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sige-leás

(adj.)
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sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon. Th. 130, 33 ;

steór-róðor

(n.)
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steór-róðor, (-er, -ur), es; n.
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A rudder, lit. and fig. Steórróþer remus (an oar used for steering), Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 11. Steórróðer palmula, ii. 67, 68. Steórróðor, 116, 52. Steórróþur gubernaculum, i. 63, 52. God is steórróþer and helma clavus atque gubernaculum, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158

swealwe

(n.)
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swealwe, swealewe, an; f.
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A swallow Suualuae, suualuuae, suualuue progna, Txts. 90, 828. Sualuuae, sualuae, sualuue hirundo, 68, 498. Swealwe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 5. Swalowe, swaluwe, swalewe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 7. Storc and swalewe, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25. Genim swealwan nest

Linked entry: swalewe

swegle

(adv.)
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swegle, adv.
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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103. Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n]

þende

(adj.; con.)
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þende, conj.
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While Ðendi hé ðæt þóhte engel Drihtnes æteáwde him haec eo cogitante angelus Domini apparuit ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 20. Þende hé ðá gespræc adhuc eo loquente, 17, 5. Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47. Ðende

þrowere

(n.)
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þrowere, es; m.

a sufferera sufferer for religiona martyr

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a sufferer Gif mann bið ákenned on .x. nihta ealdne mónan se bið þrowere, Lchdm. iii. 156, 27, Similar entries v. lícþrowere. a sufferer for religion, a martyr Ðe fruma ðrowere protomartyr, Rtl. 197, 9. Ðroweres ðínes martyris tui, 75, 41. Ðæs þroweres

un-rótsian

(v.)
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un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sadto be sorrowfulto make sad or sorrowful

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to be sad, to be sorrowful Hé unrótsade contristatus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 5. Ðá unrótsodon helware, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 292. Ðæt gehwá for his synnum unrótsige mid sóðre dǽdbóte, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 20. Ðú lǽrdest ðæt wé ne unrótsodon, þeáh úre spéda

un-gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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un-gleáwlíce, adv.

Without understandingwithout sagacityunwiselyimprudently

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Without understanding, without sagacity, unwisely, imprudently On his heortan cwæð unhýdig sum ungleáwlíce ðæt God nǽre dixit insipiens in corde suo, Non est Deus, Ps. Th. 52, 1. Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
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yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde ( malefactor ), ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 228. ¶ with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde

æt-feallan

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Add: lit. to fall, drop from Þám cwellere ætfeóll his gold, Hml. S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18. deterioration Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, to leave, be survived by Hé bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml. S. 4, 427:

ele-fæt

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Gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þám þrým elum, for ðan ðe wé ne durran dón hí tógædere on ánum elefate, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 8. Ampellan oððe elefæt legithum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 76. Genim þysse wyrte sǽdes án elefæt ful and twégen bollan fulle wæteres

eorl-dóm

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His fæder ne wolde him lǽtan waldan 'his eorldómes on Normandíge, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 23. Undernam Godwine eorl swýðe ꝥ on his eorldóme sceolde swilc geweorðan, 1052; P. 175, 7. Mann sette Ælfgár Leofríces sunu eorles ðane eorldóm on handa þe Harold ǽr

ge-blissian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. Hé geblissað on his heortan laetabitur corde, Ex. 4, 14. Ðá geblissiað qui letantur, Kent. Gl. 22. Geblissa letare, 108. Geblissa þú góda þeówa euge bone serve, Mt. 25, 23. On écum gesetednessum heó geblissige ( gaudeat ), Angl. xiii. 381

ge-witleást

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Add: cf. ge-witleas; <b>I a</b> Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. 1. cf. ge-witleás; 1 His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy. S. 9, 20.

Linked entry: wit-leást

glíwian

(v.)
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Take here <b>gleowian</b> in Dict., and add: of the sound made by metal(?), to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf. An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc

grǽg-hama

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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the

hrǽcan

(v.)
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Add: to reach (v. N. E. D. s. v.). intrans. Hrę̄ceo excreo, An. Ox. 53, 40. Wiþ þæs magan springe, þonne þurh múð bitere hrǽcð oþþe bealcet, oððe him on þám magan súgeð, Lch. ii. 192, 3. Þám men þe . . . on magan untrum sié oþþe bitere hrǽce, 62, 16

incer

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þurh hincre per uestram (of you two) (doctrinam ), An. Ox. 2, 204. Tó hwon sweriað git mán? ac wǽron æt þisse wydewan háme and þǽr þus incer líf leofodon, Guth. 64, 7. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend

innera

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Add:, innerra. local Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 38. Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma