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be-lífian

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífian, p. ode
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Hé hǽt his underðeóddan hine belífian, 36, 10. Belífian ( vel beheáfdian), Hml. S. 12, 221

eág-dúru

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eág-dúru, l. -duru,
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and add Glád þæt deófol út swá swá smýc æt his eágdura, Shrn. 52, 33. Geseah hé sittan ðone Hálgan Gást on culfran híwe on ðæs carcernes eágdura, 54, 15, Þurh þá eágduru, 78, 27

forht-mód

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Ástrehte se Riggo hine tó eorðan mid eallum his geférum swíðe forhtigende . .. and gecyrdon tó heora hláforde forhtmóde (trepidi. v. Gr. D. 132, 8 under forht), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 21: i. 504, 31. Add

gristbitian

(v.)
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Spl.) mid his tóþum ongeán hine, Ps. Th. 36, 12. Gristbites, Mk. R. 9, 18. Hý gristbitoton ( stridenunt ) on mé tóþum heora, Ps. Rdr. 34, 16. Add

leás

(n.)
Grammar
leás, n.
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S. 23, 590. what is incorrect Micel yfel déð sé ðe leás wrít, búton hé hit gerihte, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 23

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Be his ǽriste and be his hergunga on helle concerning his resurrection and his harrowing of hell. Blickl. Homl. 83, 29.

Linked entry: heregung

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him men and beasts have enmity between them, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52. Betweohs him among them; in cujus medio, Ex. 34, 10. Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27.

tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

eall-swá

(adv.)
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dydon eallswá bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20. Tó dónne be him eallswá Judas dyde be úre Drihtene, 1087; P. 222, 34. Stande hé eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) wé ǽr cwǽdon, R. Ben. 69, 4.

feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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Ðæt se, ðe hine feormode, and se, ðe gefeormod wæs, sýn begen bisceopes dóme scyldig that he, who entertained him, and he, who was entertained, be both guilty to the bishop's doom, Bd, 4, 5; S. 572, 44.

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Him grimme on woruldsǽlþa wind, wráðe bláweþ . . . hine se ymbhoga ðyssa woruld-sǽlþa wráðe drecce, Met. 7, 51-54: 29, 89, 91. wráðe tóweorp destrue eos, Ps. Th. 58, iij 61, 4: 72, 14, 15.

ǽne

a first time once, at any time once, at some former time at once

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Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Ná ǽne ac ǽfre, Hml.

un-forhtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forhtlíce, adv.

Fearlesslywithout fear

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Hé unforhtlíce ða strǽle ðara áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 24. Twá swalewan setton unforhtlíce on ða sculdra Gúðláces, 10; Gdwin. 52, 9: Homl. Th. i. 508, 1: ii. 558, 30.

Linked entry: forhtlíce

un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly bornnot of noble birth

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Ealle cristene men, ǽgðer ge ríce ge heáne, ge æðelborene ge unæðelborene, and se hláford and se ðeówa, ealle sind gebróðra, Homl. Th. i. 260, 20

Linked entry: æþel-boren

wítegend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítegend-líc, adj.

Prophetic

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Ðæt cild on his módor innoðe . . . mid wítigendlícre fægnunge getácnode ðone tócyme úres Álýsendes, Homl. Th. i. 352, 28. wiston ða tówerdan ðing, and mid wítigendlícere gyddunge bododon, 540, 25

á-hwider

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Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton tó Críste sylfum, Wlfst. 303, 15

bisceop-ríce

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Cúþ þám biscope þe seó hálige stów on his bisceopríce is in notitiam episcopi ad cujus diocessim pertinet locus, R. Ben. 119, 9. Gedǽlen þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea, C. D. B. iii. 75, 22. Biscopríca parrochias, diocesis, An. Ox. 2033. Add

plantian

(v.)
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Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on ðá word ðǽre hálgan láre, Past. 443, 1

un-stillness

Grammar
un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Sé færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, sé ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2.

on-wunian

(v.)

to dwell, inhabit

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onwuniaþ inhabitabunt, 55, 6. Hig onwuniaþ on worlde inhabitabunt in saeculum, Ps. Lamb. 36, 29. Onwuna on gelaðunge inhabita terram, 36, 3

Linked entry: an-wunigende