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ídel

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Gif ðæt hús ídel (ǽmtig vacantem. Mt. 12, 44) gemétt, hit gefylleð mid monigum, Past. 283, 24.

EGLE

(adj.)
Grammar
EGLE, adj.

Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis

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Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid; mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis He him sylfum byþ egle he is loathsome to himself, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 24: Cd. 209; Th. 258, 21; Dan. 679.

Linked entry: fonfyr

exámeron

(n.)
Grammar
exámeron, es; n.

A work on the six days of creation hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον

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Basilius awrát áne wundorlíce boc, be eallum Godes weorcum, ðe he geworhte on six dagum, Exámeron geháten Basil wrote a wonderful book about all the works of God, which he wrought in six days, called Hexameron, Basil prm; Norm. 32, 12

for-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To declare an oppositionopposeobject torefusegive upforsakedetrectārerecūsāredesĕrĕre

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He ðæt wæs eall forsacende he was giving up all that, 1, 12; Bos. 36, 16

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot beforeanticipatecome beforepreventanticĭpāreprævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

FYRWET

(n.)
Grammar
FYRWET, -wit, -wyt, es; n.

Curiositycūriōsĭtas

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Hine fyrwyt bræc curiosity urged him, Beo. Th. 470; B. 232. He his fyrwites ganges gylt forgeaf he forgave him the guilt of his walk of curiosity, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 24. Þurh fyrwet through curiosity, Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Cri. 92

Linked entries: firwet fyrwit fyrwyt

tihtan

(v.)
Grammar
tihtan, p. te
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To charge a person (acc. ) with an offence Tyhte intentabat, Hpt. Gl. 519, 76. hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hyne tihte he has completely cleared himself of the offence with which the bishop charged him, Chart.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Connexion, association, fellowship. v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28

blód-gyte

bloodshed

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Wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wlfst. 159, 8. sægde ꝥ ðæt nǽfre wæs álýfed ǽnigum men ꝥ þǽr ǽnig nýten cwealde oþþe blódgyte worhte negabat licere animal ullum interfici, Nar. 28, 18.

Linked entries: gyte blód-gíta

dwol-líce

(adv.)
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deófolgild beeóde dwollíce libbende, Hml. S. 28, 6

fæger

(n.)
Grammar
fæger, es; n. (not e; f.).

beauty

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Hwæþer ðú beó á þý fægerra for óþres mannes fægere, 30, 1; F. 108, 28. what is beautiful Þeáh mycel áge und feala fægeres, him bið mycel daru gif hit geseón ne mæge, Bl. H. 21, 8

fant-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fant-bæþ, es; n.
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eóde in (ðá eá) nacod. Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76

fór-mete

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Se ríca berð máre þonne behófige tó his fórmettum. Hml. Th. i. 254, 30. Add

ge-synto

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Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23. of things þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf fractum calicem pristinae incolumitati restituit, Gr.

ge-tilian

(v.)
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Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 10. to attend to, treat, cure (with gen.)

lǽce-cræft

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áxode gif cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml. S. 22, 40. medical treatment ꝥ word winð on ús swá swá wís lǽce déð þe mid stíðum lǽcecræfte gelácnað þone untruman, Hml.

lár-spell

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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.

ofer-méttu

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in gǽð ðurh ðá ofermétta, 463, 31: 53, 16. Ofermétto insolentiam, An. Ox. 7, 368. Add

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31