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mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst, Hml. A. 71, 158. Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25.

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

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Ys micel niédþearf ðæt mon hiene wið ða ungemetlícan sǽlþa warenige, Past. 27; Swt. 189, 6. Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tðslítaþ they destroy the fortunes of the ambitious, Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348. Heofenas blissiaþ sealte sǽstreámas sǽlþe habbaþ. Ps.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor Sceáwera scurrarum ii. 90, 13. Similar entries (v. sceáwend-sprǽc)

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Hié hié nyllað healdan wið ðǽm æfste (livore) . . . for ðæs lytegan fióndes æfeste (invidia) deáð becóme ofer eorðan, Past. 233, 17-19. Áweorpan ðone æfst, 25. Hié him æfest tó genáman they became envious of him Bl. H. 7, ll.

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

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Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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Ðá offóron hié ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne and hine ðǽr bésǽton they pursued and came up with the Danes at Buttington, and there besieged them, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto the cold should suffer by the heat, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33. Geþrowade, 1123; El. 563. Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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Wild cawel wild cole; brassica silvatica, Herb. 130, 1; Lchdm. i. 240, 17. Se bráda cawel the broad colewort, cabbage, L. M. 1, 33 ; Lchdm. ii. 80, 9

Linked entry: cál

eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan, eásten, éstan; adv.

From the east, easterly ab ŏriente

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From the east, easterly; ab ŏriente Gif wind cymþ westan oððe eástan if the wind come westerly or easterly, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 10; Gen. 806: 80; Th. 99, 20; Gen. 1649: 86; Th. 107, 24; Gen. 1794.

forþian

(v.)
Grammar
forþian, p. ode; pp. od

To furtheraidassistadvanceperformpromŏvēre

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P. 2; Wilk. 147, 34

Linked entries: forþ-dǽd ge-forþian

mæstan

(v.)
Grammar
mæstan, p. mæste; pp. mæsted, mæst

To fatten

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Ic wylle ðæt man mæste mínum wífe twá hund swína, Chart. Th. 596, 21. Is mæst saginatur, nutritur, Hpt. Gl. 489, 43. Weorþaþ mæsted pinguescent, Ps. Th. 64, 13

mis-weorþan

(v.)

to turn out badly

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Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4

ge-weldan

(v.)

to rulerestrainregerecohibere

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Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

singale

(adv.)
Grammar
singale, singala ; adv.
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Ðeáh hine se wind . . . swence, and hine singale (seó singale ? cf. seó singale gémen, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 28) gémen gǽle, Met. 7, 50. Singala, Beo. Th. 382 ; B. 190. v. next word

sin-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
sin-rǽden, [<b>n</b>], e ; f.
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A perpetual, lasting condition, wedlock On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða ðe mid synnrǽdenne bióþ gebundene aliter admonendi sunt conjugiis obligati, Past. 51, 1 ; Swt. 393, 22. Ða ðe beóþ gebundne mid synrǽdenne conjugati, Swt. 393, 21.

stefnian

(v.)
Grammar
stefnian, p. ode
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To cite, summon (with dat.) Stefnode man God wine eorle and Harolde eorle tó ðon gemóte ... Ðá hí ðider cómon, ðá stefnede heom man tó gemóte, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 3-6. Se cing him steofnode tó Glóweceastre, 1093; Erl. 228, 33

Linked entry: stefn

tiht

(n.)
Grammar
tiht, es; m.
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A charge, an offence with which one is charged; crimen Legerteám oððe tiht flagitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 34. Gif hwá cyninges borg ábrece, gebéte ðone tyht (tihtlan, MS. H.) swá him ryht wísie, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8

wanigend

(n.)
Grammar
wanigend, es ; m. One who diminishes, weakens, impairs, injures, spoils, etc. v. wanian
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T. ) if he dreams that he is riding on a bay horse, that means there will be a spoiler of his goods, Lchdm. iii. 172, 29

weorold-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wrenc, es; m.
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A worldly wile, a trick of this world Ða ðe woruldmonnum ðynceaþ dysige, ða geciésð Dryhten, for ðæm ðæt hé ða lytegan, ðe mid ðissum woroldwrencium bióð upáhæfene, gescende quae stulta sunt mundi, elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes, Past. 30; Swt.