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scytta

(n.)
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scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer
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Ðá gegaderade Regulus ealle ða scyttan ðe on ðæm færelte wǽron, ðæt hié ( the serpent ) mon mid flánum ofercóme, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 5. Wǽron on his fyrdinge twelf þúsenda scyttena, Homl. As. 104, 55

stów-líc

(adj.)
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stów-líc, adj.
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Nis se ælmihtiga Wealdend stówlíc, forðan ðe hé is on ǽlcere stówe, and swá hwider swá se stówlíca engel flíhþ, hé biþ befangen mid his andwerdnysse, Homl. Th. i. 348, 12-15.

stirn-líc

(adj.)
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stirn-líc, adj.
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Hard, unpleasant, severe (of weather) Hwíltídum ðeós woruld is gesundful and myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is eác swíðe styrnlíc and mid mislícum þingum gemenged, swá ðæt heó biþ swíðe unwynsum on tó eardigenne, Homl. Th. i. 182, 35.

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þecen

(n.)
Grammar
þecen, e; f.
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Under míne þecene, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 8: Lk. Skt. 7, 6: Homl. Th. i. 126, 30: Mk. Skt. 13, 15: Exon. Th. 431, 18; Rä. 46, 2. Híg þecena (getimbrena ł þæcena, Ps. Lamb.) foenum tectorum, Ps. Spl. 128, 5

Linked entry: þæcen

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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Heó tó ðám þegnon cwæð: 'Dóð þegnlíce and wel; ábeódaþ míne ǽrende tó ðam gemóte,' Chart. Th. 337, 36.Gif hé ðegenlíce earfoðnysse forberþ, Homl. Th. i. 586, 19: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 3. Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324.

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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He mé gefrætwode mid unásmeágendlícra wurðfulnesse, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 31. Ða óðre heofenan, ðe bufan hyre synd and beneoðan, synd mannum unásmeágendlíce ( are beyond the reach of men's investigation ), Lchdm. iii. 232, 23.

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L. In. 54; Th. i. 136, 9-11. Ǽlc mon mót onsacan werfǽhðe gif hé mæg oþþe dear, 46; Th. i. 132, 1

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr.

án-wilnes

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Mid ánwilnesse procaciter, R. Ben. 15, 13. Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92. Forlǽt þíne ánwylnysse, 8, 114: Hml.

á-libban

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á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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Gif lama weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht álibbe, i. 172, 17. to live a life, pass one's days Hé oferférde and álifde his selfes ylde mid andgite aetatem suam intellectu transibat, Gr. D. 338, 23

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bláwung

inflation

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Hé bícnode mid bláwunge him fultum, Hml. S. 25, 635. Ðurh ðǽra sácerda bláwunge tóburston ðá weallas, Hml.

bócere

a bookmanan authora scholar

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Mið boecerum (bókerum, R.) cum scribis, Mt. L. 27, 41

brid

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On lencgten ic lǽte míne hafocas ætwindan tó wuda, and genyme mé briddas on hærfeste and temige hig, Coll. M. 26, 3. Add

carte

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Heó ealle hyre mánlican dǽda áwrát on ánre cartan and beworhte mid leádé, . . . þá genam se biscop þá cartan, 532. Ic oncnáwe þás cartan; þis ic sylf áwrát, 456. Cartena, gewrita scedarum, An. Ox. 2308. Kærtena, 7, 142: 8, 117. Add

cuma

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Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35. Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo non estis hospites et advenae, Rtl. 82, 30. Add

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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Gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan (cillan, cyllan, v. ll., lampades; cf. leóhtfatu, 43, 18), Gr. D. 44, 14

dearnunga

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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

efen-eald

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Lǽswede heó sceápum mid óþrum mægdenum hire efnealdum ( with other maidens of like age with herself ), Shrn. 101, 16. Heó tǽhte þám mægdene hire efenealde mægdenu coaevas ei puellas ostendit, Gr. D. 287, 13.

fóster-cild

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Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre, Gen. 16, 2. Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml. S. 2, 243. fig. of a disciple, scholar, &c. Hé ( St.

ge-glengan

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Voc. ii. 23, 44. to adorn, ornament Mid leóðe geglengan, Angl. viii. 301, 46: 326, 2. Geglenged ornata, An. Ox. 4393: compta, 8, 324: comptus, i. ornatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 82. Seó heorte bið geglenced þurh Godes neósunge, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 6.