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cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Add: with verbs denoting either the possession or the imparting of knowledge, certainly, well, clearly Ðeáh hit mon cúðlíce wite, hit is tó forberanne aperte cognita toleranda, Past. 151, 10.

freó-dóm

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Ðæt ðæt mód suá bald sié for his freódóme ðæt hit ne gewende on selflíce, ðonne his hláford him tó ungemetlicne anwald forgiefð his sprǽce, Past. 147, 2. freedom of activity, absence of restraint, or hindrance, v. freó, Hé mid freódóme ( deliberatione

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Gemearcode inpingit vel signat, 45, 59. to fix by marks, mart out a site, way (lit. or fig. ), fix the boundaries of, plan Þǽre ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þá burg mid stacum gemearcod, swá swá hié hié þá wyrcean woldon, wulfas átugan þá stacan úp

ge-tríwan

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Getreówan in mon, Ps. Srt. 117, 8. Getriówende confidenti (in stultitia sua ), Kent.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

ge-wilnung

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. ¶ greed, lust. v. 2 ¶. with reference to food Se feónd ðæs ǽrestan monnes mód ontýnde on ðæs æples gewilnunge hostis primi hominis sensum in concupiscentia pomi aperuit, Past. 309, 17. of sexual lust For ðǽre sceamleáslecan gewilnunge his wífes in

hangian

(v.)
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Hangode, Met. 20, 266. to have the top bending beyond the lower part, to lean over: — Ofer þǽm mere hongiað bearwas, wudu wæter oferhelmað, B. 1363. to hang on, cling to, be unwilling to abandon Hangaþ úre mód ealne weg on þǽm þe wé æfter spyriaþ, Bt

heonan

afterwardsfrom now

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Th. 54, 14: Cri. 754: Mód. 73. from this source or origin Ðis is mín rihtéþel, hionon ic wæs ácenned, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 23: Met. 24, 51. Mín ríc nis heona (of ðyson middanearde, W. S.) meum regnum non est hinc, Jn.

lǽfan

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Hé eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá hé of lífe gewát, B. 2470. Hí of lífe gewyton and lǽfdon heora ǽhta þám æðelum mannum. Iulianus ðá dǽlde . . . heora landáre, þe him lǽfed was, Hml. S. 4, 79-82.

smæl

(adj.)
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smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre

tól

(n.)
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tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Ðú wást ðæt nán mon ne mæg nǽnne cræft cýðan ne nǽnne anweald reccan bútan tólum and andweorce ... Ðæt biþ cyninges andweorc and his tól mid tó rícsianne, ðæt hé hæbbe his laud fullmannod ; hé sceal hæbban gebedmenn and fyrdmen and weorcmen.

Linked entry: tohl

HWÍT

(adj.)
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HWÍT, adj.

WHITEbrightclearfairsplendid

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Engla scýnost and hwíttost most beautiful and most splendid of angels, 18; Th. 22, 11; Gen. 339

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
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æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116: Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 25 ; Rä. 31, 5. mode or manner,— According to, by means of; secundum, propter Æfter dóme ðínum gelíffæsta me secundum judicium tuum vivifica me, Ps. Lamb. 118, 149.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

teohhian

(v.)
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teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Ǽlc mon tiohhaþ him ðæt tó sélestum goode ðæt ðæt hé swíþost lufaþ every man considers that as his best good, which he most loves, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 23. Hí teohhiaþ út him tó snǽdincgsceápum aestimati sumus ut oves occisionis, Ps. Th. 43, 23.

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Mon uncúþes andwlitan and uncúþes gegyrlan hominem vultus habitusque incogniti, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 35. Firum uncúþ, hwí..., Met. 4, 39. Word áres uncúþes, Exon. Th. 175, 5; Gú. 1190. Nis ðæs nán tweó.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

ge-secgan

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Úneáðe mæg mon tó geleáfsuman gesecgan swá monigfeald yfel in tanta malorum multitudine difficillima dictis fides. Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 128, 20. Þ mǽste wæl on hǽðene here þe wé ǽfre gesecgan hérdon, Chr. 851; P. 65, 16.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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To cause to move, turn Geuuendit transferit, Wrt.

þanc

(n.)
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þanc, es; m.
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Þurh gemynda spéd, móde and dǽdum, worde and gewitte, wíse þance, Cd. Th. 118, 1; Gen. 1958. Ge þanc ge þeáwas, word and weorc georne gerihtan, L. P. M. 3; Th. ii. 288, 16. Drihten, úre mód gebíg, þanc and þeáwas on ðín gewil, Hy. 7, 78.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

ge-tæl

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Ox. 3036. þæ nǽfre ǽr . xi. kl.. þison getele, lóc hwǽr hit þonne tó gegá, healde hit mon þǽr mid rihte, Lch. iii. 226, 10.

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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Nam quicquid ex quacumque re projicitur, putamen appellate Ácumba puta-men, Mone B. 3702.

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Ðá geseah Iohannes sumne cniht swíðe glæd on móde and on anginne cáf there John saw a certain youth cheerful in mind and quick in design, Ælfc. T. 33, 17. Abreóðe his angin may his design perish, Byrht.

Linked entries: an-gyn on-gin