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horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.

Quick, ready, active, valiant, wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted wisealacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,

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Módum horsce sagacious of mind, 54 a; Th. 190, 12; Az. 72. Horsce mé heredon hilde generedon feóndon biweredon the valiant praised me, from battle saved me, from foes defended me, 94 a; Th. 353, 27; Reim. 19

Linked entry: horsc-lic

on-munan

(v.)

to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of)denoting worthalone

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Ðá cuǽdon hié ðæt hié hié ðæs ne onmunden ðon má ðe eówre geféran then they said, that they did not consider themselves entitled to accept the offer, any more than your comrades did, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 24.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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Crist wæs tóweard ðære róde gelǽd, Btwk. 214, 27. following the governed word Hé eów onet tóweard mors propinquat, Met. 27, 8. where tó precedes and weard follows (cf. to God ward, to us ward in A. V.) Hé hine bær tó mynstre weard, Homl.

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7. Ajein kunde hit is, ꝥ te deade totie, 50, 25. He bad me toten on þe tree. Piers P. 16, 22. He maketh him tote and pry, Gow. ii. 143, 6.

hál

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Háles módes sane mentis, Mk. 5, 15. Hálum móde sana mente, Lk. 8, 35. Þú ǽr witan scalt hweðer wit hále sién videamus utrum sani smus, Solil. H. 32, 13.

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a city-moot be held; and twice a shire-moot; and let there be present the bishop of the shire and the ealdorman, and there each expound both God's law [right] and the world's law, L.

ge-sellan

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Ǽghwæt þæs þe him ǽnig mon for Godes noman geselle, Ll. Th. i. 92, ii. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum is tó gemánan geseald, Past. 335, 10: 337, 3. (z) without dat. Eal hé ꝥ ær for Gode gesealde, Bl. H. 215, 5.

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Th. 21, 18. the names of places are often put in the dat. pl. governed by æt, the preposition is then, as in Icelandic, not translated, and the noun is read as singular Ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽðum which they call Haddeby; quem vocant Hæthe, Ors. i. 1, § 19;

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Hét hé ǽnne mon stígan on ðone mæst ( adscendere in arborem navis ), Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 2. Where the movement is downwards, to descend Ne stíhþ hé nyðer ne descendat, Lk. Skt. 17, 31.

Linked entry: a-stígend

ge-weaxan

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Micil in úrum bócum dwola gewæxe magnus in nostris codicibus error inolevit, Mt. p. 3, 4. of growth in animals or plants, to grow, grow up Cirus, mid ðon þe hé geweóx Cyrus, mox ut adolevit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 17. Se cnæht gewóx puer crescebat, Lk.

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, his wer bið .cxx. scill.; gif hé hæbbe healfe .lxxx. scill, 122. 9. Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, 190, 15: 188, 5.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Tósceád simle scearpe móde in sefan ðínum, Exon. Th. 303, 1; Fä. 46. Ðá ongeat hé mid scearpre gleáwnysse ille, ut vir sagacis ingenii, intellexit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 42

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weedan article of dressa garmentclothingdress

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Sylle mon him wist and wǽdo, Exon. Th. 336, 12; Gn. Ex. 336. in a collective sense, clothing, dress Líchoma forðor is ðon wéde corpus plus est quam vestimentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 25. Ðæt gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde, Cd. Th. 222, 11; Dan. 103.

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða lác ðe mon bróhte tó ðæm weóbude; for ðæm, gif se weóbud ufan hol nǽre, and ðǽr wind tó cóme, ðonne tóstencte hé ða lác.

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon hý teóþ ðé ðæs ðe hý sylfe habbaþ though you are derided [or blamed?]

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ic tó Drihtne séce ðæt ic gód æt him begitan móte quaesivi bona tibi, Ps. Th. 121, 9. Gif ðú ðé tó swá mildum mundbyrd sécest, Exon. Th. 252, 29; Jul. 170. Heó úrne fultum séhþ, Homl. Th. ii. 112, 18.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Gif ðé mon sóð on secge. Prov. Kmbl. 70. Gif man secge on landesmann, ðæt hé orf stǽle, L. Eth. ii. 7 ; Th. i. 288, 7.

hwá

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Be þǽm hringum mon mehte witan hwæt Rómána duguðe gefeallen wæs, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 13. Áríman hwæt þǽr mancynnes forwearð, 1, 11 ; S. 50, 13. Tó secganne hwæt hiera folces forwurde, 5, 2; S. 220, 9.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Se man mót geornlíce warnian, ðæt hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 23. Hé mé warnian hét, ðæt ic on ðone deáðes beám bedroren ne wurde, Cd. Th. 33, 29; Gen. 527.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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On ða tiid wæs tó herigeanne ðæt mon wilnode biscephádes, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 18. Ic sume tíd fram ðé gewát, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 29. Twelf wintra tíd for the space of twelve years, Beo. Th. 296; B. 147.

Linked entry: týd