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ild

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Ic mid ylde (for yldum, v. l. ) gewǽht eom, Hml. S. 23b, 782. (l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps.

mǽte

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mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðæs éðel wǽre éce gelýfanne on heofonum, nalæs on eorþlícre frætwædnysse, on gewítendre and on úþgengre cujus sedes aeterna non in vili et caduco metallo, sed in coelis esset credenda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 20.

gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrdan, girdan; p. gyrde; pp. gyrded

To GIRDbind roundcingere

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To GIRD, bind round; cingere Ðá ðú gingra wǽre ðú gyrdest ðé ... ðonne ðú ealdast óðer ðé gyrt cum esses junior cingebas to ... cum senueris alms to cinget, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19.

wine-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-leás, adj.

Friendless

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Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma, 289, 9; Wand. 45.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death) 161, 27; . 965. In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52

Linked entry: slíþe

sorh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-leás, adj.

free from anxiety or caresecurefree from sorrow

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free from anxiety or care, secure Sorgleás secura, Rtl. 63, 10: 8, 23: 40, 15. Ic hit ðé geháte, ðæt ðú most sorhleás swefan, ðæt ðú ondrǽdan ne þearft aldorbealu eorlum, Beo. Th. 3348; B. 1672.

tír-eádíg

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-eádíg, adj.

Glorious

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Se tíreádga (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 205, 1; Ph. 106. Tíreádigum men (Hygelac), Beo. Th. 4384; B. 2189. Torhte and tíreádige (the twelve apostles), Apstls. Kmbl. 7; Ap. 4: Andr. Kmbl. 4; An. 2; 1329; An. 665.

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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a boat. Baat linter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 81. Bát, barca, i. 47, 62: 56, 10:, An. Ox. 5457: 4, 91. Þrié Scottas cómon on ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum . . . Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde, Chr. 891; P. 82, 18-22.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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sette his ða swíðran hand (cf. mid ða swíðran hand, 514, 21) him on ðæt heáfod, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 515, 19. ðá ða studu úton ðam wáge fultume ne setton, ac heó on ða cyricean setton, 3, 17; S. 544, 37.

Linked entry: on-settan

ge-þencan

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Add: to think, deliberate, take counsel or thought Huælc geðences ( cogitans ) mæge atéce lícnesse his elne énne?, Mt. L. 6, 27. Hiá geðóhtun betuih him, Mt. L. 21, 25: Mk. L. R. 8, 16.

ge-gán

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Add: <b>A.</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Add: ge-þiódan, ge-þiédan, ge-þídan, ge-þýdan Geþeóded conexa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 71. Geþeód textum, Germ. 399, 302. <b>A.

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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On ðis dimnre hol in this dim hole, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 2618; An. 1310. Sindon dena dimme the dells are dim, Exon. 115 b; Th. 443, 14; Kl. 30: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 13; Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 108, 8.

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 15. Gebéte ðæt be ðæm ðe seó dǽd swá be wíte swá be lahslitte [lahslite, MS. B.] let him make'bot' for that according to what the deed is, either by 'wite' [if English] or by 'lahslit' [if Danish], L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 6.

Linked entries: slite -slitt

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To closeconcludefastenlock

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Th. 133, 46; By. 66. Siððan ða ýslan eft onginnaþ lúcan tógædere geclungne cleowenne afterwards the ashes begin to close up again, pressed to a ball; in massam cineres coactos, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 16; Ph. 225.

Linked entry: lýcþ

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Few, little Ðæra is lyt ðe wile wel tǽcan there are now too few of those that will teach well, Homl. Th. i. 6, 22. Ðæra biþ ealles lyt, ðe ne beswíce, Wulfst. 97, 7.

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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Sick, ill. of bodily infirmity or disease Sum seóc man quidam languens. Jn. Skt. II, I. Se is seóc infirmatur, 3. seóc wæs infirmabatur , 6. Seóc biþ ðe seldan ieteþ. Exon. Th. 340, 16 ; Gn. Ex. III.

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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To sweep, trans, To sweep with a brush (lit. or metaph.) Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps.

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.
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Gl. 477, 38), Anglia xiii. 33, 163. Gif líf his on wyrþscype wel þæslíc si vita honore sit condigna, Scint. 125, 5. Swíde þæslíc anginn menniscre álýsednysse wæs ðæt se engel wearð ásend fram Gode ðam mǽdene, Homl. Th. i. 194, 27.

Linked entry: his-lic