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irmþ

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Hié on ðǽm iermþum heora líf geendodon, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 19. in a moral sense, badness Gif hine mon leahtor-fulne ongit. . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs hé mid his yrmðe ( miseria ) óþre geleahtrige, R.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

be

Grammar
be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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S. 30, 233. [19) add :-- Bid ðearf ðæt hé hine genime be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita and be ðám áríse (at per eruditionis studium resurgat), Past. 169, 15. (22) add :-- Leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, 12. <b>B.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

wǽr-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-fæst, adj.

Faithful,

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Ne lǽt ðú (Abraham) ðé ðín mód ásealcan, wǽrfæst willan mínes, (faithful in observing my will) 130, 31; Gen. 2168. Wǽrfæstne rinc ( Abel ), 62, 9; Gen. 1011. Wǽrfæstne hæleð ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 2548; An. 1275.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf and heom on midle wese mán and inwit circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, et labor in medio ejus, Ps. Th. 54, 9.

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn

ófer

(n.)
Grammar
ófer, ófor, es; m.

an edge, border, marginthe land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names,

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Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige, the borders of a cancer 108, 20. the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names, e.g. Over in Cambridgeshire, Wendover Strand litus, brerd vel ófer crepido, Wrt. Voc. i. 54. 24-25.

Cnut

(n.)
Grammar
Cnut, es; m.

Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035

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Hér man drǽfde út Ælfgife, Cnutes cynges láfe, seó wæs Hardacnutes cynges módor here, A. D. 1037, they drove out Ælfgifu, widow of king Cnut, who was mother of king Hardacnut, A. D. 1037 Erl. 167, 1

býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
býsgian, bísgian, býsigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Ðé untrymnes on ðisse nýhstan niht býsgade infirmity afflicted thee in this last night, 47 b; Th. 163, 10; Gú. 991

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticeemplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Swylce ðǽr clýða togelǽd wǽre as if a poultice were laid there, Herb. 51, 2; Lchdm. i. 154, 18.

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

CULFRE

(n.)
Grammar
CULFRE, culufre , culefre , an;f: culfer , e ; f.

A dove CULVER pigeon columba

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Lamb. 67, 14. He asende út áne culfran emisit columbam, Gen. 8, 8, 10, 12. He forlét háswe culufran he let out a livid dove, Cd. 72 ; Th. 87, 20 ; Gen. 1451: 72 ; Th. 89, 8 ; Gen. 1477 .

Linked entry: culufre

flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei, qui vult tecum jūdĭcio contendĕre, et tŭnĭcam tuam tollĕre, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40. Flítende contending, Beo. Th. 1836; B. 916.

Linked entry: flítend

GEAT

(n.)
Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A gatedoorportaostiumjānua

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Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14. Ðǽr is geat gylden there is the golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 19; Sat. 649.

Linked entry: helle-geat

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Hé ne lǽtaþ míne fét láðe hréran non dedit commoveri pedes meos, Ps. Th. 65, 8. Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4.

Linked entry: for-hréred

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan ne of oðre preóstscyre lǽre ðæt mon his cyrcan geséce let no priest entice any man from the parish of another church to his church, nor persuade any one to come from another district

langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longingdesirediscontent

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Ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære módceare mínre gerestan ne ealles ðæs longaþes ðe mec on ðissum lífe begeat never can I be at rest from my grief of mind, nor from all the weariness that in this life hath laid hold on me, 115 b; Th. 444, 2; Kl. 41.

Linked entry: langaþ

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Ðeáh ðe hit sý greóte beþeaht líc mid láme though with dust it be covered, the body with clay, Exon. 117 a; Th. 451, 4; Dóm. 98: Elen. Kmbl. 1666; El. 835

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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Lamb. 51, 6. Hié weorðaþ oft áscrencte on ðæm scyfe ðære styringe hira módes ðæt hí hira selfra ne ágon ðý máre geweald ðe óðerra monna motionis impulsu praecipites quaedam velut alienati peragunt, Past. 33, l; Swt. 215, 12, 17. <b>I a.

ge-neahhe

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahhe, -neahe, -nehhe, -nehe; adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantlysatis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter

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Ðǽr genehost brægd eorl Beówulfes ealde láfe then very frequently drew a warrior of Beowulf's an ancient relic [i. e.] very many of Beowulf's warriors, etc.], Beo. Th. 1593; B. 794

Linked entries: ge-neh ge-nehhe

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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[Folc læi inne Suð-sæxe, Laym. 15368. Souþsex ( a shire ), R. Glouc. 3, 21.]

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m. A canine tooth or
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Lamb. 57, 7