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hýr-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hýr-, heár-sum; adj.

Obedientcompliant

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Obedient, compliant Se ðe him hýrsum beón wolde hé gehét qui sibi obtemperantibus promitteret, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 26. Him hýrsum beón ei obtemperare, 2, 12; S. 574, 16. Hit biþ his láreówum hýrsum it is obedient to its teachers, Salm.

turtle

(n.)
Grammar
turtle, an; f.: but turtla, an; m.
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Gemétt turtla nest him invenit turtur nidum sibi, Ps. Lamb. 83, 4. Geoffra mé tó láce sume turtlan and sume culfran sume mihi turturem et columbam, Gen. 15, 9. Bringan tó láce áne culfran and áne turtlan, Homl. Th. i. 140, 2.

un-gereclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gereclíce, adv.

Without ordertumultuouslywithout restraint

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Ic ongite ðæt ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse ne heóldon, ac swíþe ungereclíce tóslupen and tó náuhte wurden, gif hí næfdon ǽnne God ðe him eallum stiórde and racode and rǽdde vel ad nihilum cuncta referuntur

ge-gada

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alium sibi conjugem sumere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 35. Gegadan collegam, Germ. 399, 299: alumni, 398, 137. Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan ꝥ hé wǽre gebysgod . . ., Hml. S. 7, 174. Cóm þæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlicum gegadum, 163: 19, 40.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of Hannibales þeówdóme; and hú hé him tó þeówdóme gewylde . . . ealle Africe Scipionem pro concione de periculo salutis suae contestatum, quod sibi

weorold-lust

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lust, es; m.
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Quae considerans Epicurus sibi summum bonum voluptatem esse constituit, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 19-23: 24, 4; Fox 86, 29. For ðam ðe hé mæg ðurh ðæt tó anwealde cuman oððe tó sumum woruldluste vel potentiae caussa, vel delectationis, 24, 3; Fox 82, 34

ge-geótan

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Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8. Gegoten conflatilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 16: fusile, Wülck. Gl. 245, 22. Þá gód ealle gegaderode bióþ swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 20.

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-ful; adj.

Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent

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Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent Ic nú on sibbe gesitte on mínne cynestól hohful embe ðæt hú ic his lof árǽre quiete pace perfruens, studiosus sollicite de laudibus Creatoris omnium occupor addendis, Chart. Th. 240, 8.

ge-healdsumnes

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I. 84, 9. preservation, maintenance For sóðere sibbe gehealdsumnesse ( conservatione ), R. Ben. 5, 14.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Þá þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, B. 45. (1 a) the first shaping of the world, the creation :-- Tunglu him healdad betwuh sibbe . . . swá hí gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frumsceafte (cf. þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapne

eorþ-waru

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-waru, e; f: -ware; gen. -wara; pl. m; -waran; gen. -warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants or population of the earthterrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ

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Crist sibb is heofonware and eorþware Christ is the peace of the inhabitants of heaven and of the inhabitants of the earth, Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 57, 27. Dem eorþware jūdĭca terram, Ps. Th. 81, 8 : 98, 1: 144, 13.

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLKpeoplecommon peoplemultitudea peopletribefamilypŏpŭlusgensnātiovulgusplebscīveshŏmĭnesexercĭtusmultĭtūdo

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The FOLK, people, common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family; pŏpŭlus, gens, nātio, vulgus, plebs, cīves, hŏmĭnes, exercĭtus, multĭtūdo Twá folc beóþ todǽled, and ðæt folc oferswíþ ðæt óðer folc two nations shall be divided, and the one folk shall

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

un-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hold, adj.

unfriendlyhostileunfaithfuldisloyal

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Hé him ða sǽtnunge gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges regis sibi infesti insidias vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 12. Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle, Ps. Th. 108, 11.

Linked entry: hold

innera

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Forlǽtað ðá úterran sibbe and habbað ðá innerran fæste, 357, 9

sam

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Sam þe fram þám foresǽdon fæder, sam þe fram æfterfyligendum hys tam a predicto patre, quam a sequacibus suis, Angl. xiii. 375, 140: 377, 176. (2 a) sam þe . . . sam :-- Sam þe him sylfum, sam æftergencgum hyra tam sibi, quam successoribus suis, Angl.

wíf-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyn, wíf-cynn, es; n.

woman-kindwomenfemale sex

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woman-kind, women Ðæt hí of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ut de feminea regum prosapia regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
gé, gen. eówer [iwer]

yeyouvosύμεîs;yourof youvestrumvestriύμŵνto youvobisύμîνyouvosύμâsthou

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Sibb sý mid eówic peace be with you, Exon. 75 b; Th. 282, 25; Jul. 668

Linked entries: eów eówer eówic Þú

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribenegotiari, emere, comparāre

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Mid ðám hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes him ceápiaþ quibus externorum sibi virorum amicifiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18. Mihte ýþ geceápian, gif ǽnig man ceápode might easily buy, if any one bargained, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 17

Linked entry: a-ceápian

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.

Lightpleasantwantonlicentiouswickedlĕvislibīdĭnōsusluxŭriōsusmălus

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Ðæt he gesáwe ungelíce béc him berende beón þurh ða gódan gástas oððe þurh ða gálan ut cōdĭces diversos per bŏnos sīve mălos spīrĭtus sĭbi vīdĕrit offerri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 25.

wǽpned-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-cyn, wǽpned-cynn, es; n.

The male kind or sex

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Ðæt hí má of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ðonne of ðam wæpnedcynne ut magis de feminea regum prosapia quam de masculina regent sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22