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þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thusin this manner, degree

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Homl. 245, 3: Exon. Th. 236, 6; Ph. 570: 43, 9; Cri. 686. Ðus ( sic ) unc gedafnaþ ealle rihtwísness gefyllan, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 15: Lk. Skt. 24, 46. mæg ðis ðus geweorþan? Blickl. Homl. 7, 21. Ðás dǽda þus gedóne from Drihtne, 31, 20.

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Ne onmun þú nánre áre wyrþne, 183, 1. Áre honore, Ps. Spl. C. 8, 6. On áre beón in honore esse. Ps. Th. 48, 11. For þæs crístendómes áre from respect for Christianity, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 5 : Angl. xii. 510, 1.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibitforbidto protectdefend

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Him þæt swíðe hys frýnd beweredon, 4, 26; Sch. 505, 18. with clause Ne eów be-werigeat (prohibemus) þæt ealle . . . ǽfæstnesse gecyrre, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 13.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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fægnode (fægenode, v. l.) ðæs miclan weorces dum magna se fecisse gauderet, Past. 39, 14. fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg. fægnode his tócymes, Hml. S. 18, 77: 26, 60. Ic lǽre ðú fægenige óþerra manna gódes, Bt. 30, 1; F. 108, 30.

ge-timbran

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Add: to build Getimberdon aedificabant, Lk. L. 17, 38. construct a building getimberde hús his on sonde aedificavit domum suam supra arenam, Mt. L. 7, 26. getimberde torr, 21, 33. Tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian, Bl.

hearde

firmlytightly

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Add: of falling or striking (lit. or fig. ) sume ác ástáh, . . . and hearde feóll (cf. in arborem ascendens deciderat deorsum, et contrito corpore spiritum exhalavit, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 32. Ic wæs hearde cnyssed impulsus.

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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After the bracket in the last line but one insert Hml. Th. i. 310, 28. Æt híwisce, and add: a family, house Fader híwisc pater familias, Rtl. 190, 21. Se fæder híuuisc ł hiórodes fæder ł hígna fæder, Lk. L. 13, 25.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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S. 25, 90-97. a pretence, trick: Heówunga praestigias, An. Ox. 2238. pretending to be what one is not, simulation Ǽlc híwung is antsǽte Gode, Hml. S. 12, 246.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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., 75, 8), C.D. iv. 76, 13. Eádgyð seó hlǽfdie forðférde, seó wæs Eádwardes cynges geresta, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 19. as a form of courteous address, lady(?) Cueð hir se Hǽlend, 'Maria' (in the margin is on Englis, hláfdia), Jn. L. 20, 16

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Ðæt mǽden ðá forð eóde . . . and cwæð: ' Dionisia, hál wes þú, ic gréte þé of helle gecíged', Ap. Th. 26, 11-16. Dryhten from helle ástág, . 1077. sculon gán libbende on helle (in infernum), Past. 429, 24: Ps. Spl. 54, 16.

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.

food, victuals, refectionflatteries, blandishments, fair speech.

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I. 37; Th. ii. 436, 6-8), Wulfst. 284, 5. Ðone mete and ða swǽsendo dapes, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 20. In phrases :-- Gán swǽsendum to go to dinner; ire ad reficiendum, 5, 4; S. 617, 18.

Linked entries: swoese swésende

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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ðás word sprecaþ ... þe in carcerne sittaþ, 2, 27; Cri. 25. , þe ús befæst is seó gýmingGodes folces ... we, to whom is committed the care of God's people..., L. E. I. 1; Th. ii. 402, 9.

Linked entry: þý

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Add: as adj. immediately preceding a substantive. denoting the thing which is halved Án healf tún . . . healfne tún, C. D. ii. 66, 29-30. Healf wer ætfealð, Ll. Th. i. 354, 21. Þolige healfe weres, 398, 5: 254, 15. Be healfan were gyldan, Ll.

Linked entry: healf

æt

(prep.)
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Add: A. prep. followed by a case. with dat. temporal, at Æt ðǽm ýtmestan dæge, Bl. H. 51, 8. Æt þisse ilcan tíde, 91, 14. Æt twám cierrun and æt ðǽm þriddan cierre, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 28.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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C. 33; Th. ii. 158, 13.

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Rush.) ys ðæt swycdómas cumon necesse est ut veniant scandala, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 7 : Homl. Th. i. 514, 33. Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 1. Nemne hwylc nýd máre ábǽdde, 3, 5; S. 526, 28.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Gif ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt úrne ceáp teóþian, gif willaþ syllan ðæt wyrste Gode, Blickl. Homl. 41, 7. for nánum ermþum ne byóð ðý betran, ac ðý wyrsan, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 17.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Add: to mark. make a mark on a material object Getácnod clavato, signato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 58. On þǽre stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna in the place were marks as of a dried-up burn, Hml.

mann

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add: a human being irrespective of age or sex Mín sunn, ic ðé men gebær, Hml. S. 25, 175. used explicitly as a designation applicable to either sex Nis nán wífhádes mann hire gelíca, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 12.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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worth, of value, referring to saleable things Éwe bið mid hire giunge sceápe sciłł. weorð, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7. Oxan horn bið .x. pæninga weorð, 58; Th. i. 138, 21. mycel feós hit wǽre wurð, Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 218, 33.