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þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightily ⬩ deliberately

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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, hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

bróc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bróc-líc, broc-lic ; adj.

Miserable ⬩ laborious

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Miserable, laborious, full of trouble Geþenc hú sceorte and hú broclíce synt þisses lífes dagas, Wlfst. 248, 1. Substitute:

ge-meltan

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

ge-blót

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

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 hú hí hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 48.

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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

on-gildan

(v.)

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

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Hú 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. Hú swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

sáwan

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H. 133, 33

horu-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
horu-seáþ, es; m.

A foul pit, sink

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A foul pit, sink Gesihst ðú nú on hú miclum and on hú diópum and on hú 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

lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Lýþrum monnum to vile cravens, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 27. of things Hú lǽne and hú 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.

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. Hí Godes costodon [MS. Costodan] tentaverunt Deum Ps. Th. 77, 41.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch

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

sweotolung

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

cíte

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

Linked entry: céte

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Hé 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 hú getríwlíce hé hí æt landum healdan wolde ( quam fidem de beneficio tenere vellet ), Cht.

heáh-seld

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

ge-reordan

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

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Hú nyt biþ ðæm men, ðéh hé geornlíce gehýre ða word ðæs hálgan godspelles, gif hé ða nel on his heortan habban, 55, 6 : Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 10 note. Nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 4; Rä. 12, 5.

hwý

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Hé gehét him Godes yrre, hwý hé nolde gelýfan ꝥ hé hálig wǽre, Hml. S. 31, 804: Hml. Th. i. 48, 16 (in Dict.)

ge-séman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séman, p. de; pp. ed

To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy ⬩ compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre

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Ðæt he hý ymbe ðæt ríce gesémde that he would satisfy them about the kingdom, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 23. Siððan sió sace gesémed sió after the suit is settled, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19: Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 39.

Linked entry: séman