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forþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-dǽd, e; f.
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Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

ge-fýlan

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Ic þé wille biddan ꝥ deóflu . . . mínne clǽn[n]e líchaman ne gefýlan, Hml. A. 172, 65. Speccan blæccan gefýlede (saecularis) scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 653. Add

gníþe

(adj.)
Grammar
gníþe, gnéde; adj. Of persons, frugal, sparing; of things,
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On ðám mægenum eúðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte þon lǽssa ne gnéðra (gnédra, v. l.: these forms might be mutated comparatives of gneáþ(-d)) wæs, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 656, 11

Linked entry: gnéþe

mete-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
mete-rǽdere, es; m.
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Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

scyld

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[The word is masculine in the following Scyld (delictum) mínne cúthorn;ne ic dyde, Ps. Rdr. 31, 5. Scyldas delicta, 24, 7: 58, 13.] Add Þ manna scyldu (-e, v. l.) sín gewítnode ut culpae carnalium puniantur, Gr. D. 323, 13. Scylda, 328, 10

send

(n.)
Grammar
send, e; f.
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A present Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oþþe sende oðþe lác from hyra mágum oþþe from ǽnigum óþrum men underfón nullatenus liceat monacho neque a parentibus suis neque quoquam hominum litteras, eulogias, vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Sé þe ongyteð his drohtað, ne scyle hé wundrian his mægn qui conversational ejus agnoverit, virtutem non debeat mirari, 187, 9. Add

wǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽlan, p. de

To vextormentafflict

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To vex, torment, afflict Ðæt hý his líchoman leng ne móstan wítum wǽlan. Exon. Th. 127, 34; Gú. 396. Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wǽled filia mea male a daemonio vexatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. Hé is yfle wǽlid male torquetur, 8, 6

Linked entry: ge-wǽlan

fyrhtan

Grammar
fyrhtan, fyrhtian.

to make afraidto become afraid.

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Þæt hí ne fyrhte þæt gewin ðæs síðfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Fyrhtede wérun conterriti, Lk. R. 24, 37. to become afraid. v. Rtl. 102, 21 (in Dict.)

hlǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
hlǽne, adj.

Lean, meagre;macer

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wé sind hlǽne anima nostra arida est, Num. 11, 6: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 25

tó-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cirran, p. de

To turn in different directions,to part

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To turn in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS. B. Hí mid mycelon unsehte tócyrdon they parted on very bad terms, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 6

Linked entry: tó-hweorfan

toll-setl

(n.)
Grammar
toll-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth,custom-house

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Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18

Linked entry: toll-sceamol

á-smorian

(v.)
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Ne mæg se man éþelíce éþian ac biþ ásmorod, Lch. ii. 46, 11. Mid ðǽre wilnunge ðisse worlde bið ásmorod (suffocatum) ðæt sǽd Godes worda, Past. 67, 22, Ðǽr hine ongeáton Adam and Eua þǽr hí ásmorede wǽron mid deópum ðeóstrum, Shrn. 68, 13. Add

a-stælan

Grammar
a-stælan, l. á-stǽlan,

To chargeimpute

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.: To charge,impute Ꝥ mé nǽfre deófol on ástǽlan ne mæge ꝥ ic buton andetnesse beó mínra synna that the devil may never be able to lay to my charge that I am without confession of my sins, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 15

á-þriéttan

Grammar
á-þriéttan, l. -þriétan,

'loathe any one,

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dele 'loathe any one,' and add Ús nǽfre ne áðrýt þǽra góda genihtsumnys, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 8. Hié ðæt folc áþrýtton þæt hié him on hond eódon they tired out the people so that they yielded to them, Ors. 5, ll; S. 238, 10

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Hí nalæs wel dydan non observaverunt pactum Ps. Th. 77, 57: 118, 126. Welan áh in wuldre se wel þenceþ Exon. Th. 452, 12; Dóm. 119.

Linked entry: BET

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Nis woruldfeoh ðe ic mé ágan wille, sceat ne scilling (cf. O. Frs. mit schat ende mit schillinge: O. H. Ger. scaz unde schillinch), Cd. Th. 129, 13; Gen. 2143. Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling, ne pænig ne pæniges weorð, L. O. 11; Th. i. 182, 9.

Linked entry: sceat

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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And in God's name, I command that no man take the tablet from the book, nor the book from the minster, Past. Hat. MS. Pref

ge-biddan

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Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton hé gebeden sý, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6. Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc. T.