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un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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Hwílum gebyrede swíþe ungewunelíc and ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 12. Hwæthwegu ungewunelíces novum aliquid inusitatumque, 7, 2; Fox 16, 27. Ðá geseah hé ealle ða cytan mid heofonlíce leóhte gefylde.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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Ac ða hwíle ðe hé giernþ ðæt hé his welan iéce hé ágiémeleásaþ ðæt hé forbúge his synna profecto enim, qui augere opes ambit, vitare peccatum negligit, Past. 44, 9; Swt. 331, 16.

Linked entries: écan íht

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Lytle hwíle sceolde hé his lífes niótan, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 16; Gen. 486. Se lícette litlum and miclum, gumena gehwylcum, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 72; Met. 26, 36. On ǽlcum þingum ðe ðǽr unbecweden biþ, on bócum and on swylcum lytlum, Chart. Th. 536. 26.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc bíþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 20, 26. Ðǽr wæs heard plega wælgára wrixl ( the battle between the four kings and the five ), Cd. Th. 120, 4; Gen. 1989. Plæges saltationis, Mk. Skt. p. 3, 11.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Philippus Mæcedonia ríce ealle hwíle on miclan pleó and on miclan earfeþan hæfde, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 110, 28.

Linked entry: pleón

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.

ge-þungen

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Swylce hit cild wǽre ... swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé eald geþungen man wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 15. Cildhád gewít tó cnihtháde, and cnihthád tó geðungenum wæstme, Hml. Th. i. 490, 3.

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Gif gé lǽnaþ ðám ðe gé eft æt onfóþ hwilc þanc is eów sóþlice synfulle synfullum lǽnaþ si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis accipere quæ gratia est vobis? nam et peccatores peccatoribus fænerantur, Lk. Skt. 6, 34.

Linked entry: ge-léned

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious. Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15.

Linked entry: wuldor

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.

tó-lúcan

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

To tear to pieces,wrench asunder,dislocateto root out,destroy

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Hwil ꝥ Marherete spec þus, me toleac hire, swa ꝥ te reue fir þe stronge rune of ꝥ blodi stream ne mahte for muchele grure lokin þiderweardes, Marh. 7, ii. Wá is us ꝥ we iseoð þi softe lich toluken swa ladliche, 6, 7. Ȝef mi lich is toloken, 6, 12.

Linked entry: lúcan

loppe

(n.)
Grammar
loppe, an; f.

A flea a spidera silk-worm

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; also a silk-worm Furþum ðeós lytle loppe hine hwílum deádne gedéþ even this little flea sometimes kills him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 13. Seolucwyrm oððe sídwyrm oððe loppe bombix, Wrt.

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Swá hwilce men swá willnadon ðæt hí on hálgum leornungum týde wǽron hí hæfdon gearuwe magistras ða ðe hig lǽrdon and tyddon quicumque lectionibus sacris cuperent erudiri, haberent in promptu magistros qui docerent, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 34: 4, 3; S. 569,

sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
sméðe, adj.

Smoothsmooth, without roughness or inequalitiessmooth, without discomfort or annoyancesmooth, suave, avoiding offencesmooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.)smooth not harsh, melodious, harmonious

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Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704. smooth, suave, avoiding offence Hé biþ hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe, hwílum tó ungemetlíce réðe amor proprius mentem aliquando inordinate ad mollitiem, aliquando ad asperitatem rapit Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 7. smooth, not irritating

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Gif þonne gebyrige ꝥ heora hwilc bige habban wille, Ll. Th. i. 156, 2. <b>I a.</b> with dat. of person, to happen to a person :-- Swá gebyreþ ǽlcum, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 27. Ic eów cýðe hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð, Gen. 49, 1.

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILTspleen

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Hyt gelamp hwílon ðæt man þearmas mid ðære miltan uppan ðás wyrte gescearp, ðá geclyfude seó milte tó ðysse wyrte and heó hrædlíce ða miltan fornam . . hý beón bútan miltan gemétte, Herb. 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 160, 3-10.

be-stéman

(v.)
Grammar
be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed

To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wethumectare, madefacere, circumfundere

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Hwílum hit [beácen] wæs mid wǽtan bestémed at times it [the beacon] was damped with wet, Rood Kmbl. 44; Kr. 22. Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood poured from the man's side, 96; Kr. 48.

Linked entries: stíman be-stýman

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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Se ðridda hád hæfþ syx clypunga, forðan ðe hé ys hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 2-8