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eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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, , [sig, sige, síe, sýe, seó, sió] if I, if thou, if he be; sim, sis, sit; pl. sín, sýn [síe, sien, seón] if we, if ye, if they be; sīmus, sītis, sint Ic eom, sum, is edwistlíc word and gebýraþ to Gode ánum synder-líce, forðanðe God is ǽfre unbegunnen

self-líce

(adj.; adv.)
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self-líce, adj.
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit

dóm-líce

(adv.)
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hæfde áre on eorþríce, þe ælmyssan dǽlde dómlíce, Lch. i. 400, 9. Bið deóplícor gehwyrfed ðæt deófol on deáðes onlícnisse . . . Dómlícor bið ðonne se Pater Noster gehwyrfed on Dryhtnes onlícnisse, Sal. K. 146, 25. Add

tó-cwísan

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Feól se stǽnene wáh uppan þæs stuntan rǽdboran ꝥ hé (hí) æll tócwýsde the stone wall fell upon the stupid fellow's counsellors, so that it crushed them all to bits, Hml S. 8, 173

stunt-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
stunt-wyrde, adj.
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Using foolish words, foolish in speech Se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17

on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. <b>B.

ge-temprian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-temprian, p. ode; pp. od

To tempermoderategoverncuretemperare

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Getemprie seó bilewitnys ðæt fýr ðæt hit to réðe ne let the meekness temper the fire that it be not too fierce, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 8.

Linked entry: temprian

flint

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Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, wearp tó þám hálgum, ac hé wand tó þám heáhgeréfan and his heáfod tóbræc. Hml.

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Hí woldon mé gedón unwæstmbǽrne, swá swá se ðe bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde byð, Ps. Th. 14, 12. Unwæstmbǽre wíf sterilem, Ps. Lamb. 112, 8. Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34.

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

be-tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyrnan, p. de.
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S. 96, 5. to bend the knee, prostrate one's self Betyrne þám sylfan fótum voluat si ipsius abbatis pedibus, R. Ben. I. 78, 14. Betyrnan hý will ealra geférena cneówa swá biddende þæt heoin fore gebeden provolutis genibus (betyrndum cneówum, R.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Gielde þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges that he slew the man) pay 'wer' and 'wíte,' Ll. Th. i. 80, 7. Ic þé eom andetta mínra synna, Angl. xiii. 501, 15.

þáwian

(v.)
Grammar
þáwian, (þawian?); p. ode
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Se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se wind tówyrpþ and ðáwaþ ǽlcne winter, Lchdm. iii. 274, 22

sig

(pronoun.)
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himself Se ðe gebysmreþ sig qui se polluerit, L. Ecg. iv. 68, 16 ; Th. ii. 230, 14. (?)

cycen-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
cycen-þegnung, e; f.
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Service in the kitchen Se ærcediácon and se práuost móton beón áspelode fram þǽre cycenþénunge, Nap. 15

ǽfen-steorra

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Se fífta is gehaten Venus, is ǽfensteorra, Scrd. 18, 36. Vesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfen-steorra æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28. Add

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Se cyng cwæð hine útlage and ealle his suna, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 10. I a. hé útlah (-laga, MS. B.) wið God and wið men, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398. 25. Beó se þeóf útlah wið eall folc, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9: L. C.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

hǽtu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽtu, hǽto; indecl; f.

Heatæstus, fervor

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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto gebysgod if the body be troubled anywhere with heavy inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8. Unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ and unásecgendlíce cýle they suffer intolerable heat and unspeakable cold, Homl.

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ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word, 202, 29. to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise Seó oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27. Mé slǽp oferarn cum mihi somnus obrepsisset, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 33

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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See too, Dóm be hátan ísene, 7 ; Th. i. 226, 7, sqq ; and Schmid A. S. Gesetz. p. 419

Linked entry: or-dál

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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Se here geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton micel ðæs folces ofer adrǽfdon and ðæs óðres ðone mǽstan dǽl hie geridon the [Danish] army rode to Wessex and occupied it; much of the folk they drove over sea and most part of the rest they got into their

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád