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rúmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmedlíce, adv.

liberallyat large, fully

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liberally Hé swá gifol is and swá rúmedlíce gifþ, Bt. 38, 3 ;Fox 202, 14. Ða ic rúmodlíce (rúmmódlíce ?) gescarode, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 2. Ne óðerra monna ne reáfiaþ, ne hierarúmedlíce dǽlaþ, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 7.

Linked entry: rúmed-líc

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, (sóft?); adj.

Softsoft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed soft, luxuriousgentle, not harsh, not stern

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Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 54, 5. soft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed Ic sóftum slǽpe mé gereste Homl. Th. i. 566, 22. soft, luxurious Ne hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe ne on sóftum bedde L. Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii. 280, 22. On ðam sóftum baðe Homl.

Linked entry: un-sófte

trumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
trumlíce, adv.

firmlystronglysteadfastlyin a way that encourages (?)

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P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 19. Trumlícor firmius, Rtl. 34, 26. Freóndscype trumlícust (firmissimé) wunaþ, Sciut. 197, 18. in a way that encourages (?) Ungeleáffullnise trumlíce - strongly (?); but the Latin is clementer geðreáð bið, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 13

Linked entry: trum-líc

á-wyrtwalian

(v.)

to pluck up or out by the rootto extirpateeradicateexterminateto pluckdraw away

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D. 241, 12. fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis ), An. Ox. 186, 26. Áwyrtwalað exterminabit (viam peccatorum ), Bl. Gl. Áwyrtwala grǽdignysse of ðínre heortan, Hml. Th. ii. 410, 1.

gódian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 468, 15. the object a thing, material or non-material, to set right, put in good order Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda, Wlfst. 49, 29.

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A stepfootsteptracktrace

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Hýrde ic ðæt ðám frætwum feówer mearas lást weardode I heard that four steeds followed those trappings, 4335; B. 2164. Him arn on lást þýstre genip dark cloud succeeded it, Cd. 8; Th. 9, 8; Gen. 138.

Linked entry: lǽst

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Skt. i. 6, 66

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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in isto tumore, quem strumam dicimus Wið cyrnlu for kernels [or swelled glands ], Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 13, 19: Herb. cont. 4, 3; Lchdm. i. 8; 4, 3: 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 12; 14, 2: Herb. 4, 3; Lchdm. i. 90, 8: Med. ex Quadr. 3, 7; Lchdm. i. 340, 14

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 114, 73

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Th. ii. 220, 29. Þæs abbodes on hádunge ꝥ sí forasceáwod gesceád in abbatis ordinatione illa consideretur ratio, R. Ben.

ge-síþ

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Voc. ii. 115, 17. a person in an official position: — Sisinnius se gesíð (comes Sisinnius, Aid. 67, 8), Shrn. 69, 32. Se hǽðna Ægypta gesíð, 84, 26. Gesiðas satrape, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 21

hád

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Th. ii. 122, 27. <b>V b.</b> in a personal sense, those belonging to an order or rank :-- Cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽre mǽgðe ánmódlíce (cf. cum consilio omnium ecclesiasticorum graduum, C. D. i. 45, 12), Ll. Th. i. 36, 10.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Syxta is matutīnum vel aurōra ðæt is dægréd [-ræd MS. R.] the sixth is matutīnum vel aurōra that is dawn, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt, popl. science 6, 18; Lchdm. iii. 244. 5.

ge-byrd

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Th. i. 334, 2. <b>IV b.</b> good birth :-- Ic wát þíne æðelborennysse, and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú þám godum geoffrige æfter þínre gebyrde, Hml. S. 4, 131.

hæft-néd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-néd, -niéd, -nýd, e; f.

Captivity, thraldom, custody

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Th. i. 546, 34. Twegen geréfan on ðæra hæftnédum wæs se apostol gehæfd two counts in whose custody the apostle was held, ii. 294, 21

Linked entry: hæft-nýd

Dægsan stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]

DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberlandagro Cumbriæ

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Wæs ðis gefeoht geworden on ðære mǽran stówe ðe cweden is Degsastán this battle was fought in the famous place which is called Dawston, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 32

heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven and on earth shall be moved in his presence, Chart. Th. 390, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 360, 32.

Linked entry: heofon-ware

fǽcne

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In weolerum faecnum in labiis dolosis, 16, 1. Þá fǽcnan fraudulentas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 47. Add

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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In the following passage this word is used to translate tragicus, which, however, seems to have been taken as an adjective formed from a proper name. In another passage the same word is rendered by tróiesc, tróisc (q. v.)

Linked entry: Tróiesc

bród

(n.)
Grammar
bród, e; f.

a broodbreedinghatching

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Voc. ii. 23, 19

Linked entry: bród