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scip-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
scip-cræft, es; m.

Naval power ⬩ strength in ships

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Ac hit þúhte unrǽd eallum folce, and hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7

cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn, adj.
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. ¶ as substantive, a worthy, proper proceeding :-- Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 31. Nis hit nán cyn ꝥ mon ꝥ for náuht telle, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 19.

feax

a bush

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Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 45. a bush (?). Similar entries v. feaxede [cf. (?) Icel. vallar-fax the wood (poet.).]

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension

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Is micel dǽl ðæs mancynnes gehwǽr wíde tósáwen, Homl. Ass. 69, 94. of abstract objects, to disseminate opinions, distribute favours, sow dissension Se manu ðe tósǽwþ ungeþwǽrnysse betwux cristenum mannum, Homl. Th. i. 492, 14.

ge-cwéman

to please, be pleasing to, be agreeable to ⬩ to satisfy, content by discharge of an obligation or demand

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Th. i. 28, 3. to satisfy, content by discharge of an obligation or demand Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne ... gif hé his Drihtne gecwémeð mid rihte. Ll. Th. i. 360, 31. Þá þe Gode hýrdan and mid rihte gecwémdon, Ll. Lbm. 472, 13.

hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
hýpe, an; f.

A heap

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Hí beóþ gegaderode tó micelre hýpan gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ they will be gathered together into a great heap, if we let them grow, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 7. Goldes and seolfres ungeríme hýpan, i. 450, 21

hám-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
hám-færeld, es; n.

A going home ⬩ a going home

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A going home Ðá Antigones ðæt ongeat ðá forlét hé ðæt setl; ac Ymenis him wénde fram Antigones hámfæreld micelra untreówþa when Antigonus heard that he abandoned the siege: but Eumenes anticipated for himself great treachery from Antigonus' going home

scip-steóra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steóra, -stýra, an; m.

A steersman ⬩ pilot

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MS.) ongit micelne wind ǽr bit weorþe, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 13

scír-gesceatt

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gesceatt, es; n.

The property of a see

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The property of a see Æðelríc bisceop grét freóndlíce Æðelmǽr: and ic cýðe ðæt mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon . . . Ðises ys ealles wana .xxxiii. hída of ðám hídun ðe óðre bisceopas ǽr hæfdon intó hyra scýre.

Linked entry: ge-sceatt

hungor

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H. 19, 15. a. a craving for something (gen. ) Hit hæfð ðæs sníde micelne hunger, Past. 283, 20

renc

(n.)
Grammar
renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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Ne gerísaþ biscopum príta ne ídele rænca ne micele ofermétta, 11;Th. ii. 318, 32. Be ídelum rencum. Pro eo, quod elevate sunt filie Sion, etc. For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23.

Linked entry: rænc

fann

(n.)
Grammar
fann, e; f.
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Hý habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. Hí habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 14. Add:

hwón-lic

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Skt. for Swt. and add Wurdon æteó-wode fela ðúsend engla, þý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml. Th. i. 38, 6. Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252

tó-efnes

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-efnes, -emnes; prep. with dat.

On a level with, ⬩ abreast of, ⬩ alongside, ⬩ beside

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On a level with, abreast of, alongside, beside Andlang weges óð tóemnes ðære micelan díc the boundary runs along the road until it comes on a level with the great dike, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 3.

Linked entry: efen

for-wirnedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-wirnedness, e; f.

Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstemiousness

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Restraint, continence, abstemiousness Hé þá fægerestan bysene forlét, þæt hé wæs micelre forhæfdnesse and forwyrnednesse lífes saluberrimum abstinentiae uel continentiae exemplum reliquit, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 11.

Linked entry: for-wyrnednes

hreówsian

(v.)
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</b> of penitence in an ecclesiastical sense, to do penance :-- Hí sceolon seofon geár mid micelre angsumnysse hreówsian, Hml. A. 149, 125

heáfod-stede

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stede, es; m.

A chief place ⬩ toparchia

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Hwílum wǽran heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽðe wyrðe formerly the chief places and high ranks were entitled to much honour, L. Eth. vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 6

bísgu

Grammar
bísgu, l. bisgu,

occupation ⬩ trouble

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Hý swá hwilce bysiga, swá hý on handa hæfdan, unfulworhte lǽtað ex occtipatis manibus quod agebant relinquentes, 20, 2. trouble Eác ðǽm óþrum bisgum and geswencnissum cwom micel deór, Nar. 15, 10.

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
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Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel ( chaos magnum ) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26. Hé mǽwð gærs on þysse dene ( valle ), Gr. D. 36, 2. Andlang weterdene tó ðǽre deópan dene; of ðǽre dene tó ðan reádan stáne, C. D. vi. 8, 16.

efenlíce

(adv.)
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A. 13, 12. on egual terms, as equals Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. in like manner, in like degree, equally Emlíce simili modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61.