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fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Ox. 1790. figurative, moral impurity, foul practice Seó fúle fornicatio, seó hátte fýlðe on Englisc, Wlfst. 249, 8. Fýlþe (ab omni spurcitiae) sentina, An. Ox. 666. Tó wiþersacunge fýlþe ad apostasiae volutabrum, 3041.

á-þreótan

To make weary.alone

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Hú micel scyld ðæt sié ðæt monn áðreóte ðǽre nǽtinge yfelra monna, 353, II. His mé sceal áþreótan, Ors. 5, 2;S. 218, 21. with a (negative) clause Ðæt hiene ná ne áðriét ðæt hé hí tó him ne laðige non cessat vocare, Past. 405, 22.

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Be ðam mǽstan at the most. Be ðam ðe as, Gen. 3, 6

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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to serve (of animate or inanimate objects), be a servant or slave. in the more favourable sense, absolute Ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ, Met. 29, 77. Gehérsumendre stilnesse ł þieówiende quiete, Hpt.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

ge-féra

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Wineleás mon genimeð him wulfas tó geféran . . . ful oft hine se geféra slíteþ, Gn. Ex. 148. Hwæt cunnon þás þíne geféran (socii) ?, Coll.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Eom ic þára twelfa sum þe hé getreóweste under monnes híw móde gelufode, Gú. 682. form of non-material things. of speech, technical grammatical terms De specie. Species is híw, primitiua and diriuatiua.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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</b> add: to say in consultation :-- Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov. K. 12. <b>II c.

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Mycel menigu ymb hine sæt, and tó him cwǽdon:'Hér is ðín módor úte (foris),' Mk. Skt. 3, 32. in a special sense.

Linked entry: út

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

careanxietysorrowgriefafflictiontroublesorrow, carecura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, laborcare, sorrow

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Ða ðe nǽfre nánne mon buton sorge (securum) ne forlǽtaþ, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 14. Ðæt gé lybbon eówre líf bútan ǽlcre sorge absque ullo pavore, Lev. 25, 18. Ús biþ sibb æfter sorge, Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570.

Linked entry: sorg

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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A mountain, hill, DOWN; mons, collis Seódún ðe se Hǽlend ofastáh, getácnode heofenan ríce the mountain, from which Jesus descended, betokened the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 120, 21: 502, 2, 7: Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 1; Rä. 4, 21.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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In Lchdm. iii. 222 the prica is a fifth of an hour :-- On ánre nihta éald móna, and on .xxix. scinþ .iiii. pricena lengce.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

hwearfian

(v.)
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H. 9, 20. of processes that may be said to move in a circle Hwerfiað on þám ylcan wísan sé and eá (cf. of ðáre sǽ cymþ ꝥ water innen þá eorþan . . . wyrþ tó eá . . . wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 17-20), Solil.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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</b> </b> Gif fáh mon cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum mon út ne teó, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 10. Belǽwende eów on gesamnungum and teónde tó cynegum, Homl.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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mon scyle gebrocenes heáfdes tiligean, 2, 4. Tilian, 56, 14. Hira man sceal tilian mid wyrtdrencum, 82, 16. Hwonan ic ðín tilian scyle qui modo sit tuae curationis, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 10, 35.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

FYRHTO

(n.)
Grammar
FYRHTO, indecl. in sing, fyrhtu, e; f.

FearFRIGHTdreadterrortremblingtĭmorpăvorformīdoterrortrĕmor

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Moys. Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19. Fyrhto oððe bifung trĕmor, Ps. Lamb. 47, 7. Ðeós firhtu [fyrhtu, MS. D.] hæc formīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 50: Ps. Th. 54, 4. Egsa me and fyrhtu forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5.

Linked entry: ferht

hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.

Yethowevernevertheless

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Ne ðú hweðere on móde milde weorþest eallum non miseraris omnibus, Ps. Th. 58, 5. Nó hweðere reste fand did not find rest however, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 30; Gen. 1456.

Linked entry: ge-hwæðere

lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
lustfullian, p. ode

To rejoicebe gladtake pleasure [in]

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Wé witan ðæt se líchoma ne mæg lustfullian bútan ðam móde cum caro delectare sine animo nequeat, 497, 28. Ðá ongan hé lustfullian ðæs biscopes wordum, 2, 9; S. 511, 34. Ðá ongan se biscop lustfullian his wíslícra worda, 5, 19; S. 637, 46.

rǽd-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-fæst, adj.
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Áris and gereorda ðé mid rǽdfæstum móde, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 185. Se rǽd wæs ǽfre on his rǽdfæstum geþance, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 5. Ðæt hig mágon árísan, gif hig rǽdfæste beóþ, 19, 5. Rincas rǽdfæste, Exon. Th. 347, 15; Sch. 13. Cf. rǽd-leás

swǽfan

(v.)
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Ger. suévón in berg suévót mons coagulatus, with O. H. Ger. sweibón volvere, ferri, and later English swayne in :-- He (the whale that swallowed Jonah ) swengeȝ and swaynes to þe se boþem, Allit. Pm. 99, 253.

þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
þryccan, p. þrycte, þryhte; pp. þrycced, þryht.

To presscrushoppressrepresstrampleTo pressforce a way

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To press, crush, oppress, repress, trample Sittaþ mánfulle on heáhsetlum and hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ perversi resident celso mores solio, sanctaque calcant colla, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 14: Met. 4, 38.