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lytel

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
lytel, neut. of adj, used as subst. or adv.

A little

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Ymbe án lytel gé mé ne geseóþ and eft ymbe lytel gé mé geseóþ modicum non videbitis me et iterum modicum et videbitis me, Jn. Skt. 16, 16

mann-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-þwǽre, adj.

Gentlemildmeeknot harshcourteous

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Earmum mannum milde and manþwǽre pauperibus benignus et mitis, L. Ecg. C. pref.; Th. ii. 132, 14. Manþwǽre ( propitius ) heora fyrendǽdum, Ps. Th. 77, 37. Mildheort and manþwǽre misericors et miserator, 144, 8: Bt. 42; Fox 258, 9.

stycce

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:-- Sticce clarnum (the passage is: Appresenta meum clarnum et meum cultellum et meam legulam. Perhaps then sticce is for sticcan and belongs to legulam), An. Ox. 56, 74.

for-dón

(v.)
Grammar
for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do fordestroykillperdĕredestruĕredēlērecontĕrĕreinterfĭcĕreoccīdĕreto seducedefilecorruptsedūcĕrescĕlĕrāre

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He sécþ hine to fordónne quærit perdĕre eum, Ps. Th. 36, 32. Ic fordó hig ego disperdam eos, Gen. 6, 13. Ðe ðæne scyldigan rihtlíce fordéþ who lawfully does for the guilty, L. Edg. S. 14; Th. i. 278, 1.

Linked entry: for-gedón

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover oversurroundencompasscontegerecircumsepirecircumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28

fela-fǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-fǽcne, adj.

Very craftymultĭdŏlōsus

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Ex. 148

fúl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fúl-líc, adj.

Foulbasefœdusturpis

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Foul, base; fœdus, turpis Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Lchdm. iii. 198, 25. Ansíne fúllíce habban to have a dirty face, iii. 204, 10, 26

gærs-hoppa

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-hoppa, an; m.

A grass-hopperlocustlŏcustacĭcāda

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A grass-hopper, locust; lŏcusta, cĭcāda He cwæþ and com gærshoppa dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34 : 108, 23. Cwómón gærshoppan grass-hoppers came, Ps. Th. 104, 30 : 77, 46

Linked entries: græs-hoppa hoppa

in-gerec

(n.)
Grammar
in-gerec, es ; n.

A tumult

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A tumult Hé ðá eác on ðam ingerece óðerne cyninges þeng mid ðý mánfullan wǽpne ácwealde in ipso tumultu etiam alium de militibus sica nefanda peremit, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 26

Linked entry: ge-rec

lynd

(n.)
Grammar
lynd, e; f.

Greasefatfatness

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Hé hí fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

ágend-líce

(adv.)
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As if something belonged to one's self, imperi- ously :-- Gé budon suíðe ríclíce and suíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia . Past. 145, 5. Cf. ágend-, (-ágen)freá. Add

be-swicenness

(n.)
Grammar
be-swicenness, e; f.

deceptionsurrender

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deception Oncierde þ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. surrender; Similar entries cf. swícan, Eal werod tó þǽre beswicenesse fóron cuncta acies ad deditionem transit, Prud. 45 a

Linked entry: -swicenness

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, an; f.
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, e; f.: -hof, es; n. On dimhofe (dat. or acc.?) in latibulum (on dimhoue; dimhof latibulum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 77-8), An. Ox. 3768. Dimhoua latibula, i. secreta, 1677

geonga

(n.)
Grammar
geonga, an; m.
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A young man Eálá geonga ( adolescens ), ðé ic secge árís, Lk. 7, 14. Geongan effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 55. Iunglingas ł iungan and fǽmnan iuuenes et virgines, Ps. L. 148, 12

hréða

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H. éðan melote (Amos, dum spoliare se melote et amiculis erubesceret, Ald. 50, 25), 82, 79: 56, 63

pleoh

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Seó ceorung is swýðe mycel pleoh ꝥ man wið God ceorige, swá swá ús sǽde Paulus (cf. quidam murmuraverunt, et perierunt ab exterminatore, 1 Cor. 10, 10), Hml. S. 13, 288. Add

scot

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add: a part of a building shut off from the rest, a chancel Sume þá men þe stódan beforan þám sceote quidam ex his qui extra sacrarium stabant, Gr. D. 236, 1

á-wreþian

(v.)
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Hé þǽre ýtemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere áwreþede ultimam uitae aetatem pane cibario et frigida aqua sustentat, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 20

geómor-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-mód, geómer-mód, giómor-mód; adj.

Sad of mind, sorrowfulmæstus anĭmo

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Kmbl. 1107; El. 555: 825; El. 413. Gewitan him gangan, geómermóde they retired, sad of mind, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 9; Gen. 858