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stearclíce

(adv.)
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stearclíce, adv.
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Strongly, vigorously, vehemently, fiercely Ðá gewende se here tó Lundene and ða buruh útan embsæt and hyre stearclíce (cf stranglíce, MS. E.) on feaht ǽgðer ge be wætere ge be lande made a vigorous assault upon it by land and water, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156

súþan-eástan

(adv.)
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Grammar súþan-eástan, adv. From the south-east Súþaneástan sunnan leóma cymeþ, Exon. Th. 56, 15; Cri. 901. in phrases marking position, to the south-east Be-súþaneástan ( ad Eurum ) dæm porte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 9. On-suðaneástan ðissum lande, Chr.

þeósterness

(n.)
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þeósterness, e; f.
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Darkness Wearð micel þeósternes ofer eallne middangeard tetra nox obducta terris est, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 16. Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys, Homl. Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro, Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4. On ðýsternesse in obscuro, Ps

un-trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-trymþ, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessinfirmity

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Weakness, sickness, infirmity Heora unmiht and heora untrymð is swíðe gemanifealdod multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum, Ps. Th. 15, 3. Gif hwylc wíf seteþ hire bearn ofer hróf oððe on ofen for hwylcere untrymðe hǽlo ( alicujus morbi sanandi causa

Linked entry: trymþ

un-sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sweotol, adj.

Not evidentnot to be seennot discernible

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Not evident, not to be seen, not discernible Nán ðara gesceafta ne mæg bión búton óþerre, ðeáh hió unsweotol sié on ðære óþerre, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 26. Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óþrum bión, þeáh hí unsweotole ( or adv.? ) somod eardien, Met. 20, 146

Linked entry: sweotol

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-leáslíce, adv.

Not falselytruly

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Not falsely, truly Heó geseah ðæt his bodung unleáslíce gefylled wæs, Homl. Th. i. 42, 29. Gif wé ðæt geðyld on úrum móde unleáslíce healdaþ, ii. 546, 1. Hé cwæð ðis unleáslíce, 386,10. Mid ánfealdnysse sprece hé ǽfre unleáslíce, L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th.

Linked entry: leáslíce

wan

(n.)
Grammar
wan, es; [n. (?) cf. Icel. vánt (neut, of vanr) with gen.]
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15

wiþ-feohtan

(v.)

to fight againstcontend with

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to fight against, contend with Hé gefeaht mid ða ǽ ðæs módes, ðære wiþfeaht (wiðflát, v. l.) seó ǽ ðe on his limum wæs pugnabat legi mentis, cui lex, quae in membris est, repugnabat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 39. Wiðfeohtan certare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 17

Linked entry: wiþ-flítan

yfel-sacung

(n.)
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yfel-sacung, e; f.
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Calumny, vituperation On yfylsacunge heora in malitia eorum, Ps. Spl. C. 93, 23. Módignys ácenð andan and yfelsacunge, ceorunge and gelómlíce tála, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. Þurh yfelsacunge per blasphemiam, Confess. Peccat. Hé him rehte hwylce searwa and

bladesian

(v.)
Grammar
bladesian, (blat-) ; p. ode.

to flameblazebe hot

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to flame, blaze, be hot Bryne ł bladesige on fíre sóþ lufu flammescat igne karitas, Hy. S. 10, 14. Bladesiendum (blat-, Hpt. Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554. Similar

Linked entries: bladesnung blatesian

breád

a bitbread

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Add: a bit, morsel (of bread) Breádru frusta (panis) (cf. hláfgebrece, Ps. Th. 147, 6: stycce hláfes, Ps. Srt.), Bl. Gl. bread: Breád bacan, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þám mannum sceal man sellan beren bread, Lch. ii. 220, 7. Þicge hé bread gebrocen on hát wæter

friþ-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-herpaþ, friþ-herepaþ, es; m.
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The king's highway, a public road which was under the king's friþ. [Cf. De pace regia et .iiii. chiminorum vel viarum regalium, Ll. Th. i. 447, 6. Omnes herestrete regis sunt, 519, 11] On Wifeles ford; ðonne andlang ðæs friðherpadcs (Icknield Way ?),

ge-grindan

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Tuu wíf gegrundon on coernæ duae molentes in mola, Mt. L. 24, 41. Gegrunden fressa, i. molita, fracta, divisa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 68. Faba fresa gegrunden beán s. dicta quia molata est, 146, 62: 39, 68. xxvii piporcorn[a] gegrundenra, Lch. iii. 48, 10

ge-lád

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Add: a lode, water-course Vicum qui nu[ncupatur] Æt Euulangeládæ, C. D. B. i. 297, 10. Æt Eánflǽde geláde, C. D. v. 402, 2. Norð út onefen þæt gelád, and swá eástweardes þæt hit cymeð eft wiðnioðan þæt gelád on Sæferne, ii. 150, 12-14

geó-dæg

(n.)
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a former day, day of old Þú gehýrdest þætte giódagum gelomp, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 27. Iúdagum Rómáni gehálgedon on þissa tungla gemynde heora dagas, Angl. viii. 321, 4. Iúdagum se biscop Theophilus wrát ǽnne pistol, 322, 45. See geó in Dict., and cf. ǽr-dæg

ge-delf

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Add: digging, act of digging Sum underdealf þá duru mid spade . . . leát tó gedelfe, Hml. S. 32, 212. ' Geopeniað þás eorðan on þyssere stówe'. . . Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Hml. Th. i. 562, 14, v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation

ge-brycgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brycgian, p. ode; pp. od.
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream

Linked entry: brycgian

ge-wirþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wirþe, es; n.
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Amount of so much. Take here <b>ge-wyrþe</b> in Dict., and add Hé gesealde twégra æcera gewirde landes concessit duo iugera ruris, C. D. vi. 207, 16. Heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 23 b, 716

hæftan

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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6. Fúlum wítehúsa adelseáþe tó hæftenne putido ergastulorum latibulo

heolstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
heolstrig, adj.

darksecret

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Full of hiding places, dark, secret On heolstrigere dígelnesse in latebrosum (lautumiae) latibulum, An. Ox. 3317. Of heolstriccum de latebrosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 38. used substantively, a secret place: Of dígelnessum, heolstrigum (of dígelnessum, of