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scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Dynedan scildas, Judth. Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204. Scylda parmarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 30.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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for a time, temporarily Yrsunge tídelíce ( but tíde ne, MSS. O. T.) sceal mon gehealdan iracundie tempus non reseruare, R. Ben. 17, 6. <b>I a.

Linked entry: tímlíce

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, Fins. Th. 74; Fins. 37: Cd. Th. 126, 12; Gen. 2094. Men wurðlícor lybbaþ þonne treówu the life of men is more excellent than that of trees Shrn. 168, 24.

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Skt. 1, 67: Num. 23, 8. Hú ne wítegode wé on ðínum naman? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 22. Ealle wítegan wítegudun (wítgadun, Rush.) óð Ióhannes, 11, 13. Mid wítegiende múðe, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 19.

Linked entry: wítgian

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Thw. 2, 28. to take example Ðá láreówas ðæt wæter gedréfað mid hira unðeáwum, ðonne ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals on hira láre cum subjecti non sectantur verba, sed exempla pravitatis imitantur, Past. 31, 6.

for-weorþan

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N. E. D. forworth. Goth. fra-wairþan: O. Sax. far-werðan: O. H. Ger. fer-werdan.]

ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-hnescan, ge-hnescian; p. ge-hnescte, ge-hnescode To make nesh. in a physical sense. to soften hard material ꝥ hearde hyt gelíðigað and gehnesceaþ. Lch. i. 368, 2.

ge-hwǽde

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Th. i. 510, 25. of quantity Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid dám lytlan melewe and þám gehwǽdan ele, Hml. 8. 18, 66. applied to non-material things. of time Ic eom gehwǽde tíd ( modicum ) mid eów.

hege

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Ne læg ælðeódig man wiðútan mínum hegum, ac mín dura geopenode symle wegférendum foris non mansit peregrinus, ostium meum viatori patuit (Job. 31, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 448, 22. 'Far geond wegas and hegas' . . .

oxa

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untígð eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan (oxo, R. woxo, L. bouuem suum), Lk. L. 13, 15. .xii. þeówe men and .ii. gesylhðe oxan, C. D. iv. 263, 20. Mon selle him tó ðém londe .iiii. oxan, .ii. cý, and .L. scépa, and ǽnne horn, i. 310, 13: 27.

weler

(n.)
Grammar
weler, weler, welur, welor, weolor, weolur, weoler es;m., e;f.

A lip

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Ic ne wirne míne welora labia mea non prohibebo Past. 49; Swt. 380, 10. Gif mannes múð sár sié, genim betonican . . . lege on ða weolore Lchdm. ii. 48, 29

Linked entry: weoler

ǽrende

(adj.)

a messagean errand, a mission

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Sǽdon ðæt hí hæfdon nyt ǽrende (ǽrend, v. l.) and nytne intingan sumne haberent aliquid legationis et causae utilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 9

Linked entry: ǽrend

bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

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[byrnan to burn] A burning, fire, flame, heat; ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor Ne se bryne beót mæcgum the burning did not hurt the youths. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229: 53b; Th. 189, 9; Az. 57.

Linked entry: byrne

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lotsto obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain

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Ða Godes þeówas on Israhéla þeóde náne landáre hleótan ne móston to the servants of God among the people of Israel might not be allotted any landed possessions, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 5.

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONGtall

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Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróðor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode it was not long before his brother died, 434, 24. Nis hit lang tó ðon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Ic ongite ðæt . . ða mǽstan mǽrþa ne sint on ðysse woruldgylpe video . . nec celebritatem gloria posse contingere, 33, 1; Fox 120, 4. Mǽrþa gesǽligost most blessed of glories, Salm. Kmbl. 136; Sal. 67.

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8

ge-neahhe

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Swég úp ástág níwe geneahhe (new enough, i. e. that had not been heard before, for Grendel had never been attacked in the hall), B. 783. Hé hǽðengield gesóhte neóde geneahhe ( very diligently), Jul. 24.

ge-dihtan

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S. 23, 347. to arrange God þás þingc swá gescifte, and mid his fadunge gedihte, ꝥ heora nán gefélan ne mihte, Hml. S. 23, 257. Hú hé þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge de fabrica monasterii per visionem at eo disposita, Gl. D. 147, ii.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Þeáh ðe him ( the old man ) ádl on ne sitte, þeáh oft his hǽl him bið ádl, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16. Hyt tó hǽle gelǽdeð, Lch. i. 114, 21. Þǽre ǽrran hǽle incohmitati pristine, An. Ox. 4866.