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ge-dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíc, -dæfenlíc; adj. [ge-dafen becoming]

Becomingfitdecentconvenientagreeabledĕcenscongruusconvĕnienshăbĭlis

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Becoming, fit, decent, convenient, agreeable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕniens, hăbĭlis Ðæt is gedafenlíc ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word on hyge healde it is fit that thou shouldst keep in mind the word of the Lord, Elen. Kmbl. 2333; El. 1168 : Bt. Met.

Linked entry: ge-defenlíc

þurh-drífan

(v.)

to drive throughpiercetransfixto penetratepermeateimbueto drive violentlyperpellere

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E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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: where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English) Service Þæs

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

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Ex. 163. Ungetreówe infidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 31: ii. 91, 58: 47, 25: infidelis, i. 74, 28. Se ðe sý folce ungetrýwe (-getríwe, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 14: L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 282, 29, 30. Gyf hwylc man sý swá ungetrýwe ðam hundrede, L.

or-sorg

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E. Hml, i. 302, 8

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Singaþ hǽdrum stefnum they sing with clear voices, Elen. Kmbl. 1492; El. 748

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true sayinga truth a righteous saying

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Th. 294, 14; Sat. 471: 244, 10; Dan. 446: Elen. Kmbl. 1057; El. 530: Exon. Th. 418, 2; Rä. 36, 13.

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Ðæt eów swá lyt gespeów, Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

un-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-riht, adj.

Wrongevilbadunjustunlawfuldepravedperverse

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Wrong, evil, bad, unjust, unlawful, depraved, perverse Ic eom geþafa ðæt hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men héte nétenu fateor nec injuries dici video vitiosos in belluas mutari, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 17.

Linked entry: un-reht

ge-hwæþer

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Ic gemyndige þá mǽran Raab and Babilonis, bégea gehwæðeres memor era Rahab et Babylonis Ps. Th. 86, 2.

Linked entry: hwæþer

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Ðá wende hé hine west wið Exanceastres, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10. Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Ðonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon.

hefe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-líc, adj.

Weightyheavygrievousseriousgravetediouswearisome

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Se cyng lét beódan mycel gyld and hefelíc the king had a great and grievous tax proclaimed, 1083; Erl. 217, 34. Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár it was a very grievous year that same year, 1085; Erl. 219, 18.

hwatung

(n.)
Grammar
hwatung, e; f.

Divination

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auguria facere, uti gentiles faciunt, id est, quod credant in solem et lunam, et in cursum stellarum; et auguria temporum exquirant, ad negotia sua incipienda, 23; Th. ii. 190, 30-3.

Linked entry: hwat

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflictedbroken upinjuredafflictusconfractus

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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles forswíðe gebrócod the army had not all too much afflicted the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. Surne gebrócode wǽron some were injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12: Homl. Th. i. 476, 19.

ÉST

(n.)
Grammar
ÉST, es; m: ést, e; f.

will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentiadelicacies dēlĭciæ

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Ofer ést Godes against God's consent. Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 10; Ph. 403. Þurh ést Godes through grace of God, 44b; Th. 151, 21; Gú. 798: Elen. Kmbl. 1968; El. 986. Hie on þanc curon æðelinges ést they accepted thankfully the chieftain's bounty.

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Sem and Jafeth dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23.

Linked entries: hwida hwien

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Hét hiera bescúfan in þá DC jubeo ex his . dc. influmen mitti, Nar. 11, 9 : 24, 13. On dimhofe wæs bescofen in latibulum truditur, An. Ox. 3769. Sý þú on besceofen detrudere, on besceofene detrusis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 41-43.

geard

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Hé sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, Mt. R. 21, 33. Gaerdas crates (cf. hegas crates, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1. an enclosure Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, C.

hærfest

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest, es; m.

Harvest, autumnautumpnusautumnautumnusautumn

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Ðis wæs on hærfest this was in autumn, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 16

Linked entry: herfest

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Iudas cwæþ ðæt hé wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.