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un-cystig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cystig, adj.

Niggardlyparsimoniousnot liberal

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Ða uncystgan cysta lǽre, swá ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe; ond swá eft ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largitas, ut tamen prodigis effusionis frena

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un-sǽlþ

(n.)
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un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Hié wilniaþ óþera manna unsǽlþa and him cymð sylfum ðæt ylce infelicitas in viis eorum, Ps. Th. 13, 7.

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georn-ness

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H. 55, 31. ¶ of geornnesse on purpose :-- Gif hwá of geornnesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum, Ll.

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Gyf him þince ꝥ geseó fela fugla ætsamne, ꝥ byð æfest and gecid (geflit and cíd, v.l. ), Lch. iii. 168, 17. ꝥ Gecygde (-ciid, v.l.) ond geflite litigio, contentioni, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 24.

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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'Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh' . . . ' Getíða mé ꝥ ic áteó þás hringan úp of ðysum hlide (hlyde, v. l.)' . . . teáh ðá ꝥ ísen úp of ðám stáne, Hml. S. 21, 67.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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Heal, Beo. Th. 2307; B. 1151. On his ðære hálgan healle in aula sancta ejus, Ps. Th. 95, 8, dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle loud merriment he heard in the hall, Beo. Th. 178; B. 89: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 1; Dan. 719.

oroþ

(n.)
Grammar
oroþ, orþ, es; n.

Breath, breathing

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mid langre swóretunge ðæt orþ of ðam breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 84, 20. Ðurh áttres oraþ, Salm. Kmbl. 441; Sal. 221. Ðú him on dydest oruþ and sáwul, Hy. Grn. 9, 55. Oroþo anhelae, Rtl. 192, 25

Linked entries: oruþ oreþ orþ

ge-girwan

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Take here <b>ge-gerwan, ge-gyrian</b> in Dict., and add: to prepare an object for use hét him ýðlidan gegyrwan, B. 199. Ic geongo gegerniga ( parare ) iúh styd, Jn. L. 14, 2. Gegaerwendne conparantem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 47.

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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He myd us [wyrcþ] swá swá myd sumum gewealnum tólum he works with us as with some insignificant tools [or tools under his control, over which he has complete command? ], Shrn. 179, 28. v. Lchdm. iii. 361, col. 1

þridda

(num.; adj.)
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þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Twégen men ... mǽg wæs his ágen þridda, feórða sylf, Cd. Th. 173, 29; Gen. 2868: Elen. Kmbl. 1707; El. 855. Heofonwaru and eorðwaru, helwaru þridde, Hy. 7, 95. Ðære þriddan eá nama, Gen. 2, 14.

Linked entry: þirda

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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Þá þá him eádmódlíce ætfeólan his þegnas and lǽrdon hine, ꝥ onfénge ꝥ yrfe cum ei discipuli humiliter imminerent, ut possessiones acciperet, Gr. D. 201, 9. Cf. oþ-feólan

dwolian

(v.)
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Add: to stray, literal Þá þá heó swá wídgál swíðe dwolode dum vaga nimium erraret, Gr. D. 176, 21. Scípa ðá ðe ne duoladon oves quae non erraverunt, Mt. L. 18, 13. On wudum dwolgende, Bl. H. 193, 8.

ge-welgian

(v.)
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God ne hét ús gewelgian þá hæbbendan, Wlfst. 287, 24. to make oneself rich Gif beó gewelegod tó þám ꝥ (gif geþeó ꝥ, v. l. ) áge .v. hýda landes, Ll. Th. i. 188, 19: 186, 18. Ne bið geweolegad non ditabitur, Kent.

setl

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Add Þá ðá tó gange cóm and gesæt, þá gewand him út eall his innewearde æt his setle, Hml. Th. i. 290, 20. v. ceáp-, fore-, gang-, heofon-, hring-, on-, toll-, winter-setl

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Ðonne (the root) tóbrocen byþ, rýcþ eal swylce smíc of him ásænde i. 260, 9. Ðæs drinces smýc heora eágan onfón 348, 22. Sméc vaporem Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15. [Ne michte ut seon for smike O. E. Homl. i. 161, 16. Smeche ii. 220, 18.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Bacon, lard, the fat flesh of swine Hi lares ðás hús; ðanon ys gecweden lardum spic, forðan ðe hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 42, 17. Spic lardum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 25: larda, 286, 52: ii. 52, 1: tanea, i. 26, 47.

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a-rǽfnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽfnan, -réfnan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To endurebearsuffersustineretolerareperferre

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To endure, bear, suffer; sustinere, tolerare, perferre Ðæt he ðæt sár mihte geþyldelíce mid smylte móde aberan and arǽfnan ut patienter dolorem ac placida mente sustineret, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 27.

fíc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-treów, es; n.

A FIG-TREEfīcus

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gesáwon ðæt fíctreów forscruncen of ðam wyrtruman vīdērunt fīcum ārĭdam factam a rādīcĭbus, 11, 20: Mt. Bos. 21, 19. He ofslóh wíngeardas heora and fíctreów heora percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrurn, Ps. Spl. 104, 31

hwiða

(n.)
Grammar
hwiða, hweoða, an; m: hweoðu, e; f.

A breeze

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ýste mæg eáðe oncyrran ðæt windes hweoðu weorþeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram, Ps. Th. 106, 29. On lyftu ł tó hwiðan ł tó wedere in auram, Ps. Lamb. 106, 28. On lyfte [MS. C. wedyre ł hweoðan], Ps. Spl. 106, 29

óþ-ferian

(v.)
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Ðæt nǽfre nahbe foldan ðæt hit óþferie . . . Se ðe ðis feoh ðþfergean (carry off, steal ) þence, Lchdm. i. 384, 9-15. Hi willaþ óþfergan, ðæt ic friþian sceal; ic him ðæt forstonde, Exon. Th. 398, 13; Rä. 17, 7. Cf. æt-ferian