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scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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Scellum concis, ii. 15, 18. the shell of an egg Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall þás niðerlícan gescæfte, swá seó scell ymbféhþ ðæt ǽg, Shrn. 63, 10: Met. 20, 174. Fæger swylce hé of ǽgerum út álǽde, scír of scylle, Exon.

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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H.) ðæt eáge út, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 24. Þeówne (or adj.?) bernam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 24. Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 12. Se fæder hire sealde áne þeówene ( servam ), Gen. 29, 29.

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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Ðú eart ána God ðe ǽghwylc miht wundor gewyrcean on woruldlífe, 76, 11. worldly life, secular life Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 637, 8. Hé óþer líf má lufode ðonne ðæt woruldlíf, S. 638, 7

á-reccan

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Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge oððe áreccean ?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 7. tó áreccganne (-secganne?) expediari, Lk. p. 3, 7. to explain, expound Areccan explanare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 46.

cyst

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Hé weorðeð eádig, sé þe hine God cystum geceóseþ, Ps. Th. 64, 4. Grammar cyst, = (?) stæf-cyst : Stæfcræftes, cyste (cyste, stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49) litteraturae, An. Ox. 3031. a troop. v. cist in Dict. v. stæf-, unriht-cyst

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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Hé eóde tó þǽre burge wealle, and fleáh út ofer (he threw himself over), þæt hé eall tóbærst, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 3. Flugon þá légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas, Bl. H. 203, 9. Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge, LI.

fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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L. 15, 22. speech by the representative of another, what is said by a sponsor Ðeáh þæt cild sprecan ne mage þonne hit man fullað, his freónda foresprǽc (forspǽc, v. l.) forstent him eall þæt ylce þe hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst. 110, 4: 38, 16. what has been

heardlíce

(adv.)

boldlyhardilyhardlyseverelyinflexibly

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Grn. 7, 3. hardly, without ease. Similar entries Cf. heard; V, 1.

hopa

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or confidence On ege Drihtnes trúwa strencðe, and bearnum his byð hopa in timore Domini fiducia fortitudinis, et filiis eius erit spes (Prov. 14, 26), Scint. 65, l. a person or thing that gives hope for the future, or in which hopes are centred Þú eart

in-segel

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Unýðe þé wæs þæt þú hit eall ne mihtest mid inseglum beclýsan, Wlfst. 259, 20. Bóc mid seofon inseglum (sigillis) geinseglode ... þá bóc untýnan and hire inseglu tóbrecan, Gr. D. 332, 22-24.

sceadu

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Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18. a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen, Hml.

þeáh

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Chrd. 74, 28-31. where the hypothetical clause expresses something considerable, even if Þeáh hí nú eall hiora líf and hiora dǽda áwriten hæfdon, Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 36. where the clause expresses something inconsiderable, if even, if only Ðeáh se man

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.

a herd, particularly a swineherd;a man, warrior boy, lad, journeyman

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Hit gelamp ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen . . . and cwæþ tó ðan kinge: 'Wænd ðú ða hláfes ðæt heó ne forbeornen, for ðam ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú micelǽte eart. Shrn. 16, 13-20. Swána steorra (cf. swán-steorra) hesperius. Wrt.

Linked entry: swon-

sweor

(n.)
Grammar
sweor, swer, swyr, es; m. f.

A column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar

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Ðú eart leóhtes swer, Blickl. Homl. 141, 1. Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres gelícnysse, and on niht swilce án byrnende swer him fór beforan, Ex. 13, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 196, 8.

Linked entries: swer swyr

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.Substitute: es; m. (where the gender is marked it is masculine.
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Cf. too þone fruman sceaft (v. frum), geó-sceaft grimne),

a first shapingbirththe first shaping of the world the creationoriginoriginal constitution or condition

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Grn. 3, 19. origin Eálá gé eorþlican men, hwæt gé þeáh magon hwæthwego ongitan swelce eów mǽte be eówrum frumsceafte, ꝥ is God vos o terrena animalia, tenui licet imagine, vestrum tamen principium somniatis, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 4. original constitution

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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To will, wish Volo ic wylle, uis ðú wylt, uult hé wyle, uolumus wé wyllaþ . . . utinam uellem eálá gyf ic wolde; utinam uelim eálá gyf ic wylle gyt. . . uelle wyllan, Ælfc.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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medtrymnes ðæt mód gehwierfð gehwelces monnes hine selfne tó ongietanne molestia corporalis ad cognitionem sui mentetm revocat Past. 255, 15. to change, alter, put one thing for another Ðá ðá from boecerum ł geécad ł gihwerfde arun ł ymbcerred wé boetas ea

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Eall swá gelíce Iósep æfter ðam hyne ætýwde, and heom tó com ...

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Nelle wé eác mid leásungum þyllíc líccetan, Homl. Skt. pref. 49. Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.

Linked entry: bisleásung

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Ne mæg eal middaneard ánum ðǽra geðingian þe Críst þus tó cweð, 'Discedite a me, maledicti,' Hml. Th. ii. 572, 27: 528, 14.