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býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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To give or set an example; exemplum dare We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian we enjoin that priests always set a good example, L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ictus, plaga, percussioA bruise, DINT, noise, crash contusio, impressio, sonus

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MS. 64 b, 23. the mark or noise of a blow,- A bruise, DINT, noise, crash; contusio, impressio, sonus Gif dynt sie, scilling; gif he heáhre handa dyntes onféhþ, scilling forgelde if there be a bruise, a shilling; if he receive a right hand bruise, let

eálá

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

0! alas! Oh!eheu! euge! proh

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or well well! euge euge! vel bene bene! Ps. Lamb. 34, 25. Ǽlá, ðú Scippend O, thou Creator, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 1; Met. 4, 1. Ǽlá Drihten leóf. Hy. 1, 1: 2, 1. Eálá! gif he wolde O that he would, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 105; Met. 9, 53.

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightlyslightlygentlyeasilyquickly

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Lightly, slightly, gently, without trouble or effort, easily, quickly Swá swá leóhtlíce gebylged quasi leviter indignata, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 24. Swá swá hé leóhtlíce onslǽpte quasi leviter obdormiens, 4, 11; S. 580, 2.

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

searu-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
searu-þanc, es; m.
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Cf. or-þanc

ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, -fricgean; p. -fræg, pl. -frǽgon; pp. -frigen

To learn by asking or by inquiryhear of

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To learn by asking or by inquiry, hear of Syððan hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne when they learn that our lord is lifeless, Beo. Th. 5996; B. 3002. Gif ic ðæt gefricge if I learn that, 3656; B. 1826.

Linked entry: ge-frægen

stíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-mód, adj.
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Se stíðmóda cyning, Drihten ælmihtig, áwearp of ðam setle ðone módigan feónd, Wulfst. 145, 27. of violent or fierce mind Se stíþmóda ( Holofernes ) styrmde and gylede, módig and medugál, Judth.

tealtrian

(v.)
Grammar
tealtrian, p. ode

To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition

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To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition Wé tealtrigaþ týdran móde hwearfiaþ heánlíce we move with uncertain step and feeble mind, wander abjectly, Exon. Th. 23, 19; Cri. 371.

Linked entry: tealtian

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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L. 24, 13.] an old British or Roman earthwork (?). v. N. E. D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C. D. iii. 397, 18-21

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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On Denalage se cynincg áh fyhtewíta (fihtwíte, v. l.) and fyrdwíta, 384, 5. the revenue derived from, or the right to receive, such fines Se wagnscilling gonge tó þæs cyninges handa . . . ah elles ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte . . . ge ǽlc þǽra wónessa þe

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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v. reccan; III Oð þone dæg his gerecenesse (or gerece(n)nesse ?. v. ge-recenness) of middangearde usque ad diem suae uncationis, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 634, 8

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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To form the habits or character of a person, educate Fæderas ic (St. Paul) manode þæt hí mid steóre Godes eges heora cild geðeáwodon (cf. patres, educate filios vestros in disciplina et correptione Domini, Eph. 6, 4), Hml.

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24. Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram cúðum mannum Hindehlép is geháten, C.

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

hund-nigontig

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Hé let him behindan ciólas nigon and hundnigontig, Met. 26, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Máre bliss bið . . . be ánum synfullan men . . . þonne be nigon and hundnigantigan Þe dǽdbóte ne behófiað, Angl. xi. 114, 68.

láreów-dóm

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Add: the authority or office of a teacher Láreówdóm discipulatus (cf. discipulare edocere Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 10. Hwylc sprǽc þæs godcundan láreóudómes quis sermo divine auctoritatis R. Ben. 133, 2.

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses, pleasing condition or process Sóna se líchoma sceal bión unfæger, þonne hé mid unrótnesse and mid sáre áseted bið, þá cumað of þǽre (þám, MS. ) líðan ólehtunge (from a life of sensual ease

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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I will find thee another or will acquire it by purchase, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 175. Ne sý nan man ðe ðyses landes ǽniges dǽles brúke, bútan hé hit ofgange æt ðám híwum mid rihtum landrihte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 34. Similar entries v. preceding word