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mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Hors tó healfan punde gif hit swá gód ; and gif hit mǽtre , gilde be his wlites wyrþe, L. Ath. V. 6; Th. i. 232, 25. Nalæs ðæt án ðætte ða mǽttran (mǽteran, MS.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362. In eálonde ðæs myclan meres ( stagni ), Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 10. Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere, Jn. Skt. 6, 22. On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ...

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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þe þeóf dearnunga feormige, 228, 21. Lóc hwá þone flýman féde oþþe feormige, 382, 21.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Skt. Lind. 1, 22. Úðwutto (-wuta, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 66. Swá swá úþwitena gewuna is ut geometrae solent, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 28. Sume of úðuutum (-wutum, Rush.) quidam de scribis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 1. Wǽ iúh uuðutum, Mt. Kmbl, Lind. 23, 29.

wær-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness

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For wísdóme and wærscipe consilio, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 16. Búton wærscipe unadvisedly, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 361. Mid máran fultume and mid máran wærscipe circumspectiore cura ac magis instructo adparatu, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 25.

Linked entry: wer-scipe

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Se déma hét him ǽtes forwyrnan ꝥ hé swá áteorode. Hml. S. 22, 137. fig. to lose heart or energy, get weary, faint Wíte com ofer ðé and ðú áteorodest, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 18. Ne ðú ne átiara ðonne ðú bist ðreád, (nec deficias) Kent. Gl. 38.

DELFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DELFAN, ic delfe, ðú delfest, dilfst, he delfeþ, dilfþ, pl. delfaþ; p. ic, he dealf, ðú dulfe, pl. dulfon; subj. delfe, pl. delfen; p. dulfe, pl. dulfen; pp. dolfen; v. a.

To dig, dig out, DELVEfŏdĕre, effŏdĕre

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Gif se delfere ða eorþan nó ne dulfe if the digger had not dug the earth, 40, 6; Fox. 242, 7

fleótan

(v.)
Grammar
fleótan, part. fleótende; ic fleóte, ðú flýtst, he flýt, pl. fleótaþ; p. fleát, pl. fluton; pp. floten [fleót a stream]

To FLOATswimfluctuārenătārenāvĭgāre

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Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [fowl] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 12; Gen. 1447.

Linked entry: a-fleótan

ge-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destinetribuere, providere, ordinare, destinareto number, reckonnumerareto ordain, arrange

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six hundred sceats of beaten gold were numbered, Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 9; Wíd. 92.

Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
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Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle vade ad fortnican, o piger, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25. On óðre wísan sceal man manian ða sláwan (cf. late, Swt. 281, 16), on óðre ða ðe beóþ tó hrade, Past. "23; Swt. 175, 25.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

templ

(n.)
Grammar
templ, tempel, es; n.
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A temple Se wítga spræc suelce ðæt templ wǽre eal tóworpen; hé cuæð ... 'Tóworpne sint ða stánas ðæs temples,' Past. 18; Swt. 133, 10. ' Ðis tenrpel wæs getimbrod on six and feówertigon wintron' ... Hé hyt cwæð be hys líchaman temple, Jn.

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

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Skt. 1, 27. 'Æfter his beháte ic ðé unbinde' ... Se engel hire ðá unband, Homl. Th. i. 466, 31. Swá hwæt swá ðú unbindst ( solveres) ofer eorðan, ðæt byð unbunden (solutum) on heofonum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 19: 18, 18.

Linked entry: on-bindan

á-blendar

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Se áblenda Datianus, Hml. S. 14, 128. as a medical term Cancer áblendan to prevent suppuration in a cancer Lch. i. 6, 24; 88, 20

anda

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Búta ondo sine timore, Lk. L. R. 1, 74. Add

cwilman

(v.)
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Srt. ii. p. 186, 21. Se lég hié cwylmde, Bl. H. 203, 16. Ðæt hié cwaelmen ( trucident ) ðá rehtheortan, Ps. Srt. 36, 14. His híréd wæs gestanden mid cwylmendre ádle and wǽron deáda ǽgðer ge his þeówas ge þeówena, Hml. S. 30, 142.

Linked entry: cwelman

geára

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Swá swá geára beboden wæs Godes folce, 35, 19 ; 93, 29. him wæs geára . . . geþeóded, Guth. 52, 6.

hǽman

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S. 23 b, 396. Þone þe hǽme wið nýtén qai coierit 19 ; Ll. Th. i. 52, 11. þe mid nunnon hǽme, 2. 46, 6. <b>II a.</b> figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man þe hǽmþ (fornicatur) fram þé, Ps. L. 72, 27

húru-þinga

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þe . . . dæghwámlice his circan gesécan ne mæge, hé húruðinga on ðám Sunnandagum þider cume, Hml.

hú-lic

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Add: in direct questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Húlic heáfod hæfð se Pater Noster?, Sal. K. 148, 14. predicative, of what sort Húlig is ðes? qualis est hic?, Mt.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity Hí forseóð hí selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ hí sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.