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mǽl-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-cearu, e; f.

Care or trouble belonging to a particular time

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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189

morgen-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-lang, adj.

Having a long morning

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Having a long morning Eorlwerod morgen*-*longne dæg módgiómor sæt sad at heart sat the warriors through a day whose evening seemed as if would never come, Beo. Th. 5780; B. 2894

ge-titelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-titelian, p. ode; pp. od

To entitleascribe

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To entitle, ascribe Twá béc for ðære gelícnisse his gelogodan sprǽce man getitelode him two books from the likeness to his style are ascribed to him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 404

Linked entry: -titelian

gold-hroden

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-hroden, adj.
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Adorned with gold Cwén goldhroden the queen adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 1232; B. 614: 1285; B. 640: 3900; B. 1948: 4054; B. 2025: Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 29; Víd. 102

ge-restscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-restscipe, es; m.

rest, easequies, ōtium,a cohabitationconcŭbĭtus

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Ben. Lye. a cohabitation; concŭbĭtus To hyre gerestscipe hire wer ne sceal gangan ad ejus concŭbĭtum vir suus accēdĕre non dēbet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 32

Linked entry: -restscipe

dæg-rima

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Ben. 33, 1. Þú getimbradest dægriman in fabricatus es auroram, Ps. L. 73, 16. Add

drý-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
drý-lic, adj.
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Mambres ontýnde ðá drýlican béc ( libros magicos ) his bréðer, Nar. 50, 13

fellen

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Hé lǽdde his hálgan béc mid him in fellenum sæccum pelliceis sacculis, Gr. D. 34, 14. Add

húsel-fæt

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Add: — Nelle wé ꝥ in cyrcean mon ǽnig þing inne healde, bútan þá þe tó þǽre cyrcean frætwum belympað, ꝥ is hálige béc, and húselfata, and mæssereáf . . . Ll. Th. ii. 406, 33

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

end

(con.)
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Þín bén is gehýred, end þín wíf gebereð sunu, Archiv cxxii. 253, 91

ǽ-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, an; f.: es; n.

A desert

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Ben. 134, 12

ofer-gíman

(v.)

to neglect, disregard

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Ben. 129, 9. Gif hé áðor dyde, oððe ofergímde, oððe forgeat, 71, 15. Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486

Linked entry: ofer-gumian

on-cýð

(n.)
Grammar
on-cýð, on-cýðð, e; f.

Grief, distress

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Grief, distress Denum eallum wæs weorce on móde, oncýð eorla gehwæm, syððan Æscheres hafelan métton, Beo. Th. 2844; B. 1420. Hæfde Eást-Denum gilp gelǽsted, swylce oncýððe ealle gebétte, 1664; B. 830

dæg-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-hwíl, e; f. [dæg day, hwíl time]

Day-time, time of lifediei hora vel tempus

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Day-time, time of life; diei hora vel tempus Ðæt he dæghwíla gedrogen hæfde, eorþan wynne that he had finished his days, his joy of earth, Beo. Th. 5445; B. 2726

ecg-bana

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-bana, -bona, an; m.

A sword-killer, murderer glădio cædens, occīsor

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A sword-killer, murderer; glădio cædens, occīsor Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan ángan bréðer Cain became the murderer of his only brother, Beo. Th. 2528; B. 1262. Ecg-bona, 5006; B. 2506

fámig-heals

(adj.)
Grammar
fámig-heals, adj.

Foamy-necked spūmōsus in collo

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Foamy-necked ; spūmōsus in collo Sǽ-genga fór, fleát fámigheals the sea-goer went, the foamy-necked floated, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909: 441; B. 218: Andr. Kmbl. 993; An. 497

Linked entry: heals

fúl-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúl-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Foullyshamefullyfœdesordĭdeturpĭter

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Ben. 44: Scint. 24

leóþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-líc, adj.

Poetical

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Poetical Beda ðises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóþlícere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote this saint's life both in prose and in verse, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 1

greótan

(v.)
Grammar
greótan, ic greóte, ðú grýtest, grýtst, he greóteþ, grýt, pl. greóteþ; p. greát, pl. gruton; pp. groten
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Se ðe on sefan greóteþ who weeps in spirit, Beo. Th. 2689; B. 1342