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hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Hwílum hý him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31. Ðǽron næs orfcynnes nán máre búton vii hruðeru, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 275, 7: Ex. 34, 19.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Whether, in direct questions Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó may I live till I see him? Homl. Th. i. 136, 30. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15.

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Mín mete (mett, Lind. Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29.

un-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-riht, adj.

Wrongevilbadunjustunlawfuldepravedperverse

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Lind. 23, 32. Unræhto (-rehte, Rush.) ł wóh praua, 3, 5. Ða unrihtan men, Blickl. Homl. 231, 10. Áblinnan fram heora unrihtum gestreónum, 25, 5. Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his ríces for unryhtum dǽdum, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 19.

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wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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Ðá bær unc mon liþ forþ, and wit bú druncan, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31. Grammar wit, with the name of the person associated with the speaker Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103.

Linked entries: unc witt

á-bǽdan

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S. 23b, 130. where the object is something due, a tax, or the like Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá de ábǽdde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum, C. D. i. 114, 20.

greát

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Se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá, Ll. Th. i. 100, 3. Mycele cneówu and hindan greáte genibus nodosis, Guth.

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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</b> a hole made to live in by an animal, burrow :-- Of oteres hole, C. D. iii. 418, 17. Foxas holas (holo, R.) habbað uulpes foueas habent Lk. L. 9, 58.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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</b> part, particular :-- Gif hié on ǽnigum dǽle wólíce libban heora líf, Bl. H. 109, 19. part (in for my, your, &amp;c., part), side, behalf Mænigfealde þearfe ge Godes dǽles ge worolde dǽles, Cht. Th. 167, 17.

æðele

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
æðele, eðele; comp. -ra; sup. -ast, -est, -use; adj.

nobleeminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mindexcellentfamoussingularnobilisgenerosuspræstabilisegregiusexcellensnoblevigorousyoungnobilisnovellus

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Kmbl. 950; El. 476. noble, vigorous, young; nobilis, novellus Ðine beam swá elebeámas æðele weaxen thy children grow like young olive-trees; sicut novellæ olivarum, Ps. Th. 127, 4: 143, 14. Swá swá æðele plantunga sicut nauellæ plantations, Ps.

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for-fang

(n.)
Grammar
for-fang, -feng, fore-feng, -fong, es; m.

a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost propertyapprehensiothe reward for rescuing such propertymerces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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sý ðæs cynnes orf ðe hit sy, gyf hit man æt þeófes handa ahret; gyf hit ðonne elles on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón concerning the reward for rescuing stolen property, the counsellors have determined, that one shall hold like

Linked entries: fore-feng for-feng

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe just as one mows a meadow, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 15.] xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðár tó líþ Ðúnstán gebohte æt Uhtlufe xiiii acres and the meadow pertaining thereto Dunstan bought of Uhtlufu, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 34.

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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for heánan gebyrdan ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance ne on lǽnan líffæce rance ne ríce they account the worse for humble birth, those whose forefathers were not of great wealth or of high estate in the world, nor in this poor life-space

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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Lind.) gemynegod, 22: Homl. Th. i. 88, 15. Heó ádrǽfe swefnu pellat sompnia, Hymn. Surt. 37, 6

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un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Lind. Rush. 9, 2. Ðeáh hwá anweald hæbbe, gif óþer hæfþ máran, beþearf se unstrengra åæs strengran fultumes si quid est, quod in ulla re imbecillioris valentiae sit, in hoc praesidio necesse est egeat alieno, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 18.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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.: wico, Lind.: wica, Rush.) bis in sabbato, Lk. Skt. 18, 12. Ða fullan wican (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr Sc̃ta Marian mæssan, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7. Ymb wucan after a week, Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465 : 167, 21 ; Gen. 2769.

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Ondsworade ðæs folches aldor wráðe (wráððe, Lind. ) respondens archesynagogus indignans, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 14. fiercely, cruelly, greviously, bitterly Woroldlaga syndan innan ðysan earde wráðe forhwyrfde (grievously perverted), Wulfst. 268, 5.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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S. 3, 285. to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd, Hml. S. 3, 303. Gif hé his weorc mid wísdóme gefadað, 1, 235. Þæt gehíwode yfel deófol sylf gefadað and gehýwað to þám þæt þæt ðincð gód, Wlfst. 54, 9.

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive Lazarus ne móste ǽr on lífe hédan ðæra crumena his mýsan before when alive Lazarus might not take the crumbs of his table, Homl. Th. i. 330, 31.

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

timber

(n.)
Grammar
timber, es; n.

material for constructing a house, ship, etc.,timbermaterial of which anything is formeda structure,building,edificethe building of a house, ship, etc.

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Lind. Rush. 13, 1. Timbra aedificiorum, Ps. Surt. 128, 6. Ða burh manige menn mid heán timbrum frættewodon (augustioribus aedificiis adornarunt), Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 24. the building of a house, ship, etc.

Linked entry: and-timber