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ge-lustfullian

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

To be delighted, be pleased, rejoicedelectāri, lætāriTo delight, pleasedelectāre, jŭvāre

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For ðysum gelustfullod is heorte mín propter hoc lætātum est cor meum, 15, 9. Ðe gelustfullaþ on yfelum lustum that delights in evil pleasures, Homl. Th. i. 496, 13. v. trans. To delight, please; delectāre, jŭvāre Me gelustfullaþ jŭvat me, Ælfc.

sige-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.
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a mistake for þeódne ), Germ. 403, 35

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.
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Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíþe feorran ymbúton, swilce hé ná þa sprǽce ne mǽnde, and tiohhode hit þeáh þiderweardes ( towards that point ), Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 12

þrowere

(n.)
Grammar
þrowere, es; m.

a sufferera sufferer for religiona martyr

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a sufferer Gif mann bið ákenned on .x. nihta ealdne mónan se bið þrowere, Lchdm. iii. 156, 27, Similar entries v. lícþrowere. a sufferer for religion, a martyr Ðe fruma ðrowere protomartyr, Rtl. 197, 9. Ðroweres ðínes martyris tui, 75, 41.

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sadto be sorrowfulto make sad or sorrowful

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Ðæt gehwá for his synnum unrótsige mid sóðre dǽdbóte, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 20. Ðú lǽrdest ðæt wé ne unrótsodon, þeáh úre spéda wanodon, Shrn. 167, 12. Hé ongann unrótsian coepit contristari, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 37.

un-gleáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gleáwlíce, adv.

Without understandingwithout sagacityunwiselyimprudently

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Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé oft ǽr on stillum móde ðurhteáh, and suá ungleáulíce for ðæm scyfe ðære styringe suíðe hrædlíce tówierpð ða gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede qui, dum perturbationi

wíd-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-cúþ, adj.
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Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32. Twégen becómon tó ús, wídcúðe ðurh heora yrmðe, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 30. of things Mid ðý ðe se cyningc gehírde ðæt Apollonius ðone rǽdels swá rihte árǽdde, ðá ondréd hé ðæt hit tó wídcúð wǽre, Ap. Th. 5, 2.

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
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yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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Mǽden wyrst swelt, for ðí yfeldǽda ( malefica ) and wyrtgælstre, Lchdm. iii. 186, 11. Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Homl. Th. i. 22, 31

wringan

(v.)
Grammar
wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen

To wringto twistto squeeze out

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Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32. [O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.]

Linked entry: a-wringan

æt-feallan

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S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 6. to befall, come upon Hé bið ácólod and for þon ælfilð him wæterbolla, Lch. ii. 206, ll. Cf. oþ-fellan

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t

eorl-dóm

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His fæder wæs geboren on Norðfolce, and se kyngc geaf for þí his suna þǽr þone eorldóm and Súðfolc eác (þone eorldóm on Norðfolc and Súðfolc, v. l.), 1075; P. 210, 33. Add

ge-witleást

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Þæs cáseres ( Domitian ), witan hine ofslógon for his wælhreównysse and his gewittleáste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 26. Hwílon God gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste, Hml.

Linked entry: wit-leást

grǽg-hama

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The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.

hrǽcan

(v.)
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Gif heora ǽnegum for unhǽle hráca of breóste derige, hrǽce bæftan him ( post dorsum flegma proiciat ), and þæt fortrede, Chrd. 23, 8. <b>I a.</b> with dat. of what is expectorated :--- trans.

incer

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. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend, for ðan ðe gé eówre spéda þearfum dǽldon: gáð nú tó wuda, and heáwað incre byrðene gyrda ... Bicgað eów landáre ...

sprǽc-hús

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docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii, printed adiutorii) stówe; seó fram þám swýþust ys geteald þám naman, ꝥ þár tó gehlystende sí hwæt fram beódende sí háten, Angl. xiii. 432, 965. a place in a monastery for

stów

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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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a music-book, a book with the notes marked for singing Nota ðæt is mearcung. Ðæra mearcunga sind manega and mislíce gesceapene, ǽgðer ge on sangbócum ge on leóþcræfte, Ælfc.