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seldor

(adv.)
Grammar
seldor, cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adv.
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Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 216, 2

freó-dóm

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Hió him tó spraecon ymb ðæt lond, ðæt hé his him geúðe, ðæt hió maehten ðone freódóm begeotan, 222, 28. Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ...

triumpha

(n.)
Grammar
triumpha, an; m.
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Ðonne hié hámweard fóran, ðonne sceoldon hiera senátus rídan on cræt-wǽnum wiðæftan ðǽm consulum, and ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe ðǽr gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón.

on-drincan

(v.)

to drink of

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Ðá ondranc se ðæs wætres, and sealde hit ðæm bréðer . . . and se ondranc eác ðæs wætres, Shrn. 64, 11-12. Bæd ðæt hé him ousende wínes ondrincan, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 11. Sioððan hié hæfdon ondruncen ðæs wætres potata aqua, Nar. 13, 28

Linked entry: in-drincan

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis

Linked entry: gifelness

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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To hold out against, to withstand, resist Gif ðæs synfullan ingehýd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplícan dómes, ðonne wiðhæfð hé ðám unlustum, Homl. Th. i. 494, 9. Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772.

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Tameness Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió ( the lioness ) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28.

un-geendod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendod, adj.

endlesswithout endnot coming to an endinfinitevery great in number, extent

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Ðǽr is ðæt éce blis and, ðæt ungeendode ríce, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30, 24. Gif ðú getælest ða hwíle ðisses hwílendlícan wið ðæs ungeendodan lífes hwíla, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 5.

Linked entry: ge-endian

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

gladcheerfulnoble, excellent

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ealle ðære burh Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 20

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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On hwilcum dǽle hætþ se man Godes anlícnysse on him? on ðære sáwle . . . Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfþ on hire þreó þing, ðæt is, gemynd and andgit aad willa . . . Án sáwul is, and án líf and án edwist seó ðe hæfþ ðás þreó þing . . .

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

reóma

(n.)
Grammar
reóma, an;m.;

A membrane, ligament

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A membrane, ligament Se reóma ðæs brægenes ;cartilago,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 58. Biþ ðæt brægen útan mid reáman bewefen on ðære syxtan wucan, Lchdm. iii. 146, 4

Linked entry: reáma

ǽrra

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Ðǽre ǽrran prioris, An. Ox. 1675: Hml. Th. i. 62, 16. Tó ðám ǽrrum in pristinum, An. Ox. 1831: Hml. Th. i. 68, 19. On ǽrron dæg nudiustertius, Ælfc. Gr. 224, 2. On his ðæt ǽrre mynster in primum suum monasterium. Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 17.

norþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþe-weard, adj.

Northwardnorth

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Ðæt Babylonicum wæs ðæt forme, and on eásteweardum ; ðæt æfterre wæs ðæt Crécisce, and on norþeweardum, 2, 1; Swt. 60, 3. Æt Baddanbyrg westeweardre and norþeweardre ... of foxhylle norþeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 249, 26, 34.

Linked entry: norþ-weard

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ús is gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan ðurhtión, ðurh gespan (suggesiione) . . . Ðæt gespan bið ðurh dióful . . . Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7

Linked entry: wyrn

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt hí woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.

Linked entry: syl

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindleto burn (cf. anneal), consume by burningto make hot with fireto make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðam tapure ðæs godcundan liéges, Past. 36; Swt. 259, 12. Ne byrnþ on ðé ðæt ðæt ðú on lífe ne onǽldest þurh leahtras, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 16: 344, 26. Ne onǽl ðú ðé sylfum ðæt éce fýr i. 594, 27.

á-screncan

to trip upcause to stumble

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Hié weorðað áscrencte, on ðǽm scyfe ðǽre styringe motionis impulsu praecipites, 215, 12