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hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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Se uncer hláford hlýdde ðǽr úte that master of ours was vociferating without, Shrn. 43, 14. Hlóh and hlýdde he laughed and clamoured, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Ðá hlýddon hig and cwǽdon at illi invaliscebant dicentes, Lk. Skt. 23, 5.

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, listen to, hear, hearken

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Mid ðam ðe hé hlyste ðæs heofonlícan sanges whilst he was listening to the heavenly song, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 5. Ne hlyst ðú ná ungesceádwíses monnes worda do not listen to the words of an indiscreet man, Prov. Kmbl. 47: Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 5.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17. Beforan him hé hét árǽdan þæs káseres dóm . . .Þá se dóm árǽded wæs, Shrn. 129, 1-4. ꝥ to prepare Áraeddun (-réddun) expedierant, Txts. 61, 784

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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</b> where the instrument with which service is performed is given :-- Mec láðgeteónan þreátedon; ic him þénode deóran sweorde swá hit gedéfe wæs I served my foes with my good sword, as was fitting, Beo. Th. 1125; B. 560.

Linked entry: þénian

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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wæs on godcundlícan þeódscipe getýd and gelǽred (sacris litteris et monasticis disciplinis erudiebatur) ...

buteruc

(n.)
Grammar
buteruc, buteric, buturuc, butruc, es; m.
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Ðæt wæter asceortode, ðe wæs on ðam buturuce consumpta esset aqua in utre, Gen. 21, 15. Butruc flasco, Wrt. Voc. 85, 83

Linked entries: buteric butruc buturuc

deófol-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-seóc, def. se deófol-seóca; adj. [seóc sick]

Devil-sick, possessed with a devil dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus

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Devil-sick, possessed with a devil; dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man tunc oblātus est ei dæmŏnium habens, Mt. Bos. 12, 22 : 9, 32. Híg brohton him manege deófolseóce obtulērunt ei multos dæmŏnia habentes, 8, 16.

Linked entry: feónd-seóc

for-molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-molsnian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [molsnian to corrupt]

To putrefycorruptmake rottendecayputrefăcĕretabefăcĕremacĕrāre

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To putrefy, corrupt, make rotten, decay; putrefăcĕre, tabefăcĕre, macĕrāre To duste formolsnod decayed to dust, Wanl. Catal. 20, 4; Homl. Th. i. 218, 25.

Púnice

(n.)
Grammar
Púnice, pl.
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Wæs geendad Púnica ðæt æfterre gewinn bellum Punicum secundum finitum est, 4, 11 ; Swt. 202, 31. Ðiss gewearþ Púnicum on ðæm teóþan geáre heora gewinnes, 4, 6; Swt. 176, 5. Claudius fór eft an Púnice, Swt. 178, 31

ge-leáfleást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleást, -eáflýst, e; f.

Want of faithunbeliefinfidelityunfaithfulnessinfĭdēlĭtasincrēdŭlĭtas

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Want of faith, unbelief, infidelity, unfaithfulness; infĭdēlĭtas, incrēdŭlĭtas For hyra geleáfleáste on account of their unbelief, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 1.

regn-boga

(n.)
Grammar
regn-boga, an; m.

A rainbow

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Hwí wæs se rénboga tó wedde gesette mancynne? God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26.

sixtig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
sixtig, used as subs, or adj.
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Salomones reste wæs ymbseted mid syxtigum werum . . . Hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera strongera? Blickl. Homl. II, 16-22. Æfter siextegum daga intra sexagesimum diem, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Mid iii hund scipa and LXgum, Swt. 176, 25. Sexdig (sextig.

stæp-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stæp-mǽlum, adv.
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step by step Wæs gesewen micel cyrce tó ðære hí stæpmǽlum ástigon (cf. Blickl. Homl. 207, 11), Homl. Th. i. 508, 12. step by step (fig.), gradually, by degrees Stæpmǽlum gradatim, per singulos gradus, Hpt. Gl. 497, 54: Scint. l01, 13.

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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Menn ðæs wundrodon, hú ða weargas hangodon, sum on hlǽddre, sum leát tó gedelfe, and ǽlc on his weorce wæs fæste gebunden, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 177

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.

un-forsceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forsceáwodlíce, adv.

unexpectedlywithout forethoughtwithout consideration

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Th. 21, 17. without forethought, without consideration Ne getímode Thóme unforsceáwodlíce ðæt hé ungeleáfful wæs, ac hit getímode þurh Godes forsceáwunge, Homl. Th. i. 234, 19.

Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlíce

un-cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyme, adj.

Meanpaltrypoor

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Wæs his æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorðan. Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume uncyme streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 227, 12.

un-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerím, es; n.

A countless numberan immense number or quantity

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Ðara wæs ungerím, Shrn. 48, 31. Ðara ys forneán ungerím, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 18, 3. Ðæt hé gegaderige ungerím ðissa welena, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13. Hire olfendas bǽron ungerím goldes, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 11. Ungerím feós syllan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101

dim-nes

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Add: darkness, want of light Dimnis ( caligo ) under fótum his, Ps. Srt. 17, 10. Þýstreful dimnys tenebrosa caligo, An. Ox. 3297. Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml.

eft-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
eft-gemyndig, adj.
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Remembering Eftgemyndig wæs Petrus recordatus est Petrus, Mk. L. 14, 72: Lk. L. 22, 61. Eftgemyn(d)ig, Mt. L. 26, 75. Eftgimyndig, Mk. R. 11, 21: Rtl. 55, 30. Eftgemyndig reminiscens, Jn. p. 7, 16. Eftgemyndig wé aron, Mt. L. 27, 63.

Linked entries: eft-myndig ge-mynig