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grénnes

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Cf. gréne; Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, ðeáh wé hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius

hosp

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Sé bið eádig þe for Críste ðolað wyriunge and hospas, Hml. Th. i. 554, 21. Add

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f. The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular.

truthgood faithhonourfidelitya covenantan assurance of good faith

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hiera hláford beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus),in that those who had betrayed their lord were detestable to them, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 17. fidelity Heora gemynd þurhwunaþ for

Linked entry: trýwþ

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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Fór fyrda mǽst the greatest of armies marched, Elen. Kmbl. 69; El. 35.

Ælfred

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfred, Alfriþ, Aldfriþ, Ealdfriþ, es; m. [æl all; aid, eald old: fred = friþ peace; v. Ælfréd]

Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years

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Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years, A.D. 685-705. He was educated in Ireland for the Church, and was the first literaryy Féng Ælfred [MS.

Linked entries: Aldfriþ Alfriþ

BÆC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆC, g. bæces; pl. nom. acc. bacu, bæc; g. baca; d. bacum; n. A

BACKdorsumtergum

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Ðá wendon hí me heora bæc to then turned they their backs to me, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 13. Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15.

eáster

(n.)
Grammar
eáster, eástor; gen. eástres; pl. nom. acc. eástro; gen. eástrena; dat. eástron, eástran [ = eástrum]; n: eástre, an; n.

the passover, paschal lamb pascha

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Hence used by Teutonic christians for the rising of the sun of righteousness, the feast of the resurrection, Bd. de Temp. Rat. Works, vol. ii. p. 81: Grimm's Deut. Mythol. 8vo. 1855, pp. 180-183.]

Linked entries: eóster éster

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVERfebris

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Wið fefre for fever, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134. 14, 27. Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declareannouncetellto inform againstaccuse

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Hé nolde meldian on his geféran ðe mid him sieredon he would not inform against his companions who had plotted with him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 20

Linked entry: a-meldian

blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shininglucidus, splendidusBLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in deathpallidus, de moribundis et mortuispallidus, subalbus

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Se móna mid his blácan leóhte the moon with her pale light, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34

Linked entry: blǽc

bismerian

(v.)
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Hé þá biscepas for þǽre sægene swíþe bismrade irridens eos, 3, 10; S. 140, 2. Hé hine bismerode adortus est ilium contumeliis, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 28. Hié hine on þǽm tǽldon and bismrodan, ꝥ ..., Bl. H. 215, 9.

full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)
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Praeteritum plusquam perfectum is forðgewiten máre þonne fulfremed, for ðan ðe hit wæs gefyrn gedón, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 124, 5-9. v. un-fullfremed, full-fremman

Linked entry: fremed

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14.

Linked entry: waad

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness; afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo God nyle nán unaberendlíce bróc him ansettan God wishes not to put on them any unbearable affliction, Bt. 39, 10; Fox

gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
gýmen, gémen; f.

Careheedsolicitudediligencesuperintendencerulecura

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Care, heed, solicitude, diligence, superintendence, rule; cura Se réða rén sumes ymbhogan ungemet gémen the fierce rain of some anxiety, immoderate care [cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Fox 36, 19] Bt. Met. Fox 7, 56; Met. 7, 28: 101; Met. 7, 51.

Linked entries: gémen geómen gýme

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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in the phrases tíþe(-a) beón, weorþan to obtain one's request, to have granted the request for something (gen.)

Linked entries: un-tygþa tíþ týþa

tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.

Stronglyfirmly

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Nes ꝥ naht wunderlic ꝥ he þone deaþes deg swa unforht abad, for þon þe hit nes deaþes deg ac hit (his MS.) wes tylig Drihtnes blisse deg it was not woónderful that he awaited the day of death so fearless, for it was not the day of death, but it was rather

Linked entry: tylg

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.

Persuasionexhortationencouragementincitementinstigationallurementsuggestion

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For láre and for tiehtinge his ágenes firenlustes persuasione luxuriae, 50; Swt. 393, 7. Mid godcundre tihtincge divino instinctu, Anglia xiii. 384, 266. Mid welwyllendre tihtincga myngiende benevola intentione hortando, 448, 1179: Scint. 34, 1.

Linked entry: tihting

bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Substitute for passages Baedde exactum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 9. Bǽdde, 30, 16. to urge, press, compel, impel Bǽdt inpulerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 28. Beadætþ (= bǽdeþ) angarizaverit (= angariaverit, Mt. 5, 41), 72, 17.

ferþ

(n.)
Grammar
ferþ, ferþþ; gen. -es; dat. -e; m. n.

the soulspiritmindanĭmusmenslifevīta

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Hí gemétton ferþþes frófre they found comfort of soul, 46 a; Th. 157, 21; Gú. 895. On ferþe fægn rejoicing in mind, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 73; Met. 9, 37: Andr. Kmbl. 2968; An. 1487.