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ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declarepublishmake knownexplainprovemanifestshowglorifymonstrāredemonstrārepublĭcāreexprĭmĕremanĭfestāresignāreexplānāreprŏbāreclārĭfĭcāre

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, make known, explain, prove, manifest, show, glorify; monstrāre, demonstrāre, publĭcāre, exprĭmĕre, manĭfestāre, signāre, explānāre, prŏbāre, clārĭfĭcāre Ic wolde mid ðære gebícnunge geswutelian ðæt ic eom ðære stówe hyrde I would manifest by that sign

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Ðás ðé sint unncúðo haec ignoras, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, l0. Hié uncúðra ǽngum ne willaþ feóres geunnan they will grant no stranger life, Andr. Kmbl. 355; An. 178: Cd. Th. 163, 14; Gen. 2698.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet, et se eidem ordini destinet, L. Ecg.

hreów

(n.)
Grammar
hreów, e; f.

Sorrowregretpenitencepenancerepentance

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Mid synna hreówe with repentance for sins, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 18: 5; Th. i. 38, 8. From ðære incundan hreówe ab intentione pœnitentiæ, Past. 53, 5; Swt. 415, 36. Bútan hreówe without regret, 44, 5; Swt. 324, 18.

HÚS

(n.)
Grammar
HÚS, es; n.

A HOUSEa family

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Nis nán wítega búton wurþscipe búton on his éðele and on his mægþe and on his húse non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua et in cognatione sua et in domo sua, Mk. Skt. 6, 4

ród

(n.)
Grammar
ród, e; f.
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Sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig þurh his róde treó, Elen. Kmbl. 294; El. 147. Ðá gefæstnodon Judéi hine róde gealgan ... Mancynna ealdor ðære róde gealgan underféng, Homl. Th. i. 588, 16-19. Hǽt Pharao ðé áhón on róde ( in cruce ), Gen. 40, 19.

Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode
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Him on healfa gehwam hettend seomedon mægen oððe merestreám on each side of them lay foes pressing, the Egyptian force or the Red Sea, 191, 4; Exod. 209. Ðǽr ic seomian wát ðínne sigebróðor I know thy brother lies in prison there, Andr.

Linked entry: semian

BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, enduremanere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Bídaþ assan on þurste expectabunt onagri in siti sua, Ps. Th. 103, 11. Swá mín sáwl bád sicut expectavit anima mea, 55, 6. He geþyldum bád he waited patiently, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 4; Gú. 886.

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretchedtristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭserdoleful, miserabledepressed, sad, sorrowfulmiserymiserypitymĭsĕria

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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
Grammar
wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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Ða heáfodleahtras sind . . . hǽðengyld, drýcræft, wiccecræft, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 7.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda ( in campo ) sige gefeohtað, 227, 24. fit for food Ic genime mé clǽne fixas tó mete, Coll. M. 23, 17.

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Gelengedre letanian prolongata letania, Angl. xiii. 405, 580. to protract, perform slowly, draw out Se sealm sý gecweden bútan antefene, and hé sý on swége gelencged hwæthwára psalmus dicatur sine antiphona subtrahendo ( = protrahendo) modice, R.

ge-singan

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L. 14, 72. to sing praise, glory, &c. to a person, repeat words which express Ðǽm wé gesinga wuldur ipsi cantantes gloriam, Rtl. 163, 15. to recite, repeat forms used in religious services (prayer, psalm, mass) Sé þe Pater noster inweardlíce

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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S. 25, 834. fig. spiritual warfare Hí sceolon mid sige þæs gástlican gecampes tó him eft gecyrran þe hí tó þám gefeohte ásende, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 14. Gecampes (cenobialis) militie, An. Ox. 4169. Godes fyhtling ( St.

heáh-fæder

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Lbmn. 413, 10. (1 a) in a special sense, one of the twelve sons of Jacob : — Twelf tída beóð on ðám dæge, and twelf mónðas on geáre; twelf heáhfæderas sind, twelf wítegan, twelf apostoli, Hml.

HORD

(n.)
Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.

HOARD, treasuren. thesaurus

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His synna hord onténde he confessed his sins, Ps. C. 50, 28; Grn. ii. 277, 28: 151, 155; Grn. ii. 280, 151, 155. Sáwle hord, Beo. Th. 4835; B. 2422. Hordas, gerýne arcana, Mone B. 4216 Similar entries (v. gold-hord)

Linked entries: hord-cófa hord-loca

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híreda þe æt þám cyrcean syndon cum consilio amborum sodalitatum quae in ecclesiis istis sint, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 18

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Cwæþ hé Beraþ mé hwæðere húsel tó interrogavit, si Eucharistiam intus haberent. Respondebant, 'Quid opus est Eucharistia?' 'Et tamen' ait 'afferte mihi Eucharistiam,' 4, 24; S. 598, 35-9 : L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th.. ii. 358, 16-38, 360, 5-15, 24-29.

Linked entry: húsl

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Swá hwæt swá hé læs and hwón hæfde geearnunge si quid minus haberet meriti, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 1. Bealosíþa hwón, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 24; Seef. 28. Dó hwón on ðíne tungan put a little on to your tongue, L.