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líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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The body [generally of a living person], the corporeal, in contrast to the spiritual, part of man Se líchoma biþ líchoma ða hwile ðe hé his lima ealle hæfþ, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 148, 6.

mǽþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-líc, adj.

Moderatein accordance with due measureproper to a person's degreehaving regard to others

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Gif hwilc forwyrht man hiówan gesǽce, bió se þingad swá hit médlíc sió be ðæs geltes méðe if any criminal betake himself to the convent, let terms be made for him, as may be fit and proper according to the measure of the crime, Chart. Th. 509, 23

Linked entry: mǽþ-full

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml. S. 6, 47. On fyrlenum wunigende, 35, 26

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

heáfod-land

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Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond áne hwíle; þænne in þá furh; ꝥ andlong fyrh anbútan ꝥ heáfodlond . . . of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg, Cht. E. 208, 25-29: 35. On þæt heáfodlond; of þám heáfodon andlang fúra, C.

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander roam to go as a pilgrim

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Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur, et poenitentiam usque agat, quamdiu vivet, L. M. I. 44; Th. ii. 276, 31.

ofer-drincan

(v.)

to overdrink (one's self)

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Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs ierres, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 3. Swá hwá swá óðerne drencþ, hé wirþ self oferdruncen, 49; Swt. 381, 4. Swá swá mihti oferdruncon crapulatus fram wíne, Ps. Spl. 77, 71.

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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Hwí twýnode ðé?, 17. with gen. of object of doubt Ðý læs ðe hwam twýnige ðyssere gereccednysse, Homl. Th. i. 598, 31. Hú mæg ðé nú twýnian ðæs écan leóhtes?

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Th. 185, 3; Exod. 117. to occupy a position for a time Ðá wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig ða hwíle ðe hié hiera corn gerypon, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 5. Hé wícode ðǽr ða hwíle ðe man ða burg worhte, 913; Erl. 102, 6.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

for-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrífan, p. -scráf, pl. -scrifon; pp. -scrifen [scrífan to judge] ,

to condemnproscribecondemnāreproscrībĕreto writecut intocut downincīdĕresuccīdĕre

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Grendel fífelcynnes eard weardode hwíle, siððan him Scyppend forscrifen hæfde Grendel inhabited a while the monster-race's abode, after the Creator had proscribed him, Beo.

Linked entries: screón fer-scrifen

pocc

(n.)
Grammar
pocc, es ; m.
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Wið ómena geberste ... sleah feówer scearpan ymb ða poccas útan, and lǽt yrnan ða hwíle ðe hé wille, 44, 1 : ii. 100, 4. Wið pocádle... Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne quia non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 36. Ofslógon ðone blacan Heawald they killed the black Heawald, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 40.

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

fiþer-féte

Grammar
fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Fyþerféte swá hwilc swá gesihð, uneáðnysse getácnað . . . Fyþerféte sprecan feóndscipas cingas getácnað, Lch. iii. 210, 9, 11

Linked entry: feówer-féte

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Th. ii. 266, 24. þá wæs þeáw ǽr bám húslgange ꝥ se diácon cleopode, ' Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá, þonne búge sé of þissere stówe' cum missarum solemnia celebrarentur, atgue ex more Diaconus clamaret, 'Si quis non communicat, det locum', Gr.

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

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Hús (the temple) oferworht mid golde and mid hwítan seolfre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 35: Blickl. Homl. 125, 25. Hé wæs bebyrged and oferworht syððan ( a tomb was erected Homl. Skt. i. 21, 19

flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Hwí flítst ðú wið ðínne néxtan quāre percŭtis proxĭmum tuum? Ex. 2, 13. Flíteþ strives, Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 47; Reim. 62. Ne flít he non contendet, Mt. Bos. 12, 19.

Linked entry: flítend

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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Sege ús for hwí ðú ús ðus stíþlíce word tó sprece, H. R. 7, 35. of persons, stern, hard, fierce Ðá Ælfréd ðæt ofáxode, ðæt se here swá stíðlíc wæs, Shrn. 16, 8

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not wellillbadly

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Þeáh hine hwá áhsode, for hwí hé swá dyde, ðonne ne mihte hé hit ná gereccan, ne geþafa beón nolde, ðæt hé untela dyde requiretur delictum ejus, nec invenietur, Ps. Th. 9, 35.

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis

Linked entry: myndlinga

drenc

(n.)
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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, 39, 9; F. 226, 11