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word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a sayingwordsspeechlanguage

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Ðú eart on móde fród, wís wordcwida. Beo. Th. 3686-3694; B. 1841-1845. Gif hé his word-cwida wealdan meahte if he could talk, Exon. Th. 171, 25; Gú. 1132. Wís on wordcwidum, 294, ii; Crä. 31: Andr. Kmbl. 1104; An. 552.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta ( that they did not admit to him liability for more ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht.

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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Hé ná mihte swá férlíce munecas findan he could not find monks at such short notice, 870; P. 284, 4. by chance. not of set purpose Bútan hit fǽrlíce swá gelimpe þæt man lator áríse nisi forte tardius surgatur, R.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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Gecunned tentatus, 7. ꝥte hé é to try to know; to inquire Gecunnia and ásca ... huulíc monn sé, Mt.

lustfullian

(v.)
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Ic lusfulliende wæs (lustfullode, v. l. ) þára gemánan brúcan þe ic on þǽre stówe sceáwade delectatus consortio eorum, quos in illo loco uidebam, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 10. to give delight Ðeáh ðæt ðǽm móde lícige and lustfullige (delectat), Past. 71,

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Ic lǽre ðæt hé gýme ǽðter ge ðæs sélran ge ðæs sǽmran I advise him to take care both of the more and of the less important matters, Anglia ix.260, 10. Hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, Beo. Th. 1910; B. 953. Gif ðú sóðne God lufast. . .

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To failfaintbe wearylanguishceaseperishdeficerefatigarilanguereexterminari

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He sent on eów geteorigende eágan and módes gnornunge he shall send on you failing eyes and sorrow of mind, Deut. 28, 65. Geteorigende ateoraþ deficientes deficient, Ps. Spl. 36, 21. Be wege hí geteorigeaþ deficient in via, Mk. Bos. 8, 3.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum móde þá naman and þá bínaman ... Syððan hig þá word áginnað tó áweganne mid þam bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 4-7. to be equal in weight to Se dinor áwehð decem nummos, Ælfc. G. Z, 285, 2

ge-standan

(v.)
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Gr. 129, 153. to cease to move, stop, stand still Se Hǽlend gehýrde þone blindan cleopian, and hé sóna gestód, Bl.

niman

(v.)
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swínum, Ll. Th. i. 132, 18. Gilde se landríca þone pænig and nime ǽnne oxan æt þám men, ii. 300, 6.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Þeáh hine mon gefó ymb niht, L. In. 72; Th. i. 148, 8. after Ic sende rén nú ymb seofon niht ofer eorðan adhuc et post dies septem ego pluam super terram, Gen. 7, 4. On ðisse tíde nú ymbe twelf mónð tempore isto in anno altero, 17, 21.

FORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
FORHT, adj.

fearfultimidaffrightedtĭmĭduspăvĭdusterrĭtustrĕpĭdusterribledreadfulformidableterrĭbilisformīdŏlōsus

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Nó ðý forhtra wæs Gúþláces gǽst the soul of Guthlac was not the more fearful, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 14; Gú. 172. terrible, dreadful, formidable; terrĭbilis, formīdŏlōsus Ne wile forht wesan bróðor oðrum a brother will not be formidable to another, Exon

Linked entries: froht fyrht ge-forht

hreppan

(v.)

to touchtreat

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Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper, Homl. Th. i. 122, 5. v. preceding word, and for such pairs of verbs see March 's Anglo-Saxon Grammar, & sect; 222. ;

líf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-dæg, es; m.
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A day of life, any portion of the time that a person lives Ðín geleáfa in lífdæge úrum móde þurhwunige may belief in thee while we live continue in our hearts, Hy. 6, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 8. Swá his lífdagas lǽne syndon, Ps. Th. 102, 14.

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm. Kmbl. 135; Sal. 67. Meoluc, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 9: Ps. Th. 118, 70. Of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie ... ðe fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies, Num. 16, 13-14.

Linked entry: milc

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Ic cweðe nú gewislícor I say now more exactly, 8, 23; Lchdm. iii. 250, 4: Th. Ap. 15, 24. Ðæs ðe hie gewislícost gewitan meahton to the best of their knowledge. Beo. Th. 2704; B. 1350

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Th. 351, 28 ; Sch. 87. strongly, effectually Mé com stíðlíce tó móde it was strongly impressed on my mind, Anglia viii. 313, 3. Ðú stíðlíce eallum miltsadest, Ps.

þanc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.
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Ic eów secgan mæg þoncwyrþe þing, ðæt gé ne ðyrfen leng murnan on móde, Judth. Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 153. Þancwurðe gifa grata (accepta) libamina, Hpt. Gl. 415, 7. Gecwéme (ł) þancwurde gife grata munuscula, 510, 71.

tyht

(n.)
Grammar
tyht, es; m.
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Elche untuhtle heo talden unwurðe, 24655.] motion, move, march, v. teón, IV, tohte, and see passages from Layamon under tyhtan, I Werod wæs on tyhte the army was on the march, Elen. Kmbl. 106; El. 53. Líg scríþeþ ... brond biþ on tyhte, Exon.

Linked entry: ofer-tyht

un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immenseenormousexcessive

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Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 4. Ðǽr synt ða unmǽtan tyntregu, L. E. I. prem.; Th. ii. 396, 34. Ic wæs on unmǽtum costnungum winnende, Homl. Ski. ii. 23 b, 578

Linked entry: un-gemǽte