riht-sinscipe
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lawful matrimony Ðrý hádas sindon þe cýðdon gecýðnesse be Críste; þæt is mæigdhád, and wudewanhád, and rihtsinscipe, Hml. Th. i. 148, 7
Linked entries: riht-gesinscipe sinscipe
Súþ-healf
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On eásthealfe þeningden, and seó burhstrǽt on súþhealfe, Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, and hamingford on norðhealfe, C. D. iii. 15, 11. Add
þíxl
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Hit is mycel nédþearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid írenum þíslum and ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add
smicerness
Elegance, neatness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53
ofer
with dat. generally with the idea of rest; ⬩ above, over ⬩ denoting contact with anything, upon, on ⬩ denoting extension over, throughout, in, on ⬩ denoting a higher degree, beyond, more than ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion, over ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ with the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expected ⬩ marking time, after, beyond ⬩ denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object ⬩ denoting motion which is diffused over a surface ⬩ denoting extension through a space, throughout, among ⬩ denoting motion from below, over, above ⬩ denoting motion from above, upon, on ⬩ denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effect ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ above, more than ⬩ supra, super ⬩ beyond, besides ⬩ ultra ⬩ denoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, against ⬩ with words implying rest ⬩ (cf. to talk over) ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5) ⬩ without ⬩ with words expressing time, ⬩ after ⬩ through, during
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Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múþ smite him over the mouth Andr. Kmbl. 2602; An. 1302. Sý hys blód ofer ús and ofer úre bearn his blood be upon us, and upon our children, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 25.
Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan swíþness
faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Th. ii. 388, 5. of things and animals Æceras farað on sumera swá swá sǽ ýðigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 11. Ealle gesceafta, sunne and móna and ealle tunglan, land and sǽ, and nýtenu, ealle hí farað æfter Godes dihte, Hml.
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for-hæfednes
Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstinence ⬩ contĭnentia ⬩ abstĭnentia
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He hæfde swýðe mycle geornnysse sibbe and sóþre lufan and forhæfdnesse and eádmódnysse stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis et cārĭtātis, contĭnentiæ et hŭmĭlĭtātis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 7.
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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The word is also applied to making a fair show in speech: Alle ðine wordes beoð isliked, And so bisemed and biliked O. and N. 841. Wordes afaited and ysliked Ayenb. 212, 2. He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22.
þeód-land
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Fýr cymþ and hit gefealþ ǽrest on Sceotta land ... and hit ðonne færþ on Brytwealas ... and ðonne hit færþ on Angelcyn ...
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Voc. ii. 23, 67. glossing logical terms Bodunga praedicamentorum, An. Ox. 3129.
ǽlc
Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis
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Ǽlcum cuique, Andr. Kmbl. 3067; An. 1536. On ǽlcere tíde omni tempore, Lk. Bos. 21, 36. In ǽlce tíd in æternum, Exon. 13b; Th. 25, 26; Cri. 406. Ǽlce dæg each day, Bt. Met. Fox 27,15; Met. 27, 8
elde
men
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Th. 5215; B. 2611: Andr. Kmbl. 2115; An. 1059: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 199; Met. 20, 100
eá-líðend
A wave-sailor, sailor ⬩ qui æequor navĭgat
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A wave-sailor, sailor; qui æequor navĭgat Wǽron eorlas onlíce eálíðendum the men were like sailors-over-the-wave, Andr. Kmbl. 502; An. 251
gold-burh
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A town where gold is distributed or which is ornamented with gold, Andr. Kmbl. 3308; An. 1657: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 2; Gen. 2549
hand-hrine
A touch with the hand
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A touch with the hand Þurh handhrine Háliges Gástes through a touch with the hand of the Holy Ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 1999: An. 1002
Linked entry: hrine
wíd-mǽre
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Wídmǽre wer . . . hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. Th. 98, 14; Gen. 1630. Wídmǽre cynn, 158, 16 ; Gen. 2618. of things Án wundorlíc tácn gelamp, swá wídmǽre ðæt feáwa wǽron on ðære neáwiste ðe ðæt ne gesáwe, oððe ne gehýrde, Homl.
bróþor-rǽden
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Þe prior on Baþan and ealle þá gebróþran habbaþ heom geunnen þá bróþerrǽddene and þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe, 436, 14
eáþ-médu
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þæt hé eáðmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúðlíce, An. 321.
ge-sundfulnes
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Dele last passage, and add: good health Gesuntfulnessa incolomitati (pristinae valetudinem restituit), An. Ox. ii. 147. Is on líchaman se lǽssa man betere mid gesundfulnysse þonne se unhála beó and hæbbe Golian mycelnysse, Hml.
sceótan
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Add Arewan ongeán sceát catapultas retorsit, An. Ox. 4241. Gáras sceótende spicula torquentes, 2099. Add Hé genam ꝥ hylfe and sceát in ðone seáð tulit manubrium, et misit in lacum, Gr. D. 114, 13. <b>IV a.