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sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Wintres and sumeres in winter and in summer, Exon. Th. 200, 7; Ph. 37.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

á-leógan

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Ne gehát ðú nán þing tuwa; hwæt sceal hit ðé eft geháten, búton hit wǽre ǽr álogen ( unless the first time the promise was made falsely ), Prov.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Thw. 2, 28. to take example Ðá láreówas ðæt wæter gedréfað mid hira unðeáwum, ðonne ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals on hira láre cum subjecti non sectantur verba, sed exempla pravitatis imitantur, Past. 31, 6.

el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Voc. ii. 94, 29: 12, 13. of persons, expressing relation to one person of another, of another race, foreign, stranger Githro, ðeáh hé hǽðen and elðiódig (-ðeód, v. l.) wǽre, tǽlde Móyses Moyses Iethro alienigenae reprehensione judicatur, Past. 131, 13

ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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Oþ ꝥ ðá corn þurh ðone wǽtan gehnehsode sýn, i. 92, 14. Wurdon þá gyrda gehnexode swilce hit fæðera wǽron, Hml. S. 35, 190.

ge-hwǽde

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Jn. 13, 33. of sound Áweht tó his stefne þeáh þe heó gehwǽde ( modica ) wǽre, Gr. D. 85, 9. of quality, degree, significance, &c. Forhæfednys swá spærlic ł gehwǽde parsimonia tam frugalis . An. Ox. 3749. Gehwǽdum mediocri (ingenio) 4048.

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Léton gedwealde men swylce hé Godes sylfes sunu wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 7. with gen. of matter in respect to which there is error Ús se feónd ne gedwelle þæs rihtan geleáfan, Wlfst. 253, 2.

ge-þwǽre

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Add: in agreement. of living creatures or things personified, of many, in agreement, at peace with one another Ealle crístene men sceoldon beón swá geþwǽre swilce hit án man wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 272, 24.

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

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Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes fīlii mercis fructus ventris, Ps. Spl. 126, 4. Fæderes gestreónes patrĭmōnii, Mone B. 3568. Ic hit witodlíce mid gestreóne onfénge cum ūsūtris ŭtĭque exegissem illam, Lk. Bos. 19, 23. Fram gestreóne a nĕgōtio, Ps.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 11. Befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 5

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Sumursǽtna se dǽl sé þǽr niéhst wæs, 878; P. 76, 5. Se écea dǽl, Bl. H. 111, 32: Gú. 352. Se eorðan dǽl (the body). . se wuldres dǽl(the soul ), 1340-2.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Wæs Fin slægen, Beo. Th. 2309; B. 1152. Sacerdas wǽron slægene, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Ðeáh hwæðere, þeáh heó synderlíce Ióhannes gýmenne betǽht wǽre, hwæðere heó drohtnode gemǽnelíce mid ðam apostolícum werode, Homl. Th. i. 438, 31

Linked entries: þáh þéh þǽh

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Him twám hé wæs ætýwed duobus ex eis ostensus est, Mk. Skt. 16, 12.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

lookseehowever

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Lóc hweðer ðæra gebróðra óðerne oferbide wǽre yrfeweard ealles Englalandes whichever of the two brothers should survive the other, should inherit all England, 1101; Erl. 237, 31 : Chart. Th. 605, 27

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moorwaste and damp landhigh waste grounda mountain

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Ðǽr hit (Norway) smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre; and se mór syððan, on sumun stówum, swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran . . .

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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Ðá tugon hié hiene ðæt hé heora swicdomes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon they accused him of betraying them to Alexander, and on that charge slew him; hunc, quasi urbem Alexandro venditasset, necaverunt, Ors. 4, 5; Swt

Linked entry: tyhtle

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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For intingan hérsumnesse ic háten geþafode ðæt ic ðone hád underhnáh (-nágh, S. 566, 8) þeáh ðe ic unwyrðe wǽre obedientiae causa jussus subire hoc quamvis indignus consensi, Bd. 4, 2; M. 260, 8.

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncystan (-cyste, Bd. M. 82, 13) in ðam telgan portat in ramo humorem vitii, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26. Ða uncyste ðære ánwielnesse vitio obstinationis, Past. 6; Swt. 47, 16.

Linked entry: un-gecost

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Of ðǽm pytte on ðone díc ... ondlong dices ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, iii. 168, 35. On ðá ealdan díc; andlang díce ... andlong díc ... andlang ðǽre miclan díc ... andlang díc, 78, 10-18.