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eádig

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</b> of rank, or position, great, cf. ríce :-- Wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlic ymcyme: þǽr wæs Birhtwald Bretone heáhbisceop, and se ǽrnemda cyning; eác þan Hrófceastre bisceop andweard waes; and cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽré mǽgðe ánmódlíce mid

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ox. 1052. of moral beauty Wæs fæger eáðmódnes geméted on þǽre fǽmnan, Bl. H. 9, 21. Fægeran formosiore (virginitate), An. Ox. 4978. fig. as an epithet of sound, odour, &c.

lyft

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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .

þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 12. a man of great wisdom or learning, a sage eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan ve, qui sapientes estis carom oculis vestris, Wulfst. 46, 26. <b>II a.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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The lád varied with the character of the deed with the commission of which the accused was charged.

Linked entry: ládian

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Ox. 1293. difficult to bear, oppressive, rigorous, strict. of things not necessarily painful Him heard (durum) wæs ꝥ hí on ealdum móde wǽron geneádode níwe þing tó smeágenne, Gr. D. 104, 20. Heard wæs hinsíð, Hö. 7.

ge-sceád

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Lch. iii. 138, 25. distinction between things Wæs heora ǽghwæþer Heáwold nemned. Wæs þis gesceád (distinctio) . . . óþer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold, óþer se hwíta, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18.

a-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mearcian, p. ode; pp. od [a, mearcian to mark]

To mark outdelineatedescribedetermineannotaredenotaredesignaredescriberedefinire

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To mark out, delineate, describe, determine; annotare, denotare, designare, describere, definire Hér amearcod is háligra hiw, þurh handmægen awriten on wealle here is described the form of the holy ones, through might of hand carved on the wall, Andr

for-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrégan, fore-wrégan; p. de; pp. ed [wrégan to accuse]

To accuse stronglyvehementer accūsāre

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He wæs oft to ðam cyninge forwreged he had often been accused to the king, 952; Erl. 118, 27: 1068; Erl. 206, 33. Se wearþ wið hine forwreged hic diffāmātus est ăpud illum, Lk. Bos. 16, 1

Linked entry: fore-wrégan

los-wist

Grammar
los-wist, lose-wist, e; f: es, m.[?]

Hurtlossdestructionwaste

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Hurt, loss, destruction, waste Tó huon losuist ðíós smirinisse áworden wæs quid perditio ista ungenti facta est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 4. Loswist [losewest, Rush.] walana deceptio divitiarum, 4, 19.

munt-geóf

(n.)
Grammar
munt-geóf, -ióf, -gióp, es; m.

The Alps

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Ðá wæs ofer muntgióp monig átyhted, 1, 15; Met. 1, 8. Hé com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum ... and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Ióf, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 18. Muntgeófa Alpium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 27

preóst

(n.)
Grammar
preóst, es; m.
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wæs tó preóste besceoren fram him attonsus est ab eo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 21. (v. be-sceran.) Riht is ðæt preóstas regollíce libban, L. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 324, 2. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas geóguþe geornlíce lǽran, L. Edg. C. 51; Th. ii. 254, 25.

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To put oncoverclotheinduĕrevestīre

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Ðe he mid gewered wæs quĭbus indūtum ĕrat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, note 39, 41. Gewered mid wæstme covered with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 5; Gen. 462.

Linked entries: warian werian

tæpped

(n.)
Grammar
tæpped, tæppet, es; n.

A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet

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A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet Án healf-hrúh tæppet sipla (sipha? cf. in a list de lectis et ornamentis eorum :-- Hec amphicapa, est tapeta ex utraque parte villosa.

Linked entries: tæppet teped

þing-stede

(n.)
Grammar
þing-stede, es; m.
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Ðá wæs tó ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod, Andr. Kmbl. 2197; An. 1100

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, -gefulwad; adj.

Unbaptized

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Ðá Sanctus Martinus ðæt geseah ... him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18-23

Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian

wracian

(v.)
Grammar
wracian, p. ode

To be in exile

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Hé on Gallia wracode (wrecca wæs, v. l.), 3, 18; S. 545, 38. Wracade, 4, 23; S. 594, 44. His menu ða ðe mid wracedon suos homines qui exnles vagabantur, 4, 13; S. 583, 9. Wraciende exulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 15

cnyttan

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Oft þrǽl þæne þegen þe ǽr wæs his hláford cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcó him tó þrǽle, Wlfst. 163, 2. Cnytt, 224, 2. Þá cnitton hí rápas hire tó handum and fótum, Hml. S. 9, 100. Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13.

fæsting

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Þá gefylledre þæ-acute;re fæstinge hé wæs forðféred episcopo filium suum commendare curavit . . . Qua commendatione expleta defunctus est, Gr.

for-grípan

Grammar
for-grípan, fór-grípan (l. for-).

To seizeTo destroy

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wæs mid hrædlice deáðe forgripen morte immatura praereptus est, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 5. with dat. To destroy, B. 2353: Gen. 1275 (v. Dict.)