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líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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ic freónda beþearf líðra on láde now need I gracious friends on my course, Apstls. Kmbl. 183; Ap. 92. Hearda wunda beóþ mid líðum beðengum gehnescode dura vulnera per lenia fomenta mollescunt, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 20.

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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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Plantud néh ryne (rynum, Ps. Th.) wetæra secus decursus aquarum, Ps. Spl. 1, 3. Wæter ða under roderum heora ryne healdaþ, Cd. Th. 10, 20; Gen. 159. Wið rynas wætera, Ps.

Linked entry: rine

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Ne mihton hí áwiht æt me ǽftr gewyrcean they might not ever do anything against me, Ps. Th. 128, 1.

þringan

(v.)
Grammar
þringan, p. þrang, pl. þrungon; pp. þrungen.

To presscrowdthrongto throngpress round, uponcrowd togetherto pressmove with violence, eagernesshurrypress onpress forwardforce a way

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Ne þurfon gé hogian on ðæm anwealde, ne him æfter þringan. Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 30. Hé lét willeburnan on woruld þringan, Cd. Th. 83, 2; Gen. 1373. Tó ðám wícum hí cwómun hlóþum þringan, Exón. Th. 156, 1; Gú. 868.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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On ðám ufan stódon scyttan, Nar. 4, 15. On ðam seáðe ufan hé hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 9. Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

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feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Feall ádún (mitte te deorsum, Mt. 4, 6), Hml. Th. i. 166, 8. Hié cweþaþ tó þǽm dúnum: "Feallaþ ofor us, " Bl. H. 93, 33. Nis þǽre eorþan ére tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne úp, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 38.

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Be ðám se Hǽlend clypað, 'Warniað þæt eówere heortan ne sýn ofersýmede (grauentur) mid oferfylle,' R. Ben. 63, 21

ge-teón

(v.)
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Ne furðon nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón þæt hé Críst spelige búton . . . Hml. Th. ii. 592, 27-29. Getión, Bt. 38, 1; F. 196, 15. to bring forth, produce Forþ getíhþ producit, i. ostendit, An.

ge-þóht

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For hwý bið se ryhtwísa gecostod mid yfle geðóhte, and ne bið gewemmed, búton for ðý ðe ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yflan geðóhtas, for ðǽm ðe hé næfd gearone willan ðæt wóh tó fulfremmanne, 423, 23-28.

Linked entry: þóht

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Nis nán wítega búton wurþscipe búton on his éðele and on his mǽgþe (cognatione ) and on his húse, Mk. Skt. 6, 4.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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In the same summer, no less than twenty ships, with men and everything [of the Danes], perished on the south coast, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 5, col. 2 — 179, 3, col. 2.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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, Met. 10, 54. what is told about a person Nis ús se hlísa tó forswigianne þe be ðám eádegan Gregorie ðurh ealdra manna sage tó ús becóm nec silentio praetereunda opinio, quae de beato Gregorio traditione maiorum ad nos usque perlata est Bd. 2, l; Sch

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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Rihtwísnyssa his ic ne adráf fram me justitias ejus non repuli a me, Ps. Spl. 17, 24. Adrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre let him pursue the track out of his shire, L. Ath. v. &sect; 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 23.

be-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dǽlan, -délan, bi-dǽlan; p. -dǽlde, -délde; pp. -dǽled, -déled

To deprivebereave of anythingto deliverreleasefree from anythingprivareorbaresejungereliberareexpertem reddere

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Nele hí God ǽfre góde bedǽlan Dominus non privabit eos bonis, Ps. Th. 83, 13. Be ðære lyfte bedǽled aere privatus, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. scienc. 17, 11.

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be-limpan

(v.)

To concernregardbelongpertainappertaincurarepertinereto happenoccurbefallevenireacciderecontingere

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-lumpen [be, limpan to appertain] To concern, regard, belong, pertain, appertain; curare, pertinere Ne belimpþ to ðé non ad to pertinet Mk. Bos. 4, 38. Hwæt ðæs to him belumpe what of that concerned him? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39.

Linked entry: be-lumpe

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B.

Cásern

(n.)
Grammar
Cásern, e; f. [Cásere + en, f. termin. Cáseren, Cásern]
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He [Cásere] wearþ Rómánum swá leóf, and swá weorþ, ðæt hí hine nánuht ne héton búton fæder; and, him to weorþscype, hí héton his wíf, cásern [cásere + en, the f. termin.] eight hundred and sixty-seven years after the building of Rome, Hadrian succeeded

be-hófian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hófian, bi-hófian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To have need ofto needrequireegereindigereImpersonallyit BEHOVETHit concernsit is needful or necessaryoportetinterest

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Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien though the sharp-minded wise men may not have need of this English translation MS. Cot. Faust A. x. 150 b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 32. Behófaþ oportet Jn. Lind. War. 3, 7

ed-wít

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wít, æd-wít, es; n.

A reproach, disgrace, blame, contumely, scorn opprobrium, probrum, ignōmĭnia, cavillātio

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Ne þearf ðé on edwít Abraham settan Abraham need not put thee in reproach, i. e. reproach to thee, Cd. 130; Th. 165, 7; Gen. 2728. And me eác fela ðínra edwíta on gefeóllon et opprobria exprobrantium tĭbi cecĭdērunt super me, Ps. Th. 68, 9: 73, 21

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for-scyldigian

(v.)
Grammar
for-scyldigian, -scyldegian, -scyldgian; p. ode; pp. od [scyldigian accūsāre]

To make guiltyto criminatecondemnreum făcĕredamnāre

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Ne slihþ se déma ðone forscyldgodan sceaðan, ac he hǽt his underþeóddan hine belifian the judge slays not the condemned robber, but he commands his subordinates to deprive him of life, ii. 36, 9