eaht
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Ne gewuna wyrsa(n) ǽngum eahta (gen. pl. cf. ænige þinga) don't make a companion of an inferior on any consideration, Fä. 24. reckoning, valuation Micel ígland, ðǽr synt syx hund hýda æfter Angelcynnes æhte ( juxta consuetudinem aestimationis Anglorum
finger
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Genim cymenes swá micel swá þú mæge mid þrím fingrum foreweardum geniman, Lch. ii. 180, 20. Æt þám ó ðrum táum healf gelde, eal swá æt þám ingrum ys cwiden, Ll. Th. i. 20, 4. Add
flá
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Micel líget fleáh swilce flán . . . and hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene, Hml. Th. i. 504, 29-506, 1. Wurdon hí mid deófles flán (or sing. ?) þurhscotene, 62, 28. Hé ðá ǽttrigan flán costnunge ádwǽscte, ii. 140, 26.
sculan
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D. iii. 352. 7. add: Þǽre nǽdran gécynd is ꝥ ǽlc uht þǽs þe hió ábítt scęl his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 27. (12) :-- Ic wénde ꝥ þes sceolde beón mycel and fæger (ꝥ þes wǽre micel man and fæger, v. l.) ego grandem hominem credidi, Gr
wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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Cwæþ hé: 'Ic wát ðæt mé ðæs is micel ðearf, ðæt ic hálwendum weacenum ætfeole,' Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 1-3. a watch, a division of the night Ðiú feórða waccen (feórþe ðære wacone, Rush.) quarta vigilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 25.
of-spring
Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants
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Gif his sunu and sunu-sunu swá micel landes habban, siððan biþ se ofsprinc (cf. hiora æftergengas, 24) gesíðcundes cynnes, L. Wg. II; Th. i. 188, II. Ic sette feóndrǽdene betweox ðínum ofspringe and hire ofspringe Gen. 3, 15.
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tó-eácan
In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides
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Micel git hér tóeácan, Wulfst. 165, 21. prep, with dat. In addition to, besides Tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge, Ors. I; Swt. 17, 35. Tóeácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum, l, 10; Swt. 46, 24.
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.
on-líce
Like, in like manner
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Like, in like manner Ealle ða ríca forheregian . . . swíðe onlíce ðam micelan flóde, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 6; Met. 8, 47; Elen. Kmbl. 197; El. 99.
bísgu
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
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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
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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.
six
six
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Ðegnes wergild is syx swá micel, L. M. L.; Th. i. 190, 3. as subst. declined Ða hyra syxe wǽron ácwealde, Shrn. 111, 10. On ðam mynstre wǽron fíf brð þra oððe syxe, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 22.
ágan
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Th. 561, 31. ꝥ Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne, Ll. Th. i. 360, 30. Swilce þénisce dón swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Cht. Th. 609, 17. Huu micel áht ðú tó geldanne quantum debest , Lk. L. 16, 5.
dreórignys
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Mid micelre dreórignysse, ii. 174, 25. Þonne weópon and geómredon hí and on ðǽre mǽstan dreórignysse wunedon, ꝥ hí swilce yrmða geseón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 41. Þæs cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18.
ofer-drync
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Add Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse Godes góda brúcan and ná mid nánre oferfylle and mid oferdrince, Hml. A. 144, 17. Ðá ðe hira ágene sáwle ðurh oferdrinc ofsleáð, 147, 75.
wyrt-tún
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Hé eóde into his wyrttúne ( ingressus hortum ), þá gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela, Gr. D. 67, 4-8.
stihtere
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A disposer, director Ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen mid hú micelre giefe ofer him wacaþ se Scippend and se stihtere ealra gesceafta ðonne hé hí nyle lǽtan tó hiera ágnum wilnungum ut sollicita consideratione perpendant, Creator dispositorque cunctorum quanta
blissian
to rejoice at
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His fýnd þæs micelum wundrodon and blissodon, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 11. Ðis folc micclum blissigan wile mínes deáðes, i. 86, 32
ormǽtness
Excess, immensity
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Micelre ormǽt[nysse] mirae magnitudinis. Hpt. Gl. 454, 77. Náht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8