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inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðá ongan ácsian hwæðere ic wiste hwæðer ic on riht bútan incan gefullad wǽre cæpit me interrogare, an me esse baptizatum absque scrupulo nossem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 45.

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Gl. 249, 9. Nimþe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 4 : 93. 3. Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43.

Linked entry: nemþe

boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angelnuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelusa foreboder, prophetpropheta, vatesa messenger

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Me ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum this messenger told me in cautious words, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 30; Gen. 680: 32; Th. 43, 6; Gen. 686: 33; Th, 45, 11; Gen. 725.

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
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Voc. ii. 88, 22. Him ðá síþ oncwæþ, sóna ne meahte oroþ up geteón, Exon. Th. 163, 19 ; . 996. Síþ and late, Judth. Thw. 25, 24 ; Jud. 275. síþ Exon. Th. 96, 3 ; Cri. 1568. ¶ In phrases with ǽr (cf. O. Sax. ni síð noh ér : O. H.

un-rót

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rót, adj.

sadsorrowfultroubledgloomydispleasedharshangry

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Voc. i. 51, 1: 83, 37. ongann beón unrót ( moestus). Ðá sǽde se Hǽlynd: 'Unrót (tristis ) is mín sáwl,' Mt. Kmbl. 26, 37, 38. Unrót contristatus, Ps. Th. 37, 6: Exon. Th. 73, 2; Cri. 1183: 166, 3; . 1037.

Linked entries: rót un-rétu

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Add: m., f. infamy, shame, an infamous deed Bysmor, sceamu rubor, An. Ox. 2933. gehýrde þæt bysmor mínra worda, Hml. S. 23 b, 366.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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Add:: ; f. (v. Bd. S. 569, 8). a blowing, blast of wind Swíðe mycel windes blǽd, Bl. H. 199, 21; Hml. S. 23, 72. Blǽde flamine, Germ. 400, 496. Se wind him stód ongeán mid ormǽtum blǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 378, 16 : i. 502, 19.

Linked entry: blæst

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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A. 130, 457. a casting of lots Of hlotti (hlote, R.) eóde ꝥte roecels gesette sorte exiit ut incensum poneret Lk. L. l, 9. Mið hlod sorte p. 3, 4.

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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his grið stande swá forð swá hit fyrmest stód on his yldrena dagum (as well as ever it stood in his ancestor's days), Ll. Th. i. 292, 3.

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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An eye-lid; palpebra Wið þiccum brǽwum for thick eye-lids, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 9. Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids, 1, 2 ; Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12.

ge-þafian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þafian, -þafigan, -þafigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [þafian to permit, allow, consent]

To favoursupportpermitallowadmitassentconsentagreeapproveobeysubmit tofăvēresustĭnēresĭnĕreadmittĕrepermittĕreassentīreconsentīreobēdīreconcēdĕre

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Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 5. He nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sĭnĕret perfŏdi dŏmum suam, Mt. Bos. 24, 43. Geþafigean, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 14. Ic geþafige consentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 39: 37; Som. 39, 9: Ps. Th. 130, 3.

Linked entry: þafian

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

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Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 6

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Alive, QUICK ; vivus, vivax Enoch cwic gewát mid cyning engla Enoch departed alive with the king of angels, Cd. 60; Th. 73, 25; Gen. 1210: Exon. 16b; Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590: Ps. Th. 118, 57. Cwyc alive, 104, 8.

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 5. Ða ðe faraþ fram leahtrum mæignum those who pass from vices to virtues, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 26. Mægnum, Prud. 28a. Ðá ongunnon mód and mægen niman . . .

Linked entry: mægn

hér

here . . . there

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Gód ys ús hér beónne, 17, 4. Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande, Ll. Th. i. 180, 27.

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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LAND as opposed to water or air, earth ðec in lyft gelǽddun oftugon ðé landes wynna we led thee aloft, earth's pleasures withdrew from thee, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 15; . 438.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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P. iii. 15 tit.; Th. ii. 196, 10. Se ðe wylle eard clǽnsian, ðonne mót georne ðyllíces stýran (steóran, MS. B.) restrain such crimes, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 9. wolde ús mid líðnysse stýran, Homl. Th. i. 320, 10: Blickl. Homl. 63, 22.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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will, the faculty of willing hwæthwega godcundlíces on eówerre sáule habbaþ, ðæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslíca willa, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 46, 26. Sáwul is voluntas ðæt is wylla, ðonne heó hwæt wyle, Homl. Skt. i. I. 187.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Hit wæs ðá swá gedón, Gen. 1, 9, 15. Nis hit swá it is not so (as you have said), 18, 15. Hit ne mæg swá beón, Ex. 10, 11. Ðeáh his nǽfre ne geléfan, ðeáh it is swá, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 17.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Add: as numeral, one. cardinal, alone, as adj. Þes an blinda man getácnode eall mancynn, Hml. Th. i. 154, 10. forþférdon on ánum mónþe, Chr. 888; P. 82, 4. Áne (-um, v. l. ) geáre ǽr his deáþe, 46; P. 6, 20: 885; P. 78, 23.