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bí-leofa

(n.)

subsistencemaintenanceprovisionvictuals

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subsistence, maintenance, provision; in a limited sense victuals Hé sǽde ꝥ ꝥ feoh wǽre widewena bigleofa of gódra manna ælmyssan, Hml. S. 25, 765. Leahtras fóda, deáðes bigleafa, 7, 26. Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne, Lch. ii. 210, 18: R.

efenlíce

(adv.)
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A. 13, 12. on egual terms, as equals Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. in like manner, in like degree, equally Emlíce simili modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61.

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Th. i. 238, 11. wanton Hié him andwyrdon ꝥ hit gemálic wǽre and unryhtlic (that it would be a wanton outrage) þæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse helium.

ge-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styrian, -stirian; p. ede; pp. ed [ge, styrian to move, stir]

To moveremoveexciteagitateamovereagitare

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Ðú wǽre stronge gestyred thou wast strongly excited, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 22; Seel. 45.

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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Ðá gerád he ða burg æt Tameworþige; and him cierde to eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande, ðe Æðelflǽde ǽr underþeóded wæs then, while king Edward was tarrying there [at Stamford], Æthelfled his sister died at Tamworth, twelve nights before midsummer.

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

CENNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CENNAN, cænnan. cynnan; -nende; de; ed; v. trans.

to beget, conceive, create, bring forth gignere, creare, facere, parere to bring forth from the mind , to declare, choose, ascribe, clear, proveadvocare, confiteri, adscribere, purgare, manifestare

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Ðam wæs Judas nama cenned to him was given [created, made] the name Judas, Elen. Kmbl. 1170; El. 587: Ps. Th. 73, 7. Heó cende hyre frumcennedan sunu peperit filium suum primogenitum, Mt.

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 22. Wín nys drenc cilda vinum non est pōtus puerōrum, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17.

Linked entry: drenge

eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
eádig, eádeg; adj. [eád happiness, prosperity; ig]

Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves

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Earm ic wæs on éðle ðínum ðæt ðú wurde eádig on mínum I was poor in thy residence that thou mightest be rich in mine, Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 25; Cri. 1497: 30 b; Th. 95, 8; Cri. 1554. Æðeling eádig a prosperous noble, Beo. Th. 2454; B. 1225.

Linked entries: eádeg eádga

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretchedpauper, mĭser the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision paupĕres

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Se wæs ord-fruma earmre láfe who was the chief of the poor remnant, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 11; Dan. 152. Gé sindon earme ofer ealle menn you are wretched above all men, Andr. Kmbl. 1351; An. 676.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Ðá wæs ðæt hé sorgiende bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme qui cum sollicitus horam accessionis exspectaret, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6. Hit biþ long hwonne se hláford cume moram facit Dominus meus venire, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 121, 12.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

mán

(n.)
Grammar
mán, es; n.

A bad, shameful actiona crimecrimeguiltwickedness

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Mid manegum máne with many a crime (cf. eác ðam wæs unrím óðres mánes, Met. 1, 44), Bt. Fox 1, 10. Gé mid máne men ongunnon irruitis in homines, Ps. Th. 61, 3 : Cd. 16; Th. 19, 30; Gen. 299. For þý máne ( the murder of Abel ), Beo. Th. 220; B. 110.

Linked entry: mán-áþ

milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildnesskindnessfavourmercymeeknesshumilityjoy

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Ús wæs á syððan Merewioingas milts ungyfeþe, Beo. Th. 5835; B. 2919. Þolige hé clǽnes legeres and Godes mildse, L. N. P. L. 62; Th. ii. 300, 19, Ðú mid mildse mínre férest thou shalt depart with my favour, Andr. Kmbl. 3344; An. 1676.

Linked entry: milds

boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angelnuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelusa foreboder, prophetpropheta, vatesa messenger

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Se sóda boda ðæs hean leóhtes Agustinus wæs fram him eallum bodad verus summæ lucis præco ab omnibus prædicatur Augustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 32. Brimmanna boda præco nautarum, Byrht. Th. 133, 12; By. 49.

á-gán

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Þá hé út ágán wæs cum ille abiisset , Gen. 27, 5. Þá hí út ágáne wǽron cum essent in agro, 4, 8: cum fuissent egressi , Num. 12, 4: Mt. 9, 32.

Linked entry: á-gangan

ge-innian

(v.)
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Ðæt is ðæt hé hæfð geinnod ðæt ǽr geútod wæs, iv. 274, 21. to restore a person to a position On Wódnesdæg bisceopas ásceádað . . . út of cyrican . . . ðá ðe . . . hý sylfe forgyltan; and eft on Ðunresdæg . . . hý geinniað intó cyrican þá þe . . . heora

ge-tácnung

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Wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoðe tó understondenne; ac þonne wé cumað tó ðám smedman, þæt is tó ðǽre getácnunge, þonne gereordað heó úre mód, Hml. Th. i. 188, 8

ge-endebyrdan

Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Drihten wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22. Þurh þæs geendebyrdan prófostes misfadunge per ordinationem prepositi, R. Ben. 124, 4. with object a thing Ús nǽfre swylc ege ne wearþ ǽr tó helle geendebyrded. Bl.

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280. Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17.

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Add: of position Wæs feorhbealu fǽgum, sé þe fyrmest læg, B. 2077.

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred; þeówode hé swýðe druncennesse and monigum óðrum unálýfednessum ðæs sleacran lífes, and hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan

Linked entry: helle-smiþ