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EÁC

(con.)
Grammar
EÁC, conj.

EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and etiam, quoque, et Nevertheless, however nihilōmĭnusSo also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if parimŏdo, tamquamQuin etSo also, even so, likewise

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Wæs me hwæðre eác láþ nevertheless it was to me unpleasant.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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(Thorpe in the last two examples would take mearc to be the limit of an estate.) Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce, Wald. 1, 33; Vald. 1, 19.

wóh

(adj.)
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wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Mid wóre láre perversa praedicalione, 48; Swt. 367, 15. Be wóhre gewitnesse. Gif man áfinde ðæt heora ǽnig on wóhre (wóre, v. l. ) gewitnesse wǽre, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. Gescynded on heora wón willan abominabiles in voluntatibus suis, Ps.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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R. 15, 36. to run together, coagulate Ne lǽt geyrnan ꝥ ǽg . . . dó of ꝥ mon gegnídan ne mæge, ꝥ bið geurnen, Lch. ii. 272, 16-22.

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ge-stíran

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Hié monegra unðeáwa gestiéran (-stíran, v.l. ) meahton mid hiora lárum, 44, 23. with dat. of person, and gen. of action Gyf heó hym hyra reáfláces ne gestýrað si non eos a rapacitate cohibeant, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 32.

gilp

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Þý lǽs him gilp scedðe, oððe fore þǽre mǽrðe mód ástíge, Crä. 100: Cri. 684. Gylpes ostenta-tionis (indicium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 22 : 64, 38. Gilpes arrogantiae . 2, 9. Tóþundenes gylpes tumentis iactantię An. Ox. 5374.

on-gitan

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Þý lǽs se Godes þeów ǽniges teónan óht ongeáte for þissere gemétingce nec quidquam Dei famulus ex conventione eadem injuriae sentiret, Gr. D. 35, 27.

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(h 1) marking influence to which action is attributed :-- Hí hine ácsedon hwæþer hí sceoldan tó Agustinus láre (ad praedicationem Augustini ) hiora þeáwas forlǽtan. Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 116, 12. Tó ðyssere dǽde wearð þæs cynges heorte áblicged, Hml.

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Him nǽnig gewin hér on worlde tó lang ne tó heard þuhte no labour here in the world seemed to him too long or too hard, Blickl. Homl. 227, 3; Cd. 17; Th. 20, 30; Gen. 317. Hunger se hearda severe famine, 86; Th. 108, 32; Gen. 1815.

ge-sceád

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Ic wéne, úp-lendisca preóst, ꝥ þú nyte hwæt beó atomos, ac ic wylle þé þises wordes gesceád gecýþan, Angl. viii. 318, 15. discretion, discrimination Gesceádes discretionis, An. Ox, 1756. Mid þám gemetgunge þæs gesceádes, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 208, 3.

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Nis ðǽr láð geníðla ine wóþ ne wrac weútáen nán, yldu ne yrmðu . . . ne sár wracu non huc exangues morbi, non aigra senectus . . . ludus acerbns abest, 201, 2-11; Ph. 50-54.

ge-þencan

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'Gif se blinda ðone blindan lǽt ...,' 29, 6. <b>X a.</b> with pronoun and clause in apposition :-- Ꝥ ús is tó geþencenne, ꝥ úre Drihten ... fæstte ...

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Srt.) and libbað á worlda world vivet eor eorum in seculum seculi, Ps Th. 21, 25. the region of the heart, breast, bosom Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636. the heart as seat of feeling, will, intellect, mind Hwæt getácniað

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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. ¶ Slavery, which is mentioned by Tacitus (Germania, cc. 24, 25) as existing among the Germans, is recognized by the earliest English laws, and early traces ofit are to be found in the English slaves whom Gregory saw at Rome.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Hí Gode lác bróhton . . . and on heora yldrena endebyrdnysse Gode gecwémdon. Nú is geméted þæt Maria hæfð níwe endebyrdnysse ongunnon Gode mid tó gecwémanne, cweð þæt heó wile hire mægðhád bringan, Hml.

hǽþen

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Hé offrode his lác þám hǽðenum godum, Hml. Th. ii. 482, 7. Hǽðenscipe bið <b>I a</b> man ídola weorðige, ꝥ is ꝥ man weorttige hǽðene godas, Ll.

hám

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Þone hám æt Beccanleá . . . and æt Felhhamme and þá land þe þǽrtó hýran, Cht. Th. 489, 12-18 : 2: 9: 19. Wearð ádrǽfed Óslác of earde . . . háma bereáfod, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 24.

healf

(adj.)
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healf, adj.

a half

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Is ꝥ land æt Snócescumbe healf þæs cinges, healf uncer Brentinges, C. D. ii. 250, 23. On þám fíftan dǽle healfum, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 23, Ðet land healf and healfne tún, C.

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hád

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Gif leornere wǽre ꝥ þurh láre geþunge ꝥ hé hád hæfde and þénode Críste, Ll. Th. i. 192, 13. Hé nolde ꝥ ǽnigóðer man sceolde hire hád on sættan he would not have her take the veil from any one else, Hml.

on-fón

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Gé wítgena láre onféngon, El. 335. Onfóð mínes fæder ríce (cf. possidete regnum, Mt. 25, 34), Cri. 1345. Ðæt wé onfón sumne dǽl bledsunge, Past. 333, 1. Ꝥ ic mæge þínra gebeda onfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 212.