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swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Swíþe feáwa manna ongit, 19; Fox 70, 12. Swíþe lytle fiorme, Past. pref.; Swt. 5, 11. of quality Hé biþ ðæra suíðe gemyndig, Past. 4; Swt. 37, 20. Ða swíðe swígean nimis taciti, 23; Swt. 174, 24. Swíþe heá dúne, Blickl. Homl. 27, 16.

Linked entry: swíðor

on-fón

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Hé náh mid rihte ǽniges mannes æt fulluhte tó onfónne ne æt bisceopes handa, Wlfst. 39, 17. <b>IV c.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Geond grunda fela through many lands, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 30; Víd. 136. On grundum on earth, 17 b; Th. 43, 1; Cri. 682: 18 b; Th. 46, 28; Cri. 744. Of grundum, 18 a; Th. 44, 13; Cri. 702.

full

(adv.)
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Synna and mána full, Bl. H. 75, 7: 109, 29. Oferhygda full, Mód. 43. Cearena full, Cri. 962: Jul. 618. Hét leahtra ful tó cwale lǽdan synna leáse, 612. with inst. Fíf mægnum full, Sal. 136.

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Hwæt elles getácnaþ se heá torr búton ðone heáh foreþonc and ða gesceádwísnesse ðara gódena manna what else does the high tower signify but the lofty forethought and the sagacity of good men, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 24.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

heáh

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Fæt úp oþ mannes breóst heáh, Bl. H. 127, 6. Hú héh hell seó, Sat. 707. Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 22. Þæt fær gewyrc . . . þrittiges heáh elngemeta, Gen. 1308.

Linked entry: dynt

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Þú þe Maria fægere ákende thou whom Mary in happy hour brought forth, Hy. 3, 26. with propriety, in a becoming manner God sceal mon ǽrest hergan, fægre fæder úserne, Gn. Ex. 5. Wese God á gebletsad, and þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, Ps.

sittan

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Be blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittað, Lch. i. 86, 6. Add þǽr sæt on þám lande swýðe swýþlic hungor vehemens fames incubuerat, Gr. D. 251, 10. Þǽr on sæt mycel hunger, 145, 5. Heofonflód micel on sæt (set, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16.

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú ðás gesyhþe secge mannum, onwreóh wordum ðæt hit is wuldres beám, Rood Kmbl. 191; Kr. 97. Bæd ðæt hé him on spellum gecýðde, onwrige worda gongum, hú ..., Exon. Th. 171, 29; Gú. 1134.

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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S. 15, 62. in like manner Ne tódǽl ðú on tó fela ðín mód, and ðín weorc endemes, Past. 37, 17

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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created world) stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum gif án unáwendendlíc God nǽre non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos motus, locis, temporibus explicaret, nisi unus esset qui has mutationum varietates manens

Linked entry: rine

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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hit oferworhte mid weaxe virum ad perscrutandos Alexandri actus, qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scripta; et post cera superlitas enunciebat, Ors. 4, 5;S. 168, 14. to make a symbol other than a letter Þá áwrát hé Crístes róde tácen on þæs blindes mannes

Linked entry: wrítan

girnan

(v.)
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Gif se man gyrneð ( desideret ) Crístes líchaman tó underfónne, Ll. Th. ii. 176, 18. Hí náht ne gyrndon tó hæbbene, Bl. H. 53, 25. with clause Hé giernð (girnð, v. l.) ðæt hé his welan iéce augers opes ambit, Past. 331, 15.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hé manegum wearð mannum tó hróðre, werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 30; El. 15.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Ne nán man næfþ náne orþunge búton þurh ða lyfte [ðæt lyft MS. M.], Lchdm. iii. 272, 12-22. Seó lyft ðonne heó ástyred is byþ wind, 274, 10. Se storm and seó stronge lyft the storm and the strong blast, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 28; Cri. 991.

Linked entries: lift loft

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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Clǽnsie man ða þeóde, L. E. G. ii; Th. i. 174, 2. Ealla óðræ Cristnæ ðióda, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 5. Of ðám frumgárum twá þeóda ( the Moabites and the Ammonites ) áwócon, Cd. Th. 158, 11; Gen. 2615. Þeóda gentes, Ps. Th. 65, 7. Þeóde, 78, 1: 113, 10.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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man Godes cyricean fæste tremede, Bl. H. 43, 6: 111, 4: An. 1673. Ꝥ se stemn móte þý fæstor standon, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 34. of sleeping: On middre nihte þá men fæstost slépon, Hml.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Ǽgleáwra mann ðonne ic mé tælige, Andr. Kmbl. 2967; An. 1486. Cyn ðara ðe hý ánsetlan teliaþ; R. Ben. 135, 4. Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Ðone ic on firenum fæstne talde, Elen. Kmbl. 1815; El. 909.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.
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Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.

Linked entry: tó-ward