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níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Níþ wið God enmity with God, Exon. Th. 302. 23; Fä. 40. Áhrede mé hefiges níþes feónda mínra eripe me de inimicis meis, Ps. Th. 58, 1. Genere mé fram níþe náhtfremmendra, 58, 2.

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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B. afylle] on wuda wel monega treówa if any one fell in a wood a good many trees, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19. Drihten afylþ ðíne fýnd the Lord will strike down thine enemies, Deut. 28, 7. Hí to eorþan afyllaþ ðé ad terram prosternent te, Lk.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
gé, gen. eówer [iwer]

yeyouvosύμεîs;yourof youvestrumvestriύμŵνto youvobisύμîνyouvosύμâsthou

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On eów becymþ Godes ríce pervĕnit in vos regnum Dei, Mt. Bos. 12, 28. Eówic grétan hét bade to greet you, Beo. Th. 182; B. 3095. Hwanon eágorstreám eówic brohte whence hath the ocean-stream brought you? Andr. Kmbl. 518; An. 259 : 1764; An. 884.

Linked entries: eów eówer eówic Þú

here-hýþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-hýþ, -húþe, e; f.

Spoilbootyplunder

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Hé his ðone feórþan dǽl and ðære herehýþe for Gode gesealde quartam partem ejus et prædæ Domino daret, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 10.

mǽg-wlite

Grammar
mǽg-wlite, <b>még-wlite,</b> es; m.

Appearanceformspeciesspeciesformaaspectus

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Mégewlit Godes majestatem Dei, 1, 19. Mon ne mǽge ða lástas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran; ah hié á beóþ on ðære ilcan onsýne the footsteps cannot be changed into another form; but they always appear the same, Blickl. Homl. 127, 19.

Linked entry: scír

searu-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
searu-cræft, es; m.
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Swíðe forsyngod þurh swicdómas and þurh searacræftas, 164, 3. art, skill, cunning, a cunning art (in a good sense, v. next word) Wuldres ealdor gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc, Exon. Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9.

tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.teaching, doctrine

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Gode þeówian æfter Sanctus Benedictus tǽcinge according to the rule of St. Benedict, Chart. Th. 549, 8: 227, 24: Lchdm. iii. 438, 20. Underfó hé ǽlcne regoles þeáw and tǽcinge; sig hé æfter Cristes bóce tǽcinge ðus geáxod, R. Ben. 104, 19.

æt-foran

(adv.)
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M. 34, Hé waes Gode gecwéme and gife ætforan him gemétte , Gen. 6, 8: (/3) of objects, before, in front of His sceatt ætstód ætforan him, Hml. S. . 12, 54. Þone fótscamul ætforan his bedde (æt his reste foran, v.l. ), Gr.

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Hié Gode forhæfd-nesse brengað (briengað, v. l.), 314, 21. Briengað, 395, 36. Bre(n)gað conferunt, Kent. Gl. 889. Bren, bryn affer, affer, 1086. Breng (bring, W. S.) ꝥ lác offer munus, Mt. R. L. 8, 4: Lk. L. 5, 14. Brencgas (bringað, W.

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Hml. i. 300, 3. to do, be good. for a person (dat. ) Seó deáh gehwæþer ge þæs mannes sáwle ge his líchoman, Lch. i. 70, 3. Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4. Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16.

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, to please.
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Th. i. 254, 3. to seem good Ús eallum gelícode þá, ꝥ wé sendon Paulus and Barnaban, Ll. Th. i. 56, 19

ge-sceþþan

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Ǽr him fǽr Godes þurh egesan gryre aldre gesceóde, 593. Add

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

glitnian

(v.)
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Ðú ( the phenix ) glitenest swá reád gold, E. S. viii. 476, 46. Glite[naþ] fulgescit (pavonis pennae glauco coloris virore ), An. Ox. 539. Glitenaþ coruscat, i. micat (limpida pupilla ), 1719. Glitenat flavescit (vinum), Kent.

mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Eálá gé ðeówan . . . swá hwæt swá gé wyrcað, wyrcað mid móde, swá swá Gode sylfum servi . . . quodcumque facitis ex animo (heartily, A.V.) operamini, sicut Domino (Col. 2, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 336, 23.

nídan

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</b> to force in a particular direction, for a particular object :-- Ná ꝥ án gódu gehealt, ac heó áweg nýt (repellit) wyþerwerde, Scint. 13, 10.

olfend

(n.)
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Þá olfenda mycel gold oðberað þan ǽmettum, Lch. iii. 166, 4. Lǽdaþ hý mid him olfenda myran . . þá men mid þám golde ofer þá eá farað, Nar. 35, 11.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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Add Swí eác wið þan (þǽr ongeán, v.l. e contra) beforan Godes eágum licgað forsewene þá þe áþindað, Gr. D. 40, 2. Wið ðám spelle wæs Crisorius contra Chrysaorius narrare consuevit, 325, 19. 2. Add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 6.

reordian

(v.)
Grammar
reordian, ;p.; ode.

to speak, say, talkto read

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Se Hǽlend his gingrum tó spræc ymbe Godes ríce, samod mid him reordigende, Homl. Th. i. 294, 18. ; to read; Ne reordaþ ;non legistis?; Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 5. Gé ne reordade ;non legistis,; 19, 4. Reordadun, 21, 16.

sǽ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flód, es; m. n.

an incoming tide, floodthe sea,

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[He lætte bi sæflode ȝearkien scipen gode, Laym. 2630.]

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Voc. ii. 141, 74. to make submissive, have dominion over, rule, control Hit is swytol, ðæt man to hwón wylde (wilde, gewilde, v. ll. ) and woruldlíce stýrde ðám ðe oftost for Gode syn-godon and scendan ðás þeóde, Wulfst. 168, 2.