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práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Him þineþ, ðæt hé ðam abbode ne þyrfe hýran ... Wé forðí foresceáwiaþ ... ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme and tǽcinge simle stande ...

Linked entry: prófast

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

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Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, and hine eft ne betýne, gelde swelc neát swelc ðǽron befealle if any one open a water-pit [that is] shut up, and close it not again, let him pay for whatever cattle may fall therein, L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, 7.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Like, alike, similar, equal; sĭmĭlis, æquālis Næs se wæstm gelíc the fruit was not alike, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 13; Gen. 466 : Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 17 : Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 21; Gn. Ex. 19.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59. Leóda gód, súðmonna sinc, Cd. Th. 121, 28 ; Gen. 2017.

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Staþelign, 115, 1. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215.

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31

un-geweald

(n.)

impotenceinability to controlunintentionallynot wilfullyinvoluntarily

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Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme and ungewisses oððe ungewealdes cum non malitia, sed sola ignorantia, delinquitur, 21; Swt. 157, 25. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oþþe unwillum oþþe ungewealdes, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 23.

Linked entry: un-gewealdes

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Ne syleþ hé sóðfæstum ðæt him ýþende mód innan hreðre non dabit fluctuationem justo, Ps. Th. 54, 22

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

bryne

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Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne, Shrn. 73, 37. burning heat Hǽto ł byrn aestus, Mt. L. 20, 12. Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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þás bebodu tó brecanne, ac mid eallum gódum tó eácanne (ícanne, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 56, 2. ¶ eácen; ptcpl. (adj.). increased, augmented Eácne egesan, Sal. 473.

ge-swerian

(v.)
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Hé ongann gesuoeria þte ic nát, Mk. 14, 71. Hié gesworen hæfdon ðæt hié óþer forleósan woldon, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 27. a. to swear by . . . that. . . Hé him geswór on his goda noman þæt hé ǽgþer wolde . . .

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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Ne seleð Gode geðinge his non dabit Deo placationem suam, Ps. Srt. 48, 8. <b>II a.</b> as a legal term :-- Be diernum geðinge.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

ge-þungen

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Ne mæg se man módigan on geðincðum, for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran, Hml. S. 16, 372. by good qualities, excellent Þú eart beforan Drihtne geþungen, Hml. S. 23 b, 236 note. Þǽr ( in heaven ) is geþungen þegnweorud, Cri. 751.

hǽtu

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Hý hit ne magon eall gebúgian, sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 10. Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.

hreówsian

(v.)
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Mára gefeá wyrð on hefonum for ánum hreówsiendum, 411, 13. with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe his synna forlǽt and hí ne hreówsað, Past. 425, 29, 37. Ðá ðe ðá geðóhtan synna hreówsiað, 417, 32: 419, 19. Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda hreówsiað, . . .

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Se wínsele on hrúsan ne feól, B. 772. Þonne ic hrúsan trede, Rä. 8, 1. Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Dol bið sé þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund nafað ne gesegled scip, Sal. 225. Alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 11.

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274. I. add Hé ne wearð náfre náne yfele dǽda wyrcende, Nic. l, 19. (2 b) :-- On þǽm swicdóme wearð Numantia duguð gefeallen. Ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 8.

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; pectusthe breasts;ubera The heart, mind, thought pectus, cor, mens

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Ða breós ðe ne sícton ubera quæ non lactaverunt, 23, 29.

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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Ne inc ǽnig mon beleán mihte sorhfulne síð (the perilous swimming match of Beowulf and Breca), Beo.