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stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Swá hé stille stande, ðǽr hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, Andr. Kmbl. 1003 ; An. 502. Stille on wícum siteþ, Exon. Th. 390, 26 ; Rä. 9, 7. Stille þynceþ lyft, 383, 14 ; Rä. 4, 10 : 387, 5 ; Rä. 4, 74. Se monlíca ( the pillar of salt ) stille wunode. Cd.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Hé fram Godes ængle ꝥ bebod underféng and þurh nǽnigne menniscne man ne geleornode mandatum ab angelo didicit, quod per hominem non cognovit, 13, 24.

ge-dál

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Eálá, þú man, hwæt dést þú ꝥ þú ne sý þám dumban nytene gelíc ? Geþenc hú micel gedál God betweox ús gesceóp, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 29.

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [
  • Halliwell
gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In
  • Jamieson's Dictionary
the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]

unwillingdull, heavy,lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant heavy, sad, feeling or expressing griefof sin or evil, grave, grievousof physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolentinactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak of sleep, heavygrave, honouredgrievous (sin, sickness)gravis, onerosus(a poetic word) heavy, grave.

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Ðú yfle esne and swǽr (swér, Lind.) serve male et piger Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 26. Sum welig man wæs swangor and swǽr, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12. Nis hé swár ne swongor non est tarda Exon. Th. 220, 4; Ph. 315.

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp.swicen.

to move about, wanderto move away, depart, escapefrom to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebelto desist from (dat. or prep.), cease fromto deceiveto fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ceaseto deceive, leave in the lurch

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Nǽfre hit (the sword) æt hilde ne swác manna ǽnigum it never failed any man in fight, Beo. Th. 2925; B. 1460. Ðæt ðú Gode swíce that thou prove traitor to God, Andr. Kmbl. 1916; An. 960. Hé nele Gode swícan, Exon. Th. 265, 27; Jul. 387.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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D. 731, and died May 26, at the age of 61, in 735. - He gives the following account of himself, according to king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version, made about 890 Ic Beda, Cristes þeów, and Mæsse-Preóst ðæs Mynstres ðare eádigra Apostola Petrus and Paulus

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make greatextendto make knownspread the knowledge of anythingdeclareproclaimannouncecelebrateto celebrateto celebrateperform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnityto magnifyexaltpraiseglorify

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Kmbl. 23, 5. to make known, spread the knowledge of anything, declare, proclaim, announce, celebrate Ic mǽrsige insignio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 60. Mǽrsaþtunge mín spǽce ðíne pronuntiabit lingua mat eloquium tuum. Ps. Lamb. 118, 122.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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</b> to mark a place so as to know it again :-- Hé þǽr tácen ásette and þá stówe gemearcode posito ibi signo, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch. 231, 6. <b>II b.</b> to mark an object so that it may serve as an index.

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford I had for many years a good service, a gracious lord, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 26; Deór. 39.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

ge-niman

(v.)
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H. 137, 26. with idea of violence or wrongdoing, to carry off another's possession, to take spoil, steal, abduct a woman Gif man inne feoh genimeð, Ll. Th. i. 10, 1. Gif man widuwan genimeð, 20, 13. Gif man mægðman néde genimeð, 24, 3.

a-þundenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-þundenes, -ness, e; f.

A tumourswellingpuffing uptumor

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Wið aþundenesse magan windigre for windy swelling of the stomach, 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 158, 23

emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
emnettan, emnyttan, to emnettenne; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or equal, to regulateæquāre, coæquāre

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To make even or equal, to regulate; æquāre, coæquāre Synt to emnettenne be ðissere emnihte they are to be regulated by this equinox. Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 15; Lchdm. iii. 256, 24. Ic emnytte coæquo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56

fér-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fér-blǽd, es; m. [fér- = fǽr-sudden, blǽd a blast]

A sudden or fearful blastrepentīnus flātus

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A sudden or fearful blast; repentīnus flātus Ic lǽran wille ðæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, ðý-læs hit férblǽdum windas toweorpan I will exhort that ye make your house firm, lest winds overthrow it with sudden blasts, Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 21; Jul. 649

Linked entry: fǽr-blǽd

fión

(v.)
Grammar
fión, p. fióde, pl. fiódon

To hateōdisse

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Hit nǽre nó manna ryht, ðæt hiora ǽnig óðerne fióde it would not be right in men, that any of them should hate another, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 5

meldan

(v.)
Grammar
meldan, p. ede

To announcedeclare

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Ic ne mæg word sprecan, moldan for monnum, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 18; Rä. 19, 2. Meldan, 109 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12

ge-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cunnan, p. -cúðe

To know

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To know Huu alle bispello gie gecunnas ł giecunna gie mágon [Rush. gicunniga] quomodo omnes parabolas cognoscetis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 13. Ic ðé gecúðe ǽr ðan ðe ic ðé gesceópe I knew thee ere I created thee, Ælf. Test; Swt. Rdr. 70. 433

Linked entry: ge-cúþ

ge-mædla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mædla, an; m.

Talk

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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11

gelodr

(n.)
Grammar
gelodr, e; f.

A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,

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- Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3

brycgian

(v.)
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Add: to make a causeway with planks or stones (v. E. S. xi. 511 ; and cf. Wlfst. 239, 9 given under brycg) Brycgaþ calabit (cf. (?) cala a billet; caladia via via strata , Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 72. Betweox húsan bricgian, Angl. ix. 262, 22

hǽtan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to communicate heat to -Gedó on calic, menge æfter þon wið wader, and hǽte, Lch. ii. 24, 25. to cause the sensation of warmth in Lǽcedóm . . . tó hǽtenne untrumne magan. Lch. ii. 158, 21. intrans.