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þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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<b&gt;I a.</b&gt; </b&gt; Inne on healle wæs ðeód on sǽlum, Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643. Heó ðæs áð lǽdde on ealre ðeóde gewitnesse tó Æglesforda, Chart. Th. 202, 3.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

a-þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.

To wearyirkdispleasebe loathsomeirksome to any onetæderepigereTo loathedislikebe weary of anythingpertæsum esse

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Gr. 33; Som. 37, 19. Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you? Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 8.

mynegung

(n.)
Grammar
mynegung, e; f.

admonitionexhortationa demand for payment of what is duea claim

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Gr. II; Som. 15, 16. Mynigung, 43; Som. 44, 53. Mynegunge monitionem, 15; Som. 18, 4. Þurh Albinus myngunge ( hortatu ). Bed. pref.; S. 472, 8. ' Ne ondrǽde eów' hé cwæþ . . .. Þurh ðæs apostoles mungunge (myngunge, MSS. O. F. ; minegunge, MS.

Linked entry: mynung

ymb-wlátung

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-wlátung, e; f.
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Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 5. Emwlátunge contemplationis, Hpt. Gl. 412, 20. Spiritus gást belimpð tó ðære sáwle ymbwlátunge, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 182. Emwlátunge spectaculum Hpt. Gl. 435, 49. Wídgille emwlátunge passivos oculorum obtutus 405, 64

Linked entries: emb-wlátung wlátung

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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þus feor hider on úrne eard in becómon. By. 57.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

for-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan; p. ic, he -geaf, ðú -geáfe, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen.

to givegrantsupplypermitgive upleave offdăredōnārepræbēreindulgēredēdĕrerelinquĕreFORGIVEremitremittĕredimittĕrecondōnāre

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He forgeaf wíd-brádne wélan he gave wide-spread bliss, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 20; Gen. 642. Siððan ðis gedón wæs, gesceóp God Adam, and him sáwle forgeaf after this was done, God created Adam, and gave him a soul, Ælfc. T. 4, 25-5, 1.

Linked entries: for-giefan for-gyfan

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

grimme

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Hé hæfde styrne mód gegremed grymme, Gen. 61. where the agent suffers Ðǽr is máðma hord grimme geceápod ( dearly purchased ), B. 3012. Grimme gegongen, 3085. Banan heardlíce grimme ongieldað, Sal. 132: . 959.

læt

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<b&gt;I a.</b&gt; </b&gt; with gen., B. 1529: Dóm. 89 (in Dict.). with prep., An. 46: Ll. Th. ii. 404, 20 (in Dict.). with dat. infin., Past. 281, 6 : Lk. 24, 25 (in Dict.). with clause, Bl.

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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Th. 134,30 ; . 516. Ðæt him feóndes hond æt ðam ýtemestan ende ne scóde, 129, 1; . 414. Sceaþen is mé sáre, frécne on ferhþe. Cd. Th. 53, 31; Gen. 869. with acc. Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan, Exon.

wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr, e; f.

A covenantcompactagreementpledge

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Th. 339, 28; Gn. Ex. 101. Hé ða wǽre and ða winetreówe lǽstan wolde, 475, 19; Bo. 50: 172, 17; . 1145: Cd. Th. 93, 8; Gen. 1542: 139, 10; Gen. 2307: 142, 23; Gen. 2366. Ðæt ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, Beo. Th. 2205; B. 1100.

Linked entries: ge-wǽred wǽrlíce

geornan

(v.)
Grammar
geornan, giornan, giornian; p. de, ade, ede; pp. ed

To desire, begdesīdĕrāre

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To desire, beg; desīdĕrāre geornaþ ðæt woldon eówerne naman tobrǽdan geond ealle [eallne, MS.] eorþan ye desire that ye should spread your name over all the earth, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 4.

Linked entry: gyrnan

un-cweþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cweþende, adj.

not having speechnot having a voiceinanimate

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not having speech Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, Salm.

hrægel-hús

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Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12

for-weornian

(v.)
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Gl. 436, 53 ) marcescit, i. arescit, An. Ox, 1273. Hraðe se líchama áswint and forweornað, gif him oftogen bið his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet), Gr. D. 134, 2.

hælftre

(n.)
Grammar
hælftre, e ; f.
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Substitute: <b&gt;hælfter,</b&gt; e; l. and (?) es; m. : <b&gt;hælftre, es;</b&gt; m. or n. ; or, an; f. and add Hælfter capisirum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 45.

CIRM

(n.)
Grammar
CIRM, cyrm, es; m.

A noise, shout, clamour, uproarstrepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor

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In the following references it is written cirm, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 19; Cri. 836: 22b; Th. 62, 7; Cri. 998: 36a; Th. 118, 5; . 235; 38a; Th. 125, 34; . 364: 83b; Th. 314, 26; Mód. 20: Andr. Kmbl. 82; An. 41: 2476; An. 1239.

Linked entries: cearm cyrm

heófian

(v.)
Grammar
heófian, p. ode

To lamentmournwailbewail

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Gr. 26; Som. 28, 63. heófiaþ and wépaþ plorabitis et flebitis vos, Jn. Skt. 16, 20. Hieremias heófode miclum ðæs folces synna swá swá his bóc ús segþ Jeremiah lamented greatly the people's sins, as his book tells us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 440.

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10; Pa. 43.

Linked entry: wildor

a-scúnung

(n.)
Grammar
a-scúnung, a-sceónung, e; f.

An execrationabominationa detestationexecratioabominatio

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An execration, abomination, a detestation; execratio, abominatio Ge geséoþ ðære toworpennysse asceónunge [ascúnunge, Jun.] videritis abominationem desolationis, Mk. Bos. 13, 14; Ps. Spl. 58, 14

Linked entry: a-sceónung