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rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Nán mon for ðý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for ðý ðe hé mid ðære ráde earnaþ sume earnunga. Sume mid ðære ráde earniaþ ðæt hié síen ðý hálran, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 5-8. Ðá wearð his hors gesíclod, and feóll wealwigende geond ða eorþan ...

Linked entry: swíþ-hwæt

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

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Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, and hine eft ne betýne, gelde swelc neát swelc ðǽron befealle if any one open a water-pit [that is] shut up, and close it not again, let him pay for whatever cattle may fall therein, L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, 7.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Ic ǽnig ne métte wið ðé gelíc I have not met any like unto thee, Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 13; Jul. 549. Ealle hí beóþ gelíce acennede they are all born alike, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 9 : Beo. Th. 4334; B. 2164.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Hig intó helle cuce síðodon descenderunt vivi in infernum, Num. 16, 33. Hig síðodon ealle tó Egipta lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 3. Síðedon, Cd. Th. 121, 13 ; Gen. 2009. Hine cneówmǽgas mid síðedon, 104, 13 ; Gen. 1734.

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59. Leóda gód, súðmonna sinc, Cd. Th. 121, 28 ; Gen. 2017.

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Staþelign, 115, 1. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215.

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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stiff, rigid, not soft, not bending Is seó eággebyrd stearc and hiwe stáne gelícast, Exon. Th. 219, 4; Ph. 302. Hláf and stán, streac and hnesce, Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Stánas and ðæt starce ísen, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 29.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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Ne stent nán óðer lád æt tihtlan búte ordál betweox Wealan and Englan, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 354, I.

Linked entry: tyhtle

un-geweald

(n.)

impotenceinability to controlunintentionallynot wilfullyinvoluntarily

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Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme and ungewisses oððe ungewealdes cum non malitia, sed sola ignorantia, delinquitur, 21; Swt. 157, 25. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oþþe unwillum oþþe ungewealdes, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 23.

Linked entry: un-gewealdes

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Ne syleþ hé sóðfæstum ðæt him ýþende mód innan hreðre non dabit fluctuationem justo, Ps. Th. 54, 22

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

bryne

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Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne, Shrn. 73, 37. burning heat Hǽto ł byrn aestus, Mt. L. 20, 12. Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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Hé gegaderode his fyrde díglíce, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 31. so as to avoid publicity, exposure, detection Hé wearð diégel-lice crísten, for þon hé eáwenga ne dorste, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 18.

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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þás bebodu tó brecanne, ac mid eallum gódum tó eácanne (ícanne, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 56, 2. ¶ eácen; ptcpl. (adj.). increased, augmented Eácne egesan, Sal. 473.

ge-mang

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L. 6. ¶ on (in) gemange (following a dative) among (used still in poetry after the noun) :-- Wiht wæs werum on gemonge, Rá. 32, 4:11. Bið áweaxen wyrtum in gemonge fugel alitur mediis in odoribus ales, Ph. 265. Mágum in gemonge.

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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Ne seleð Gode geðinge his non dabit Deo placationem suam, Ps. Srt. 48, 8. <b>II a.</b> as a legal term :-- Be diernum geðinge.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

ge-þungen

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Ne mæg se man módigan on geðincðum, for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran, Hml. S. 16, 372. by good qualities, excellent Þú eart beforan Drihtne geþungen, Hml. S. 23 b, 236 note. Þǽr ( in heaven ) is geþungen þegnweorud, Cri. 751.

hǽtu

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Hý hit ne magon eall gebúgian, sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 10. Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.

hreówsian

(v.)
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Mára gefeá wyrð on hefonum for ánum hreówsiendum, 411, 13. with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe his synna forlǽt and hí ne hreówsað, Past. 425, 29, 37. Ðá ðe ðá geðóhtan synna hreówsiað, 417, 32: 419, 19. Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda hreówsiað, . . .

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Se wínsele on hrúsan ne feól, B. 772. Þonne ic hrúsan trede, Rä. 8, 1. Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Dol bið sé þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund nafað ne gesegled scip, Sal. 225. Alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 11.