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hræd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hræd-líce, adv.

Quicklyhastilyspeedilyimmediatelyat onceforthwith

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wæs æfter ðam swíðe hrædlíce gehálgod tó cyninge very soon after that he was consecrated king, 979; Erl. 129, 30. Hrædlícor ocius; hrædlícost ocissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 9.

mis-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tímian, p. ode

To happen amissto do amiss

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[Gyf ǽnie prusten mistímide on áþaran mynstre ne fóre náwider ac gesóhte his nágabúras and him þingadan if there were misconduct on the part of any priest in either monastery, he would go no whither, but would seek his neighbours, and they would

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.
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Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 7: vi. 3; Th. i. 314, 25. to prove one's self to be true, to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct Gif hine trýwsian wylle, ðaet tó ðære lǽne fácn ne wiste, ðæt mót, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 7 note

Linked entry: trýwsian

á-lútan

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Ðá nýtenu lét gán álotene, Hml. Th. i. 276, 5. where direction is given tó ðám cyninge áleát. Lch. iii. 426, 34. Seó cwén áleát tó þæs cyninges fótum, Hml. A. 100, 295: 110, 247. áleát wið þæs Hǽlendes, Hml. Th. i. 120, 12: Num. 22, 31.

gleáwe

(adv.)
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gleáwe, adv.
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Add: with skill is gleáwest úre gelǽred, and mæg þé ealle þá þinc gecýþan þe þú ús ácsost he is the best instructed of us, and he can tell you all the things you ask us, H.

sparian

(v.)
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Th. 228, 12. add: to refrain from using or consuming Se mann þe fæst búton ælmyssan, déð swilce sparige his mete, and eft ett þæt ǽr mid forhæfednysse foreóde, Hml.

manian

(v.)
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Add hié suá micle má lufað suá hié suíður manað and suingð ut eo se filios Dei sentiant, quo illos disciplinae flagella castigant, Past. 251, 22.

wáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wáþ, e ; f.

wandering roving hunting

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síðfæt sægde sínum leódum, wíde wáðe, ðe mid wilddeórum áteáh, Cd. Th. 256, 33 ; Dan. 650. Hý of wáþum wérge cwóman, restan ryneþrágum, Exon. Th. 115, 1 ; Gú. 183.

Linked entries: wǽðe wǽðan

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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He to forþ gestóp dyrnan cræfte he had stept forth with evil craft, 4569 ; B. 2290 . Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd gesécan the woman shall with deceitful art seek her friend, Menol. Fox 547 ; Gn. C. 43 . Dyrnra gásta of evil spirits, Beo.

Linked entries: derne dierne

a-grafen-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
a-grafen-líce, an; n. [a-grafen carved, -lice a body]

That which is carveda carved imagesculptile

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That which is carved, a carved image; sculptile He gebǽdon ðæt agrafenlíce adora verunt sculptile, Ps. Spl. 105, 19

byrigen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrigen-stów, e; f.
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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

embehtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
embehtsumnes, -nis, -niss, e; f.

A compliance, kind attention obsĕquium

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A compliance, kind attention; obsĕquium He démeþ embehtsumnisse [MS. embehtsumise] oððe hérnisse arbitrētur obsĕquium, Jn. Lind. War. 16, 2

gamnian

(v.)
Grammar
gamnian, part. gamnigende; p. ode; pp. od

To playlūdĕre

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To play; lūdĕre Wæs him geþúht, swilce he gamnigende spræce vīsus est eis quăsi lūdens lŏqui, Gen. 19, 14

eall-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-rúh, adj.

All-rough omnīno hirsūtus

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All-rough; omnīno hirsūtus Se wæs reád and eall rúh he was red and all hairy, Gen. 25, 25

eall-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-swá, adv.

Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even sosīcut

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Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; sīcut Eallswá he sǽde sīcut dixit, Mk. Bos. 14, 16

hwǽte-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-cynn, es; n.
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Wheat-kind ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

in-belúcan

(v.)
Grammar
in-belúcan, p. -leác

To shut

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To shut Ðá ða duru inbeleác æfter him then he shut the door after them, Blickl. Homl. 217, 26

Linked entry: be-lúcan

lár-swic

(n.)
Grammar
lár-swic, es; m. n.[?]

Deceptionseductiondelusiontreachery

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Deception, seduction, delusion, treachery Mycel is nýdþearf manna gehwylcum, ðæt wið deúfles lárswice warnige symle, Wulfst. 309, 14

líf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
líf-líce, adv.

Vitally

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Vitally, so as to infuse life genam ðá hláf and hine líflíce hálgode, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 10

módor-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
módor-cynd, e; f.

The nature derived from the mother

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The nature derived from the mother wæs sóþ man þurh his médrengecynd (módercynde, MS. H.), Wulfst. 17. 7