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swétness

(n.)
Grammar
swétness, e; f.
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Ða woruldsǽlþa mid swíþe manigre swétnesse óleccaþ ðǽm módum, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 10. Beswícan þurh ða swétnesse ðara worda . . . þurh ða swétnesse ðara synna, Blickl. Homl. 55, 22, 24. Mid ða mǽstan swétnesse maxima suavitate, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 34

Linked entry: swótness

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus

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Nú gyt syndan manige manna swylce ðe hiom yldo gebídan ǽr tó genihte adhuc multiplicabuntur in senecta uberi, Ps. Th. 91, 13. Ða yldu wendan tó lífe to turn old age to life, Exon. 58 b ; Th. 210, 23; Ph. 190.

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

hreód

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Þǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treówgewrido crebris insularum nemoribus, Guth. Gr. 113, 5. On þǽre eá ófre stód hreód fluminis ripas harundo vestiebat, Nar. 8. 20.

irfe-weard

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

an heir

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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 13.

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare

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Manige on his gebyrd gefeóþ many shall rejoice at his birth, Blickl. Homl. 165, 10. Míne weleras gefeóþ gaudebunt labia mea, Ps. Th. 70, 21. Gefeah blíðe-mód ðæs ðe . . . glad of mind rejoiced that . . . Cd. 72; Th. 88, 21; Gen. 1468.

Linked entries: ge-fagen ge-feohtsumness feágan ge-fǽgon ge-feán ge-fegian ge-feohan

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Hié hæfdon manige glengas; eác swylce hié hæfdon wíf, Blickl. Homl. 99, 20. On ðære hálgan Ðrynnesse naman beó ðú hál, mid mínes láreówes geearnungum eác swylce gefultumod, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 40.

Linked entry: swálíce

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Úp áhófon flódas stefna ( uoces ) heora, fram stefnum wætera manigra, 92, 3-4.

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction

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Ðǽr mon ðæt godspel sægþ maniges mannes heorte biþ onbryrded, Blickl. Homl. 47, 32

Linked entries: an-bryrdan á-bryrdan in-bryrdan

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

a-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awake ⬩ arouse from sleep ⬩ awake from death ⬩ e somno excitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ to excite ⬩ rouse ⬩ stir up ⬩ call forth ⬩ raise up ⬩ raise up children ⬩ excitare ⬩ concitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare

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He manige men of deáþe awehte he awoke many men from death, Andr. Kmbl. 1167 ; An. 584. Awecceaþ deáde suscitaie mortuos, Mt.

Linked entries: a-wæccan a-wæhte a-weaht a-wece a-wecþ a-weht a-wehte

gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Grame manige fremde þeóda many hostile and strange nations; alienigenæ, Ps. Th. 82, 6: 118, 138: Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 26; Rä. 72, 3. Ðǽr ða graman wunnon where the fierce ones struggled, Beo. Th. 1559; B. 777.

Linked entry: grom

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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Manige óðre þe earfoðe sindon tó áteallene. Chr. 1086; P. 222, 18. Earfeþe, P. 218, 21.

Linked entry: earfeðe

feáwa

a few

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., in sing. a few, small number of, in pl. few of Manige weras þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. Feá ǽnig wæs monna cynnes there was only a few of mankind, Rä. 61, 3. On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, Hml. S. 20, 77.

geá

etiam, jam

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L. 17, 25. where agreement or consent is expressed Manige fédaþ þá getemedon ofer sumor. Geá (etiam), swá hig dóþ, Coll. M. 26, 17. Mé þincð nú þæt þé þince þæt. . . Geá, swá mé þincð, Solil.

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Maníg fram þám eorle gebogen wæs, 1091 ; P. 226, 9. trans. To submit to. Cf. I. 2, 3 Gebúge hé hengenne and þǽr gebíde, Ll. Th. i. 396, 27. Man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan, 166, 18. Ǽr þám þe hé hæbbe godcunde bóte gebogene, 312, 3

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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Mé manige ymb mægene syrewaþ, Ps. Th. 54, 18. Ða syrwde Herodias ymbe hine Herodias insidiabatur illi, Mk. Skt. 6, 19 : Homl. Th. i. 82, 20. Ða ðe ymbe ðæs cildes feorh syrwdon those who sought the child's life, 88, 18 : ii. 112, 33.

Linked entries: serede serwan sierede syrede syrwan

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Z. 247, 3-5. with an object Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað ( prae sumimus ) bútan mid micelre eáðmódnesse, R. Ben. 45, 16. Gif hwá hit bútan his leáfe gedyrstlǽce, 79, 19.

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Ǽlc deáþlíc man swencþ hine selfne mid manig*-*fealdum ymbhogum omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, Bt. 24, 1.; Fox 80, 6. Eów nǽnig wiht ne deraþ ne ne swenceþ, Blickl. Homl. 239, 12. Suenceth defatiget, Wrt.

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing

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Hie hæfdon manige glengas deórwyrþra hrægla they had many ornaments of costly garments, 99, 19. Beaduscrúda betst hrægla sélest, Beo. Th. 912; B. 454. Án cild hreglum [hræglum, MS. C.] bewunden infantem pannis involutum, Lk. Skt. 2, 12.

Linked entry: hrægl

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Þeáh manige bearn beóþ gestrýned, Bt. 31, l; F. 112, 9. (O.H.Ger. ge-striunen ; p. ita lucrari.)

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