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bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Hé sǽde þá sár and ðá bysmra þe hé ádreógan wolde, Bl. H. 15, 33. blasphemy Þú bysmor (-er, v. l.) spycst blasphemas, Jn. 10, 36

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go onproceedto farego onsucceedto comebe derived

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Sum leódscipe þe God wolde gewítnian for heora gewitleásum dǽdum; ꝥ wǽron ðá Niniuitiscan þe wódlíce férdon, 13, 275: Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 8.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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D. light; 7) Cóm þegen Hílendes hám tó helle . . . segde ús þætte seolfa God wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan. Árás þá ánra gehwylc . . . wǽron ealle þæs fægen, þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 426-436. to come to a place, approach (v.

weriend

(n.)
Grammar
weriend, werigend, es; m.
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Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43

Linked entries: wergend werigend

wiþ-cwedenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-cwedenness, e; f.

Gainsayingcontradictionopposition

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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.

Linked entry: cwedenness

sundor-land

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Sume hí woldon sellan heora sundorland mynster on tó getimbrianne alii ad construendum monasterium praedia offerre volebant, Gr. D. 200, 29

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Add: I. to make a significant gesture that gives or asks for information, to point to an object, inquire by signs Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit þá wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde.

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Ðá eode ðes bróðor sume dæge ðæt hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas ða ðe hé on cumena búre brúcende wæs on sǽ wacsan and feormian hic cum quadam die lenas sive saga quibus in hospitale utebatur in mari lavasset, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 10

Linked entries: hwida hwien

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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Hé ongan swutelian (ostendere) his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hé wolde faran, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. [He schawde and sutelede he wes soð godd, Kath. 1037. He schawde him and sutelede him seolf to hire, 1834. Þet hit sutelie in us hwuch was his lif, A.

á-cwellan

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Neron wolde hátan his fósterfæder ácwellan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 19. Wilde deór willnaþ óþer tó ácwellenne, 39, 1; F. 212, 3. Tó áccuellanne interficere, Jn. L. 8, 37. Ácweald peremptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 20. Ácweald trucidabatur, An. Ox. 4869.

cweorn

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Wolde hé grindan mid his hondum . . . Þá sóna þá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽron lægde, þá orn (grand, v. l. ) seó cweorn þurh godcunde miht, and se abbod . . . stód be þǽre cweorna, Mart. H. 200, 22-26. Coern (cwearne, R.) mola, Mk.

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Wǽron ealle þæs fægen þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 435

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit ða wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde. Clemens cwæð: 'Geopeniaþ ðás eorðan' . . . Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, i. 562, 10. Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig ( the earth ) yrnaþ.

Linked entry: ǽdre

hátheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hátheort-líce, adv.

Furiously, ardently, fervently

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously angry that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, 191, 11

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te.

to alleviaterelieveassuageto lightalight

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Ðá wolde ic mínne þurst léhtan sitim levare cupiens, Nar. 8, 28. to relieve of a burden, to light, alight Hé lýhte of his horse he alighted from his horse, Bd. 3. 22; S. 553, 32. Ðá líhte se eorodman, 3, 9; S. 533, 33: H. R. 103, 17: Byrht.

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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as a relative, that, which Ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde, ꝥte æfter him cenned wurde, Cd. Th. 236, 9; Dan. 318 : 245, 32; Dan. 472.

Linked entry: þæt

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

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Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kings hold underkingc, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35. Tiberius hæfde anweald ofer eall Rómána ríce, and him wæs undercyning Heródes, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 8.

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare, 7, 3; Fox 20, 1

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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Bt. 34, 10 ; F. 150, 7. to equip, provide with necessaries for a journey: — Þá sende hé hine tó Róme and hine þider well gescyrpte (cunctis, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne hé eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan hetele. Wlfst. 310, 4. Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685.

Linked entry: hetollíce