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hundred

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[As 15 óran are said to make a pound, the hundred seems to be the great hundred (= 120), and the óra to be the unit.] III. as adjective :-- Sé ðe hæfeð hundrað scíp (centum ones), Lk. L. 15, 4, Mid án hundred and twéntigum scillingum, Ll.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great

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Gé sáwaþ micel sǽd and rípaþ litel sementem multam jacies in terram et modicum congregabis, Deut. 28, 38. Him fyligdon mycele menigu ( turbæ multæ ), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 25. Eálá sáwel ðú hæfst mycele gód ( multa bona ), Lk. Skt. 12, 19.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

fela

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Þá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi me ignorare quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24. adjective Similar entries (v. also III.). [a dat. pl. in -um occurs. v. efen-fela.] singular or uncertain.

Linked entry: feald

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Th. i. 328, 22. of several things, equal to one another, the same in each case. of objects Gif hwá óðres godsunu sleá, sié sió mǽgbót and sió manbót gelíc, Ll. Th. i. 150, 14.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave

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Ðá cwæþ se cyng ðæt mihte beón geboden him wið clǽnum legere then the king said, the offer might have been made to him, if the death had been by fair means [it was by drowning], 31. a place to lie in, a couch, a lair, a place where the dead lie, a grave

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Saca and wraca hé styrede gelóme, Wulfst. 106, 26. Gárulf Gúðere styrode, Fins Th. 37; Fin. 18.

Linked entry: stirian

leornian

(v.)
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<b>I a</b>. to learn a book, read with the intention of gaining knowledge :-- Hú ne sǽde ic þé ǽr þæt þu hyt scealt sécan on þǽre béc þe wit þá ymbsprǽcon ? Leorna þá bóc, þonne findst þú hyt þǽr, Solil. H. 65, 8.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Hí cwǽðon ðæt hí him ðet tó handa healdan scoldan they said that they would hold it for him, Chr. 887; Erl. 87, 3: 1036; Erl. 165, 6: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 6.

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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Th. i. 414, 17. native country, home Hé hine bæd ꝥ hé sǽde hwæt hé on his cýðþe wǽre ( quid in terra sua fuisset ), nalæs hwæt hé þǽr wǽre, Gr. D. 181, 30.

Linked entry: cýþ

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Lǽtað áweg ealle saca and ǽlc geflitt, and gehealdað þás tíd mid sibbe and mid sóðre lufe, Hml. Th. i. 180, 1. Ðonne betweoxn eów bið yfel anda and geflitu ( contentio ), Past. 345, 14.

in-tó

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Hé sǽwð mánfullice geþóhtas intó þæs mannes heortan, Angl. vii. 28, 260-263. in reference to a state or condition Gá intó (cf. on, 23) þínes hláfordes gefeán intra in gaudium Domini tui, Mt. 25, 21.

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper

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[Moyses made a wirme of bras, And henget hege up on a saft, Gen. and Ex. 3899.] something shaped like a shaft, a taper :-- Swá swá eles gecynd biþ ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ ðonne wex on sceafte (wax in the form of a taper or (?)

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Skt. ii. 25, 683. will, one's own way Saga mé hwæt ðam men sí leófust on his lífe and láðost æfter his deáðe. Ic ðé secge his willa. Salm. Kmbl. p. 204, 44. Ic hí lifian hét æfter hiora willum ibunt in voluntatibus suis Ps.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Sal. 454. where a substantive may be inferred from the context. Cf. I. l b Saluie, rude be healfan (dǽle) þǽre saluian, Lch. ii. 292, 17. Tódǽle man þá eahta dǽlas on twá, and fó se landhláford tó healfum, tó healfum se bisceop, Ll.

Linked entry: healf

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Ða ðe gecwedene syndon ða heardestan men who [the Scythians] are said to be very hardy men, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.

Sweet ⬩ of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate ⬩ of smell, sweet, fragrant ⬩ of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted ⬩ of sound, sweet, harmonious ⬩ in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant

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Hit gemanigfealdaþ mannes freóndscipe and stilleþ mannes feónd (cf. a soft answer turneth away wrath), Salm. Kmbl. 204, 45. Geocc mín suoet ł éðe (wynsum, Rush., W. S.) is jugum meum suave est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 30.

Linked entries: swerum swót

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n.

Darkness (lit. and metaph.); ⬩ dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.) ⬩ tenebrae

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On ðýstres onlícnisse ... on leóhtes onlícnisse, Salm. Kmbl. p. 144, 30. For ðære egeslícan þióstro ðære nihte, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 29. Ne gǽþ hé on þeóstro, Blickl. Homl. 103, 31. In þýstro, Exon. Th. 432, 10; Rä. 48, 4. Mid þýstro, Cd.

æt

(prep.)
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Hé sæt æt þǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl. H. 73, 4. marking person with whom another is brought into relation Hé hæfde mycele gife æt his hláforde, Gen. 39, 4. Swá ús bið æt Gode, ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiað. Past. 425, 4.

hǽþen

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Þec gelegdon on láðne bend hǽðene mid hondum, Sat. 540 (cf. Lk. L. R. 18, 32). Cyningas hǽðna, Lk. L. R. 22, 25 : Mt. L. 20, 25. Gesald bið hǽðnum, Lk. L. R. 18, 32. Hǽdnum, Mk. L. 10, 33, 42 : Lk. L. 21, 24.

líf

(adv.)
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. :-- Se þeóden mec þíne lífe heálsode, B. 2131. the cause or source of living; the vivifying or animating principle þæs líchoman líf is seó sáwl, and þǽre sáwle lif is God, Hml. Th. i. 160, 7. Sáwelleásne, lífe belidenes lie, El. 878.