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DOL

(adj.)
Grammar
DOL, def. se dola, seó, ðæt dole; adj.
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Ge weorþmyndu in dolum dreáme Dryhtne gieldaþ ye pay reverence to the Lord in foolish joy, Exon. 39 a; Th. 130, 8; . 435. Óþ hie to dole wurdon until they became foolish, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 14; Gen. 340.

ful-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-trum, adj.

Full strongvery firmvalde firmus

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Full strong, very firm; valde firmus Sécaþ Drihten, and beóþ fultrume quærĭte Dŏmĭnum, et confirmāmĭni, Ps. Th. 104, 4

un-getrum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getrum, adj.

Infirm

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MS.) ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 36

Linked entry: ge-trum

weorold-bisegu

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For þiǽm manigfealdum weoruldbisgum þe hine oft ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman bisgodon, Bt. proem.; F. viii. 5. Add

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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Th. 57, 2; Gen. 921. Þrowgende luendi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 51: 52, 65

Linked entry: a-þrówian

un-dréfed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dréfed, adj.

Untroublednot made turbid

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Untroubled, not made turbid gedréfdon hiora wæter mid iówrum fótum, ðeáh hit ǽr undréfed druncen, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 3

streónend

(n.)
Grammar
streónend, strínend, es; m.
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One who gains or acquires Ealra strínend hé bið omnium adquisitor erit, Archiv cxxix. 19, 3: 7. v. ge-streónend, ge-strínend

lytel

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
lytel, neut. of adj, used as subst. or adv.

A little

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 34. Ymbe lytel post pusillum, Mk. Skt. 14, 70. Ymbe án lytel mé ne geseóþ and eft ymbe lytel mé geseóþ modicum non videbitis me et iterum modicum et videbitis me, Jn. Skt. 16, 16

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Ðeáh hé bíde his tíman, Past. 275, 13. with acc. : — Hwæt bídað ?, Cri. 510. Heó bad þone écan sige coronam expectabat aeternam, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 465, 9. Bád hé endedógor, . 1258. Bídan gesceapu heofoncyninges, Gen. 842. with gen. and acc.

húsel

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hé tó húsle þý dæge þe hé tó ordále gán scyle, Ll. Th. i. 210, 30. ꝥ tó ó húsles onbyrgan, húsl þicgan (cf. húsles þigen. Hml.

gennelung

Grammar
gennelung, l.
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ge-miclung

gearod

Grammar
gearod, l.
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ge-árod

-áned

(suffix)
Grammar
-áned, f.
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ge-áned

fús

readyeager

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Fús sceal féran, fǽge sweltan, Gn. Ex. 27. Of líce is gǽst swíðe fús, . 1273. Hé his gǽst ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg, Men. 218: . 918. Ic eom síðes fús úpeard niman, 1050. Fúsne on forðsíð, 1121. for an object (gen.)

spówan

(v.)
Grammar
spówan, speów

To succeed.to be successfulit succeeds with a person (dat.)

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Th. 127, 23; Gen. 2115: Exon. 35, 27; Cri. 564. Spówende spéd, 117, 16; . 225: 139, 14: . 593: Cd. Th. 246, 14; Dan. 479. used impersonally, it succeeds with a person (dat.) absolute Him spéwþ ðe bet, Btwk. 222, 9.

in-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
in-cuman, p. -com

To come inenter

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To come in, enter Ðonne incumaþ on ðæt lond ðe ic eów sille cum ingressi fueritis terram; quam ego dabo vobis, Lev. 23, 10. On swá hwilcum húse swá incumaþ whatever house you enter, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 8.

wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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A hindrance, obstacle, difficulty Gif hé geðyldelíce forbyrð ǽgðer ge hosp ge edwít, and on ðære wirne þeáh þurhwunaþ and eádmódlíce bitt, ðæt him man infæres tíðige, sý hé underfangen, si veniens perseveraverit pulsans, et inlatas sibi injurias et difficultatem

Linked entry: wyrn

smirels

(n.)
Grammar
smirels, es; m.

An unguent, ointment, unction, salve grease

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc ǽgðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels L. Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 15. [ Nicodemus brouhte smuriles uorte smurien mide ure Louerd A. R. 372, 18. þat swote smirles þat is icleopet basme H. M. 13, 21.

Linked entry: smyrels

ǽg-hwæþer

(and) both . . . and

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Ǽghwæþer ge . . . ge (and) both . . . and:-- Hí ǽghwæðer ge an farað ge eft cumað, Met. 20, 12. Ǽghweþer, Bl. H. 125, 8: 215, 13. Forwyrnednesse ǽghweðer ge on mete, ge on hrægle, ge on ǽghwylcum þinge, 219, 29.

Linked entry: ǽg-þer

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde, Past. 95, 3-6. On ðæs æples pomi gewilnunge, 309, 17. Eaples, Sat. 411.