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on-bryrdness

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Add: incitement, cause of strong feeling Þám tímum þe mé ǽnig onbrerdnes cym[e] be ðám ǽcan lýfe at those times in which l am inspired with any strong emotion about the life eternal, Solil.

á-hwæðer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-hwæðer, aaj, pron.

Some oneany oneanythingquisaliquisaliquid

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Some one, any one, anything; quis, aliquis, aliquid Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer nontimebo quid faciat mihi homo [non est mihi hominis timor pro aliquo ], Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117, 6

Linked entry: áwðer

ceáp-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-dæg, -dæges; -dagas; m.
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A bargaining or market-day Ceáp-dagas the Nones or stated times when the common people came to market; nonæe,Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 27; Wrt. Voc. 53, 36: Cot 142

Linked entry: cípe-dæg

ed-wendan

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Substitute: To turn back, cease to affect Gyf him edwendan ǽfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, bót eft cuman if worry from woes should cease to trouble him, better times come again, B. 280

fér

(n.)
Grammar
fér, es; m.

Fearterrortĭmor

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Fear, terror; tĭmor Mid fére foldbúende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes bihlǽmeþ the great day of the mighty Lord shall strike earth's inhabitants with fear, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 13; Cri. 868

tæl-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-mearc, e; f.

A date

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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849

mis-dón

(v.)

to act wronglyoffendtransgress

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[Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]

sige-leás

(adj.)
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sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.

wód-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
wód-þrág, e; f.

A mad fittimemadnessfury

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A mad fit or time, madness, fury Weaxeþ ðære wrǽnnesse wódþrág (wód þrág? Similar entries v. þrág, II) micel, Met. 25, 41. Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . .

nágan

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nágan, I.
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Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.

rihtung

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D. 96, 7. add On ðisum ðrým tíman andbidað God mancynnes rihtinge and góde wæstmas, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 15. Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce ( si ad correctionem non perveniunt), hí byrnað þǽr aa in écnesse, Gr. D. 335, 13.

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Kmbl. 2. silence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silence. v. swíg-tíma Ne árfæstness ne sib ne hopa ne swíge gegladaþ nec pax nec pietas immo spes nulla quietis, Dóm. L. 220. In swígean midre nihte intempestive, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 74.

BRÉME

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÉME, brýme; def. se bréma, seó, ðæt bréme; comp. brémra; sup. brémest, brýmust; adj.

Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed;celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus

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Fram gebyrdtíde brémes Cyninges from the birth-time of the glorious King [Christ], Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 20; Edg. 12. Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron they were the most esteemed of the Romans, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

Linked entries: brémen brýme

acol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
acol-mód, adj.

Of a fearful mindtimidpavidus animo

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Of a fearful mind, timid; pavidus animo Eorl acolmód a chief in trembling mood, fearful mind, Exon. 55 b ; Th. 195, 36; Az. 166. Þegnas wurdon acolmóde the thanes were chilled with terror, Andr. Kmbl. 753; An. 377

gearu-gongende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gearu-gongende, part.

Going quickly or swiftlyexpĕdīte incēdens

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Going quickly or swiftly; expĕdīte incēdens Ic eom to ðon bleáþ, ðæt mec mæg gearugongende gríma abrégan I am so timid, that a phantom going swiftly may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 6; Rä. 41, 17

Linked entry: gearo-gongende

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatlyvalde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

hraþe

(adv.)
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Hraðe ( with a quick movement ) heó æðelinga ánne hæfde fæste befangen, B. 1294. in respect to time, where the relation of the time of a circumstance to a fixed point of time is given. immediately, straightway, at once Ðá ongann hé sueriga . . .

circol-wyrde

(n.)
Grammar
circol-wyrde, es; m.

A calculator, reckonercomputator

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A calculator, reckoner; computator Feówer síðon syx byþ feówer and twentig: ða syx tída sind genemned þurh ðæra circolwyrda gleáwnysse quadrantes four times six are four-and-twenty: the six hours are called by the wisdom of calculators quadrants, Bridf

Linked entry: wirde

un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timiddiffidentfaint-hearted

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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott.

forhtig

(adj.)
Grammar
forhtig, adj.

Timidabashed

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Timid, abashed Licgan hý ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre and forhtige ástrehte tó ðára gebróðra fótum þe út of cyrican gangen ante fores oratorii prostratus jaceat . . . posito in terra capite prosternatur pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus, R.