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hræd-ness

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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.

yrre

(adj.)
Grammar
yrre, adj.
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Þú yrre ús wurde and eft milde iratus es, et misertus es nobis, Ps. Th. 59, l. (l β) with preposition :-- Hé wæs yrre wið Aaron adversum Aaron iratus, Deut. 9, 20.

Linked entries: eorre eorre

(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.

leahter

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Forgif ús gyltas and synna, and úre leahtras álǽt, líces wunda, and mándǽda, Hy. 6, 20, 23. v. heáfod-leahter, or-leahter, stæf-leahter

swín

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Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst tó wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

gladcheerfulnoble, excellent

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glad, cheerful Ðǽr moncyn mót for Meotude rót sóðne God geseón and aa in sibbe gefeón, Exon. 355, 33; Reim. 86. v. un-rót, rétan, rót-hwíl, rótlíce, rótness. noble, excellent Se góda man swá hé swíðor áfandod biþ, swá hé rótra biþ, and neár Gode, óþ

sár-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sár-cwide, es; m.

injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter wordsa lament

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Ðú ús ásettest on sárcwide úrum neáhmannum posuisti nos in contradictionem vicinis nostris, Ps. Th. 79, 6. Hé ðæt eal þolaþ, sárcwide secga, Exon.

ǽg-hwanan

from all sides on all sides on all sides, in every respect, utterly

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Nú is ǽghwonon hreám and wóp, nú is heáf ǽghwonon, nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege, and ǽghwonon ðes middangeard flýhþ from ús, Bl.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent; furiosus, iracundus, fervens Gif hwylc man tó ðam hátheort sig and strangmód ðæt hé tó nánum worldrihte and sybbe fón nelle wið ðæne ðe wið hine ágylt si homo quis adeo furiosus et duro corde sit, ut nullum

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breachfractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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We witon ful georne, ðæt to miclan bryce sceal micel bót nýde id compertum est nobis, immanis ubi facta est ruptura, ibi opus esse, ut large resarciatur, Lupi Serm. i. 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 30.

Linked entry: bryce

tógædere-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
tógædere-weard, adv.

In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting

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Claudius tarn celeriter Poenos superavit, ut ipse rex ante se victum quam congresium fuisse prodiderit, 4, 6; Swt. 170, 22: 6, 36; Swt. 294, 21.

á-spyrian

(v.)

to trackreach by following the trackto investigateexamine so as to get knowledge of a subjectto find out

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K. 146, 27. to investigate, examine so as to get knowledge of a subject Se sceáwre þe þis gewrit áspyrað, Angl. viii. 331, Swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian (of the compilation of Doomsday Book), Chr. 1085;P. 216, 26.

hwæþere

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Th. i. 86, 6. in a clause connected with a preceding one by another conjunction. and Hé ús lǽrde hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæþere cwæþ, 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ, ǽr gé hine biddan,' Bl. H. 19, 36: 23, 28: 75, 24, 28: 103, 19. Ll.

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRYbaccaa grapeuva

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Nym wínberian, ðe beóþ acende after óðre berigian take grapes, which are formed after other berries, Lchdm. iii. 114, 5. a grape; uva.

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Bige us to ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitudinem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Bige ða þing eme ea, Jn. Bos. 13, 29. Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglectdespiseaccuseneglĭgĕrespernĕre

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We forhogien on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 7. Forhogedre áre heora anddetnesse contempta revĕrentia suæ professiōnis. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 15.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

for-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upontread under footconculcārecalcāre

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To tread upon, tread under foot; conculcāre, calcāre Ðæt ðú cunne fortredan ðas woruld that thou mayest tread down this world, Homl. Th.ii. 392, 34. Ic fortrede conculco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 43.

frig

(adj.)
Grammar
frig, def. se frigea; adj.

Freenoblelīberingĕnuusnōbĭlis

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Free, noble; līber, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis Nelle ic gán út ne beón frig non egrĕdiar līber, Ex. 21, 5. Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge, þeówne oððe frigne if any one sell his own countryman, bond or free, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 4: L.

hring

(n.)
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Grimm explains fletus intensissimus, quasi circulatim erumpens, And. u. El. p. 130, and this seems to give the meaning though the connection with hring is not very evident

Linked entry: wóp

hynden

(n.)
Grammar
hynden, e; f.
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such group] one chief man [hyndenman] who may admonish the ten [chiefs of tithings] to the common benefit of us all; and let these eleven keep the money of the hynden to which they belong, L.

Linked entry: hynden-mann