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nídinga

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Ðonne sculon hié eft niédenga gadrian óðer ierfe on ðaes wriexle ðe hié ǽr for mildheortnesse sealdon violenter exquirunt, quae misericorditer largiuntur, Past. 341, 18. Nú ðæt ðæt hié lyst hí sculon néde[n]ga forlǽtan, and ðeáh ðæt hí nú nédenga forlǽtað

on-hrínan

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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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Substitute: to blaspheme (In the passage Bl. H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan

wend

(n.)

a coursean alternativea case

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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;

on-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hwirfan, p. de.

to turn (of actual motion),to invert, transposeto change, turn

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to turn (of actual motion), trans. Ic mé wille nú onhwyrfan tó ðisse bǽre, Blickl. Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon. Th. 405, 13; Rä. 24, 1. to

Linked entry: on-hweorfan

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Add Ánfeald simplex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 50. Ánfald simpla, 120, 55. as numeral, single, sole Anfealdre simplo (volumine), An. Ox. 2376. Tó ánfealdan gewinne ad singularem pugnam, R. Ben. l. 10, 2. Náht elles búton his ánfealdne gegyrelan, Bl. H. 215

fífta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fífta, m: seó, ðæt fífte; adj.

The FIFTHquintus

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The FIFTH; quintus Se fífta dæg the fifth day, Gen. 1, 23. Fífta wæs Eádwine, Norþan Hymbra cyning the fifth was Edwin king of the Northumbrians, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 3. Her onginnþ seó fífte bóc Boéties here begins the fifth book of Boëthius, Bt. 40,

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearkenlisten

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To hearken, listen Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out directly and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15. Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl. Th. i. 442,

Linked entry: hyrcnian

tíd-ege

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-ege, (?), es; m.
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Fear of a time, fear of the time of death. v. tíd, I. Simle þreora sum þinga gehwylce ǽr his tídege (tide ge, MS.), tó tweón weorþeþ ádl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fǽgum fromweardum feorh óðþringeþ ever in every case, before the fear of his end becomes doubtful

ge-cígnes

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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7. Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death

midde-winter

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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22. Tó þám midewintre wæs se cyng

ofer-þeccan

(v.)

to cover

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to cover Blódig wolcen oforþecþ ealne ðysne heofon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33: 93, 2. Eall eorþe biþ mid þeóstrum oforþeaht, 93, 6. Mid forste oferþeaht covered with ice, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 143. Þicce vel oferþeaht condensa, i. spissa, secreta, Wrt. Voc. ii

ge-sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinscipe, es; m.

Marriagewedlockmatrimonyin pl. Married peopleconnubium,

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Marriage, wedlock, matrimony; in pl. Married people; connubium, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14: 19; S. 587, 30: Shrn. 60, 2. Se mægþhád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe virginity is more exalted than marriage, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 24; Hat. MS. He wæs seofan geár

ge-swiðrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swiðrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To weakendestroyimminueredebilitareconficere

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To weaken, destroy; imminuere, debilitare, conficere Mægen wæs geswiðrod the might was destroyed, Elen. Kmbl. 1393; El. 698: 1833; El. 918: 2526; El. 1264: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 18; Jud. 266. Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm

á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearingto become torpidsluggish inert

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Add Ásláwie obtorpeo, An. Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7. Hé ásláwað

á-belgan

(v.)
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Add Ábealg exacerbavit, provocavit, adflixit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 56. Ábulge offenderet, 63, 4. Ábolgen ringescens, 90, 47. with dat. or uncertain Ðá ǽbylignesse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð (ábealh, v. l.) iram Dei, quam excitaverit, placare, L. Ecg. P

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, adv.
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Add: of space (lit. or fig.), from a distance Gefetadne feorran arceri porro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 35. Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe længe weig, Solil. H. 44, 5. Sume hí cómon feorran (fearre, L., feorra, R. de longe), Mk. 8, 3. Þá wíf wǽron

blíðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
blíðe-mód, adj.

Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerfullætus animo, lætus, hilaris

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Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful; lætus animo, lætus, hilaris Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás cyning [MS. kyng], ðeáh he lang ǽr, lande bereáfod, wunode wræclástum the innocent king was ever blithe of mind [cheerful], though he long before, bereft of land, dwelt

cwellere

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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12. Cwelres lictoris,

freóls-tíd

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Add: a festival of the Church, an anniversary Ðára seofen háligra slǽpera freólstíd bið on geáre fíf nihton ǽr hláfmæssan, Hml. S. 23, 7. On þurhháligere freólstíde iu sacrosancta (palmarum) solemnitate i. festiuitate, An. Ox. 2601. Tó dæg Godes gelaðung