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seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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Se líchama wæs geboren mid blóde and mid bánum, mid felle and mid sinum, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 19. Árǽran of duste flǽsc and bán, sina and fex, i. 236, 21. On ða sáran sinua, Lchdm. ii. 282, 6. For flǽsc and for bán and for sinuwan, L. Edg.

Linked entry: sinu

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becomingfitproperseemlyconvenientagreeabledecentquietmildmeekgentlekindbenevolentcongruusconvĕniensdĕcensopportūnushŏnestusquiētusmansuētusbĕnignus

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Ða synd líðe and gedéfe they are meek and gentle, Homl. Th. i. 550, 20. Sýn hí adilgad of gedéfra eác ðæra lifigendra leófra bócum deleantur de libro vīventium, Ps. Th. 68, 29. Wuna mid us ðæt ðú us gedéfra gedó stop with us to improve us, St.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es ; m.
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Palm getácnaþ syge, Homl. Th. i. 218, 11. Sige forgifan to grant victory, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 36 : Elen. Kmbl. 288 ; El. 144. Sige syllan, Val. 2, 25. Sige habban to conquer, be victorious, Num. 31, 18. Hæfde sige vincebat, superabat, Ex. 17, 11.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Homl. 169, 7

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Homl. 125, 22: Rood Kmbl. 33; Kr. 17. Swá weorðlíce, wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe, Exon. Th. 299, 30; Crä, 110: 121, 27; Gú. 295. Fægere, weorðlíce, Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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Ða ðe on holm wliton, 3189; B. 1592. Wlítan on Wíláf, 5696; B. 2852: Cd. Th. 145, 8; Gen. 2402. Heó swá wíde wlítan meahte ofer heofonríce, 38, 18; Gen. 608. Wlítan in wuldre to see heaven, 290, 2; Sat. 409.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 80. Wong gebrocen tó beorgum, Rum. 33. fig. to crush, destroy Ic gebreocu hié swé swé dúst comminuam illos ut pulverem, Ps. Srt. 17, 43. Hornas synfulra ic gebreocu (confringam), 74, 11.

hycgan

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</b> where a pronoun representing the thought is object :-- Ne meahte monna ǽnig bedeáglian hwæt hé dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum, Gú. 1227. <b>I c.

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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Homl. 43, 29. of justifiable severity Ðæt hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal ac mid miclum andan and réðnesse him stiére subditorum mala, quae tolerare leniter non debent, cum magna zeli asperitate corrigere, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 16,

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, messuage, homesteada place marked out for a house or buildinga square piece of ground with walls but without roofan enclosed home-fieldcampusan elevated piece of grounda field where a house or building once stood.

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apparently of Scandinavian origin, Icel. topt, tuft a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; a place marked out for a house or building; in the special later Icelandic sense a square piece of ground with walls but without roof: Dan. toft an enclosed home-field

sweotole

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.

of a physical action, clearly, without obstruction in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly openly, without reserve or concealment, plainlyof thinking, knowing, stating, explaining, etc., clearly

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Homl. 93, 20. Gé sweotule geseóþ Dryhten faran, Exon. Th. 32, 13; Cri. 512. Sweotole on ðæs hǽþenes heáfod starian, Judth. Thw. 24, 8; Jud. 177.

Linked entries: swetole swotole

ceaster

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</b> of hell :-- Hé byrnwígend tó þám burggeatum lǽdan ne wolde; ac þá locu feollon, clústor of þám ceastrum ( at the harrowing of hell ), . 40. used of places in England [in place-names gen. -ceastres and -ceastre occur, and the acc.

DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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great angel, him who is now the devil; but God did not create him as the devil; but when he was wholly done for and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil, who before was created a great angel, Homl

Linked entry: deóful

DÓGOR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
DÓGOR, dóger, es; m. n.
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A day; dies Ymb ántíd óðres dógores about the first hour of the second day, Beo. Th. 444; B. 219: 1215; B. 605. He to ðam ýtemæstan dógore becom he came to his last day, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 30, 39.

Linked entry: dóger

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge if a man in holy orders be charged with deadly feud, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 21: L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 25.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESHcăro

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Ðæt Word wæs geworden flǽsc, and wunode on us the Word became flesh, and dwelt in us, Homl. Th. i. 40, 17: Exon. 9b; Th. 8, 25; Cri. 123: 16b; Th. 37, 23; Cri. 597.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

folc-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gemót, -mót, folces gemót, es; n.

A folk-meetingpŏpŭli consessus

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Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne, and folcgemóta on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let Sunday's festival be diligently kept, and folk-moots be carefully abstained from on that holy day, L.

Linked entry: folc-mót

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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Grn. ii. 286, He geandbídode ðone frófer he awaited the comfort, Homl. Th. 136, 2. Nú behófige gé ðæs ðe swíðor ðæs bóclícan frófres now need ye so much the more the comfort of books, ii. 370, 18.

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Homl. 7, 33. Tó hwon yldest ðú ðæt ðú raðost dó ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle why dost thou delay at once to cause these men to be punished and killed, 183, 1.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Homl. 51, 35. Ða ðe God bletsiaþ beóþ eorþan yrfeweardas benedicentes eum possidebunt terram, Ps. Th. 36, 21.