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snytro-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-cræft, (or snytro (gen.) cræft, cf. þurh snyttra cræft,
  • Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
  • An. 631
), es; m.

Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom

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Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom Wundra mǽst, ðæt swylc snyttrocræft ǽnges hæleþa hreþer weardade Exon. Th. 169, 28; Gú. 1101. Se mæg eal secgan, ðam biþ snyttrucræft bifolen on ferhðe 42, 4; Cri. 667: 239, 18; Ph. 622. Sefan sídne geþanc and snytrocræft

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Gif hé secge ðæt hé hæbbe hire freóndscipe ðæt ys be lufe si dicat se amicitiam ejus habere, id est, amatorie, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 17; Th. ii. 230, 17. Hié sceolan lǽran Godes lufan and manna, Blickl. Homl 77, 20.

Linked entry: lufe

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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BLIND, deprived of sight; cæcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man, se wæs blind and dumb tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus et mutus, Mt. Bos. 12, 22: Mk. Bos. 10, 46: Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491.

ge-leáfa

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Fides catholica haec est ut . . ., Ath. Crd. 3. Án is geleáfa, án is fulwiht, án fæder éce, Hy. 11, 8. Þæs geleáflican geleáfan catholice fidei, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 56.

on-scunian

(v.)
Grammar
on-scunian, -scynian, -sceonian.

to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrateto regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shunto regard with fearto irritate

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Se ðe ðis gewrit gehýreþ hé flýhþ ðæt yfel and onscunaþ devitando quod noxium est, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 16. Ðá onscunode hé ðæt and cwæþ qui renuens ait, Gen. 48, 19. Hé onscunede unrihthǽmed ille recusabat stuprum, 39, 10.

ge-þryle

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-þrýl,</b> es; n. A press, crowd For ðæs folces geðrýle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml.

wlencu

(n.)
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Add: wlenc, es; m. Add Hé an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6.

aron

(v.)

estis

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estis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 11, = earon

ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END fīnis, termĭnus

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anEND ; fīnis, termĭnus Ac nys ðonne gyt se ende sed nondum est fīnis, Mt. Bos. 24, 6. Á bútan ende ever without end, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 28.

Linked entry: eonde

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Harrying, harrowing, plundering, devastation, waging war, an irruption, incursion, invasion, a raid, plunder Seó hergung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning geworden inruptio quæ per Alaricum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

Linked entry: heregung

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Gehiéren ða reáferas ða ðe higiaþ wið ðæs ðæt hie willaþ óðre men bereánan hwæt be him gecweden is cum aliena rapere intendunt, audiant, quad scriptum est, Past. 44, 8; Swt. 329, 16.

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishnesscowardicetimorousnesspusillanimity

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Ðá héton hí secgan ðysses landes wæstmbǽrnysse and Brytta yrgþo nunciatum est simul et insulæ fertilitas, ac segnitia Brittonum, Bd. 1; 15; S. 483, 15.

Linked entry: irhþ

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandmana native

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a cultivator of the land, husbandman Fæder mín londbúend [-býend, Rush.] is pater meus agricola est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 1. Ða landbúendo agricolæ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 38. Ðǽm lond-búendum agricolis, 33: 40: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 2.

Linked entry: búend

líc-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-wyrþe, adj.

pleasantacceptableagreeableestimablesterling

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On ðære lícwyrþe is Gode eardian in quo beneplacitum est Deo habitare, Ps. Lamb. 67, 17. Suǽ wæs lícewyrþe before ðec sic fuit placitum ante te, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 26.

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Seó núgyt neówan is becumen and gelǽded tó Godes geleáfan quae (ecclesia Anglorum) nuper adhuc ad fidem adducta est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 12. Hé eów neón gesceód lately he harmed you, Andr. Kmbl. 2354; An. 1178

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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In ðis tó uundranne ł uundorlíce is in hoc mirabile est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 30. And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26.

á-rásian

(v.)
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Add: to try, put to the proof Hé sceolde gecunnian and árásian, hwæþer se Drihtnes wer hæfde wítedomes gást an vir Dei prophetiae spiritum haberet, explorare conatus est, Gr.

Linked entry: rásian

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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On þǽm anwalde wæron Somnite swá bealde Pontius, dux eorum, in tantum abusus est victoriae securitate, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 31. Fón tó anwalde imperium tenere coepere, 6, 37; S. 294, 33. God hí hǽþenum leódum lét tó anwealde. Jud. pref.

fultum

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Þone fultum and þæt weorc Agustus gebohte mid fela M talentana Augustus ad reparationem eorum magnam vim pecuniam largitus est, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 27.

hǽþen-scipe

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Ǽghwylcne hǽðenscype wordes and weorces forhogie man ǽfre, id est idolatria et ueneficia, . . .