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fóre-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-gleáw, adj.

Very prudentprovĭduspræ aliis săpiens

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Ben. 64: Homl. Th. ii. 152, 2. Fóregleáwe ealde úþwitan very prudent ancient philosophers, Menol. Fox 328; Men. 165

morgen-swég

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-swég, es; m.

A sound made in the morning

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Beo. Th. 258; B. 129

gilp-hlæden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gilp-hlæden, part. p.

Vaunt-lade

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Vaunt-laden Cyninges þegn gums gilp-hlæden gidda gemyndig a king's thane, a man filled with lofty themes, with memory rich in songs, Beo. Th. 1740; B. 868

gram-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-heort, adj.
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Having a fierce, hostile heart or mind, Beo. Th. 3368; B. 1682: Exon. 31 a; Th. 136, 14; Gú. 541: 102 b; Th. 387, 17; Rä. 5, 6

sceót

(adj.)
Grammar
sceót, adj.
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Ben. 97, 16. — Hweðer hé carful sý and sceót (gesceót, W. F.) tó godcundum weorce and tó hýrsumnesse si sollicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam

Linked entries: ge-sceót ge-sceót

betost

(adj.)
Grammar
betost, adj.

Bestoptimus

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Best; optimus Nú is ófost betost, ðæt we þeódcyning ðǽr sceáwian now is speed best, that we may see there the great king, Beo. Th. 6007; B. 3007

sib-æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
sib-æðeling, es; m.
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Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708

un-geteoriendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geteoriendlíce, adv.

Indefatigably

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Indefatigably Ðis synt ða lára and ða tól gástlíces cræftes, gif hig from ús dæges oððe nyhtes ungeteoriendlíce begongenne beóð..., L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 18

edlesendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
edlesendlíce, adv.
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Relatively Seó sáwul oððe ꝥ líf synd ge*-*cwædene tó hyre sylfra, and ꝥ gemynd oððe ꝥ andgit beóð gecwædene tó sumum þinga edlesendlíce, Hml. S. 1, 119

hálsigend

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beád him ꝥ hé wǽre gehádod tó exorcista, ꝥ wé hátað hálsigend þe ðe bebýt deóflum ꝥ hí of gedrehtum mannum faran, Hml. S. 31, 141. Add

sǽ-draca

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-draca, an; m.

A sea-dragon, sea-serpent

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Gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian, Beo. Th. 2856; B. 1426

swilian

(v.)
Grammar
swilian, and swillan
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to swill. to wash Ic þweá oððe ic swilige mín bed mid mínum teárum lavabo lectum meum lacrimis meis, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7. to swill the mouth or throat, to gargle Iagul swyleþ gargarizat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 54.

áninga

(adv.)
Grammar
áninga, ǽninga, ánunga; adv. [án one, inga]

One by onesinglyat onceclearlyplainlyentirelyaltogethernecessarilyby all meansat all eventsper singulasingulatimplaneprorsusomninonecessarioad omnem eventum

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Gif ða cnihtas áninga ofslagene been sceoldan si necesse esset pueros interfici, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 32: Beo. Th. 1272; B. 634: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 9; Jud. 250: Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 11; Met. 18, 6

Linked entries: ǽninga ánunga

geare

(adv.)
Grammar
geare, gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gere; adv. [gearo? ready]

Entirelyclearlycertainlywellvery wellenoughpĕnĭtusprorsusplānecertebĕnevaldeoptĭmesătis

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Entirely, clearly, certainly, well, very well, enough; pĕnĭtus, prorsus, plāne, certe, bĕne, valde, optĭme, sătis Ic wát geare I well know, Beo. Th. 5306; B. 2656 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 188; Met. 20, 94.

þrym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Þrecwudu þrymlíc, Beo. Th. 2496; B. 1246. Lidweardas þrymlíce, Andr. Kmbl. 489; An. 245. Ðrymlíc swǽsendo, Judth. Thw. 21, 7; Jud. 8.

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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Ben. I. 93, 3. Cf. heáfod-bolster

styrung

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1. add: convulsive movement of a person Heó ongann mid swá fela styrungum beón onstyred coepit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. quaking, shaking of an inanimate body Beóð eorðan styrunga erunt terrae motus, Mt. 24, 7. <b>II c.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, a book.
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Add Ðás hálgan beoc, Txts. 175, 7, 16. v. cneóres-bóc, cwid-bóc, færeld-bóc, freóls-bóc, frófor-bóc, geán-bóc, hálgung-bóc, heáls-bóc, lǽce-bóc, lár-bóc, mynster-bóc, nam-bóc, síþ-bóc, sumer-bóc

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst, es; n.

Burden, freight, lading

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Hwá ðæm hlæste onféng who received that freight, Beo. Th. 104; B. 52: Cd. 71; Th. 85, 29; Gen. 1422. Hlæst beran to bear a burden, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 23; Rä. 2, 15. Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum ego ascendo navem cum mercibus meis, Coll.