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tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Hwæt ðú wást ðætte bútan ðisum tólum nán cyning his cræft ne mæg cýðan ... Ne mæg hé bútan ðisum (provisions of various kinds) ðás tól gehealdan, ne bútan ðisum tólum nán ðara þinga wyrcan ðe him beboden is tó wyrcenne.

Linked entry: tohl

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Mé ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt..., 19, 11; Gen. 289. Þynceþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1218; An. 609. Hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum wonder þynceþ, Met. 28, 82. Ðæs ðe mé þynceþ, Andr. Kmbl. 944; An. 472: Ps. Th. 101, 3.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

lǽtan

(v.)
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Ne lǽte gé eów ǽlcre láre wind áweccgan, Past. 306, 8.

Ægles þrep

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles þrep, es; n. [þorp a village]

AYLESTHORPE, a village near Aylesford, Kent

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AYLESTHORPE, a village near Aylesford, Kent,Chr. 455 ; Ing. p. 15, note h; Th. 20, 39

Linked entry: Ægeles þrep

fyren-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-þearf, e; f.

Dire distressnĭmia mĭsĕria

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Dire distress; nĭmia mĭsĕria Fyrenþearfe ongeat he perceived the dire need, Beo. Th. 28; B. 14

Linked entry: firen-þearf

Neron

(n.)
Grammar
Neron, es; m.

Nero

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Nero Neron cwæþ, Blickl. Homl. 175. 33. Nerones wíf Libia, 173, 13. Tó Nerone, 173, 10

þearfian

(v.)
Grammar
þearfian, p. ode
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To be in need Hé þearfigendra sáwla gehǽleþ animas pauperum salvos faciet, Ps. Th. 71, 13

weá-spell

(n.)
Grammar
weá-spell, es; n.

A tale of woe

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A tale of woe Æfter weáspelle ( the news of Æschere's death ), Beo. Th. 2634; B. 1315

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Ne rǽdde gé ðis gewrit nec scripturam hanc legistis, Mk. Bos. 12, 10. Ðæt gewrit swá be him cwæþ the Scripture thus spake about him, Blickl. Homl. 167, 15: 123, 6. Mid ðon worde ðæs godcundan gewrites with the word of divine Scripture, 33, 20.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ nemo dubitat esse fortem cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit, Bt. 16, 3 ; Fox 54, 29. hard to bear, severe Ðis is stronglíc, nú ðes storm becom, Cd.

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack Ðá Philippus wæs cirrende ðá offór hiene óðere Sciððie Triballe wǽron hátene revertenti Philippo Triballi bello obviunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 1.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ne biþ swylc earges síð, 5076; B. 2541. Ne sceolde ðé nán man swelces tó geléfan no one would believe such a thing of you, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2: 19; Fox 68, 32. Hé ǽfre swylces geswíce, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 17. Heó áwiht swylces ne hýrdon, Elen.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ár-wurþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-wurþian, -wurþigean; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarevenerari

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Ðæt ealle árwurþion [árwurþigeon, Jun.] ðone Sunu, swá swá híg árwurþiaþ [árwurþigeaþ, Jun.] ðone Fæder; se ðe ne árwurþaþ ðone Sunu, ne árwurþaþ he ðone Fæder ut omnes honorificent Filium, sicut honorificant Patrem; qui non honorificat Filium, non honorificat

Linked entry: ár-wurþigean

Denisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Denisc, def; se Denisca; adj.

DANISH Dānĭcus

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Nǽron hí náwðer ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th 177, 3, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A.

Linked entry: Deniscan

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.

Linked entry: ge-béded

hwón-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwón-líce, adv.

Littleslightly

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Mid ðære sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian ðæt hit tó swíðe nene tó hwónlíce therewith shall the soul moderate all things, that there be not error by excess or by defect, 1, 162. Hwónlícor minus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 47.

mæssian

(v.)
Grammar
mæssian, p. ode

To say mass

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Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðám dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon, L. Ælfc. C. 7; Th. ii. 346, 8. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst on ǽnigum húse ne mæssige, búton on gehálgodre cirican, L. E. B. 30; Th. ii. 250, 18.

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, p. ode.

to namemention the name ofmentionto nameappoint by name to a particular dutynominateto namegive a name to

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Th. ii. 432, 23. to name, appoint by name to a particular duty, nominate Gif hé ne mehte, ðonne namede him man six men, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 21. Beforan his witum ðe se cyng silf namode, L.

sealm

(n.)
Grammar
sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.
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Nǽnig mon ne dorste for hine sæalmas ne mæssan singan, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 35. Seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 29

Linked entries: psalm salm

ge-mang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mang, -mong, es; n.

a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregationcommixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietasan assembly for legal or other business

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Ne mæg ic ána eówre gemang acuman non văleo sōlus nĕgōtia vestra sustĭnēre, Deut. 1, 12 : Shrn. 40, 30

Linked entries: -mang ge-mong ge-mong