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CLÁ

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁ, cleó, clawu; clawe; cleó, clawa, clawu, clawe; clawena; clám, clawum; f.

A nail, CLAW, hoofunguis, ungula

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Sume wǽron mid ísenum clawum totorene some were torn with iron claws, Homl. Th. i. 542, 30. Hóf oððe clawu ungula, Wrt. Voc. 71, 66. Ðe clawe ne todǽlaþ qui ungulam non dividunt, Lev. 11, 4. Hearde cleó hard hoofs, Ps. Th. 68, 32.

Linked entries: clawu cleó

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse ða twá mǽgþa Norþan Hymbra Dere and Beornice on áne sibbe geteáh hujus industria regis Deirōrum et Berniciōrum provinciæ in unam sunt pācem, Bd. 3; 6; S. 528, 30.

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ictus, plaga, percussioA bruise, DINT, noise, crash contusio, impressio, sonus

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a stroke, stripe, blow; ictus, plaga, percussio He, mid ðamdynte nyðer astáh he, with the blow, fell down, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 18, 22. Ondrǽden him ðone dynt let them fear the stroke, Past. 45, 2; Hat.

hete-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hete-líce, adv.

Fiercelyviolentlyvehemently

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Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13 mid grimmum swingum swong] scourged him vehemently, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 3. Ús Godes yrre hetelíce on sitt, God's anger presses on us fiercely. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 109. Hit sáh hetelíce swíðe it sank with great violence, Homl.

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightlyslightlygentlyeasilyquickly

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Geswét swíðe leóhtlíce mid hunige sweeten very slightly with honey, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 36, 3: 1, 19; Lchdm. ii. 62, 20.

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

nearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
nearwe, adv.

straitlystrictlycloselynarrowlystrictlyexactlyoppressivelyforciblyanxiouslyin a manner causing trouble

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Th. 292, 26; Sat. 446. anxiously, in a manner causing trouble Hyge gnornende nihtes nearwe the mind mourning in anguish at night, Exon. Th. 174, 25; Gú. 1183. Ferþ gebysgad, nearwe genǽged, 162, 35; Gú. 986.

be-settan

(v.)
Grammar
be-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett; v. a. [be by, settan to set]

To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posesscircumdare, collocare, ponere

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To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess; circumdare, collocare, ponere Seó cwén ða róde héht mid eorcnanstánum besettan [MS. besetton] the queen commanded them to beset the cross with jewels, Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026.

Linked entry: bi-settan

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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He hí hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he has earned her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonourdisgraceto become dishonoured

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Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. to become dishonoured Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé, R. Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20. Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 12.

Linked entry: æftan

ymb-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, p. de.
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Mid ðyssum gemǽrum hi synd útan ymbgyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 396, 3

Linked entry: embe-gyrdan

cræt

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Ðá stód þǽre sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum of golde ágoten . . . ; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt of seolfre ágoten and ðá oxan ðǽrto, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 22. Se þegen álýhte of his cræte ( de curru suo ), i. 400, 26. On cræte in carruca, Wrt.

fearr

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Se micela ylp þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml. A. 63, 285. Hý mon band on wilde fearras, Shrn. 133, 12. ¶ in local names: Fearrhám, C. D. iii. 233, 31. Fearres cumb, v. 232, 24. Sunt rura haec . . .

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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Mine gerecenesse direclionem meant, 138, 3. going, departure (?). v. reccan; III Oð þone dæg his gerecenesse (or gerece(n)nesse ?. v. ge-recenness) of middangearde usque ad diem suae uncationis, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 634, 8

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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Paul) manode þæt hí mid steóre Godes eges heora cild geðeáwodon (cf. patres, educate filios vestros in disciplina et correptione Domini, Eph. 6, 4), Hml. Th. i. 378, 23. ¶ ge-þeáwod. accustomed to a usage, practice, &c.

ge-feá

Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Add: joy; — Mid mycle gefeán gewuldrad, Bl. H. 139, 1. Ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 187, 16.

lustfullung

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I a. pleasure in something (gen. ) :-- Þæt þú on míne heortan getryme þínra beboda lustfullunga, Angl. xi. 101, 28. in an unfavourable sense On þreó wísan bið deófles costnung ; þæt is on tihtinge, on lustfullunge, on geðafunge.

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hí heora treówe (trýwa, v.l.) sealdon ꝥ hie riht mid him healdan woldon his manus dederunt, Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 327, 4. add Án of þám þe se cyng hæfde mǽst trúwe tó, Chr. 992; P. 126, 23.

wita

Grammar
wita, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá geþafode ꝥ se ealda wita ( senex ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him tó þám mynstre, Gr. D. 242, 22. Witum senioribus (Mt. 16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19. Add Hé wæs him sylfum þæs wita (testis), Gr. D. 265, 22.

hæleþ

(n.)
Grammar
hæleþ, heleþ, es; m.

A man, warrior, hero

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A man, warrior, hero [a word occurring only in poetry, but there frequently] Gleáwferhþ hæleþ the man wise of mind, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 12; Gen. 1152 : 59; Th. 72, 6; Gen. 1182, 94; Th. 122, 13; Gen. 2026 : Beo. Th. 383; B. 190 : 668; B. 331.

Linked entries: eleþ hæle