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swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.

Sweetof food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicateof smell, sweet, fragrantof freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untaintedof sound, sweet, harmoniousin reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant

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Surt. 18, 11. used substantively :-- Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde, biter ðing tó swéte and swéte belǽþaþ, Wulfst. 47, 7, of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate Swéte mete dapis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 29.

Linked entries: swerum swót

swilcness

(n.)
Grammar
swilcness, e; f.

Quality

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Quality Sý gebróðrum reáf geseald be swilcnesse and staþele ðære stówe ðe hý on wuniaþ secundum locorum qualitatem ubi habitant, R. Ben. 89, 4.

swíþmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþmódness, e; f.

Greatness of soul, magnanimity

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Greatness of soul, magnanimity Be sigerfestnisse and swíþmódnísse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12. Ne mágon hý ðære tungan gerecnisse ne hire mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Salm. Kmbl. 150, 4

Linked entry: swíþ-mód

swétness

(n.)
Grammar
swétness, e; f.

Sweetnesssweetness, pleasantness, agreeableness

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Úre heortan gefyllan mid ðære swétnesse godcundra beboda, Blickl. Homl. 37, 8. Be swétnesse ðæs heofonlícan ríces, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 16. Ða woruldsǽlþa mid swíþe manigre swétnesse óleccaþ ðǽm módum, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 10.

Linked entry: swótness

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.

That which grows from another (used of animals or of plants)offspringprogenyproductfruitof human beings,a childoffspringracebreedfamilychildrenof animals of human beings and animalsof plants

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That which grows from another (used of animals or of plants), offspring, progeny, product, fruit Túdor oððe cyn propago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 33. On ða tíd wæs ofor eorþan tuddres æþelnes, Blickl. Homl. 115, 10.

Linked entry: tuddor

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: , tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Twoabsolutelydistributively

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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23.

Linked entries: tuu twá

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen.tweón, twýn ; m.

uncertaintyhesitationdelaya doubtful state of thingsstate of indecision

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uncertainty Ðonne ðǽr án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ ðǽr unrím ástyred una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 18. 'Sum tweó mé hæfþ swíþe gedréfed.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Hwæt is se?'

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.

Twentyalone

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Grammar twéntig, used adjectivally, with the inflexions of the plural adjective in gen. and dat., but also with singular gen. alone Ðis synd ðara twéntiges hída landgemǽra, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 25.

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.

Twelve years old

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Twelve years old Úre Hǽlend ðá hé wæs twelfwintre, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 20: Lk. Skt. 2, 42. Tuoelfwintro duodennis, p. 4, 4. Heó wæs twelfwintre erat annorum duodecim, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Se wæs xii-wintre cniht, Shrn. 118, 13.

twi-bóte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bóte, adj.

Needing double compensation

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Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, oþþe in Lenctenfæsten, hit sié twybóte, 40; Th. i. 88, 12

Linked entry: twi-béte

týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede

To propagate To bring forthproduceto propagatenourishfosterTo be prolific

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MS.) ǽlc túdor and hit eft gehýt nascentia occidentiaque omnnia per simileis foetuum seminumque renovat progressus, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 10. to propagate, nourish, foster Ðin hand plantode and týdrede úre foregengan plantasti eos. Ps. Th. 43, 3.

Týle

(n.)

Thule

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This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15

Linked entry: þýle

for-súgan

To suck in

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To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Similar entries Cf. súgan; II, sogoþa) Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14.

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)

straight onwithout swervingwithout modification or qualificationplainlysimplydirectly

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Ne cwǽdon hí ná Úre Hláford, ne Ðín Hláford, ac forðrihte Hláford, 210, 2. of the service in church. Similar entries Cf. forþ-riht ; Grammar forþ-rihte, adj.

fót-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-ádl, Add: es; n.

goutpodagra

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gout; podagra Ðá geuntrumade hé mid þǽre mettrymnesse podagre, ðæt is on úre geþeóde fótádl, Shrn. 100, 19. His handa and his fét wǽron swellende and áþundene for þý wǽtan þǽre fótádle ( podagrae ), Gr. D. 302, 8.

fréfrend

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Hér is se fréfrigend úres geswinces and weorces, 560, 34: 562, 18. Take here fréfriend, and add

Frencisc

French speech

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Frenciscra wyrþlice cyrcena gewunan Galliarum honestos aecclesiarum usus, Angl. xiii. 368, 43. ¶ French speech Sprecan on Frencisc, viii. 313, 21. Add

Fríge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Fríge-niht, e; f.

The night between Thursday and Friday

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The night between Thursday and Friday On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19.

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

frum-grípa

(n.)
Grammar
frum-grípa, Substitute: frum-gripa, an; m.

A first-fruit

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A first-fruit Utan gelǽstan Gode þá gerihta þe him tó gebyrian . . . úre frumgripan gangendes and weaxendes, Wlfst. 113, 6

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)

completelyentirelyto the full extent

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Gif wé þá dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ ( if we live those days entirely for God ), þonne hæbbe wé úre daga þone teóþan dǽl for Gode gedón, Bl. H. 35, 25. Getogen on Hebréiscum gereorde fulfremedlíce, Hml. Th. i. 436, 14: Bl. H. 217, 4.