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un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have no quarrel with him, L. M. 35; Th. i. 124, 8.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 27. Hé Rómánum tó rǽde gelǽrde, ðæt hié fóren on Hannibales land, 4, 10; Swt. 200, 1. On ðisum rǽde ( the conspiracy against William Rufus ) wæs Oda, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 5.

Linked entry: rád

fram

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Wæs swá micel ege from ðǽm wífmonnum gentes tanta formido invaserat, 1, 10; S. 46, 27. Wearð Rómánum se mǽsta ege from Sceltiuerin cum Romanos ingens Celtiberorum metus invasisset, 4, 12; S. 208, 24: 4, 10; S. 198, 32.

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Swíðe hræðe æfter ðon hé gecýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui hoc in loco pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet, aperuit, Past. 18, 6; Swt. 137, 18. Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóþ ðe leás utrum vera an falsa sint, Gen. 42, 16.

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Slowly, late, at length, at last Alexander late unweorðlícne sige gerǽhte [anceps] pugna tandem tristem pene victoriam Macedonibus dedit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 8.

locc

(n.)
Grammar
locc, es; m.

a haira curlringlet

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Hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan non comam nutrient, Past. 18, 7; Swt.139, 13. Teóh him ða loccas and wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Hé hæfde crispe loccas capillis crispis, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 30.

Linked entry: loca

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Ða mettas ( cibos ) ðe God self gesceóp, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 319, 1. Mínum þeówum ic sylle mettas, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 65. Se ðe mettas ( escas ) hæfþ, Lk. Skt. 3, 11. Earmra hungur hé oferswýþde mid mettum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 24.

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.
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Th. 553, 12. a receptacle for the relics of a saint, a shrine Se earm wearð geléd on scrine of seolfre ásmiðod on Sancte Petres mynstre, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 143. Ðá þwóh man ða hálgan bán, and bær intó ðære cyrcan on scríne, 100, 158.

ge-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, directionrectum, jus, ratio, officium

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Th. i. 74, 22: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 39: L. Eth. 5, 11; Th. i. 306, 30: Shrn. 208, 28. Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 12.

Linked entry: ge-ryht

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ðá ðwóh man ða hálgan bán and gelogodon hí up then the holy bones were washed and laid up, Swt. Rdr. 100, 158. Hí gelogodon sce Ælfeáges hálgan líchaman on norþhealfe weofodes they placed S.

Linked entry: lógian

súsl

(n.)
Grammar
súsl, es; n.: e; f.
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Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon. Th. 142, 4; Gú. 639. Ða ungeendodan súslo ðú byst þrowigende, Nicod. 29; Thw. 17, 12.

Linked entry: helle-súsl

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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He com to Bethfage, swo hatte þe prop, O. E. Homl. ii. 89, 13. Ther stod a throp ... in which that poure folk hadden her bestes and her herbergage, Chauc. Cl. T. 199. Thorp, litell towne or thoroughfare oppidum, Prompt. Parv. 492.

Linked entry: þrop

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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To make ware, to warn Mid ðǽm wordum hé ús warode and lǽrde quibus verbis pastoribus praecavetur, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 21.

Linked entries: werian be-warian

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille lata et spatiosa via est, Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20. Ðæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum wídgille and lang þurh*-*wunaþ on norðsǽ, Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 8. Sió wídgille passivus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 55.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

rind

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

Rind. of a tree the bark crust rind

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Dó of ða rinda, Lchdm. ii. 98, 11. metaphorically :-- Þeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðam piþan biþ óðer gehýded Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 22. The word occurs in combination with names of trees, e.g.

Linked entry: rinde

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, -styllan; p. de; pp. ed [stillan to rest] .

To restceasebe stillquietmutequiescĕresĕdārisĭlēreobmutescĕrerētĭcēreTo restrainstillstopstaycalmkeep incompescĕrecŏhĭbēresĕdāremītĭgārerĕtĭnēre

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Ða hátheortan hie mid náne fóreþonce nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with reflection, Past. 40, 6; Swt. 297, 4; Hat. MS. 55 b, 7. Hwá gestilleþ ðæt who shall still that? Exon. l01 b; Th. 384, 30; Rä. 4, 35.

Weogorna-ceaster

Grammar
Weogorna-ceaster, Weogora-ceaster, e; f.

Worcester

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.; Swt. 3, tit. Wiogre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 405, 5. Wigera iv. 137, 21 : 262, 21 : Chr. 992 ; Erl. 131, 37. Wihgera Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 263, 14. Wigra iii. 95, 28: vi. 126, 25. Wigra, Wygra Chr. 1047 ; Erl. 171, 30, 31. Wigre Cod. Dip.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Swá wit furðum sprǽcon as we were just saying, B. 1707. Ic þǽr furðum cwóm . . . sóna mé . . . hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getǽhte I had only just come, when he placed me by his own son, 2009.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Ór gecýðan oð ende forð, Jul. 353. termination of existence Ealle þá gewítaþ swá swá wolcn . . . þyllic bið se ende þæs líchoman fægernesse, Bl. H. 59, 21. Ǽlc fǽgernes tó ende efsteþ, 57, 28: 59, 26.

Linked entry: ende-dæg