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hreów

(n.)
Grammar
hreów, e; f.

Sorrowregretpenitencepenancerepentance

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Ðón úrum Drihtne sóþe hreówe and bóte, Blickl. Homl. 35, 36. Hreówe and dǽdbóte, 79, 5. Ne hé wihte hafaþ hreówe on móde ðæt him hálig gǽst losige he hath not regret for the loss of his holy spirit, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 16; Cri. 1558.

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Ne gedafenaþ ús ðæt symle hnesce beón on úrum geleáfan swá swá ðás merwan cild, Homl. Th. i. 602, 13. Þurh ða myrwan per tenera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 23. Hí ( the leaves ) beóþ mearwran (MS. H. mearuwran), Herb. 153, 1; Lchdm. i. 278, 15.

Linked entry: myrwa

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, p. ode.

to address one's selfspeak (to a person)converseto address an assemblyto discussdisputemoot a question

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to address one's self, speak (to a person), converse (v. mótung) Man mót on eornost mótian wið his Drihten se ðe wyle ðæt sprecon mid weorcum wið hine the Lord, who will have us speak to him by our deeds, must be addressed in all seriousness, Ælfc

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.
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Ðonne on orlege hafelan weredon, ðonne hniton féþan, 2657; B. 1326. Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend tó ðam orlege, Andr. Kmbl. 94; An. 47: 2411; An. 1207. Hét wǽpen on ðam orlege formeltan, 2293; An. 1148.

Linked entry: or-læg

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru, e; f.
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lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 12. a share, v. folc-, hearm-, land-, leód-, sceap-scearu

Linked entry: scyru

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Seldon ǽnig seolfor fundon. Nar. 5, 15. Hwílon ic dó ac seldon aliquando facio, sed raro, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. Se ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwþ tó seldon, Past. 39, 2 ; Swt. 285, 18. Seldun, 9 ; Swt. 57, 16. Seldum ǽfre, Salm.

Linked entry: seldnor

þeód-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cyning, es; m.
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Gár-Dena in geárdagum þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon, Beo. Th. 3; B. 2.

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
Grammar
wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum . . . gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre, and hé his ætsacan ne mihte, ðǽt hé beó his feores scyldig, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 9-12. Wiccecræftas prestigias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 25

weorold-þing

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þing, es; n.
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forléton ealle woruld-ðing nos dimisimus omnia (Mk. 10, 28), Homl. Th. i. 392, 32, 28. Ðá ðá his geógoð æfter gecynde woruldðing lufian sceolde, ii. 118, 23

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.
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Ðæt hit for ðý yppen ðæt mon God herige ed ostendenda sunt, ut laudem coelestis Patris augeamus, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 4. Ic ne dear yppan ( pandere ) ðé dígla úre, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 13. Ypped oriundus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 65.

árian

(v.)
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Gif beóð on hwylcum earfoþum . . . gif hé ús árian and miltsian wile, 51, 30. to refrain from unkindness, to spare Ne árað non parcet, Kent. Gl. 173. Sé ðe áreð qui parcit, 468.

bletsung

benediction

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Bloetsunges ðínes gefe onfóe , 81, 39. Tó hwon bescyredest þú þé twyfealdre bletsunga?, Bl. H. 49, 36. Bledsunge, Past. 331, 25. Folc ðín bloetsung onfóe, Rtl. 79, 28. Bloedsung, 88, 14. Maria bróhte eallum geleáffullum bletsunga and éce hǽlo, Bl.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Ne magon nǽfre gereccan þone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 19. Clǽne lautos (biblos ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 44

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Hylle on fýrum beóð for-swǽlede teartlícor Averni ignibus crememur acrius, Hy. S. 5, 15. of the effect of the sun Sunne ne forswǽle þé sol non uret te, Ps.

gelimplic

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willað nú sume eów geopenian, and sume eft on gelimplicere tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 200, 6. Gelimplicum horis competentibus. Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 162, 2. with a clause Þ gelimplic wæs, ꝥ hé his leornerum frófre sende, Bl.

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Gif fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne biþ ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad and bið ꝥ ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. [O. H. Ger. ge-obarón differre.] Cf. ge-yferian

HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.
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Him tó eodan blinde and healte the blind and halt went to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 21: Nicod. 2; Thw. 1, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 2427; El. 1215: Andr. Kmbl. 1155; An. 578

uncer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
uncer, pron. poss.

Of us twoour

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Of uncrum wege, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 18. Of uncrum feó, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8. Uncerne hwelp, Exon. Th. 380, 31; Rä. 1, 16. Crist wát uncre clǽnnysse, Shrn. 40, 20: 42, 3: Cd. Th. 139, 4; Gen. 2304. Uncre eágan, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 33: Homl.

Linked entry: úser

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.
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Aman wearð gehýnd for his upáhefednysse, Homl. Ass. 101, 322. Hé ( Lucifer ) wæs fordón þurh ða miclan upáhefednysse, Homl. Th. i. 12, 21. Upáhefednesse forfleón elationem vel jactantiam fugere, R. Ben. 18, 23: L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 12

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

wóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ, e ; f.

a soundcrynoisevoicesongspeech

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a sound, cry, noise Wearð breahtm hæfen, wóð up áslág, cearfulra cirm, cleopedon monige, Exon. Th. 118, 4; Gú. 234: 125, 31; Gú. 362.

Linked entries: þoot þoot