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stígan

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2 Add Hé ofer þone geard stáh, Gr. D. 23, 26

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, <b>. I d.</b>
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Hé wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. E. 276, 18. Add

á-feorrian

(v.)
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Hé bið áfeorrod (prolongabitur) fram hire, Ps. Vos. 108, 18. Add

Linked entries: á-feorsian á-firran

bealcettan

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Hí bylcettaþ ł hig bealcattaþ eructabunt, Ps. L. 144, 7. Add

for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

Sadducéisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sadducéisc, adj.

Sadducean

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Sadducean Hé hét ða Saducéiscan stylle beón, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 34

sceáp-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-scearu, e; f.

Sheep-shearing

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Sheep-shearing Ðá fór hé tó his scépscere, Gen. 38, 12

ǽfen-gereordung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereordung, e; f.

Supper

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Supper Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes ad cenam Agni Hy. S. 82, 3

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him

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Gif hé forhigeþ uncet fyrenfulle, Shrn. 42, 27. Ðá sende hé uncerne efenþeówan mid unc, ðæt hé uncet sceolde út álǽdan ... ðá ne mihte hé unc gesión, 43, 1-5. Sege mínum bréðer ðæt hé dǽle uncer ǽhta wið mé, Lk. Skt. 12, 13.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.

Sleep ⬩ The sleep of death

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Hí wéndon ðæt hé hyt sǽde be swefnes slǽpe (slépe, Lind., Rush.) (de dormitione somnii), Jn. Skt. 11. 13. Mid ðý heó ðý slǽpe tðbrǽd somno excussa, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3053; An. 1529: Cd. Th. 161, 15; Gen. 2655.

Linked entry: sláp

freónd

Grammar
freónd, dat. friénd, frínd, frýnd, freónde.

a relative ⬩ kinsman ⬩ a lover ⬩ one who wishes well to another ⬩ favours ⬩ supports ⬩ helps ⬩ an upholder of religion ⬩ a pious person ⬩ a true Christian ⬩ one who undertakes responsibility on behalf of another ⬩ anything helpful ⬩ one who is on good terms with another ⬩ not at variance ⬩ one who is on the same side or of the same party as another ⬩ an associate

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His freónd him ætfeallað, oððe his feoh him ætbyrst. Wlfst. 142, 6. Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1. Seó lícetung heora fieónda, 99, 33. Hé gegæderaþ frínd and geféran, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde, ðá hé lǽdde on his swýðran, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 16. Æþelhelm lǽdde Wesseaxna ælmessan tó Rome, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 30.

CYLL

(n.)
Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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Gefylde he ðære cyrcan cyllan implevit lampades ecclesiæ, 1, 5. He gegaderode eall sǽwætru tosomne, swylce hí wǽron on ánum cylle congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Th. 32, 6.

drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society ⬩ condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days, Beo. Th. 1517; B. 756.

Linked entry: droht

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obedience ⬩ subjection

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, Hé underþeódde and him tó hérenysse geteáh subjecit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 33.

mǽg-sibb

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-sibb, e; f.

kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection

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Mary to pity her. She said to him 'Remember, my Lord, that she was bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh,' Shrn. 68, 15. Hé ( Christ) hym (men ) his mildse onwreáh and his mǽgsibbe gecýdde.

Linked entry: mǽgþ-sibb

Norþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-mann, es; m.

A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane

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Hé sǽde ðæt Norþmanna land ( Norway ) wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl, Swt. 18, 24. Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2. On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ...

Linked entry: Nor-men

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid

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Him seó unforhte ágeaf andsware, Exon. Th. 251, 18; Jul. 147. Unforhte móde hé geneálǽhte ðære stówe, Blickl. Homl. 67, 1. Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod. 180: Byrht.

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably

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doubt) hét, ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oþþe ðæt lond æt him álésan, oþþe hé hié wolde mid gefeohte fordón missis legatis qui hostibus parendi leges dicerent, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 8

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable

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Hý wurdon of ðære myrhðe áworpene, ðe hý ǽr on wǽron, and on ðis wræclíce líf bescofene and on earfoðan and on geswince wunedon, 9, 13. Hé sceóp ðám wérlogan wræclícne hám, Cd. Th. 3, 17 ; Gen. 37