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stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú dést ?

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Noe ðá yrþling began tó wircenne ðæt land coepitque Noe vir agricola exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. Móna se twentigoþa cild ácenned yrplincg a child born on the twentieth day of the moon will be a husbandman, Lchdm. iii. 194, 6.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
cyrran, ic cyrre, ðú cyrrest, he cyrreþ, pl.cyrraþ ; p. cyrde, pl.cyrdon ; pp. cyrred .

to turnvertere

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cyrrest now turnest thyself, Elen. Kmbl. 1329; El. 666. Hí cyrraþv they return, Ps. Th. 69, 3. Cyrdon returned, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 8; Dan. 433

Linked entries: cerran cirran

ende-dógor

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dógor, es; m. n.

The final day, day of one's deathfinālis dies, mortis dies

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Nis swíðe feor ðam ýtemestan endedógor it is now not very far to the utmost final day. Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 8; Gú. 1140. Bád se endedógor he awaited [his] final day, 51b; Th. 179, 10; Gú. 1259

Linked entry: ende-dæg

here-wæsmun

(n.; adv.)
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ic méan herewæsmun hnágran talige gúþgeweorca ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1358; B. 677. Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.'

Linked entry: wǽsma

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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At times, sometimes Hwíltídum oððe ðá modo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 37: aliquando, Past. 57, 1; Swt. 437, 3: Lchm. iii. 240, 23: 242, 18.

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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to fail to take, to mistake Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic gerádra worda misfó once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón.

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f: earce, an; f.

the ark of Noaharca a chest, the ark of the covenant cista, cistella

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the ark of Noah; arca Noe on ða earce eode Noah went into the ark. Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17, 27. Under earce bord under the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333.

Linked entries: arc earce erc ærc

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Th. i. 148, 27, Wrýt sylfwylles ðæt ðú wiðsace Criste, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 379. Hé sylfwilles menniscnesse underféng, Wulfst. 15, 12. Hé gǽþ sylfwilles twá míla tó ánre geneádod, R.

Linked entry: self-will

endian

(v.)

to completefinish

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Þes middangeard on ðás eldo endian sceal þe andweard is, Bl. H. 117, 35: 119, 1

eornostlíce

(adv.; con.)
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eornostlíce (witodlíce, Jn. 16, 22) hæbbe gé sume unrótnysse vos igitur nunc quidem tristitiam habebitis, Hml. A. 74, 30. Waciað eornostlíce (witodlíce, Mt. 24, 42) vigilate ergo, 49, 7. Beó ðú eornostlíce gebeógul esto consentiens, 4, 92.

glíw-mann

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Illi aurigarum et histrionum gesta favoribus efferunt, nec tamen tales esse desiderant, Past. 231, 7. Þurh witige plegmen ł gleáwe glígmen per gymnosophistas, An. Ox. 39.

tácn

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Add Ic wát ꝥ hé hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan . . . gýman wé hwæder hé ꝥ tácen þǽre wunde hæbbe, Hml. S. 30, 269. Add Þás tácnu ( signa ) fyliað þám þe gelýfað, Mk. 16, 17

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, witherwallow = to fade away

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To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58.

on-sagu

(n.)
Grammar
on-sagu, e; f.

A charge brought against a person, accusation

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[Cf. the somewhat similar principle which follows :-- Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ ðonne ðam ðe æfter sprecþ. See also Grmm. R. A. 856.] Ðá cwæþ Eugenia ðæt heó eáþe mihte Melantian onsage oferdrífan (refute the charge ), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 206.

Linked entry: sagu

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Hit næs gesǽd hwæt Pirruses folces gefeallen wǽre, for ðon hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe wieldre wæs (mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum) Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 21.

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Is geworden to full yfelum gewunan ðæt menn swíðor scamaþ for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum it has now become the very bad custom for men to be more ashamed of good deeds than of bad ones, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161.

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

geong

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Úre Áliésend hine gemedomode tó biónne betwiux ðǽm lǽsðum and ðǽm gingestum monnum, Past. 301, 14. v. sám-geong, and next word

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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Ðá gestód hé ǽlcne onsundran ( each separately ), 23, 177. Hié sǽton onsundran they (Adam and Eve) did not sit together, Cd. Th. 52, 11; Gen. 842.

Linked entry: sundor

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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is seó ealde lagu geendod offer Cristes tócyme and men ne ceósaþ on ðissere cristenan lage of nánum biscopcynne óðerne biscop ac of ǽlcum cynne now the old law is ended after Christ's advent, and men do not now under the Christian law choose a bishop

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu