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ge-þyldigian

(v.)
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To be patient, have patience Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe þæt mon geðyldgode sume hwíle, Wlfst. 100, 8. Bisceopum gebyrað, gyf ǽnig óðrum ábelge, ꝥ man geþyldige oð geférena sóme, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 34

heáh-fore

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fore, e; f.

A heifer ⬩ juvenca ⬩ juvenca

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Eálond hwítre heáhfore insula vitulæ albæ, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 41. Gif hé hriðeru offrian wille bringe unwemme fear oððe heáfre if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish, Lev. 3, 1.

Linked entries: héffere héh-faro

á-lǽtan

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Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.

earming

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Add: with the idea of suffering Nú is seó tíd, earmincg Zosimus, ꝥ þú gefremme ꝥ þé beboden is, ac . . . ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, Hml. S. 23 b, 763. Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 594, 27.

a-þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.

To weary ⬩ irk ⬩ displease ⬩ be loathsome ⬩ irksome to any one ⬩ tædere ⬩ pigere ⬩ To loathe ⬩ dislike ⬩ be weary of anything ⬩ pertæsum esse

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Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you? Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 8.

píl

(n.)
Grammar
píl, es; m.
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Heó (sea-holly) hafaþ stelan hwítne, on ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre beóþ ácennede scearpe and þyrnyhte pílas (sharp and thorny prickles ), Lchdm. i. 304, 1. Hé gehæfte hí on ánum micclum stocce, and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-píled

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

weorþfullíce

(adv.)
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adv, of moral worth, worthily, honourably, excellently Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne ða hwíle ðe ic lifede, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 15. nobly, in a way that is highly esteemed Swá swá men wurðlícor lybbaþ ðonne treówu, swá hý eác weorðfulícor árísaþ on

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised

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Voc. ii. 140, 63. exciting contempt, abject, despised Hé wæs swá forsewenlic (ita despectus), þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ... ongén cóme, and sé wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 2.

Linked entry: for-sáwenlic

heard-heort

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Add: [The Latin of Ex. 33, 3, 5 and of Deut. 9, 6 is populus durae cervicis and durissimae cervicis populus] not affected by pity Similar entries (see first two passages in Dict.) impervious to good influences Gif hiora hwilc swá heardheort wǽre ꝥ hé

on-drysne

(adj.)
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Swá swá wé on máran forhæfdnesse lifian þás dagas, and on andrysnum þingum beóþ on þysse worlde, swá wé sceolan þe máran blisse habban þá hwíle þe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde, Bl. H. 35, 33

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Add: of a superior to an inferior Ic ( Edgar) beó eów swýðe hold hláford þá hwíle þe mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 278, ii. Ic (Cnut ) cýðe eów ꝥ ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Cht.

mann-þeáw

(n.)
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mann-þeáw, es; m.

A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice

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[Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

pællen

(adj.)
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pællen, pellen; adj.
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Bicgaþ eów pællene cyrtlas, ðæt gé tó lytelre hwíle scínon swá swá róse, Homl. Th. i. 64, 13. Se cyning gesýmde gold and seolfor and deórwurðe gymmas and pællene gyrlan uppon olfendas, 458, 24.

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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It also glosses poderis Gif þú fyligst rihtwísnysse þú gegrípst hí, and þú on dést swylce heáfudhrægl wyrðscype ( indues quasi poderem honorem ), Scint. 74, 2. of bedding, a bolster, pillow Bedreáf bedda geniht*-*sumiað . . . hwítel . . . and heáfudrægel

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Ðá hwíle ðe him ǽnig unðeáw on rícsige, Past. 63, 19. Add

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, cross ⬩ to run over, go over a subject ⬩ to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

swamm

(n.)
Grammar
swamm, es; m.

A fungus, mushroom; also a sponge ⬩ a sponge ⬩ fungus, tuber ⬩ sponge, fungus, excrescence ⬩ a sponge ⬩ sponge, fungus

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For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ, Lchdm. i. 346, 8

for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre

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Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis? Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.

inc

(pronoun.)
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inc, dat : inc, incit; ac : incer; gen.
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Hwí gewearþ inc swá ðæt gyt dorston fandian Godes why have ye [Ananias and Sapphira] agreed to tempt God? Homl. Th. i. 316, 33. Bǽm inc to you both, Exon.13 a; Th. 22, 26; Cri. 357. Inc bám twám, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 30; Gen. 562.

Linked entries: git incit