þríste
Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously
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Grammar þríste, in the Psalms þríste seems used several times with an intensive force, much as swíðe is used Þa þearfendan þríste Drihten gehýreþ holdlíce hears attentively and graciously; exaudivit pauperes Dominus, Ps. Th. 68, 34.
þorfend
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(ptcpl.) used substantively. A needy person, a poor person Wæs sum ðærfe ł ðo[r]fond ( mendicus) ... wæs deád se ðorfendo (mendicus ), Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 20, 22. Ofer armne and ðorfend super egenum et pauperem, Rtl. 175, 33. Ðorfendo pauperes, Mk.
þost
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Dung, ordure; with this meaning thoste (according to a MS. glossary cited by Halliwell) is used in Gloucestershire Wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 5. Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8
þider
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Ðyder ðe hé sylfa tóweard wæs æfter deáþe, ðider hé his módes eágan sende ǽr his deáþe ubi erat futurus post mortem, ibi oculos mentis ante mortem misit, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 41. Þider ðe Stephanus forestóp, ðider folgode Paulus, Homl.
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þín
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Ða módðínra getreówra freónda ... nimaþ hí heora men mid him and lǽtaþ þíne feáwan getreówan mid þé, 20; Fox 72, 14-17. where a demonstrative pronoun is used with the noun Þes þín sunu, Lk. Skt. 15, 30.
þistel
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Þistlum card[u]is, ii. 128, 63. ¶ The word is found in compounds which are names of places. Þistel-beorh, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 396, 33: þistel-mere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2
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þíxl
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a beam or pole of a waggon; temo: used, also, like temo, to denote a constellation, the Bear Wǽnes ðísl (wægne þíxl (wægnes?), 100, 72) archtoes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 23. Þísl temo vel arctoes, i. 16, 24: themon (in a list 'de plaustris'), 284, 46.
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þole-mód
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U. D.), Homl. Skt. i. 16, 335. Geðyldig and ðolmód, 17, 55. On ðære écan worulde, ðe gewelgaþ ða þolmódan, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 2
þrýþ
Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly
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. ¶ Þrýþ is used in the formation of many proper names. v. Txts. 638
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þrí
Three
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Grammar þrí, used substantivally, Grammar þrí, absolutely Ðǽr twégen oððe þrý (þreó, MS. A.: ðreó, Lind.: þreó, Rush.) synt gegaderode, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 20.
þys-líc
Such
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Grammar þys-líc, used adjectivally, Grammar þys-líc, qualifying a noun Gif him þyslícu þearf gelumpe, Beo. Th. 5267; B. 2637. Wénst ðú ðæt ðé ánum þyllíc (þellecu, Cott. MS.) hwearfung and þillíc (þillícu, Cott.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Se ðe ufa cuom qui desursum uenit, Jn. Skt. 3, 31. Se Hálga Gást cumeþ ufan on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 35. Ic on andwlitan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan, Cd. Th. 81, 24; Gen. 1350.
ufera
upper ⬩ higher ⬩ upmost ⬩ highest ⬩ later ⬩ after
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On ðam ufemystan windle in uno canistro quod erat excelsius, Gen. 40, 17. On midne dæg bið seó sunne on ðam ufemestum ryne stígende, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 18. temporal, later, after.
úht
The time just before daybreak
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The time just before daybreak Ðá hit was foran tó úhtes antelucanum demum tempus, Nar. 15, 31. Gang eft tó ðonne dæg and niht furþum scáde on ðam ilcan úhte, Lchdm. ii. 346, 24
úht-cearu
Care that comes in the early morning
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Care that comes in the early morning, Exon. Th. 442, 4; Kl. 7
úht-sceaþa
One who robs in the night or early morning
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One who robs in the night or early morning Eald úhtsceaða ... nacod níðdraca nihtes fleógeþ, Beo. Th. 4534; B. 2271
úle
An owl
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Úle noctua, ulula, 81, 1382: ulula, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 7: ii. 62, 35: noctua, i. 281, 6: ii. 60, 35: noctua vel strinx, i. 77, 41: strix vel cavanna vel noctua vel ulula, 29, 11. Ne etc gé úlan ( noctuam ), Lev. 17, 16. Úlena cavannarum, Wrt.
ulm-treów
An elm-tree
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An elm-tree Ulmtreów ulmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 63
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Undernyme se ðe undernyman mæge (cf. ne underneomeð (uoð, MS. B.) nawt þis ilke word alle ... Hwase hit me underneomen, underneome, H. M. 19, 27) non omnes capiunt verbum istud ... Qui potest capere, capiat, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 11-12.
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