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ǽþryt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽþryt, ǽþrytt, es; n.
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weariness, disgust Ne durre wé ðás bóc gelengan, ð í lǽs ðe heó ungemetegod sý and mannum ǽðryt þurh hire micelnysse ástyrige, Hml.

bræc-seóc

Grammar
bræc-seóc, (brǽc-?).
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Heó hǽlde brǽcseóce men and deófolseóce, Shrn. 103, 3. Add:

cyne-bearn

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Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4. Tácnað ꝥ cynebearna (cyme-, MS.) cwealm, Lch. iii. 180, 10

endeleáslíce

(adv.)

everlastingly ⬩ to eternity

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Endeleáslíce losian, Hex. 22, 12. Endeleáslíce orsorh beón on gefeán, 52, 9. without making an end, without stopping Ortrúwige sé ána ðe endeleáslíce syngað, and ǽr his endenéxtan dæge dǽdbóte ne gewyrcð, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 30

Linked entry: endeleás-lic

fæs

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Heó gehrán ꝥ fes (fæs, v. l.) his hrægles, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 3. Feasum fimbriis, Ps. Srt. 44, 15. Add

ge-lácian

(v.)
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Add: to accompany with gifts Crístes móder, Godes beboda gemyndig, eóde tó Godes húse mid láce, and gebróhte þæt cild þe heó ácende gelácod ( she brought the child and gifts along with it; cf. hí sceoldon bringan ánes geáres lamb mid heora cylde Gode

ge-cwémednes

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. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8.

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

tó-gán

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Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 319

wæl-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-sliht, -sleaht, es; m.

Slaughter in battle ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage

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Slaughter in battle, slaughter, carnage Hér wæs micel wælsliht (-sleht, MS. E.) on Lundenne, Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16. Ðǽr wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere hond, 871; Erl. 74, 32. Wǽpna wælslihtes, Cd. Th. 198, 25; Exod. 328.

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently ⬩ naviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

torn-geníðla

(n.)
Grammar
torn-geníðla, an; m.

A malignant, grievous, fierce enemy

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Heó wǽron stearce, stáne heardran, noldon hire andsware ǽnige secgan torngeníðlan (the Jews whom Elene asked about the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 1132; El. 568. Hié (the wicked after doomsday) worpene beóþ in helle grund torngeníðlan, 2609; El. 1306

á-sweltan

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Hér Heródes áswalt, Chr. 46;P. 6, 20. Áswelte ocumbat Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 66; moriatur, Jn. R. II. 50. Ásuelte expiravit, Mk. L. 15, 37. Ic wæs áswolten and mín gewit forleás veluí emoriens sensum perdidi, Bd. 5, 6;Sch. 577, 7.

Linked entry: sweltan

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Forcúþre is ðæt hé telle hine wísne, Wulfst. 59, 5. Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress

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Hé him eáwde mid hú miclum swingum hé ðread and wítnod wæs, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 24. Hé ( the man who will not give tithes ) bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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A. 190, 265. with the idea of condescension, of human beings Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið Drihten, C.

cyne-scipe

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Heó hiræ cinehláford bitt for cynescypæ þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðe, Cht. Th. 552, 30. Ic (Cnut) beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescype . . .

ge-riht

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On sumen lande is ꝥ he sceal wyrcan to wicweorce . . . forðige he ofer gear ealle gerihtu ðe him tó ge-byrgean, Ll. Th. i. 434, 3-26. Landlaga sýn mistlice swá ic ǽr sǽde; ne sette wé na ðás gerihtu ofer ealle ðeóda, 440, 20.

bearht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bearht-líce, adv.

Clearly ⬩ distinctly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ clare ⬩ splendide

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Clearly, distinctly, splendidly; clare, splendide Ðæt he beorhtlíce eall geseah ut clare videret omnia Mk. Bos. 8, 25 : Ps. Th. 118, 98 : 147, 7

Linked entry: briht-líce

cép-setl

(n.)
Grammar
cép-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth, seat of custom ⬩ telonium = τελώνιον

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A toll-booth, seat of custom; telonium = τελώνιον He geseah Leuin sittende æt hys cépsetle vidit Levi sedentem ad telonium, Mk. Bos. 2, 14

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