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riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, directright, straight agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable the requirements of a lawregulation, legitimate, lawful, regular satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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wæs riht cyning he (Constantine) was a true king, Elen. Kmbl. 26; El. 13. Ðæt is se rihta geleáfa, Blickl. Homl. 21, 17 : Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 9. Ðonne wile onfón rihtre ondetnesse true confession, Blickl. Homl. 155, 1.

gold

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bisceope eahta marca goldes; and gif hig hám cuman gylde ðám bisceope his gold, and gif heora náðer ne cymð, dó se bisceop for heora sáule swá mycel swá ðæt land is betere ðene ðæt gold sý, C.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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wæs for weorulde wís, weorðmynþa georn, Met. 1, 51. Ðæt ðú gefeó in ðæm fromscipe mínes lífes, and eác blissige in ðǽm weorðmyndum, Nar. 32, 32. weorþmyntum þáh he throve gloriously Beo.

Linked entry: wirþu

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. áraþ ða gódan, and wítnaþ ða yfelan, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20. of things, bad, not good of its kind Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6.

hearde

firmlytightly

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Lengað hine hearde, þynceð þæt sý þria xxx þúsend wintra ǽr dómdæges dyn gehýre, Sal. 270: Seel. 155. Hearde ondrǽdan, Cri. 1018. hiene geeáðmédde tó þǽm folce þe him þǽr heardost ondréd, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 33.

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Ne gefeáh he ðære fǽhþe he rejoiced not in the enmity, 218; B. 109: Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 17; Cri. 1441. He nó mearn fore fǽhþe and fyrene he mourned not for his enmity and crime, Beo. Th. 274; B. 137: 3079; B. 1537.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

ge-reord

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His metes gereord ána underfó cibi refectionem solus percipiat, R. Ben. 50, 3. gearcode him gereord fecit convivium, Gen. 19, 3

ge-andswarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andswarian, p. ode; pp. od

To answerrespondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ðá ne geandswarode he hyre qui non respondit ei verbum, Mt. Bos. 15, 23

hysping

(n.)
Grammar
hysping, e ; f.

Reproachrevilingcontumely

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Reproach, reviling, contumely Siððan his hyspinge gehéred hæfde acceptaque contumelia, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35

íð-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-dǽde, adj.

Easy to do

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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18

óþ-sceacan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif óþsceóce (-seoce, MS. ), L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 11

Linked entry: óþ-seóce

dysig-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig-cræftig, (?); adj.
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Skilled in foolish arts bið disicreafti (yfele cræftas leornað, v.l., erit sortilegus ), Archiv cxxviii. 300, 2.] [

Linked entry: cræftig

ge-grundweallian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grundweallian, p. ode; pp. od

To foundfundāre

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To found; fundāre He ofer sǽs gegrundweallode hine ipse sŭper măria fundāvit eum, Ps. Spl. 23, 2

Linked entry: -grundweallian

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

un-gecnáwen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecnáwen, adj.

Unknown

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Unknown fela þinga forðteáh ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 13

Linked entry: ge-cnáwan

wundor-ágræfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-ágræfen, adj.

Wondrously graven

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Wondrously graven wundorágræfene anlícnesse engla sínra geseh, Andr. Kmbl. 1424; An. 712

Linked entry: á-grafan

hlúd-clipol

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ná beó hlútclipol on stefne non sit clamostis in voice, R. Ben. I. 35, II. Add

lǽce-wyrt

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Add Abgarus wundrode ꝥ wearð gehǽled bútan lǽcewyrtum þurh ðæs Hǽlendes word, Hml. S. 24, 160

mód-lufu

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hine mid bám handum beclypte and mid eallre módlufan sette tó his breóstum, Nap. 45. Add

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, an evil spirit.
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yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym in wyrginge and in scinna cíginge, Gr. D. 289, 9. Add