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þaccian

(v.)
Grammar
þaccian, p.ode

to patclapstrike gentlywith the open hand or the liketo clapput one thing to another

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Ðaccige hine selfne mid ðǽm fiðrum his geðóhta cogitationum alis semetipsos feriant, 64; Swt. 461, 17.

fretan

to destroy

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Þá þe freotas ( deuorant ) hús widwana. Mk. R. 12, 40. of animals Ðæt ilce ðæt se hund áspáw, hit eft frit, Past. 419, 30. Fryt devorat, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 31. Fretan lurcare (gulosa beluarum ingluvies praedam lurcare non audens, Aid. 49, 8 ) Wrt.

fandian

(v.)
Grammar
fandian, fandigan; to fandienne; p. ede , ode ; pp. ed , od ; v. trans. gen. dat. acc.

To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search outtentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre

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He gársecg fandaþ he tempteth the ocean, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 20; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 50. Ðú fandodest us God prŏbasti nos Deus, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Ferdon ða Phariséi, and his fandedon exiērunt Pharisæi, tentantes eum, Mk. Bos. 8, 11.

Linked entries: fandere ge-fandod

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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Wið hagol and hreóhnysse ... heó áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, 176; Lchdm. i. 308, 10, 14, 16, 23. dyde swíðe hreónesse ðære sǽwe he made the sea very rough, Blickl. Homl. 235, 5. On ðissere worulde hreóhnyssum in the storms of this world, Homl.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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Ðá áscade Æðelm hwý hit him ryht ne þuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfden then he asked Æthelm why that did not seem right to him which we had arranged for him, Chart. Th. 171, 12.

Linked entries: hwí hwig

mann-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
mann-sliht, -slieht, -slæht, -sleht, es; m.

Manslaughterhomicidemurder

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Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne ðæt mon mid ofsleá, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 1-4. Manslyht gewyrcan to commit murder, Mk. Skt. 15, 7. Héðenra manna hergung ádiligode Godes cyrican þurh reáflác and mansleht. Chr. 793; Erl. 59, 12.

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27

Linked entry: munec

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nosea nessa piece of land projecting into water

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hæfþ medemlíce nosu, Homl. i. 456, 18 : 568, 33. hæfde midmycle nosu þynne, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Wið blódryne of nosum, Lchdm. i. 72, 17 : 352, 3. Gif hwylcum weargbrǽde weaxe on ðám nosum, 86, 1.

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre qui præscius sui obitus exstitisse videtur, 4, 24; S. 599, 14. Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye, Shrn. 178, 2.

Linked entry: ge-wiss

under-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten

To understandperceiveknow

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Hig ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ðæt tealde him God tó fæder non cognouerunt quia patrem eis dicebat, Jn. Skt, 8, 27. Ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest, 12, 16.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : ' (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml.

hríþer

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Begete þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7. Nán man hrýðer ne sleá búton habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, 296, 17. Án hríðr, C. D. i. 311, 3.

BRÉMEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.

A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,

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H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9. Brémelas vepres, Wrt. Voc. 80, 23.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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He wítgode his ealdormenn sceoldon fægnian his cymes of his wræcsíðe he prophesied how his chief men should rejoice at his coming from his banishment, Ps. Th. arg. 23.

Linked entry: cime

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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He let ðæt forþ on his bósme awunian he let it still remain in his bosom, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 13: Cd. 17; Th. 21, 7; Gen. 320: Exon. 11 a; Th. 13, 31; Cri. 211. And swá forþ and so forth, and so on, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 59: Homl.

hwilc-hwega

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H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.

ge-férscipe

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(ζ) a retinue, court; comitatus :-- Cóm mid þá cwéne . . . wæs hyre þéna and hyre húses and hyre geférscypes oferealdormon erat primus ministrorum et princeps domus eius, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 353, 2.

hwider

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Hié sendon hlot him betweónum hwider hyra gehwylc faran sceolde, Bl. H. 229, 5. Ic wát hwyder (huidder, L. hwider, R.) ic gá, Jn. 8, 14: 14, 5 : Gn. C. 58 : B. 163.

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

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Ðá gyt ðá he wæs feor his fæder, he hyne geseah when he was yet far from his father, he saw him, Lk. Bos. 15, 20. Nóht feor úrum mynstre non longe a monastērio nostro, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 5: Cd. 50; Th. 63, 28; Gen. 1039.

Linked entries: feorr fior

frætwe

(n.)
Grammar
frætwe, frætewe, frætuwe, frætwa, frætewa; gen. frætwa; pl. f.

Ornamentsadornmentsdecorationstreasuresornāmentaornātusres pretiōsæ

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He frætwe geheóld, bill and byrnan he held the armour, the falchion and coat of mail, 5233; B. 2620. Frætwe and fætgold ornaments and plated gold, 3846, note; B. 1921.

Linked entry: frætewe