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þǽr-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-rihte, adv.

Straightway ⬩ forthwith ⬩ at once ⬩ immediately

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Ðá cwæð hé : 'Geweorðe leóht.' And leóht wæs þǽrrihte geworden, Lchdm. iii. 232, 9. Ðǽrryhte æfter rehte sanctus Paulus paulo post subdit, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 26. Hé wæs hálig þǽrrihte, swá hraðe swá hé mann wæs; Homl. Th. i. 2oo, 8.

Linked entries: hér-rihte þáriht

scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd, es; n.

dress ⬩ clothing ⬩ attire ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment

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Scrúde melote, veste, Hpt. Gl. 492, 52. Hé sealde hira ǽlcum twá scrúd (stolas), and hé sealde Beniamine fíf scrúd, Gen. 45, 22

Linked entry: byrdu-scrúd

ge-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen.

to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ move ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ vehere ⬩ ire ⬩ procedere ⬩ to weigh ⬩ measure

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He wið ðam wyrme gewegan sceolde he must proceed against the worm [dragon], Beo. Th. 4792; B. 2400. [Cf. Icel. vega to fight.] to weigh, measure Gewihþ weighs, L. M. 2, 67; Lchdm. ii. 298, 16-25. Gewegen biþ remetietur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 2: Mk.

Linked entries: wegan ge-wæge

á-spíwan

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Se hund wille etan ðæt hé ǽr áspáw. Past. 419, 27:Hml. Th. ii. 602, 26. Heó ꝥ réðe áttor út áspáw, Hml. S. 2, 138. (la) used reflexively:-- Hé sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hé hyne áspíwe.

Linked entry: spíwan

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick ⬩ vivus

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He clifu cyrreþ on cwicu wæteres wellan he turnelh the rocks to quick [living] springs of water, 113, 8

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightened ⬩ tremble ⬩ păvēre ⬩ trĕmĕre ⬩ trĕpĭdāre ⬩ formīdāre ⬩ To fear ⬩ be frightened at ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmēre

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Hie forhtiaþ they will be afraid. Rood Kmbl. 227; Kr. 115: Ps. Th. 67, 9. Ðǽr hig forhtodon mid ege illic trĕpĭdāvērunt tĭmōre, Ps. Lamb. 52, 6. He bæd ðæt ne forhtedon ná he bade that they should not be afraid, Byrht. Th. 132, 25; By. 21.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening

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Similar entries v. þreátian, I Hí bestungon him on múþ mid niycelre ðreátunge ðone fúlan mete, Homi. Skt. ii. 25, 34.

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious

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Hé wódum mannum gewitt forgeaf, Homl. Th. i. 480, 14. Hé ða deóflu áfligde of dám wódum wyrhtum, Homl.

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarm ⬩ tepid

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Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge hý, Lchdm. i. 80, 13. Wlece hyt, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, and habbe on hys múþe swá wlac, iii. 106, 2-4.

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.

a chest ⬩ coffer ⬩ casket ⬩ box in which precious things are kept ⬩ a receptacle for the relics of a saint ⬩ a shrine ⬩ a cage in which a criminal is confined

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Ðá gebrohte se bisceop ealle ða hálgan bán on gelimplícum scrýnum, and gelógodon hí up on cyrcan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 275. Ðá wolde se cásere wyrcan him eallum (the seven sleepers) gyldene scrýn, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 22.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.

need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty

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Ðonne hwá tó his scrifte cymeþ, on ða gerád ðæt hé wille his þearfa tó him sprecan and his synna andettan, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 9.

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Se hæfde moncynnes leóhteste hond he had of all men the readiest hand, Exon. 85 b; Th. 323, 1; Wíd. 72

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering

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Ða hé mé in tácnunge his lufan bebeád quos mihi in indicium suae dilectionis commendaverat, 2, 6; S. 508, 18.

Linked entry: tǽcning

ge-hreósan

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B. ii. 333. 7-12. to fall from a prosperous condition Feallan hí ł gehreósan hí (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II.

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Sóna hraþe ðæs ðe hé biscop geworden wæs mox ut ipse pontificatus officio functus est 2, 1; S. 501, 34. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs nec mora, melius habere coepit 3, 13; S. 539, 6.

Linked entry: be-sóne

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Hé gesett hys wíngerd myd óðrum tilion, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 41. Hé him tó genym?

hér

here . . . there

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H. 45, 3. in answer to a call: 'Hwǽr eart þú ?' Him andwyrde ꝥ heáfod, 'Hér, hér, hér,' Hml.

ge-hýdan

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Hié biddaþ ꝥ seó eorþe hié forswelge and gehýde . . . hié cweþaþ tó; þǽm dúnum : ' Feallaþ ofer ús, and ús bewreóþ and gehýdað, ' Bl. H. 93, 27-33. reflex. Se Hǽlend becierde hié and gehýdde hiene Jesus fugit in montem ipse solus Past. 33, 15: Jn.

FRAM

(prep.)
Grammar
FRAM, from; prep. dat.

FROM ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ Concerning ⬩ about ⬩ of ⬩ cum verbis lŏquendi ⬩ de

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Grammar FRAM, fram is sometimes placed after its case He hine forwræc mancynne fram he banished him from mankind, Beo. Th. 221; B. 110

ful

(n.)
Grammar
ful, full, es; n.

a cup ⬩ pōcŭlum ⬩ what contains liquids ⬩ A collection of water ⬩ the sea ⬩ clouds ⬩ receptācŭlum liquĭdi ⬩ măre ⬩ nūbes

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a cup; pōcŭlum He ðæt ful geþah he partook of the cup, Beo. Th. 1261; B. 628. Him wæs ful boren to him the cup was borne, Beo. Th. 2388; B. 1192. Onfóh ðissum fulle accept this cup, Beo. Th. 2342; B. 1169.