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mid-winter

(n.)
Grammar
mid-winter, es; m.

Mid-winterChristmas

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Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdæg, ðonne byþ winter gedréfedlíc, Lchdm. iii. 164, 1-10. On ðære hálgan midwintres tíde, L. C.

Linked entry: winter

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18. Nigon nihtum ǽr middum sumere, 898; Erl. 96, 19. Ic ofslóh niceras nigene, Beo.

þilian

(v.)
Grammar
þilian, þillian, þillan
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to plank, lay planks as in making a bridge Ðá hét Maxentius oferbricgian ða eá eal mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22. Tó þilianne plancas ponere, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 33. Tó þillianne, 5, 8, 10, 14.

Linked entry: þylian

þorf-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þorf-fæst, adj.
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All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628. Icel. þurf—samr helping.] Cf. þearf, V, þearf-líc, II, and next word

Linked entry: un-þorffæst

ge-ríman

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

ge-wítendlic

Grammar
ge-wítendlic, In l. 6 l. gewítendlicum, and add: ge-witenlic perishable.
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Heó oferwinð þá gewítendlican geswinc, Hml. A. 77, 102

Linked entries: -wítendlic ge-witenlic

tó-foran

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Hex. 38, 4-6. Þá þe þenceað ꝥ hí beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25

þá

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Hér Cynegíls and Cuichelm gefuhtun wið Pendan, and geþingodan þá, Chr. 628; P. 24, 18. 1. Add Þám forman, dæge azimorum, þá hí eástron offrodon, Mk. 14, 12

wana

(adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj.
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Add Þeáh þe heom gelumpe ꝥ hí útan on heora líchaman mænniscra láreówa láre wana wǽron ut eis exterius humani magisterii disciplina desit, Gr. D. 13, 2

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

tó-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread to piecestrample upon

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Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771. Sixti hundred weoren totredene mid horsen, 27473. Wordliche þinges totreden & forhowien, A. R. 166, 22. Totrad conculcavit, Wick. Ps. 55, 2

Linked entry: te-treþ

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc (q v.), W. S.) gecýðnisse hiora non erat conveniens testimonium illorum Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: wénþ

ge-férrǽden

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ágsode hý hwá wolde on þǽre geférrǽddene beón þe wǽre, and ꝥ lufian ꝥ lufode. Ll.

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive againstto, resist, refuse to comply with a demandto declare that one has no knowledge of a personto refuse a person what he wantsto refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a chargeto make excuseto sacrifice

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Ðá onsóc se óðer, and cwæþ him nán feoh ne sealde, Shrn. 127, 26. onsóc (andsóc, Rush.) mid aað, ðæt ic ne conn ðone monno, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 72, 70.

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperoussecure from danger, safe

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Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of refuge) gefliéhþ ðonne mæg beón orsorg ðæs monnsliehtes he may be without anxiety as to the manslaughter he has committed; reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20.

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mightypowerfulablePossible

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Heó was swá mihtegu wið God ðæt heó sealde blindum gesihþe, Shrn. 31, 12. Meotud biþ meahtigra ðonne ǽnges monnes gehygd, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 28; Seef. 116. Migtigra, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 33; Dan. 522.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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he syxa sum ofslóge syxtig on twám dagum this whale is much less than other whales: it is not longer than seven ells; but, in his own country [Norway], they are eight and forty ells long, and the largest, fifty ells long; of these, he said, that he was

Linked entry: eln-gemet

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Th. i. 424, 23. readily, without difficulty or delay Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce, þǽr gearo findeð, Vald. 2, 28. Heó gearwe (but see gearo; ) funde mundbyrd æt ðám mǽran þeódne. Jud. 2

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Ðá hét ic ðone here ðæt hié mid fótum ðone snáw trǽdon calcare militem niuem jubeo, Nar. 23, 18: Jos. 10, 24. Ða ðe mé trǽdan canculcantes me. Ps. Th. 56, 3. Ðæt hig hine trǽdun, Lk. Skt. 12, 1. Trédun proterunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 2.

a-sterian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sterian, p. ede; pp. ed

To agitatestirmovecommoveremovere

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To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note

Linked entry: astered