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tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous ⬩ that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous Þeáh hwá cweðe tállíc word ongeán mé, him biþ forgifen,Homl. Th. i. 498, 24. Of ðære heortan cumaþ ... tállíce word ( blasphemiae ), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19. Hí cwǽdon ðæt hé tállíce word sprǽce

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
werlíce, adv.
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after the manner of a male Se ðe ðis werlíce déð qui hoc virili modo fecerat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18. like a man, manfully Wer uir, werlíce uiriliter, Ælfc. Gr. 232, 16. Werlíce dó ðú viriliter age, Ps. Spl. 26, 20: Ps. Surt. 26, 14.

ge-mótian

(v.)
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ge-mótian, p. ode.
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to talk about; ge-mótian ymb (be) to discuss Ús þingð genóh ꝥ wé ymbe þæs bissextus wurðscipe habbað þus gemótod, and ymbe his geréna manega þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 308, 9. Wé habbað be pám bissextum gemótud, and be Ianuarium manega þing gehrepode

Linked entry: mótian

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Add: reasonably, in reason, fitly Drihten, forgyf mé þæt ic þé cunne rihtæ and gescæádlíce biddan (ut bene te rogem), Solil. H. 4, 22. Ful gesceádlíce ðú mé andswarast and ful rihte optime omnino, 39, 3: 47, 3. Gif hé gesceádlíce (-sceáde-, v.l.) mid

heorcnian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Þá hét se bisceop ꝥ hé heorcnode geornlícor; hé siód þá and hlyste . . . and ne mihte nán þing þǽre myrþe gehýran, Hml. S. 31, 1391. Suwian and heorcnian (audire) leorniccnihtum gedafenað, R. Ben I. 26, 10. Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra

heard-lic

bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless

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Substitute: bold, warlike. Similar entries Cf. heard; II, 1. Wíglice, heardlice bellicosas (cohortes), Hpt. Gl. 425, 8. resolute, stern. Similar entries Cf. heard; II 2. Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena

hlifian

(v.)
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11. Þǽre byrig hlifað

huntaþ

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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30. Hé férde út on huntað mid eallum

of-teón

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Add God hwílum sylð þǽre wítegunge gást, hwílum his oftýhð ( subtrahit ), Gr. D. 146, 31. Hé (toothache) mé ne ofteáh ðes gemyndes þæs þe ic ǽr leornode, Solil. H. 41, 1. Hé monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, B. 5. For ðǽm ðæt hé him oftió ðǽre nyttwyrðan

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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flattering, adulation Þám móde, þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum, swíþe undercreópeð seó leáse ólehtung (liffetung, v. l.) occupato in multes animo adulatio valde subrepit, Gr. D. 35, 15. Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses

ord-fruma

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add: <b>I a.</b> beginning Ordfruma ł angin principium, Ps. L. 109, 3. Ǽlc ðing hæfð anginn and ordfruman ðurh God, ac God . . . næfð nán angin ne nǽnne ordfruman, Hex. 22, 1. Hé eallum gesceaftum anginn and ordfruman forgeaf, Hml. Th. i.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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glossing spectaculum. v. two following words : Wafung spectaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44. On openre wafunge (the passage is: Martyres in Circi spectaculocuparum gremiis includuntur, Ald. 48),Hpt. Gl. 488, 71. Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum

Linked entry: wafung-stede

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.

division ⬩ separation ⬩ severing the connection between objects ⬩ separation ⬩ distinction

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division, separation, severing the connection between objects Nis seó godcundnys gemenged tó ðære menniscnysse, ne ðǽr nán twǽming nys . . . Hé þurhwunaþ on ánum háde untótwǽmed, (Christ) Homl. Th. i. 40, 24-30. Ðǽr biþ seó twǽming rihtwísra manna and

þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetling, es; m.

A (poor) slave

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A (poor) slave; the diminutive form seems to be depreciatory in this case Quintianus wæs grǽdig gítsere, deófles þeówetlincg a miserable slave of the devil, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 6. Þeáh ðe hé brúce brádes ríces hé is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes though

Linked entry: þeówling

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp. ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.

Quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift ⬩ acer, celer, præceps

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Quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift; acer, celer, præceps Ðá geseah Iohannes sumne cniht swíðe glæd on móde and on anginne cáf there John saw a certain youth very cheerful in mind and quick in design, Ælfc. T. 33, 17; R. Ben. 7; Fulg. 9. Cáf præceps,

ge-félan

to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch ⬩ to know by sense of touch or organic sensation ⬩ to feel pain, be conscious of a sensation

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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.) Ðá gefélde hé ꝥ se deáda man his

ge-hýdan

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Dele <b>ge-hédan</b>, and to Add Condit, i. abscondit, reservat vel sell vel gehýt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 56. Gehýdde occulit 65, 23. Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit )

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.

swart, swarthy, black, dark ⬩ of absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomy ⬩ of absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal

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of colour, swart, swarthy, black, dark Sweart ater, teter; ceruleus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt. Gl. 516, 14

Linked entries: swart swertling

an-drysen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-drysen-líc, -drysn-líc, [on-]; adj.

Terrible ⬩ terribilis

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Terrible; terribilis Swýðe heáh God and swýðe andrysnlíc ofer ealle godas Dominus summus, terribilis super omnes deos. Ps. Th. 46, 2: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19 a. 26

fífel-dór

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-dór, es; n.

Monster or terror-door ⬩ monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta

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Monster or terror-door, the river Eider, the boundary between Holstein and Schleswig; monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta Bí fífeldóre by the monster-door, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 8; Wíd. 43