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rihtend

(n.)
Grammar
rihtend, es; m.

A ruler

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A ruler Eálá ðú ælmihtiga scippend and rihtend eallra gesceafta, rector ¨Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10. Hé gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, rodera ryhtend sprecan, Exon. Th. 50, 10; Cri. 798

healh

a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay

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In Puttan ealh, C. D. iii. 383, 20. compounded with names of animals On nédderheal; of nédderheale, C. D. v. 270, 11: 281, 33. On calfhealas, iii. 385, 31. On horshealgæt, vi. 94, 14. gen. or cpd. of plant-growth On bærheal, of bærheale, C. D.

mortere

(n.)
Grammar
mortere, es; m.

A mortar

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Se ealra mǽsta mortere girba, 42, 22: i. 20, 25. Gepuna eall tósomne on ánum mortere, Lchdm. i. 216, 13: 142, 18

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavens ⬩ the sky

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The heavens, the sky Eall upheofon bið sweart and gesworcen, Wulfst. 137, 8. Beofaþ ealbeorhte gesceaft ... dyneþ upheofon, Exon. Th. 448, 25; Dóm. 59. Eálá middaneard ... eálá upheofon, Cd. Th. 275, 6; Sat. 167.

Linked entry: up-rodor

sceamol

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Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum, Hml. S. 21, 432. Add

eánian

(v.)
Grammar
eánian, eánigan; part. eánigende; p. eánode; pp.eánod [eáw=eówu a female sheep, a ewe]

YEAN, bring forth as a ewe ⬩ enīti, parturīre

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To YEAN, bring forth as a ewe; enīti, parturīre He genam hine of eówedum sceápa, fram eánigendum he genam hine sustŭlit eum [Dāvĭdem] de grĕgĭbus ovium, de post fetantes [oves] accēpit eum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 70

Linked entry: eácnian

bodian

(v.)

to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief

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Ben. 22, 17 note. of religious or moral teaching, to preach, a person Scyppend ealra gesceafta, þone ic bodige, Bl. H. 187, 9. a doctrine, belief, & c. Manige men þá godcundan láre gehýrað, and him mon þá oft bodaþ and sægþ, Bl. H. 57, 19.

gehæft-world

(n.)
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal

slǽp-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-drenc, es; m.
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A sleeping-draught Slǽpdrenc; rædic, hymlic, wermód, belone, cnuca ealle þá wyrte, dó in ealað, Lch. iii. 22, 27

geond-wlítan

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Hé his ágen weorc eall geondwlíteþ ( cuncta tuetur ) endemes þurhsyhð ealle gesceafta (cf. hé geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta ændemest, Bt. 41, 1; F. 244, 11), Met. 30, 15. Add

wuldor-word

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-word, es; n.

A glorious word

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A glorious word Ðú, ealra cyninga þrym, clypast ofer ealle; bið ðín wuldorword wíde gehýred, Hy. 7, 46

ge-fylledness

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Ben. 4, 24. fulfilment. v. ge-fyllan, (5 b) Seó níwe gecýþnis wæs gefillednys ealra þǽra þinga þe seó ealde gecýþnis getácnode tówearde be Críste, Ælfc. Gen.

Linked entry: fylled-ness

ge-ýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ýwan, -eáwan; eówan, -iéwan; ic -ýwe; ðú -ýwest, ýwst; he -ýweþ, -ýwþ, pl. -ýwaþ; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew ⬩ manifest ⬩ reveal ⬩ ostendĕre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ manifestāre ⬩ monstrāre

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To shew, manifest, reveal; ostendĕre; præbēre, manifestāre, monstrāre Þeóden engla his þegnum seolfne geýwde the king of angels revealed himself to his disciples, Elen. Kmbl. 974; El. 488. Me ðín dóhtor hafaþ geýwed orwyrðu thy daughter has shewn me

Linked entry: ge-hýwan

staþolian

(v.)
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Add Ðǽr se án gestæððega cyning ne staþelode ealla gesceafta, ðonne wurdon hí ealle tóslopene, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 26

Eorman-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
Eorman-ríc, Eormen-ríc, es; m. The celebrated king of the Ostrogoths or East Goths, the Alexander of the Goths; Eormanrīcus, v. Gota III, Alríca, and þeód-ríc
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 25; Deór. 21. Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18. Ic wæs mid Eormanríce I was with Ermanric,

Linked entries: Eormen-ríc Ermanríc

duguþ

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Ælfún abbod and þegenas ǽgðer ge of Eást-Cent ge of West-Cent, eal seó duguð, Cht. Th. 302, 30. Hé beád ꝥ eall ꝥ folc cóme and eal seó dugoþ Rómána folces, Bl. H. 187, 13. Eóde Porrus se kyning mé on hond mid ealle his ferde and dugoþe. Nar. 19, 17.

riht-hláfordhyldu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hláfordhyldu, indecl. -hyld, e; f.

Fidelity justly due to a lord

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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum tó mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27

ge-hola

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Wé beóð þíne geholan, and ealne wæg þíne mid-sprecan, ne wé nellað ðé ámeldian, achit eall stillelǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 590. Add

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, stillan; p. stealde; pp. steald.
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, to stand Ðonne cumaþ upplíce eoredheápas stiþmægen ástyred styllaþ embútan eal engla werod écne behlǽnaþ ðone mǽran Metod (cf. ðonne cumaþ ealle engla þreátas stíðe ástyrode standaþ ábutan eall engla werod écne ymbtrymmaþ ðone mǽran kyning, Wulfst.

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.

most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly

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Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7; Som. 9, 9. Ða óðre ealle mǽst almost all the others, 9, 4; Som. 10, 24. Ealle mǽst ðás word, 30; Som. 38, 35. Similar entries v. má, and micel