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ÁDL

(n.)
Grammar
ÁDL, ádel; g. ádle, f: ádle, an; f.

A diseasepaina languishing sicknessconsumptionmorbuslanguor

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Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 29: Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6. Laman legeres ádl the palsy

Linked entries: ádel ádle

BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEATstrikelashdashhurtpercuteretundereverberarecæderepulsarequaterelædereto treadtrampletrampcalcareproculcare

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Fox 6, 30; Met. 6, 15. Beóton brimstreámas the sea-streams dashed, Andr. Kmbl. 477; An. 239 : 3084; An. 1545.

Linked entry: a-beátan

éðel-stól

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-stól, es; m.

paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium

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Fox 9, 21; Met. 9, 11

Linked entry: fæder-éðel-stól

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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Fox 218; Men. 110. Ðríwa on gére thrice a year, Thw. Exod. 23, 17. Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde annos æternos in mente hăbui, Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36. Þreó and þritig geára three and thirty years, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 16; Sat. 503.

Linked entries: gǽr gér

mann-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-þwǽre, adj.

Gentlemildmeeknot harshcourteous

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Mildheort and manþwǽre misericors et miserator, 144, 8: Bt. 42; Fox 258, 9. On þeáwum monþwǽre moribus civilis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8.

norþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþe-weard, adj.

Northwardnorth

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From easteweardan ðisses middangeardes óþ westeweardne, and fram súþeweardum óþ norþeweardne, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 2

Linked entry: norþ-weard

ge-dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíc, -dæfenlíc; adj. [ge-dafen becoming]

Becomingfitdecentconvenientagreeabledĕcenscongruusconvĕnienshăbĭlis

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Fox 31, 42; Met. 31, 21 : Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 43. Hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó hórig it is becoming that his vestment be not dirty, L. Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 20. Gedafenlíc þeódnes [MS. seodnys] hăbĭlis conjunctio, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-defenlíc

ge-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrífan, p. -scráf, -screáf; pp. -scrifen.

to judge, deem, assign, impose, appointjudicare, assignare, imponere, designareto shrive, impose penance, censurepœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere

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Fox 1, 58; Met. 1, 29. Hió me lytle læs láðe woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan paulo minus consummaverunt me in terra, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Siððan gé agifen habbaþ sceattas gescrifene when you have given the appointed sum, Andr.

Linked entry: ge-scrif

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

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Mé áblendan ðás ungetreówan woruldsǽlþa, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Hé sett his dǽl mid ðám ungetreówum ( infidelibus ), Lk. Skt. 12, 46

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thingvanityfrivolityan evil thinginiquity

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Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26. Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen? Met. 10, 21. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare meditati sunt inania, Ps. Th. 2, 1.

wrigian

(v.)
Grammar
wrigian, p. ode

To turnwendhiegomove

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Repetunt proprios quaeque recursus, reditaque suo singula gavdent, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22-29: xiv, 14. Ǽlc gesceaft wrigaþ and higaþ wið his gecyndes, Met. 13, 65.

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Fox 572; Gn. C. 55. Hí héton mé ( the cross ) heora wergas hebban, Rood Kmbl. 62; Kr. 31. of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit Under ðæm stáne wæs niccra eardung and wearga, Blickl. Homl. 209, 34.

on-lísan

(v.)

to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds)to release, deliver, liberate

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Siððan seó sáwl of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 15. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29: 138, 50. Swá hwylcne swá hé on eorþan álýsde, ðæt se wǽre on heofonum onlýsed, Blickl. Homl. 49, 18.

Linked entries: on-lésan on-liésan

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true sayinga truth a righteous saying

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Hit is ǽlces módes wíse ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 16: Met. 6, 2: 8, 3. a proverb Ðás sóðcwide (-cuido,

twi-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-rǽde, adj.

of two mindsuncertainundecidedirresoluteof divided counselwithout unanimity

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case whether you have so firmly determined anything, that it appears to you, that it will never with your consent be changed ...Or again, whether in any plan you are so uncertain, that it may help you, if it is carried out, or if it is not, Bt. 41, 3; Fox

Linked entry: twio-rǽde

brogdettan

(v.)
Grammar
brogdettan, (brodd-, bród-, bréd-, brott- ?); p. te.

to shakequiverto glitterbe splendid

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Voc. ii. 67, 54. to glitter, be splendid (cf. brogdian) Mid dislicum glengcgum brottetende (v. brogdettung for form) stolidis pompis indruticans, Hpt. Gl. 435, 37

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, household, house; also a hide of land

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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

hyhtan

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L. 25, 1. to look with confidence to For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum, Ps.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Hí hine speónnan and lǽrdon ðæt hé ða fóre ðurhtuge eum id perficere suadebant, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 26. Span ðú hine georne ðæt hé ðíne láre lǽste, Cd. Th. 36, 22; Gen. 575.

a-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurforn; pp. -hworfen.

To turn awayconvertavertereconvertereTo turn awayturnmoveaverticonvert!

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Fox 16, 24. v. intrans. To turn away, turn, move; averti, convert! Sigor eft ahwearf of norþ-monna níþ-geteóne victory turned away again from the northmen's hostile malice, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 24; Gen. 2067.

Linked entry: a-hworfen