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on-sǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sǽge, adj.

Falling upon, assailing, attacking

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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2.

Linked entry: -sǽge

sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolishstupida fool

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Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

Linked entry: sot

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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to care, be anxious, feel anxiety or care, with a clause Hé nalles sorgode hwæðer siððan á Drihten ámetan wolde wrece be gewyrhtum he felt no anxiety as to whether the Lord would ever mete out vengeance according to deserts, Met. 9, 34.

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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Hié nellaþ hié gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód, ac hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdele giémeliéste, 39; Swt. 283, 14.

Linked entry: te-flówan

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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Add: that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture Bytte hlid cordias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80.

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Him gewearþ yrmþu tó ealdre upon them [Adam and Eve] came misery for ever, 73 a; Th. 272, 24; Jul. 504; 119 a; Th. 457, 15 ; Hy. 4, 84.

Linked entry: earmþu

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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On ðæm dóme ðæs ryhtwísan Déman onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and ðá geðyncðo in examine recti judicis muta merita ordinum qualitas actionum, Past. 411, 25. (1 a) of a thing personified :-- Þes dǽl (the participle) næfð nǽnne stede of him selfum, ac byð

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

æfter-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-yldo, -yld, e; f.

after-ageold ageætas provectaan after-ageafter-timeposterius ævum

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after-age, old age; ætas provecta Ne mágon ða æfteryld in ðam ǽrestan blǽde geberan they may not produce [show] old age in their first strength [youth ], Exon. 39b; Th. 132, 3; Gú. 467. an after-age, after-time; posterius ævum Swá nǽnig æfteryldo syððan

Linked entry: æfter-ild

ciric-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þénung, e; f. [þénung duty, service]

Church-duty or serviceecclesiæ ministerium

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space of a year, be like worthy in all church-duties, L.

helle-hinca

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hinca, an; m.

The hell-limper, -hobblerthe devil lamed by his fall from heaven,

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Kmbl. 2343; An. 1173.

Linked entries: huncettan hinca

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, an; m.

A leper

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A leper Ðá geneálǽhte án hreófla tó him ecce leprosus veniens, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 2. On simones húse ánes hreóflan, Mk. Skt. 14, 3. Ðæs hreóflan, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 6.

Linked entries: hreófl hreófl

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? -

handthe palm of the hand

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Kmbl. 1978; An. 991, Grimm A. u. E. 989 would translate 'lóf' hand, comparing Goth. lófa : Icel. lófi (Scott. loof) the palm of the hand.

regol-líf

(n.)
Grammar
regol-líf, es; m.

A life according to ecclesiastical rules

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A life according to ecclesiastical rules Ðá gestaþelode hé ðǽr mynster and ðæt tó reogollífe gesette fundavit ibi monasterium, ac regulari vita instituit, Bd. 4, 13;S. 583, 12.

un-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-treówlíce, adv.

With bad faithperfidiously

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Ac him Rómáne untreówlíce his forwierndon, and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr sige næfde, 5, 2; Swt. 216, 31

un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20

Linked entry: hwílen

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8. Gif hwam hwæt yfeles gedón bið, ðæt hé ne mæge hys wynlusta brúcan, Lchdm. i. 330, 13

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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A spiritual son at confirmation (v. bisceopian) Gif hwá óðres godsunu sleá ... Gif hit biscepsunu sié, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20 (cf. In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22).

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung (fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning