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þríst-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.

Bold-mindedcourageous

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Fox 443; Men. 223. Sum biþ æt þearfe þrísthýdigra þegn mid his þeódne, Exon. Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78

un-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
un-cnyttan, p. te

To unknotuntie

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To unknot, untie Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum eius, Mk. Skt. 1, 7: Lk. 3, 16. (Wǽron) uncnytte (vinculorum ligamina) enodarentur, solverentur, Hpt.

un-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
un-spéd, e; f.

Wantindigencepenury

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Ðiós of unspoed (unspoedum, Rush.) hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende haec de paenuria sua omnia quae habuit misit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. unspéd

un-hlytm

(n.)

an ill-sharing

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Hengest wunode mid Finne ... unhlitme (finnel unhlitme, MS.) Hengest dwelt with Fin and his lot was not a happy one Similar entries (? v. hlytm, and cf. Icel. ú-hlutr, -hluti harm, hurt ), Beo. Th. 2262; B. 1129

Linked entry: hlytm

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, es; n.
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Dó on sumes cynnes cald (MS. B. adds seáw), Lch. i. 80, 19

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
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With one's eyes, ocularly, evidently Swilce ic hine mid mínan eágan eáhsýnes beheólde as if I beheld him plainly with my eyes, Hml. S. 23, 828. Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

efen-wyrhta

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Ic gewilnode mid him tó farenne ꝥ ic þe emwyrhtena on þǽre þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 358. Gemang þám emnwyrhtum, 97. Add

eorþ-tilia

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Hé gesette his wíngeard mid eorðtilium (agricolis), Mk. 12, 1. Eorþtilian agricolas, An. Ox. 2449. Add

folc-dryht

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Þonne sió býman stefen and se beorhta segen . . . folcdryht wera biforan bonnað, sáwla gehwylce when the voice of the trumpet and the bright banner . . . summon to the presence the multitude of men, every soul, Cri. 1067. For first passage substitute

ge-hnǽcan

(v.)
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(In one MS. the vowel of each verb has an accent.) Gehnǽcþ ( ? -hnǽgþ. Cf. hlihcaþ (= hlihgaþ), 391, 17) deprimit Germ. 401, 117. Add

ge-drif

Grammar
ge-drif, e ; f. . . . Rush. I. 31.
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Substitute: <b>ge-árif</b> fever Hál from ridesohte ł gedrif, Mk. R. l, 31. Wið gedrif, nim snægl, and áfeorma hine, and nim ꝥ clǽne fám ; mengc wiþ wífes meolc, syle þicgan. Lch. iii. 70, 3

ge-eáþmódgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eáþmódgian, ge-eáþmódigian, ge-eáþmódian, ge-eáþmódigan.
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Ðg ðe hine suelc lytel cild geéðmódade (humiliaverit), Mt. p. 18, 5. Add

geweald-leþer

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Geweltleþrum, Met. 29, 77. Þá gewealdleþeru onlǽtan þára brídla frena, remittere, 11, 75. Add

ge-weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weaxness, e; f.
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Increase; interest on money, usury Se sláwa þeów þone onfangenan talent from his hláforde bútan geweaxnysse (cf. mid þám gafole cum usura, Mt. 25, 27; mid gestreóne cum usuris, Lk. 19, 23) áhýdde on eorþan, Hml. S. 23 b, 15

Linked entry: weaxness

hírend

(n.)
Grammar
hírend, es; m.

a hearer

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a hearer Ðá hérend (gihérend, R.) gehérað audientes audiant, Mk. L. 4, 12, Hérdon ł hérend wéron audientes, 3, 8. one who is subject. Similar entries v. híran; VII. 4 Synne hýrendra (or pres. part.?) Hismahelitum, Ps. Rdr. 82, 7

lata

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For the passage substitute Þeáh þe heó þæs bearnes lata wǽre, heó þonne Gode (þæs bearnes MS., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8

mæsse-dæg

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Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

mertze

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mertze, (?) substitute: <b>mertze, myrtse,</b>
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Th. i. 300] Scipmanna (-e, MS. ) myrtse, céping teloneum (cf. teloneum tributum pro mercibus, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10. Cf. ciping; <b>I a</b>

mis-dǽd

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Unrihthǽmed, árleásta fela, mán and morðor, mis-dǽda worn, Met. 9. 7. Úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris, Ps. Th. 64, 3, Áhwerf nú fram synnum and fram misdédum mínra gylta þíne ansióne averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, Ps. C. 84. Add

ofer-drincere

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drincere, es; m.
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7

Linked entry: drincere