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un-wiþerweard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþerweard, adj.

Not aversenot in opposition

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Not averse, not in opposition His folgeras, swá hié unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóð, swá hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe sequaces illius, quo nulla inter se discordiae adversitate divisi sunt, eo in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur

Linked entry: wiþer-weard

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.

A, secret place, a corner

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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

ÉÐEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÉÐEL, æðel, ǽðel; gen. éðles; dat. éðle, éðele; m. n.

property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum

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Ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena I traversed all the country of the Goths, 86 b; Th. 325, 10; Wíd. 109. Nán wítega nis andfenge on his éðele nēmo prophēta acceptus est in patria sua, Lk. Bos. 4, 24.

Linked entries: ǽðel éðyl óðel

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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To send, cause to go. where the object is a living thing, (i) to send after (æfter), on an errand, for a purpose, despatch Ic sende ǽrendracan tó mínum hláforde. Gen. 32, 5. Ic eów sende swá swá sceáp gemang wulfas. Mt. Kmbl. 10, 16.

un-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytt, n.
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Add: what is useless or unprofitable Ic nát hwes ic bydde hweder ic bydde nyttes þe unnyttes mé sylfum oððe þám freóndum þe ic lufige nescio quid mihi ex eo ulile sit, vel eis quos diligo, Solil. H. 13. 18

Linked entries: nytt nytt nytt on-nytt

fóre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-áþ, fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenantejūrāmentumpræjūrāmentumpræjūrātio

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Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 5. Agife ðone fóreáþ on feówer ciricum let him make his fore-oath in four churches, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 7. Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31: L.

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strícan

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</b> strícan of to rub of :-- Twængc þínne scytefinger mid þínum twám fingrum swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Tech. ii. 125, 20. add: to strike Ic ofsleá and lifian ic dó, ic stríce and hǽle ego occidam et uiuere faciam, percutiam et ego

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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Néðde ðǽr ic Neron beswác I dared to go where I deceived Nero, 260, 24; Jul. 302. Hé in ðæt búrgeteld néðde he ventured into the pavilion, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

Boéties

(n.)
Grammar
Boéties, Boótes; m. Boätes; Bŏōtēs, æ; m. [ = βoώτηs, oυ; m. a ploughman, from βoυs an ox].

The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs

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The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban?

wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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In wǽtan sihtran; of ðam wǽtan síce; . . . in ðæt wǽte sícc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10-16. Loca humentia, ðæt beóð wǽte stówa, Wulfst. 249, 17. On sméþum landum and on wǽtum, Lchdm. i. 90, 4. On wátum v. ll. wǽtum stówum, 222, 18.

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 12.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END fīnis, termĭnus

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II. a corner, part, sort; angŭlus, pars, spĕcies :-- Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid þwógan, gutan in ǽnne ende ðære cyricean the selfsame water that they washed the bones with, they poured into one corner of the church [in angŭlo sacrārii], Bd. 3,

Linked entry: eonde

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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D. iii. 315 II., to direct the mind to a lofty object Dó þínes scealces sáwle blíðe, for ðon ic hí tó ðé hebbe ad te animam meam levavi, Ps. Th. 85, 3. Tó ðé ic hóf sáwle míne, Ps. Srt. 85, 4.

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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I. 110. 13. where the complement is the title of a book On þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo, Solil. H. 64, 25. where the complement is a class or common noun in the nominative Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað, Lch. i. 94, 6.

ang-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ang-mód, ancg-mód; adj. [ange vexed, mód mind]

Vexed in mindanxioussadsorrowfulanxiussollicitustristis

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Vexed in mind, anxious, sad, sorrowful; anxius, sollicitus, tristis, R. Ben. 64

an-wunigende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
an-wunigende, part.

Dwelling ininhabitinginhabitans

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Dwelling in, inhabiting; inhabitans,Bt. Met. Fox 7, 93; Met. 7, 47;

ciorlisc

(adj.)

churlish, rustic, common

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In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6, note 8

eást-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-weard, eást-werd

eastward, in the east

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eastward, in the east, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7. v. éast

eorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-líce, adv.

In an earthly manner terrŭlenter

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In an earthly manner; terrŭlenter Eorþlíce terrŭlenter, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 20

fæt-gold

(n.)
Grammar
fæt-gold, es; n.

Gold drawn out into thin plates in lāmĭnas dēductum aurum

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Gold drawn out into thin plates; in lāmĭnas dēductum aurum, B. 1921