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meagolmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
meagolmód-ness, e; f.

Earnestness ⬩ diligence

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Earnestness, diligence Hé sang ǽghwylce dæge mæssan Gode töólofe myd swýðe mycelre meagolmódnysse and myd wépendum teárum every day he sang mass to the praise of God with very great earnestness, and with tears, Shrn. 98, 3.

óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj.
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Until Wuna mid him, óþ ðínes bróður yrre geswíce, Gen. 27, 44 : Mt. Kmbl. 10, ll. Hé hæfdææe ða, óþ hé ofslóg ðone aldorman, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 20. Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor, óþ hit mid ealle áfielþ, Past. 38 ; Swt. 279, 3 : Cd.

betwyx-aworpennyss

(n.)
Grammar
betwyx-aworpennyss, e; f.

An interjection ⬩ interjectio

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Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind. Heu denotes a soreness of mind, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 55

un-deáþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáþlíc, adj.

Immortal

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Immortal Se líchoma bið ðonne undeáþlíc, þeáh hé ǽr deáþlíc wǽre, Blickl. Homl. 21, 31. Se ðe com deáðlíc tó ðissum middangearde ... hé árás undeáðlíc, Homl. Th. i. 222, 12, 18. Wé sprecaþ ymbe God, deáðlíce be undeáðlícum, 286, 8.

Linked entry: un-deádlíc

un-gesǽliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽliglíce, adv.

unhappily ⬩ miserably ⬩ wickedly

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unhappily, miserably Hé ( Judas ) hine sylfne áhéng and swá ungesǽliglíce tó écan deáðe wæs geniðerad, Homl. Ass. 158, 564. Hé him seluan éce hellewíte ungesǽliglíce getilaþ, Chart. Th, 117, 23. wickedly.

Linked entry: ge-sǽliglíce

ge-frínd

Grammar
ge-frínd, friends.
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Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 3

Linked entry: ge-frýnd

ge-hindred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hindred, . . . impeditus.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hindrian;</b>. pp. ge-hindrod, gehindred To hinder, impede, check, and add hí for þám gylte gehin-drode wǽron þe hí þone Godes wer ǽr on wege his horses bereáfedon quia ex culpa quam servo Dei in via fecerant, illa sui itineris

ge-setla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setla, an; m.
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Ðás ðíne gesætlan (these that sit with thee) synd míne gebróðra, Hml. S. 2, 237. Gif gegilda myd þǽm ete . . . þe his gegildan stlóg . . . gilde án pund, bútun hé ætsacan mæge mid his twám gesetlun ꝥ hé hine nyste, Cht. Th. 612, 16 : 23

riht-líflád

(n.)
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam

Linked entry: líf-lád

rýn

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, rýn, where dele bracket in l. 2, and add Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león, and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan, ðonne rýde hió, Bt. 38, 1; S. 116, 17. Þá ðe león wǽron ongunnon yrrenga rýn á þonne hí sceoldón clipian, Met. 26, 84

un-gewiss

Grammar
un-gewiss, ignorance.
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Hé nyste hwæs he geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýþost drehton and on ungewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 398.

of-drǽd

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
of-drǽd, of-drǽdd,

terrified, afraid

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Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300

á-cunnan

(v.)

to accuse

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Ðæt hí ná ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked

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Se ðe sóðlíce God lufaþ, nele hé wiðerian ongeán his bebodum, Homl. Th. ii. 522, 18. to resist, oppose Wiðstód ł wiðerode refragabatur, resistebat, Hpt. Gl. 426, 41. Hig wǽron gemæste and wiðerodun (recalcitravit), Deut. 32, 15.

ge-sceádwísness

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Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðám lǽwedum folce mid mycelre gesceádwísnysse, Hml.

Linked entry: sceádwísness

gebyrd-tíd

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II a) :-- On ðám forman dæge his gebyrdtíde hé wearð æteówed þrým hyrdum, Hml. Th. i. 104, 30.

sécan

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Hit gelamp þá on fyrste þá þá ꝥ folc þider sóhte tó þám micclan screfe, Hml. S. 35, 331-334. Sécan frequentemus, An. Ox. 56, 314. 3. Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781.

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest

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Heó wæs hleonigende ofer hire ræste she was lying on her bed, Blickl. Homl. 145, 26. Fond hlingendne freán found his master lying in his bed, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 2; Gú. 1120

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.

A thrall ⬩ slave ⬩ servant

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Oft þrǽl ðæne þegen, ðe ær wæs his hláford, cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcþ him tó þrǽle, 163, 1. Gebéte þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid .xxx. scillingan, 181, 9. Ðe hláferd ðrǽles ðæs dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 50.

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning

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Hé eode nihtes, ðæt hé his lífe geburge, ac ða hǽðenan wurdon wære his fare, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 230. ware, prepared for, on guard against something that might be hurtful, absolute Beó gé wære uos estote parati, Lk. Skt. 12, 40.