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for-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swíðan, he -swíþ; p. ede; pp. ed

To overcome ⬩ reprĭmĕre

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To overcome; reprĭmĕre Se ðas orsorgnesse ðe he her hæfþ ne forswíþ mid ðære gesceádwísnesse his ingeþonces he does not overcome the prosperity he has here with prudence of mind, Past. 50, 1; Hat. MS.

Linked entries: swíðan swíðian

fyrhþ

(n.)
Grammar
fyrhþ, es; m. n.

the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ ănĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta

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Ic ne can ðæt ic nát findan on fyrhþe I cannot find what I know not in my mind, Elen. Kmbl. 1278; El. 641: 391; El. 196. life; vīta Ðú God Dryhten wealdest wídan fyrhþ thou lord God rulest for ever, Elen. Kmbl. 1518; El. 761

Linked entries: ge-fyrhþe firhþ

Gár-Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Gár-Dene, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The spear-Danes ⬩ Danes who fought with spears ⬩ armed or warlike Danes ⬩ hastāti Dāni

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He sæcce ne wéneþ to Gár-Denum he expects not warfare from the Gar-Danes, 1206; B. 601: 3717; B. 1856 : 4982; B. 2494

gástlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gástlíce, gǽstlíce; adv.

Spiritually ⬩ spirĭtāliter

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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama, ná líchamlíce, ac gástlíce the housel is Christ's body, not bodily, but spiritually, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301

Linked entry: gǽstlíce

eald-wita

(n.)
Grammar
eald-wita, an; m. [eald old, wita one who knows]

One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest

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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in

Linked entry: aldor-wísa

Langa-Frige-dæg

(n.)

Good-Friday

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Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 558, 16.

Linked entry: Fríg-dæg

leóhtan

(v.)
Grammar
leóhtan, p. te

to illumine

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To give light, to illumine, make light, cause to shine Ðǽr leóhtes ne leóht lytel sperca earmum ǽnig there doth not any little spark give light to the miserable ones, Dóm. L. 14, 218. Hé lofe leóhteþ leófe ða hálgan hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus, Ps.

Linked entry: líhtan

meolcian

(v.)
Grammar
meolcian, p. ode.

to milk ⬩ take milk from an animal ⬩ to give milk ⬩ to suckle

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Nán wíf hire yrfe ne meolcige, bútan heó ða meolc for Godes lufan syllan, Wulfst. 227, 10. Hyt biþ gód ceáp tó milcian, Lchdm. iii. 178, 30. to give milk, to suckle (v. ge-milcian) Ða breóst ða ðe nǽfre meolcgende nǽron, Blickl. Homl. 93, 32

Linked entries: melcan milcian

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the dead came, who had not fallen in battle ), Cd. Th. 22, 19; Gen. 343

Linked entry: nió-bedd

borh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-leás, adj.

Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens

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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,

undern-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
undern-gereord, es; n.

A morning meal ⬩ breakfast

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Gif wé fæstaþ and ðæt underngereord tó ðam ǽfengifle healdaþ, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii, 436, 28. Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, Blickl. Homl. 99, 22

un-sceaþfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfull, (-scæþ-, -seeþ-); adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðæt hé eádig sié on ðisse worulde, ne biþ hé unsceaþful (-full, Cott. MSS.) qui festinat ditari, non erit innocens, Past. 44; Swt. 331, 15. Hé ðe unscæðfull byð mid his handum innocens manibus, Ps. Th. 23, 4.

un-mǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽtness, e; f.

Immenseness ⬩ excess

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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14

weorold-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-folgoþ, es;
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Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . . Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton, ðá fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean. Blickl. Homl. 211, 22-29.

wiss

(adj.)
Grammar
wiss, adj.

Certain

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Wite gé tó wissan ðæt se deófol ne mæg mannum derian bútan Drihtnes geþafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 174

Linked entry: wis

á-fyrhtan

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ꝥ hí ne áfyrhte ꝥ gewin þæs síþfætes. Bd. I. 23; S. 486, 1. Hiora rýung þá elpendas meahte áfyrhton, Nar. 21, 26. Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred, Lch. iii. 424, 36. Áfyrhted, Bl. H. 185, 36. Woeron áfryhtad periclitabantur , Lk. L. 8, 23.

ár-fæst

(adj.)
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Gif Drihten ús árfæst ( propitius ) bið, Num. 14, 8. Þú ǽrfæstosta Hǽlend, Angl. xi. 114, 75

á-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
á-mǽran, -mǽrian; p. de
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To exterminate Ne wæs ǽnig cyninga ꝥ má hiora landa út (úte v. l.) ámǽrde and him tó gewealde underþeódde nemo in regibus plures eorum terras, exterminatis indigenis, tributarias fecit, Bd. 1, 34; Sch. 104, 3.

cneówian

(v.)
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Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml. S. 12, 7. Singe hé þreó hund sealma cneówigende ( genuflectens ), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 14

dæg-tíd

Grammar
dæg-tíd, day, time.
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Nyste ic on þám þingum þe þú ymbe specst fúl ne fácn tó þǽre dæigtíde þe ic hit þé sealde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 4