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ge-hýdan

(v.)
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cf. þæt gafol bið . . . on þǽm sciprápum þe beóð of hwæles hýde geworht, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 18) Wénað wǽglíðende þæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum, . . . and þonne in þæt églond

cantic

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Cantic Deuteronomio, þæt is Adtende celum . . . óþrum dagum sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang þe tó þám dæge belimpð, R. Ben. 38, 2-5. Þæne saltere mid gewunelican cantican, 44, 20. Singan þrý canticas of wítigena bócum, 35, 13. Add

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Ne sý nán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13. v. hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol)

Linked entry: cwidol

láþ

(n.)
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láþ, es; n.
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Þæt nán wiht ne sý . . . þæs leófes ne þæs láðes þæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 185, 2. Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1.

hand-stoc

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Substitute: A sleeve Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14. Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, 20.

ranc

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Add Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegenes cwenan . . . þǽr hé on lócað, þe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne and genóh gódne, ǽr þæt gewurde, Wlfst. 162, 22

rihte

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Add Rihte on þǽre ylcan týde þú wást æall þæt ðú nú wilnast tó witanne eodem momenta, eodem puncto temporis videbis quod cupis, Solil. H. 46, 17. Add Ic eom geðafa þæt ic eom swíðe rihte oferstéled, Solil.

ælmes-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ælmes-líce, adv.

Charitably

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Charitably Fóe hé tó thaem londe and hit forgelde and thaet wiorth gedaele fore hiora gástas suae aelmeslíce and suae rehtlíce suae hé him seolfa on his wísdóme geleornie, C. D. i. 234, 34

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurtmischiefdestructionmalice

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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml.

ge-leáflic

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Add: credible, probable Hit is swíðe geleáflic þæt hé hyre miceles ðinges tíðian wylle, Hml. Th. i. 454, 1. Augustinus sǽde þæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflic . . . For ðyssere twýnunge nolde wé hreppan his ðrowunge.

hríman

(v.)
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hríman, (?); pp. ed
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl.

stregdan

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add: to sprinkle Þæt deádberende áttor his getreówleásnesse . . . an eallum middangeardes ciricum hé strægd (stregde, v. l. aspersit), Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 29, 15. 'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . .

mór

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mór, I. add: — Hí eardiað an þæs gedwildes móre and meoxe (in luto heresis), Chrd. 96, 31. Móras salebras, i. loca lutosa, An. Ox. 17, 63. The word occurs often in charters, v. Midd. Flur.

cís-ness

(n.)
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12

efen-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-lǽce, (?); adj.
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þæs hǽðenscypes þe hý þǽr begáð, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 4

timbrend

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Add: timbriend His hús wæs þǽr getimbrod, and þæs húses timbriend (constructors ) wǽron wyrcende Sæternesdagum ánum, Gr. D. 322, 2

dóm-ern

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dóm-ern, -ærn.
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Þæs dómernes cafertún atrium praetorii, Mk. 15, 16. Hé eóde in þæt dómern ðǽr ðǽr Caluisianus wæs in miclum gemóte, Shrn. 116, 31. Add

á-werian

(v.)

to defend against attackto protect from hurtsecure

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Grammar á-werian, Add: to defend against attack Þá burg áwerede þæt folc þe þǽr binnan wæs, Chr. 921; P. 101, 9.

Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered

fere

Grammar
fere, l. fére,

ableseaworthy

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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.