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wícnere

(n.)
Grammar
wícnere, es; m.
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Setton him ðá ǽnne wícnere getreówne ... æt ðam wæs gelang eall heora fóda; se heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 217.

Linked entry: wícnung

ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Care, solicitude, anxiety Se ymbhoga (cf. gémen, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 28) ðyssa woruldsǽlþa, Met. 7, 53. Se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19 : Met. 7, 28. For ðære ungemetgunge ðæs ymbehogan ðara úterra ðinga, Past. 18; Swt. 141, 8.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

æt-berstan

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Se here ætbærst, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17. Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat. Hé heom ætbærst, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 21. with adv. or prep. ætbærst ðanon, Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 10.

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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He him rehte hwylce searwa se drý arefnde. Bl. H. 173, 8. Árefna exerce, An. Ox. 46, 42. Se líchoma geunlustaþ þá geoguðlustas tó fremmenne, þá þe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne. Bl. H. 59, 10

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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Hé eóde on þá cétan þǽr se líchoma wæs, Bl. H. 217, 25: 219, 14. Se geatweard sceal cýtan (hús cellam, R. Ben. I. 112, 7) habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 18. Gangende in þá cýtan (cellam) Benedictes, Gr.

Linked entry: céte

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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</b> to make to appear like to (tó) :-- Sceal se reccere witan ðæt ðá unðeáwas beóð oft gelíccette (-lícette, v. l.) tó gódum ðeáwum and tó mægenum ðurh leásunga scire rector debeat, quod plerumque vitia virtutes se esse mentiuntur, Past. 149, 3

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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Geðrouende hine foresǽgde passurum se praenuntians, Mt. p. 17, 17. Geðrowod under ðám Pontiscan Pilate, on róde áhangen, Hml. Th. ii. 596, 15. ¶ geþrowod crucified :-- Ðone geðrowodan Críst, Hml.

on-sacan

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Ðá ðe onsseccað þte érest, Lk. L. R. 20, 27. Ne onsóc (ondsóc, L.), Jn. R. 1, 20. Gif hé hit þonne geondette, and onsace ǽr, Ll. Th. i. 148, 3. þe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille þæs sleges mid áðe, 136, 10.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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Se ðe wylle drincan and dwæslíce hlýdan drince him æt hám ná on Drihtnes húse he who wants to drink and make a foolish noise let him drink at home, not in the Lord's house, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357, 40.

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Hyge wearð mongum blissad, sáwlum sorge tóglidene, 71, 31; Cri. 1164. to fall to pieces, collapse Grundweal gearone, se tó-glídan ne þearf, ðeáh hit wecge wind.

ceari

(adj.)

anxious

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anxious, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 29; Seel. 162

for-sécan

to attack

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to seek with hostile intent, to attack, Add:

sealt-ærn

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Cf. sealt-hús

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Se hwíta stán mæg wið eallum uncúþum ( unknown, and so caused by witchcraft? ) brocum, Lchdm. ii. 290, 11. Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe, Cd. Th. 110, 32; Gen. 1847.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

cniht

(n.)
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Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht ( Hæsten&#39;s son ) ágef and þæt wíf, Chr. 894; P. 86, 31. Ðone cniht (Alcibiades se æðeling, 19) ðurhseón, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 23.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Se ðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9. Ys his handgeweorc ryhte dómas ða hé rǽran wyle opera manuum ejus judicium, Ps.

Linked entry: hebban

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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Þín se fægresta fæþm that fairest bosom of thine, Blickl. Homl. 7, 24. Sege mé hwæþer se þín wela swá deóre seó, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 6: Met. 20, 29. Álés þíne þa liófan gesceft, Hy. 8, 33: Ps. Th. 90, 7. Hi ðæt þín fægere hús forbærndan, 73, 7.

ge-bindan

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Ac hé (Philip) hiene on ðǽre wénunge geband (got him in his toils thanks to this expectation), and him ðæt án genam þæt hé self haefde Aruba, cum per hoc quod societatem Macedonian adfinitate regis paciscebatur, imperium suum se dilataturum putaret, per

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Ðonne hé reste hine, ðonne wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Cd. Th. 95, 25; Gen. 1584

Linked entry: ræstan