th. 260, 1; Dan. 703. Meodugál, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 16; Vy. 52. Meodugáles gedrinc, 330, 27; Vy. 57

ge-mengan

Grammar
ge-mengan, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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add: with tó Man gemencge wæter tó ðám wíne, Hml. Th. ii. 278, 5 (Bt. 34, 5; F. 145, 13, in Dict.). Add Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12

beót

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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:

ge-lenge

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Wel is eác tó warnianne ꝥ man wite ꝥ hý ( the bride and bridegroom ) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, Ll. Th. i. 256, 10. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ge-lang affinis; ge-lengida affinitas.? v. líc-gelenge(?). Add

gold-smiþ

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Þæs wísan goldsmiðes bán, Wélondes, Bt. 19; F. 70, 1. ' Gáð tó smiððan and fandiað þises goldes' ... 'Ealle ðás goldsmiðas secgað þæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold, ne swá reád ne gesáwon,' Hml. Th. i. 64, 8. Add

ofer-hygdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdlíce, adv.
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Arrogantly, presumptuously Gif wé áhsiað þone þe þus oferhídlíce ána hálgað Drihtnes líchaman and his blód, hwæt wile hé secgan ?

hand-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cláþ, es; n.

A hand-cloth, towela hand-towel

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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30

tó-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sittan, pp. -seten

To sit at a distance from one another,to be placed apart

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To sit at a distance from one another, to be placed apart Ðæs landes is .XLIII. þeóda wíde tósetene for unwæstmbǽrnesse ðæs londes gentes sunt quadraginta duae, propter terrarum infoecundam diffusionem late oberrantes, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 14, 18

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Tele nú ðæt tén þúsend geára wið ðæt éce líf, Bt. 18, 3: Fox 66, 6-10. Wæs þreó þúsend ðæra leóda álesen, Elect. Kmbl. 569; El. 285: Blickl. Homl. 119, 3. Similar entries v. under 2. other examples.

ge-healdan

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Ðá ðe hí gehealdað wið ðá lytlan scylda qui minimas cavent noxas, 437, 2. Hé hine wið eallum þǽm heálicum synnum geheóld, Bl. H. 213, 5. Hí wénað ðæt hí of hira ǽgnum mægene hí hæbben gehealden wið ðá lytlan scylda.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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Loth gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum in Sǽgor Lot led his wife with their children into Zoar, 118; Th. 153, 11; Gen. 2537: 129; Th. 164, 22; Gen. 2718. Neron his brýde ofslóg self mid sweorde Nero himself slew his wife with a sword, Bt. Met.

æfte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
æfte-weard, adj. [ = æfter]

Afterbacklatelatterfullposterior

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Drihten ðé gesett ná on æfteweard the Lord will not set thee in the after-part, Deut. 28,13