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þearl

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl, adj.
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Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán, Cd. Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76. Þreá wǽron þearfe, Exon. Th. 135, 4; Gú. 519: Ps. Th. 104, 12: 149, 7. Wéndon hié wera cwealmes, þearlra geþinga, Andr. Kmbl. 3194; An. 1600. Ðirst and hungor and ðearle gewin, Salm.

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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Th. 37, 14; Cri. 593. Oft wé oferségon þeóda þeáwas, þræce módigra the power of the proud, 118, 12; Gú. 238. in a bad sense, violence Oft hí þræce rǽrdon ... feóndscipe rǽrdon ... hálge cwelmdon ... bærndon gecorene, Exon.

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

un-fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽle, adj.

Evilillbad

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Ȝef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] applied to inanimate objects Ofet unfǽle ( the forbidden fruit ), Cd. Th. 45, 7; Gen. 723. Unfǽle dira (the passage is: dira vinculorum ligamina, Ald. 44), Anglia xiii. 34, 178

un-maga

(n.)
Grammar
un-maga, an; m.: un-magu; f.

a person without meansa needy persona person who cannot maintain himselfone who is dependent upon others

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C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 6. Ðis is mihtiges mannes and freóndspédiges dǽdbótlihtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, L. P. M. 4; Th. ii. 288, 22. Ðú ne scealt nǽfre gelíce déman ... ðam strangan and ðam unmagan, L. de Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 25.

Linked entry: un-mægness

weorold-wela

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
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Swylcra fela weoruldwelena (cf. ealne ðisne andweardan welan, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 20), Met. 19, 26. Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24. Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.

á-lǽtan

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. :-- Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf. deliver to death ), ii. 252, 8. of release Álǽten cempa emeritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15

án-gild

Grammar
án-gild, l. án-gilde,
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Cf. twi-gilde in Dict., and next word

bold

a dwellinga town

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Similar entries Cf. tún: In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster, Angl. x. 141, 13. (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C. D. vi. 351. Æt Nióweboldan Newbold, iii. 256, 11

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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Geara feng peeris (cf. gearufang proceris, 63, 75), 57, 14. Belocenum fenge contenta sinu, concluso, ii. 135, 4. that which is formed as a clasp Foreweard feng þǽre lippena tógædere rostrum, Wrt.

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Tó ðǽm gemálecan ad inportunum (cf. An. Ox. 807 under ge-máh). Wrt.

georn-ness

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Seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum (cf. hú nyt bið þǽm men þéh hé geornlíce gehýre, 4), Bl.

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

ge-risenlíce

(adv.)
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æfterfylgendan béc gerisenlícur (-rysen-, v. l. ) and gelimplicur secgad quis . . . dedicatus sit antistes libra sequente oportunius dicetur, 3, 29; Sch. 330, 4. tó swylcre tide swylce heom eallum þince ðæt hi best and gerisenlicost hi forðbringa. i magon, C.

ge-þæf

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Hú hé his ágene unðeáwas ongietan wille and hira geþæf bión (cf. (?) gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé 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.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Cf. gíme-leás ; Þæt þá hálgan mynstru tórorene . . . gýmeleáslíce ǽttredon quod sacra coenobia diruta . . . neglegenter tabescerent Angl. xiii. 366, 13

ildu

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Eldo cnues (l. caries, and cf. caries, putredo lignorum vel ferri sindor vel vetustas, 129, 10), 19, 35

rówan

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Se geréfa reów him tó lande (cf. Hí eódon tó scipe and heora segel árǽrdon, 61), Hml. S. 36, 29: Ap. Th. 5, 11. Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid him reówan ( they went on board and sailed in it ), Hml.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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Th. 178; B. 89: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 1; Dan. 719. Hie tó his healle ne tó his híréde eft wendan noldan they would not return to his [Nero's] residence nor household, Blickl. Homl. 173, 18. On cynges healle in the king's hall, L.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Utan oferhycgan helm ðone miclan, Cd. Th. 280, 7; Sat. 252: 283, 15; Sat. 305

or-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mód, adj.

Without courage, hopeless, despairing

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D. ) ne gedó, L. de Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 14