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horu-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
horu-seáþ, es; m.

A foul pit, sink

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A foul pit, sink Gesihst ðú nú on miclum and on diópum and on þióstrum horaseáþe [MS. Cote. horoseáþa] ðara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ videsne igitur quanto in cœno probra volvantur, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1

Linked entry: hora-seáþ

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
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þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightilydeliberately

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óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find (cf. for similar use of the adverb: He sóhte, sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

ge-meltan

(v.)
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Gl. to digest (intrans. ) Tácn ádeádodes magan, ꝥ ne gemylt ꝥ þigeþ, Lch. ii. 158, 15: 186, 21

ge-blót

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heán, wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda þe on gelífde, 6, 37; S. 296, 13-23. hét dón tó geblóte ealle þá cuman þe hiene gesóhtan, Ors. 1, 8 tit. ; S. 1. 20. Add: —

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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Ðonne him gecýð mid scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53

cépan

(v.)
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Heó bæd ꝥ heó faran móste, wolde swá cépan þǽra crístenra láre, Hml. S. 2, 30. with clause Ðá hǽðenan cépton hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 48.

sáwan

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H. 133, 33

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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eall moncvn angeald ðæs ǽrestan monnes synna mid miclum teónum and wítum ab initio et peccare homines et puniri propter peccata, Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 27. swíðe his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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He mín costode he tried me Beo. Th. 4175; B. 2084. Úre costade, God probasti nos, Deus, Ps. Th. 65, 9. Costodon mín tentaverunt me Ps. Spl. C. M. 94, 8. Godes costodon [MS. Costodan] tentaverunt Deum Ps. Th. 77, 41.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Lýþrum monnum to vile cravens, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 27. of things lǽne and lýðre þis líf is on tó getrúwianne. Wlfst. 189, 3. Hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lýðrum tolle ( for sordid gain ), Hml. S. 19, 253.

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðá gesáwon licgan án cild on ðám weófode ... þæt húsl ðygedon Gode ðancigende þsére swutelunge, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 14-22.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ac se ðe rihtlíce his wæccan healdan wylle, ... wacie and gebidde hine georne, ðonne fremaþ him seó wæcce, Wulfst. 279, 11-17.

heáh-seld

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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322.

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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lét árǽran ealle ábútan ðá dúne his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon, and wið cyle and wið hǽton sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 418. a cell of a monk, hermit, &amp;c. Cýte, hulce (hulce ł céte, Hpt.

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íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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gegæderaþ geféran ꝥ hié getreówlíce heora sibbe healdaþ hic fidis sua dictat jura sodalibus, Bt. 21; F. 74, 39. Heó nolde þá béc ágifan ǽr heó wyste getríwlíce æt landum healdan wolde ( quam fidem de beneficio tenere vellet ), Cht.

ge-reordan

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</b> reflexive, to refresh oneself, take food :-- gereordode hine æfter his ǽriste, Hml, Th. i. 296, 24. gelóme æt heora húse hine gereorde, ii. 438, 19. Þénunge þider bróhte ꝥ be dǽle gereordodon. Hml. S. 23, 240.

oþ-íwan

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Add oðiéwde micelne onwald hæfde ofer óðre menn, Past. 115, 13. Ðæt sprecende bebiét, ðæt ðæt wyrcende oðiéwe, 81, 11. Otiéwe (at-, v. l. ), 84, 16. wolde otiéwan (æt-, v. l. ) his árfæstnesse, 100, 9.

dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
dyrstig, adj.

Daring, bold, rash audax, ausus

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wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 25, note: Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 23. Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838

efen-þeówa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þeówa, an; m: efen-þeów, efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servant conservus

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He gemétte hys efen-þeówan he found his fellow-servant, 18, 28. Gesáwon hys efen-þeówas ðæt his fellow-servants saw that, 18, 31

Linked entry: efn-þeów