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milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy

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Surt. 24, 6: 68, 17. Secggan wé him þanc ealra his miltsa, Blickl. Homl. 103, 26: 109, 10. Ásecggan ða miltsa ðe hé wið ðis mennisce cynn gecýðde, 103, 19.

Linked entry: milds

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Surt. 30, 6. Se mon wæs ofscoten mid his ágenre strǽle mid ðý ðe hé wolde ðone fearr sceótan, Shrn. 83, 6. Hé forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 48, 2 ; Cri. 765. Strǽlas sagittae, Ps. Spl. 63, 8 : Blickl. Homl. 203, 9. Strélas, Ps. Surt. 56, 5.

Linked entry: streál

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra

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Spl: brégum, Surt.] mínum hnappunga si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, Ps. Lamb. 131, 4; I shal not ȝiue slep to myn eȝen, and to my eȝe lidis napping, Wyc.

Linked entries: eágan brégh breág breáw brég brégh bréhg BRÚ

ge-gangan

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Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; ) Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9

a-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bídan, ic -bíde, ðú -bídest, -bítst, -bíst, he -bídeþ, -bít, pl. -bídaþ; p. -bád, pl. -bidon; pp. -biden; v. intrans.

ABIDE ⬩ remain ⬩ wait ⬩ wait for ⬩ await ⬩ manere ⬩ sustinere ⬩ expectare

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Surt. 118, 166. Sáwla úre abídyþ Driht anima nostra sustinet Dominum, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 20. Windes abidon ventum expecta-bant. Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 19. Ðǽr abídan sceal maga miclan dómes there the being [Grendel] shall await the great doom, Beo.

Linked entries: a-bád be-feól ge-íchte

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus

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Ðæt heó móste healdan ðone geleáfan and bigong hire ǽfestnysse ut fidem cultumque suæ religionis servaret 2, 9 ; S. 510, 29 : 1, 7; S. 477, 21 : Jos. 23, 7. Bigencg observatio, studium Scint. 7

Linked entries: be-gong bi-gang bi-gencg bi-geng big-geng bi-gong

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber ⬩ Deīri

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Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse ða twá mǽgþa Norþan Hymbra Dere and Beornice on áne sibbe geteáh hujus industria regis Deirōrum et Berniciōrum provinciæ in unam sunt pācem, Bd. 3; 6; S. 528, 30.

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Gebígde synt hylla middaneardes incurvati sunt colles mundi, Cant. Abac. 6. Dúna and hylla montes et colles, Hymn. T. P. 75. Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus, Blickl. Homl. 93, 33: Lk. Skt.

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly

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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [men] graviora, istis [women] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179. 16. [Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement

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Surt. 86, 29: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39 note. Hé wæs eallra monna mildheortast he was most compassionate of all men, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 20

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn ⬩ spīca

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Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár and wélige septem spīcæ plēnæ septem ubertātis anni sunt, Gen. 41, 26, 27. Pharao rehte Iosepe be ðám oxum and be ðám earum Pharaoh told Joseph of the oxen and of the ears [of corn ], Gen. 41, 17.

sealm-sang

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-sang, es; m.
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Surt. 7, 34. psalm singing, psalmody Ðá ðá se sealmsang gefylled wæs expletis psalmodiis, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 2. Ðæs dæglícan sealmsanges diurne psalmodie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 61: R. Ben. 34, 9. On fæstenne and on sealmsange, Blickl. Homl. 199, 34.

ge-langian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]

To call for ⬩ send for ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ convocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ accersire ⬩ liberare

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He bæd ðæt him man sumne mæsse-preóst gelangode he asked them to send for a priest, ii. 26, 9. Ic gelangige arcesso [MS. accerso ], Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 35.

Linked entries: ge-lengan langian

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetling, es; m.
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Surt. 25, 18. Þeówtlingas servulos, 124, 13: 125, 5

un-áwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeable ⬩ unalterable ⬩ invariable

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Surt. 19, 33. Gif hí béoð participia, ðonne beóð hí ... mobilia; gif hí beóð naman, ðonne beóð hí ... fixa, ðæt is unáwendendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 254, 17. Ða habbaþ ða écean reste and unáwendendlíce welan, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 219

Linked entries: un-andwendlíc un-áwendedlíc

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured

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Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. to become dishonoured Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.

werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
werlíce, adv.
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Surt. 26, 14.

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