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býtl

(n.)
Grammar
býtl, bítl, es; n. m? [být, pres. of beátan to beat, strike]
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A BEETLE, hammer; malleus Seó wífman án ðæra teldsticcena geslóh mid ánum býtle búfan his þunwengan the woman struck one of the tent-nails with a hammer above his temples, Jud. 4, 21.

Linked entries: bítel biótul bítl

ge-inlagian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inlagian, p. ode; pp. od [ge, inlagian]

To inlawto restore to the protection of the lawinlagareintra legum protectionem accipere

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To inlaw, to restore to the protection of the law; inlagare, intra legum protectionem accipere Man geinlagode Swegen eorl Earl Sweyn was inlawed, Chr. 1050; Erl. 176, 6.

Linked entry: in-lagian

ge-neát-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-riht, es; n.

The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'

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The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :' -Geneát-riht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt. On sumon he sceal land-gafol syllan ... villani rectum est varium et multiplex secundum quod in terra statutum est.

un-rótlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rótlíce, adv.

Gloomilysadly

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Unrótlíce dóþ exterminant (but perhaps the word is adjective, as the passage to which the gloss belongs is Mt. 6, 16: Nolite fieri sicut hypocritae tristes: exterminant facies suas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 21: 30, 64

Linked entry: rót-líce

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
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., and tócwæstednys seems to be the reading of Ps. Spl. (according to Dr. Aldis Wrights collation); so the form may be allowed to stand, and need not be considered a mere mistake for the preceding word

hand-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-weorc, es; n.

Handiwork, work done by the hand

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Handiwork, work done by the hand Handweorc Godes the work of God's hand, Cd. 167, Th. 209, 1; Exod. 492. Sinc hondweorc smiþa treasure, the handiwork of artificers, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 6; Rä. 21, 7. Þurh ðæt handweorc by manual labour, L. E.

Linked entry: hand-geweorc

on-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
on-cýðig, adj.

Suffering from the want of something (?), not acquainted with, a stranger to anything (?)

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The term is used of Judas, to whom the previous lines 1392-3 refer :--Méðe and meteleás, mægen wæs geswiðrod

Linked entry: un-cýðig

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Art, mechanical art, mechanics Orþancscipe mechanica (the word occurs at the end of a list of the arts. Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61.

slíþ-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþ-heard, adj.

Excessively hard very fierce, savage very hard, cruel

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Excessively hard of living things, very fierce, savage Slíþherde deór (the boar and the bear) Exon. Th. 344, 22; Gn.

glædlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
glædlíce, adv.

Gladlypleasantlykindlycheerfully

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Gladly, pleasantly, kindly, cheerfully He glædlíce fram heom eallum onfangem wæs he was gladly received by them all, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 17. He frǽfrode hig and spræc glædlíce he comforted them and spake kindly [unto them], Gen. 50, 21.

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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Com flówende flód [m. or n.] æfter ebban . . . se flód [m.] út gewát the flowing tide came after the ebb . . .the tide receded, Byrht. Th. 133, 45, 58; By. 65, 72.

Linked entry: flóde

rihte

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Add Smire mid ꝥ heáfod ufan rihte (right on the top), Lch. ii. 306, 16. Tó wylle þe rihte eást yrne, iii. 74, 13.

æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
æðelo, indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. æðelu, æðelo; gen. æðela; dat. æðelum; n.

Nobilitypre-eminenceoriginfamilyracenaturetalentsgeniusnobilitasprincipatusorigonatalesprosapianaturaindolesingenium

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His æðelo bióþ on ðam mode his nobility is in the mind, 30, 1; Fox 110, 1. Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.

Linked entry: ge-æðele

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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He alýsde leóda bearn oflocan deófla he released the sons of men from the prison of devils, Elen. Kmbl. 361; El. 181. Ða ðe ic na reáfode ðá ic alýsde quæ non rapui tunc exsolvebam, Ps. Spl. C. 68, 6: 48, 7.

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am sweeter than if thou

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Þweah ðæt gewrit of ðam disce wash the writing off the dish, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 9. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27.

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.

mostchieflyespeciallyalmostnearly

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Swá hié mǽst mehten as much as ever they could, 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32: Past. 28; Swt. 190, 9. Ealles mǽst maxime, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7. Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga (at the utmost), L. Edg.

ge-beorglic

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The Lat. version has remissio uenialis apud Deum) and for weorulde áberendlic, LI. Th. i. 266, 6. Gefadige man þá steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlic ( the lat. versions have erga Deum clementius, propter Deum parcibilis), 376, 17.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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Ðá geseah se árleása áídlian his smeágunge then the impious king saw all his deliberation was of no avail Homl. Skt. i. 4, 399. Smeáunga yfle cogitationes malae Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 19. Smeáwunga 9, 4. Smeáwungas (smeóunge, Rush.) Lk. Skt.

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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Add: physically Þe lǽs hig þone deáð on heora sáwle þolian, ðe hig líchamlíce (lícumlíce, v. l. in carfare) ðoledon, R. Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13.