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weorold-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lagu, e; f. : -laga, an; m.
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Wíse woroldwitan ðe gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, L. Eth. vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 22. Leófan menn, lagiaþ góde woroldlagan, Wulfst. 274, 7

will-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
will-weorþung, e; f.
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See also will), L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3. See Gnnm. D. M. c. 20

ymb-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wyrcan, p. -worhte.
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to surround with works Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh on mycelre heánnesse ymbworhte (v. l. ymbsealde. v. ymb-sellan), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24 note.

á-brégan

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Ðæt níwe wíte ábrégeþ (terret) ðæs mannes mód, Gr. D. 135, 19. God heora mód ábrégde. 249, 10. Ábrége terreat, Lch. i. 69, 5. Áfyrhted and ábréged territus, Gr. D. 222, 15. Swíðe ábréged vehementer exterritus, 39, 7.

áte

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In vv. 27, 30 of this chapter occur the forms átihi, átia, with which may be compared oatty=oats of very short stalks, a Nhb. Yks. word. v. D. D. s. v

clǽnsung

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II. with reference to moral impurity :-- Mid clǽsnunge forhæfednesse abstinentiae castigatione, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 526, 4. Clǽnsunge, R. Ben. 76, 5. Stýran mid lícumlicre clǽnsunge ( corporis castigatione ), 13, 21

hege-stów

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stów, e; f.
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A place with a hedge: On ðá hegestówe ufewardre; ondlong hegstówe. C. D. iii. 213, 9. In ðá hegestówe; andlong dǽre hegestówe, 263, 28. On ðá aldan hegestówe; and syððan á ondlang ðǽre ealdan hegestówe on ðone folchearpað, 393, 13.

Linked entry: heg-stów

hlosnian

(v.)

to listen

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Add: to listen with astonishment, listen spellbound Hlosnendum attonis. l. attonitis, Ald. 32, ii. see An. Ox. 2333 under hlosnere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 21.

íþan

(v.)
Grammar
íþan, to lay waste.
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ydwe, MS. ) wylce wan wætere gelíc /te clothed himself with cursing. . . it laid waste kis inward parts, fought like a flood; induit se maledictione . . . etintravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Íðende depopulans, Wrt.

Linked entry: ydwe

langsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langsumlíce, adv.
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Lfc. 29. patiently, with long-suffering Hé nele þæs synfullan deáð, ac langsumlíce his gehwyrfednesse bíð (anbít, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 391

mǽg-lic

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Ðes ðegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlðe mid sóðre lufe, for ðan ðe heó ne tóscǽt nǽnne be mǽglicere sibbe ( true love does not make distinction of person in accordance with relationship ), Hml. Th. i. 128, 2.

mid-dæg

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what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590. Fram middæge oð nón a sexta hora usque ad horam nonam, 27, 188. Add

ofer-faran

Grammar
ofer-faran, <b>II α.</b>
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II δ. add: The passage glossed is: Vastae solitudinis secreta penetrans, Ald. 51, 5, with reference to time Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran ꝥ þú ne freóde þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse?, Hml. S. 23 b, 522.

smyltness

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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551.

wóh-gestreón

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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . ná geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.

bútan

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Add: with nom. Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton wé feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Add Hé wíslíce rǽdde for Gode and for worulde eall his þeóde, Chr. 959; P. 115, 6. add: trans, to have an idea, suppose with acc.

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Efne swá even so, even as And efne swá he ðec gemétte meahtum gehrodene and even so he found thee adorned with virtues, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 5; Cri. 330.

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 9; Sat. 87.]
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Be ðam gesǽligan heápe ðe mid ðam Hǽlende on ðisum lífe drohtnode of the blessed company that lived with the Saviour in this life, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 22.

late

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Heó wile late áþreótan þæt heó fǽhðo ne týdre, Sal. 447. <b>II a.</b> late in the day, at a late hour :-- Ðá þá hí eft late (lator þonne hí sceoldon, v. l. ) gecyrdon tó mynstre, Gr. D. 126, 28. <b>II b.