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ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Add Þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt, E. S. viii. 477, 13. Gif mon on his wege biþ gedwolod, sleá him ánne spearcan beforan, biþ hé sóna on rihtan ( in the right way ), Lch. ii. 290, 18. Mín Drihten . . . wæs on rihte róde úp áhafen . . . sceal mín

setl

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Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add. 2 a. a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Þǽr sǽton setla on

up-áhafenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhafenness, e; f.

Uplifting ⬩ elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance ⬩ pride

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Uplifting, elevation. literal Upáhafenes handa mínra eleuatio manuum mearum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 2. Seó symbelnyss ðære hálgan róde upáhefennysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 399. metaphorical, exaltation Drihten ys mín upáhafenys Dominus exaltatio mea, Ex. 17,

fylstan

to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help

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Add: absolute Fylstende adstipulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml. Th. i. 506, 16. to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something, to help to the attainment

on-cweðan

(v.)

of animate beings, to reply, respond ⬩ to echo back, give back a sound, reply

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of animate beings, to reply, respond Oft mec slǽpwérigne secg grétan eode, ic him oncweðe, Exon. Th. 387, 18. Him Andreas oncwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 540; An. 470: 1109; An. 555. Him Babilone weard andswarode and oncwæð, Cd. Th. 229, 3; Dan. 211 : 53, 23; Gen

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Smoke, vapour, steam Swelce se bitresta smíc Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 20. Smíc fumus Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 12 : Ex. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 68, 20. Hí losiaþ swá swá sméc Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 31 : Ps. Th. 36, 19. Smýc Hpt. Gl. 501, 78 : Shrn. 52, 33. Ða þicnyssa

Linked entries: sméc smoca

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard

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Bacon, lard, the fat flesh of swine Hi lares ðás hús; ðanon ys gecweden lardum spic, forðan ðe hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 42, 17. Spic lardum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 25: larda, 286, 52: ii. 52, 1: tanea, i. 26, 47. Spices snǽd offella

Linked entry: spec

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person

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to turn round, about Ðonne bið sió cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne se monn BIð geendod; ðonne bið sió micle cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod, Past. 31, 21. to go round, pass by, avoid Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august

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local, roomy, spacious, ample, extensive Se weg is swíðe rúm (cf. Goth. rúms wigs) ðe tó forspillednesse gelǽt spatiosa via quae ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Ðeós sǽ micel and rúm (spatiosum), Ps. Spl. 103, 26. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones

búende

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
búende, part. búend, es; m.

Inhabiting or dwelling ⬩ inhabitans ⬩ inhabitants, thus used as a noun,

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Inhabiting or dwelling; inhabitans Búendra leás void of those inhabiting, [Cd. 5; Th. 6, 16; Gen. 89] or inhabitants, thus used as a noun, Mid búendum cum habitantibus, Ps. Lamb. 82, 8

Linked entries: búend bunda

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census. Church-scot was at first a certain measure of corn paid to the church. In a charter of Bishop Werfrith, those to whom it was granted, agreed, — Ðæt hí agefen élce gére þreó mittan hwǽtes to ciric-sceatte

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Baptism; baptismus Hwæðer wæs Iohannes fulluht? Mt. Bos. 21, 25; of whennes was the baptem of Joon? Wyc: baptismus Joannis unde ĕrat? Vulg: Mk. Bos. 11, 30: Lk. Bos. 20, 4: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 22. Ðæt fulluht us aþwehþ fram eallum synnum baptism

G

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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to have ⬩ to be without

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not to have, to be without Næbbe ic synne gefremed, Cd. Th. 160, 15; Gen. 2650, Næbbe ic welan, Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301. Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue

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Take these together under fore-sprǽc, and add: speech on behalf of a person or thing. advocacy Hé ús gefreóð mid his foresprǽce from écum wítum advocatione sua nos ab aeternis suppliciis liberans, Past. 261, 10. Cam Putrael tó Boia and bed his forespéce

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)

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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus

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a KNEE; genu Ðæt he on cneó lecge honda and heáfod that he lays his hands and head on his knee Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 3; Wand. 42. Me synt cneówu unhále genua mea infirmata sunt Ps. Th. 108, 24. Cneówu genua Wrt. Voc. 283, 68. Hie on cneówum sǽton they

Linked entry: cneów

ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declare ⬩ publish ⬩ make known ⬩ explain ⬩ prove ⬩ manifest ⬩ show ⬩ glorify ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ demonstrāre ⬩ publĭcāre ⬩ exprĭmĕre ⬩ manĭfestāre ⬩ signāre ⬩ explānāre ⬩ prŏbāre ⬩ clārĭfĭcāre

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To declare, publish, make known, explain, prove, manifest, show, glorify; monstrāre, demonstrāre, publĭcāre, exprĭmĕre, manĭfestāre, signāre, explānāre, prŏbāre, clārĭfĭcāre Ic wolde mid ðære gebícnunge geswutelian ðæt ic eom ðære stówe hyrde I would

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly

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crooked, cross, Similar entries for the literal sense see þweores. fig. Ðuer wig perversa via, Kent. Gl. 772. On ðweorum wige in via perversi, 812. Þwuru (þweoru, MS. A.) beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Skt. 3, 5. adverse, opposed (cf. Icel

flíma

(n.)

a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch

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Take here fléma, and add Flíma profugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 44. Flýma, i. 50, . 57 one who flees from danger Flýma (aemulorum vesaniae cedens) profugus, An. Ox. 7a 213. God mé flíman hider tó cówrum gemǽran gelǽdde, Ap. Th. 9, 13. a run-away, deserter

Linked entry: flýma