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el-þeód

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Hé in elðióde gefoerde peregre profectus est, Mt. R. 21, 33. ¶ especially in reference to enforced absence from a person's native country: Ðolian earfeðu suá suá mon sceal on elðióde labores velut in aliena pati, Past. 253, 11.

ǽwda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwda, an; m.

A witness ⬩ one who affirms the truth by oath ⬩ fidejussor ⬩ consacramentalis

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E. 2; Th. i. 28, 2

Linked entry: ǽwda-man

clepung

(n.)
Grammar
clepung, e; f.

A calling ⬩ vocatio, clamor

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Clepung mín on ansýne oððe on gesihþe his ineóde to his eárum clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus, Ps. Lamb. 17, 7

deáþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-sele, es; m. [deáþ death; sele a dwelling, hall]

A death-hall ⬩ mortis aula

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A death-hall; mortis aula In ðam deáþsele in the death-hall, Exon. 48 b; Th. 166, 25; Gú. 1048. On wítehús, deáþsele deófoles into the house of torment, the death-hall of the devil, 30 b; Th. 94, 8; Cri. 1537: 97 a; Th. 362, 1; Wal. 30

dryht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dryht-líce, driht-líce; adv.

In a lordly manner, divinely ⬩ nobĭlĭter

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Abraham fór eorlum driht-líce spræc Abram spoke in a lordly manner before the people, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 4; Gen. 2138

Linked entry: driht-líce

mid-niht

(n.)
Grammar
mid-niht, e; f.

Mid-night

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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ...

portian

(v.)
Grammar
portian, p. ode
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To pound, bray in a mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn ðéþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysi him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2

Linked entries: pyrtan ge-portian

stulor

(adj.)
Grammar
stulor, adj.
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Voc. ii. 38, 30. acting with stealth, stealthy Seó hreóhnys is open costung, and seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11

ge-sprintan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprintan, p. ge-sprant, pl. ge-sprunton
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Cf. ge-springan; In foresaga rocgetede ł gisprunt word Johannes in prochemio eructavit uerbum, Jn. p. 187, 26

Linked entries: sprintan gi-sprunt

hréman

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>hréman;</b> p. de To vaunt, boast Nó þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde þeáh þe here brohte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 756.Hár hilderinc hréman ne þorfte mecga gemánan

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj.

Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior

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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2.

Linked entry: æf-dæl

ge-síþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþscipe, es; m.

A fellowship ⬩ society ⬩ societas

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Sum swíþe eald wífman wæs in his gesíþscipe a very old woman lived with him, Shrn. 36, 9

þiclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þiclíce, adv.

Thickly, ⬩ in great numbers, ⬩ in quick succession

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Thickly, in great numbers, in quick succession Ðá hié gesáwan ða deádan men swá þiclíce tó eorþan beran, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 25.

Linked entry: þicce

ǽlc

all ⬩ any

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Th. i. 328, 15. Hí forbudon ǽlce wífunga, ii. 374, 35: 286, 30. Ǽlce wígwǽpna lǽte man stille, Wlfst. 170, 8. in excluding phrases, any Búton ǽlcon þegne Créca lond sécan, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 32. Búton ǽlcre hreówe, 2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2.

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country

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Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 17. Ðá lǽdde hé mé on fyrran lænd cum me in ulteriora produceret, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 9. In ða nésta gemǽro and londo [lond, Rush.] in proximas villas et vicos. Mk. Skt.

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect

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Hié sendon ǽgwern æfter fultume, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 22. in every case Bið andgit ǽghwǽr sélest, B. 1059: Gú. 573. in every respect Ǽghwáre usquequaque, R. Ben. I. 36, 10

hirwan

to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame

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Th. i. 334, 1. of calumny, backbiting Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe, Wlfst. 70, 15. to blaspheme, blame Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam, Angl. xi.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, cpve. síþra; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest; adj.

Late ⬩ at last ⬩ in the end

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M. 3; Th. ii. 288, 10. In the adverbial phrase æt síþestan, síþ[e]mestan at last, in the end Gif hé æt síþestan (síþmestan, MS. H.) sié gefongen, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 7; Beo. Th. 6018; B. 3013; Cd. Th. 217, 31; Dan. 31.

ang-seta

(n.)
Grammar
ang-seta, m.
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Voc. ii. 68, 51: cronculus, i. 45, 33. Ongseta, ii. 22, 68. Frunculus, quasi ferunculus, id est ongseta, Graece antrax, ab igne39, 16. Add: —

a-grýndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grýndan, p. -grand, pl. -grúndon; pp. -grúnden

To ground ⬩ to descend to the earth ⬩ ad solum descendere

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To ground, to descend to the earth; ad solum descendere Gim astíhþ on heofonas up hýhst on geáre and of tille agrýnt the gem [i. e. the sun] rises in trie heavens highest in the year and descends from its station. Menol. Fox 220; Men. 111

Linked entry: gryndan