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scearp

(adj.)
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scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Similar entries (v. scearpness,III.) sharp, keen, active, strenuous Ðá ásende him tó ðone scearpan here of Rómána ríce mid réðum wǽpnum, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 18: Homl. As. 61, 244.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

á

(adv.)
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á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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L. 102, 16 : An. 1469: H. R. 17, 22. Hwæþer ðú hit á sweotolor ongiton mæge, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 16: 35, 5 ; F. 166, 23 : 30, 1; F. 108, 28. Á lator, Gr. D. 59, 19. Hw;í eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9.

dóm

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him swilcne dóm ne on*-*dréde, ne his mægnes micelnysse ne wnndrode, Hml. S. 30, 40. an ordinance, a decree Nis nán rihtra dóm, þonne úre ǽlc óðrum beóde, þæt wé willan, þæt man ús beóde, Wlfst. 112, 4.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibitdenyrefuserestrainpreventhinderprohĭbērerecūsāredenĕgārerenuĕre

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He ne forwyrnde woroldrǽdenne he refused not worldly converse, Beo. Th. 2288; B. 1142. Forwyrnde beón afréfrod sáwle mín renuit consōlāri anĭma mea, Ps. Spl. 76, 3.

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Be his ǽriste and be his hergunga on helle concerning his resurrection and his harrowing of hell. Blickl. Homl. 83, 29.

Linked entry: heregung

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a porthaven

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Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, 560, 22. Cómon ðǽr þrý men tó ðære hýðe three men came to the landing-place, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24. Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen.

Linked entry: húðe

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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nyste, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 13. nysðon (nyston, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 39, Wé neston, Blickl. Homl. 17, 12. Wénst ðú ðæt ic nyte, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ðæt nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; Fox 156, 8. Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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a condition, stipulation Rǽden conditio, Hpt. Gl. 436, 1. Rédin condicio, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 44 : ii. 17, 10. Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne his heorde tó mæstene drífe, on ðam sylfum lande ðe ðeós rǽden on stænt, L. R.

ende-dæg

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Him wearð bám samod án endedæg they died together the same day, Ap. 79. Æfre him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35.

gebed-rǽden

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hine sylfne befæste þæs weres gebedrǽddene (-rǽdenne, v. l.) se viri commendans orationibus, Gr. D. 39, 13. þæ æt him tó Gode mid heora gebedrǽdene þingian ut orent pro ipso, R. Ben. 70, 12. wylle æfter forðsíðe . . . gebedrǽdenne habban.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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Cf. gít; 2 Ðeáh ðú nú géta forgiten hæbbe, Met. 24, 46.

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatmentflattery, fawning, adulationcharm, allurement

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Ðá áhsode heó hine georne mid hire ólæcunge, on hwam his miht wǽre, Jud. 16, 6. Olæcunga blanditiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17. flattery, fawning, adulation Olæcung adulatio, Hpt. Gl. 527, 40.

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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on hihte holdre lǽdde deduxit eos in spe, Ps. Th. 77, 53. Ic háligne gást hyhte belúce emne swá écne I believe the Holy Ghost to be just as eternal, Hy. 10, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 41. him forgeaf éces lífes hyht, Blickl. Homl. 137, 7.

Linked entry: hiht

hǽþen

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Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . . Sé þe ofsleá his beam hǽðen . . . Hǽðen cild gif hit bið preóst beboden . . . and hit hǽðen swelte, 144, 32-35.

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Him is neód ðæt his ágene wódnesse tócnáwe it is necessary for him to discern his own madness. Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29. Cunne gé tócnáwan heofones híw faciem coeli dijudicare nostis, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Þrióstre senna, Hy. 8, 28

hyht

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Ðá cwæð on his móde . . . &#39; Gyrstanǽfen nán man ne mihte Crístes naman nemnian mid hihte,&#39; Hml. S. 23, 534. (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. <b>II a.

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payertributarydebtortrĭbūti reddĭtordēbĭtora rent-payera renter of land as opposed to the ownerqui censum annum penditconductor

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H.] húse gefeohte, cxx scillinga to wíte geselle if he fight in a tenant&#39;s house, let him pay cxx shillings as fine, 6; Th. i. 106, 7

brogdettan

(v.)
Grammar
brogdettan, (brodd-, bród-, bréd-, brott- ?); p. te.

to shakequiverto glitterbe splendid

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Swá ꝥ wæs æteówed, ꝥ bródette byfiende mid wundorlicre styrunge ut apparuerit cancussione mirifica tremendo palpitasse, Gr. D. 166, 14. Þá ongan ofdrǽdd bifian and broddettan (forhtiende and brédetende, v. l.) and clypian . . .

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan hetele. Wlfst. 310, 4. Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685.

Linked entry: hetollíce