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rúmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmedlíce, adv.

liberallyat large, fully

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Ðonne hwá ǽgðer ge mete ge hrægl þearfendum rúmedlíce (rúmodlíce, Hatt. MS.) selþ, 44; Swt. 326, 20. at large, fully Ðis ðæt wé nú feám wordum árímdon wé willaþ hwéne rúmedlícor ( paulo latius ) áreccean, 12; Swt. 75, 17. Rúmerlícor [rúmed ?]

Linked entry: rúmed-líc

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2.

hagal

(n.)
Grammar
hagal, hagol, es; m.

Hailgrandohail

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Hagol cymþ of ðám réndropum ðonne hí beóþ gefrorene hail comes of the raindrops when they are frozen, Lchdm. iii. 278, 19. Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64.

Linked entry: hægel

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.

fearreverence

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Ðonne esne on-drysnum his hláforde cwemeþ, Ps. Th. 122, 2. reverence Hié hæfdan miccle lufan and geleáfan tó ðære ciricean, and eác heálíco ondrysnu ( profound reverence for the church ), Blickl. Homl. 205, 9

or-feorm

(adj.)
Grammar
or-feorm, adj.

Unprovided, destitute, worthless

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Hwider hweorfaþ wé hláfordleáse, góde orfeorme, synnum wunde (cf. gif wé gewítaþ fram ðé, ðonne beó wé fremde from eallum ðǽm gódum ðe ðú ús gegearwodest, Blickl. Homl. 233, 31-33), Andr. Kmbl. 812; An. 406.

turtle

(n.)
Grammar
turtle, an; f.: but turtla, an; m. also is found.

A turtle-dove

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A turtle-dove Turtle turtur, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 33: 77, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 2. Ðeós turtle hic turtur, 9, 22; Zup. 48, 16. Gemétt turtla nest him invenit turtur nidum sibi, Ps. Lamb. 83, 4.

Linked entry: turtle

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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Cunna hwæðer ðú mǽge adón ðone cíþ of ðínes bróður eágan try if thou canst remove the mote from thy brother's eye, 33, 6; Hat. MS. 43a, 6. seed; crementum Cýþ crementum, Glos. Brux. Recd. 38, 7; Wrt. Voc. 64, 16.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Ðone Denisca leóda lufiaþ swýðost him [Thor] the Scandinavian peoples love most, Wulfst. 106, 23. Beneuentius and Sepontanus hátton ða twá leóde Benevento and Sepontus were the two places called, Blickl. HomI. 201, 22.

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, es; m. n.

A jointlithlimb

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Skt. 16, 24, On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 12. On ðæt liþ, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 6. Liþu artus, Wrt. Voc. 64, 77. Ða máran liþa artus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 4; Wrt. Voc. 43, 58.

Linked entries: leoþu lid

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The MerciansMercia

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E.) friþ wið ðone here, 872; Erl. 76, 16. Of Engle cóman EástEngle and Middel-Engle and Myrce ( Merci ) and eall Norþhembra cynn, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 25. Miercna cyning, land, ríce, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 7: 877; Erl. 78, 26: 794; Erl. 58, 7.

Linked entry: Myrce

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Dóm gegearwung seldes ðínes, 88, 15 : 96, 2. Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd. Th. 275, 17 ; Sat. 173 : 276, 12 ; Sat. 187. Ðǽr is sang æt selde ( the throne of God ), 306, 12 ; Sat. 662. Sang ymb seld secgan, 279, 9 ; Sat. 235.

Linked entry: sæld

senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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Ðá bæd his fæder ðæt ða senatum ( altered to senatus in other MSS. ) forgeáfen ðæm suna ðone gylt, 3, 10 ; Swt. 140, 14-16. Se consul bæd ðætte senatus him fultum sealdon, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 22. Ða senatus him hæfden ða dǽd forboden . . .

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Næfde hé scyld (scutum) æt handa, ðæt hé ðone cyning mid gescyldan mihte, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 22. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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On úhtan ðone úhtsang gehýran, L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 35. Tíd úhtsanga hora vigiliarum, R. Ben. Interl. 37, 12. Be nihtlícum úhtsangum de nocturnis vigiliis, 46, 9

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hér áspón Æðelwald ðone here tó unfriðe, ðæt hié hergodon ofer Mercna land in this year Ethelwold enticed the Danes to hostilities, so that they went across Mercia harrying, 905; Erl. 98, 14.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Ac se se ðe ðone wer bricð, and ðæt wæter út forlǽt, se bið fruma ðæs geflites dicitur : 'Aqua profunda verba ex ore viri;' Prov. 18, 4.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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On ðone eágum wlát cining, Cd. Th. 7, 15; Gen. 106. Wlít (háwa, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20) on moncyn mildum eágum, Met. 4, 54. Hý wénaþ ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 28; Wal. 12. Eágum wlítan on, Cd.

cýþan

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Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne don't count your chickens before they are hatched; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Prov.

ge-þwǽre

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A. 40, 404. peaceable, peaceably disposed, gentle. of living things Oft wíf hine ( a dog ) wríð; hé him wel héreð, þeówað him geþwǽre, Rä. 51, 6. Ðætte on óðre wísan sine tó manianne ðá geðwǽran ( pacati; cf. gesibsuman, 6), Past. 345, 4.