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þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Ánra gehwylc hæfþ syndrige gife of Gode, sume þás gife, sume óðre gife, Homl. Ass. 34, 242. with numerals or adjective forms used substantively Ðæt fæsten þyses feówertiges daga, Blickl. Homl. 35, 5. On þyssum feówertigum nihta, 35, 17.

Linked entries: þás þis

hǽte

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Cóm swá micel hǽte (ila jugis et torrida siccitas) giend Rómáne þæt ealle heora eorðwæstmas forwurdon, 2, 6; S. 88, 15. Cýtan árǽran ꝥ hí wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 419. For þæs sumores hǽtan, Bl. H. 59, 4.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Gif hé eów ne wyllan árísan tógeánes, mid ðý eówer má is ( cum sitis numero plures ), 2, 2; S. 503, 13: 1, 27; S. 493, 42. Mid ðí hé ðis cwæþ, hé ástáh on heofenas, Blickl. Homl. 237, 15.

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Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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A list of his numerous books is given in Wright's Biographia Britannia Literaria, A. Sax. Period, pp. 485-494, and in Homl. Th. i. pp. vii-ix. Ælfric Bata was the pupil of the preceding Ælfric, the grammarian. In the title of the MS. in St.

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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A LEECH, [Shakspere uses the word once, and even now it has not quite died out, but perhaps, in prose at least, its meaning is usually that given by Bailey in his Dictionary 'a Farrier or Horse-Doctor,' a doctor rather for animals than men], doctor, physician

Linked entries: lǽca léce

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Búton man ágeáfe Eustatsius and his men heom tó hand sceofe unless Eustace were given up and his men were handed over to them, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 179, 22.

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Forseó ðisse worulde wlenco gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde; forðam ða ðe ðás welan gítsiaþ, hí bíþ wædlan on hyra móde, Prov. Kmbl. 50.

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Gif se sacerd hine hreófligne tealde, Homl. Th. i. 124, 9. Hí hine oferhýdigne tealdon eum notantes superbiae, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 16. Hine Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon, Beo. Th. 4375; B. 2184. Forcúþre is ðæt hé telle hine wísne, Wulfst. 59, 5.

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Gif hwá æfter ðam wíte crafige, L. C. S. 70 ; Th. i. 412, 24. Beó se cyng ǽlces ðæra wíta wyrðe ðe ða men gewyrcen ðe bócland hæbben, L. Eth. i. I ; Th. i. 282, 16. See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 53.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Ox. 890. intense in force or degree Gif seó sealf sié tó hear[d], geswét mid hunige, Lch. ii. 36, 16. Þonne heard gebrec, hlúd, unmǽte, swár and swíðlic, swégdynna mǽst, ældum egeslic, eáwed weorðeð, Cri. 954.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Gif ðú heore máre selest ..., Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 11. Ðæt hé mid swá lytle weorode swá micel anginnan dorste, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 16. Hú mycel scealt ðú quantum debes? Lk. Skt. 16, 5. Hú mycel hé dyde mínre sáwle, Ps. Th. 65, 14.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten, iii. 30, 16. Wríð under ðæt setl neoþan, i. 366, 17. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle. Homl.

fela

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Gif hí fulle ne beóð, fela gnorniað (murmurabunt), Ps. Th. 58, 15. Hí fét habbað, ne magon feala gangan they cannot walk much;non ambulabunt, 113, 15. Fela, Rä. 32, 8. Heó wíde ne féreð, ne fela rídeð, 59, 3

Linked entry: feald

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Tó hæbbenne and tó syllanne for lífe and for legere to have and to give during life and at death, Chart. Th. 208, 3.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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Twi-fealdre gife bino munere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 26: Blickl. Homl. 101, 23. Be twyfealdum ic forgylde duplum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 17 : L. Alf. 25 ; Th. i. 50, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 562, l. Hé him sylþ twifealdne mete (cibos duplices), Ex. 16, 29.

ge-nemnan

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Add: to give as a name to an object. a proper name of a person Monno . . . wæs genemned hominem Matthaeum nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9. Wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, from þám heó sind genemnode Dæl Reódi, Chr. P. 5, 2.

efne

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Efne nú is ðeós gifu eów ætbróden, Hml. Th. i. 64, 23

heofon-lic

chaste

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Wealdend þé gife heofonlicne hláf, An. 389.

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

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[Cunnan is the second of the twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called præterito*-*præsentia, given under ágan, q. v.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Wera gied sumes, þrymfæstne cwide and ðæs strangan staþol a glorious saying and the strong man's firm support, Exon. Th. 432, 12; Rä. 48, 5. Staðol fundum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 6. Dúna staðelas montium fundamenta, Deut. 32, 22. Eorðan staþelas, Ps.

Linked entry: scaþel