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LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Lytulu sprǽc, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 16; Dóm. 8. Se lytla finger, L. Alf. pol. 60; Th. i. 96, 7. Lá lytle heord pusillus grex, Lk. Skt. 12, 32. On swá lytlum fæce in such a little space, Elen. Kmbl. 1917; El. 960.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

ge-nirwan

Grammar
ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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Ne spræc hé hit nó for ðý ðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðǽre uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, 304, 17. Gif hý for þysum gylte genyrwode ( afflicti ) wurðað, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian

Linked entry: ge-nyrwian

hlystan

listento listen

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Gl. 74. with dat. or prep, of regular auditors Sé ðe fundige wíslíce tó sprecanne, ondrǽde hé him ðý lǽs his sprǽc gescynde ðá ánmódnesse ðǽra ðe ðǽrtó hlystað (ne ejus eloquio audientium unitas confundatur), Past. 93, 25: 95, 20.

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, p. ode.

to address one's selfspeak (to a person)converseto address an assemblyto discussdisputemoot a question

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Gif se munuc wyle gán tó wífmanna húsum and wið hý mótian, and gif ðæm mǽdenum líkiaþ hyra luftýman sprǽce, 48, 15. [Cf. Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare, Marh. 17, 26.] to address an assembly (cf. mótere) Heródes hæfde gemót ...

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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Ðá ðe beóð áídlode on ofer*-*sprǽce multiloquio vacantes, Past. 271, 10. Sume synd on dyrnlican gálscipe inne áídlode, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 14. <b>II a.

ge-tynge

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Seó tunge þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce, Wlfst. 148, 1. in a technical sense, rhetorical; used substantively, a rhetorician Getincum (tingcum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41) lárum rhetoricis disciplinis, An. Ox. 2304. Getincne rhetorice artis participem, 3357.

geó

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Spræc hé swelce hé hit ðá giet nyste ðæt hié hit him ðá ió (iú, v. l. ) ondrédon, Past. 213, 24. Staþol wæs iú þá, Rä. 70, 2. God nú iú ríxað on him, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. His brýdbedd mé is geara nú iú mid dreámum, Hml. S. 7, 43.

heofon-ríce

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Spræc heofonríces weard tó Abrahame, ece Drihten, Gen. 1744: Exod. 485: Dan. 12: An. 52: Jul. 212: G5. 583: El. 197. Fæder mancynnes, . . . God lifigende . . . hiofenríces weard. Ps. C. 113: Hy. 8, 2. Wnldres cyning, heofonríces helm, Cri. 566.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Heofonríces weard spræc hálgan reorde, Cd. Th. 89, 22; Gen. 1484 : 248, 10; Dan. 511. Wit scíran reorde song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 32; Víd. 103. Geác monaþ geómran reorde, 309, 7; Seef. 53.

Linked entry: ge-reord

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Múþ heora spræc ofermétta superbiam Ps. Lamb. 16, 10: Met. 7, 8

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

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Spræc sunu Arones snytra gemyndig Cd. Th. 148, 28; Gen. 2463. Snyttra Exon. Th. 304, 30; Fä. 78. Þurh snyttra cræft Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631. Ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ mid snytrum 2307; An. 1155. On snytrum in sapientia Ps. Th. 89, 14.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Metaplasmus, þæt is áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18. Áwendre transfigurati, An. Ox. 158. Tó duste áwende, Hml. Th. 1, 72, 6.

Linked entry: on-wendan

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOWgo behindrun afterpursuesĕquiinsĕquito follow as a servant, attendant or disciplecŏmĭtāriadhærēre alicuiservīresubdĭtus esse

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Ðæt mínre spræce spéd folgie that success follow my word, Ps. Th. 55, 4.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Moyses sægde hálige spræce, deóp ǽrende Moses delivered a holy speech, a solemn message, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 20; Exod. 518

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

ge

(con.)
Grammar
ge, conj.

Andalsoet

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Ǽgðer ge on spræce, ge on þeáwum, ge on eallum sidum both in speech, and in manners, and in all customs, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 29 : 41, 5; Fox 254,19-21

Linked entries: irfeweardian ge-stirian

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14

Linked entry: Sticce

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca on hire ágenre tungan ná bebeáh ne ne foreóde linguae procacitatem atque stultiloquium non declinavit, Gr. D. 340, 17. Ðæt mon ðá lytlan forgá and ðá miclan dó, Past. 439, 23. Man forgá þýfðe, Ll. Th. i. 210, 3.

Linked entry: for-gangan

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Aduerbia beóð gelimplícor geendebyrde, gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.

traht

(n.)
Grammar
traht, tract, es; m. : e; f.

a textpassagetextustractusa treating of a subjectan expositiona commentary

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Ðes traht is langsum eów tó gehýrenne, ac wé willaþ nú úre sprǽce her geendian, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 22: 70, 13: i. 248, 21. Trahte commentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 58: 94, 31.

Linked entry: tract

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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Hió innwit feala ýwdan on tungan, and mé wráðra wearn worda sprǽcon locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me, 108, 2. Ic on unriht oft lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8.

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn