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tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
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þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Swá eác ðǽrtógeánes se fordóna man biþ deófles templ, Homl. Th. i. 262, 17 : Wulfst. 59, 3. as an equivalent, as a set off, in return Wé habbaþ heom geunnen ... and hí ús þártógénes gifeþ ... Chart. Th. 436, 11-20.

Linked entry: tó-geagnes

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde, P. 211, ii. Hæfdon þá welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel, 1048; P. 173, 16. Tó Eoferwíc fóron and þone castel tóbrǽcon, 1069; P. 204, 18.

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Wá mé ꝥ þú swá lange þé sylfe dyrndest, Hml. S. 33, 308. Gif hé hit dierne (dyrne, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 124, 8. Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Ðú mid geþeahte þínum wyrcest þæt ðú þǽm gesceaftum swá gesceádlíce mearce gesettest, Met. 20, 88. discreetly, with discrimination Wé scylon gesceádlíce (-scáde-, v.l. ) tðdǽlan ylde and geogoðe, Ll. Th. i. 412, 9.

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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</b> where fót is subject :-- -Symble wæs drýge folde swá his fót gestóp, An. 1584. of inanimate objects Se rodor þǽre eorþan on nánre ne mót neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan (cf. ðeáh se rodor þǽre eorþan náwer ne geneálǽce, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130

ge-staþelfæstan

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I. 103, 2. to fix in condition so that there is no falling away God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 6, 8.

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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Þá Iudéiscan wǽron swá geðeáwode þæt hí setton wæterfatu on flóra æt heora gebeórscipum ... þá wǽron gesette for ðám ðeáwe six stǽnene wæterfatu, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 32. of such and such manners, character, behaviour, habits, &amp;c.

gyrdel

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Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4.

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.

wáwa

(n.)
Grammar
wáwa, an ; m.

Woe misery

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Ðæt gé swá earme eów sylfe fordóþ on wíton and on wáwon, 23, 186. Hí gesáwon ða mænigfealdon wáwan ðe Cristes ða gecorenan þoledon, 23, 124

Linked entry: weá

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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Him siþþan sý wegnestes getíðad, and swá mid wegneste hám cyrren, R. Ben. 103, 21.

Linked entry: nest

hafen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafen-leást, e; f.

Lack of means, indigenceinopia

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Ðá getímode swá micel hafenleást ðæt ða gebróðra næfdon búton fíf hláfas tó heora ealra gereorde then there befell so great a lack that the brethren had but five loaves for the refection of them all, 170, 33

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, p. ode

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy

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To make sleek, smooth, or glossy Heó glytenode swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel Shrn. 149, 8. [v. Prompt. Parv. 458, note 2, where 'to sleek clothes' is quoted from Kenneth, and a passage from Walter de Bibelesworth is given (v. also Wrt.

Linked entries: slic slíc slýcod

tó-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlan, p. de

To divide,separate,distributeto divide a whole into parts, to destroy unity, make dissension into divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different partsto divide one number by anotherto divide one thing from another,part,separateto scatter, disperseto destroyto distribute, give away parts of a whole,to divide into sharesto shareto divide,distinguish,separate,make a difference betweento be different,be distinguished from.to separate with the minddiscern,discriminate,distinguish,to give forth,utter

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Swá tódǽleþ se líchoma and seó sáwul, Wulfst. 149, 8.

deófol

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Swá déð se dióful (diabolus) . . . Swá ðæt dióful (corruptor ) . . . Swá déð ðæt dióful, Past. 415, 10-30. Se dióbul (dióful, v. l. ), 227, 5. Þæt deófol cwæð tó þam folce, Bl. H. 243, 2, 4, 9, 14.

ge-hæftan

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hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig gehæftað hí, Hml.

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Eall ꝥ geár wæs swíðe hefigtíme on manegum þingum and mislicum, ge on unwæderum, ge on eorðwæstmum, and mycel orfes wæs þæs geáres forfaren, 1041; P. 163, 11. oppressive to the senses or faculties Nis crístenum monnum nán ðing swá hefigtýme swá swá oferfyl

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Of ðǽm beorgum wilð seó eá Eufrates fluvius Euphrates de radice montis effusus, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 14, 10, 29. Ðǽr hió (the Nile) ǽrest up wielð prope fontem, Swt. 12, 24.

Linked entry: for-weallen

ge-byrd

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S. 7. 75. rank, position due to birth Se wurðfulla cniht þá brýdlác geforþode, and gefette ꝥ mǽden mid woruldlicum wurðmynte swá swá heora gebyrde wǽron ( in a manner befitting their rank ), Hml. S. 34, 22.