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scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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. ¶ Scyldan wið to shield from, guard against: — Ic ðé wið weána gehwam scylde, Cd. Th. 131, 3; Gen. 2170. Wið ða speru hié hié scildaþ, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 245, 10. Mé sóðfæstnes mín scylde wið feóndum scuto circum-dabit te veritas ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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The word is of constant occurrence in the Laws and Charters; from the latter the following passage may illustrate the point that the shilling was a denomination of value, not a coin: Biscop gesalde six hund scillinga on golde, Chart. Th. 90, 21.

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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Tódǽlan freót and þeówet to distinguish between freedom and slavery, i.e. between the free and the bond, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 10. On þeówot gangan, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 17. On þeówot sellan, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 30. Þeówet, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Ic ( the devil ) wénde þríste geþoncge, ðæt ic ðé meahte bútan earfeþum áhwyrfan from hálor, Exon. Th. 264, 2; Jul. 358.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Ðegnum ongelíc wífes. . . inlǽdeð, ðá ilca from feder tó lufanne gebécnas (significans), Jn. p. 7, 16 : 3, 10: 8, 6. Ðæt cýðde se wítga, ðá he ðæt openlíce sǽde, ðætte suá geweard, and ðæt gebiécnede, ðæt ðá giet diégle wæs, Past. 311, 5.

ge-férrǽden

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Ðæt hé hiene from hiera geférrǽdenne ne ðiéde quia se minime a proximorum societate disjungit, Past. 349, 5: 113, 13. Hé forsieh ðá geferrǽddene (-rǽdenne, v. l.) óðerra engla and hira líf socialem angelorum vitam despiciens, in, 23.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Ox. 18 b, 39. to desire an object (the source from which marked by tó). with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe biscephád gewilnað ( desiderat ), gód weorc hé gewilnað, Past. 52, 25. Gewilne expetit ( = gewilnode expetivit, v. Lk. 22, 31), Wrt.

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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II, 124. what happens to a person or thing, a condition assigned by fate Fore giwyrd líchomes foerde wé ongeton from the condition of mortality imposed upon the flesh we know she has departed; quam pro conditione carnis migrasse cognovi-mus, Rtl. 66,

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, considerationrespect,regardreconnoitring, surveying, examinationa spectacle, showa show, appearance, pretence

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Ðá hét Neron gewyrcean mycelne tor, and beád ðæt eall ðæt folc cóme tó ðisse sceáwunga (the spectacle of Simon flying from the tower ), Blickl.

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from withoutoutsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutat seaoutwardlyexternallyabout

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where there is motion (lit. or fig.) to an object, from without Útene extrinsecus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 21. Him biþ se wela útane cumen, and hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7, 8.

ǽg-þer

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Add: substantival Ǽgþer ðára ðe com from mé, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 5. Hyra ǽgðer ríxade .xxx. wintra, Chr. 560; P. 19, 2. Wit hǽman sceoldon, and uncer láþette ǽgþer óþer, þeáh þe hé hit óþrum ne sǽde, Shrn. 39, 22.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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He wítgode hú his ealdormenn sceoldon fægnian his cymes of his wræcsíðe he prophesied how his chief men should rejoice at his coming from his banishment, Ps. Th. arg. 23.

Linked entry: cime

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Nabbaþ hí æt fiðrum fultum they have no help from wings, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15; Met. 31, 8. Fleáh ofer fiðera [Th. fiðeru: Lamb. fyðru] winda vŏlāvit sŭper pennas ventōrum, Ps. Spl. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 318, 27.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Hrá wide sprong far away sprang the trunk [as the head was severed from it ], Beo. Th. 3181; B. 1588. Ðonne flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian when the flesh, the body begins to grow cold, Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 14.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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from medume. v. also under II, III) geleáfe minime fidei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg.

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 2.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Gehyge on ðínum breóstum ðæt ðú inc bám meaht wíte bewarigan reflect in thy breast that thou from you both mayest ward off punishment, Cd. 27 : Th. 35, 29; Gen. 562.

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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deceit, fraud Wæs swicdóm swíðra ðonne wísdom, and þúhte hwílum wísost se ðe wæs swicolast, and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe, Wulfst. 128, 7: 243, 13: 52, 31. Swicdóm woruldwelena deceptio divitiarum, Mk. Skt. 4, 19.

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.
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Wé habbaþ gedón swá swá ús swutelung (evidence of your wish, mandate) from eów com æt ðam ƀ. (in respect to consecrating the bishop), 314, 1. Hí ða bóc tó swutelunge sealdan they gave the charier as evidence (of a grant), 588, 14.

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd. Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388. sea, water Streámas wundon, sund wið sande, Beo. Th. 431; B. 213. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed, 452; B. 223. Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng, Andr.