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un-gefóglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefóglíc, adj.

Immense ⬩ enormous

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cýðon, hú ungefóhlícu scyld ðæt is, L.

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not weary ⬩ fresh

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Hé hét ðæt mon ðæt fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án legie after óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 9

un-onwendendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-onwendendlíce, adv.

Unchangeably ⬩ immutably ⬩ without variableness

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Ic nát hwæþer hit eall gewyrþan sceal unanwendendlíce, ðæt hé getiohhod hæfþ, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 30 note: 250, 1, 2 note. Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán unonwendendlíce, 12; Fox 36, 24

Linked entry: on-wendendlíce

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, es; m.

a buffoon, charlatan

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Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon; ac ðyllíce sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 159

Linked entry: sceond

swearte

(adv.)
Grammar
swearte, adv.

Darkly, dismally, evilly

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Him ðæt swearte forgeald ( made grievous compensation ) Iudas innon helle, 301, 8; Sat. 578

stód

(n.)
Grammar
stód, es; n.

A stud, a herd of horses

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Ic geann mínon heáhdeórhunton ðæs stódes ðe is on Colingahrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 363, 25.

Linked entry: stood

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride

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ðæt æðele mód (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2486; An. 1244: (St. Juliana), Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 4; Jul. 209. Ðæt milde mód (St.

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Ða stylnysse middaneardlícere sibbe wé áwendaþ tó ýdelre orsorhnysse, ii. 540, 7. abstinence from, exemption from. v. stille, Ðá ðá hé lǽrde ðæt ðære ciricean ðegnas sceoldon stilnesse ðæra ðénunga habban ( be exempt from secular services, cf. 129, 10

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus

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Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene in this year [A. D. 959] Edgar sent after St.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare

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Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt he ceáp forstele, oððe forstolenne gefeormie when a man charges another that he steal cattle, or harbour the stolen, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 13.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house

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Other passages in the earlier laws and charters are Wé cwǽdon be hámsócnum seðe hit ofer ðis dó ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe áge and sí on cyninges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge we have ordained respecting 'ham-socns' that he who shall commit it after this forfeit

Linked entry: sócn

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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And ðæs wealles mycelnyss and fæstnyss, is ungelýfedlíc to secgenne: ðæt he is l elna brád, and ii hund elna heáh, and his ymbgang is hund seofantig míla, and seofeþan dǽl ánre míle ...

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Ðæt fulluht us aþwehþ fram eallum synnum baptism washes us from all sins, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 29: 46, 24, 33: 48, 18, 20: i. 94, 2. Fram gyfe ðæs hálgan fulluhtes a sacri baptismătis gratia, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 10.

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief

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Ðæt ( asthma ) ys nearunyss ... and breóst byþ innen mid micle nearnysse, iii. 116, 23-26. distress (of mind), anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief Hér is seó lǽnlíce winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the transient delight, in

Linked entry: nirwett

el-þeódignes

exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage

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Ðý lǽs ús weorðe tó wópe and tó elðiódignesse ðæs écean lífes ðæt ðæt ús on ðisse elðiódignesse tó fultume gelǽned is, 389, 5. Hé ús gesóhte on þás ælþeódignesse, Bl. H. 11, 35

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Sé þe mé brengð lác of earmes monnes áhtum on wóh gereáfodum, ðonne bið ðæt swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ágen bearn ego odio habens rapinam in holocausto. ...

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl, ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu it was the proper time for Hrothgar to go to the banquet-hall, Beo. Th. 2021; B. 1008. Óþ ðæt sǽl álamp (cf. Ðá seó tíd gelamp, ðæt . . .

Linked entry: sél

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte , -læhte.

to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure

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Th. 19, 12; Gen. 290. to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive Ðæm(God) óleccaþ ealle gesceafte ðe ðæs ambehtes áwuht cunnon (cf. ðam þeówiaþ ealle . . . ða ðe cunnon, Bt. 21; Fox 72, 30), Met. II. 8.

Linked entry: óliccan

a-sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sweartian, p. ode; pp. od

To blacken ⬩ darken ⬩ to be made SWARTHY or black ⬩ obscured ⬩ darkened ⬩ denigrari

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To blacken, darken, to be made SWARTHY or black, obscured, darkened; denigrari Ðæt gold biþ asweartod aurum obscuratur, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 8

a-nyman

(v.)
Grammar
a-nyman, impert. a-nymaþ ge

To take away ⬩ tollere

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To take away; tollere Anymaþ ðæt púnd æt hym take away that pound from him, Mt. Bos. 25, 28: Hick. Thes. i. 192, 16, col. 2