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cyning

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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón, ac þæt folc hæfð cyre tó ceósenne þone tó cyninge þe him sylfum lícað; ac siþþan hé tó cyninge gehálgod bið, þonne hæfð hé anweald ofer þæt folc, Hml. Th. i. 212, 6-9. Tó cynige ad regem, Mk. L. R. 6, 25.

eaht

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eaht,</b> aht, æht, eht, es; m. council, deliberation Þonne úðweotan æht besǽton ( sat deliberating ), on sefan sóhton hú hié sunu Meotudes áhéngon, El. 473. estimation, consideration Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Add: to purchase as a matter of business Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2.

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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A. 184, 92. of spiritual weapons Gié ðǽm ilca smeawnge iúih giwoepnigað vos eadem cogitatione armamini, Rtl. 21, 38. of animals. of military equipment Cumad mycele deór: hí beóð gewǽpnode on ðá wísan þe man hors gewǽpnað, þonne man tó wíge þencð, Wlfst

hergian

(v.)

to harryplunderto harrass

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Sum his folc hé sende gind þæt lond tó bærnanne and tó hergenne, 4, 8; S. 188, Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne herigende here, Ll.

hínþ

Grammar
hínþ, hínþu, hínþo.

miserypovertyhurtinjurydestruction

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., and add: misery, poverty Sume beóþ wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hi beóþ mid wǽdle and mid hénþe (hǽnþe, v. l.) ofþrycte, ꝥ him wǽre leófre ꝥ hí wǽran unæþele þonne swá earme hunc nobilitas notum facit, sed angustia rei familiaris inclusus esse mallei

Linked entry: hýnþ

líne

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Þonne getimað hyt ꝥ hig wrixliað twía on ánum mónðe, and on þám circule fíftýne niht hig onfoð on þǽre néxtan línan, and on þrittig hig geendiað, Angl. viii. 327, 40

fyll

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fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

beard

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Þonne hé (one entering a monastery) his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 2228. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów síde, Nar. 35, 2: 38, 1. ¶ beardas (used of a single person) beard and whiskers :-- Ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan on þám andwlitan, Gr. D. 279, 10.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Gif hé þá Godes wáccor behwyrfð þonne ꝥ hé him tó ágenum teleð, þonne him micele ágenre is ꝥ him ǽfre gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 272, 12. <b>I a.</b> proper (name, noun) :-- Sume synd ágene naman swá swá is Eádgár, sume gemǽnelice, Ælfc.

ge-þencan

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Þonne hé déþ ꝥ hé geþóht hafaþ, þonne gecýþe ic ꝥ ic wát ǽr hwæt hé þenceþ, 181, 9. <b>II a.

ge-wis

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Þonne hé byð feówertig síðon gegaderod, þonne gefylleð hé áne tíd; and hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum, þæt ys styrung a motu siderum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. certain (thing), some; quidam Pilatus cwæþ: 'Myd gewyssum gesceáde (v. ge-sceád

stúpian

(v.)
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stúpian, p. ode
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.

þindan

(v.)
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þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on ðam milte sié þindende, þonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan, 252, 25: 168, 11. figurative, to swell with indignation, pride, etc.

Linked entry: a-þindan

á-lǽtan

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S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.

earg

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Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 13: inertes, 92, 36.

ge-ner

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Hý sceoldon fægnian, þonne hý on genere wǽron, Ps. Th. 39, arg. Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S. 23, 204. Gif. . . hí manna ǽnig on genere heólde, 50.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
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gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Þá wénde hé ꝥ hé þá leóhtfatu gýmeleáslícor bétte þonne hé sceolde lampades negligenter exstinxisse se credidit Gr. D. 237, l. without care for good Ús þe yfele and gýmeleáslíce mid unrihte libbað nobis male viventibus atque negle-gentibus R.

háte

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Þonne sunne hátost scíneð, Ph. 209. Ðonne þǽre sunnan scíma hátast scínþ, Bt. 5, 2 ; F. 10, 29. of glowing iron. Cf. hát; 2 Lecgað ðá ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan, Hml. Th. I. 424, 35.

móna

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móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne hé gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh hí beó