íþ-ness
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H. 44, 13, Hí maciað eall be luste and be éþmesse, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 25. Þára góda and þára ýðnessa þe God hafað gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Verc. Först. 101, 17. Add
gram
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Ne beó ðú ælþeódegum gram thou shalt not ... oppress a stranger, Ex. 23, 9. Ne beó ðú me gram noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. 11, 7: 18, 5
Linked entry: grom
þenden
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Meanwhile Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, nalles fácnstafas Þeód-Scyldingas þenden fremedon, Beo. Th. 2043; B. 1019. Dǽdum mildheort, þenden geðyldig, Ps. Th. 85, 14: 91, 13. v. preceding word
freólíc
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ ingenuous ⬩ comely ⬩ goodly ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ dĕcens
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Beam freólícu tú two comely children, 82; Th. 102, 30; Gen. 1708. Mid his twegen suno, freólíco frumbearn with his two sons, comely first-born, Exon. 112b; Th. 431, 31; Rä. 47, 4. Fǽmne freólícast most noble damsel, 9a; Th. 5, 20; Cri. 72
Linked entry: frílíc
ides
A woman
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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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Abraham ne wénde, ðæt him Sarra, brýd blondenfeax, bringan meahte on woruld sunu Abram thought not that Sarah, his grey-haired wife, could bring a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 7; Gen. 2341: 123; Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600: Beo.
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un-hǽlu
bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Goth. un-haili; n. ill-health.] misfortune, mishap Sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 241; B. 120
tíd
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Th. 10, 25. v. bell-, cenning-, dæg-, edmǽl-, frum-, gereordung-, gewin-, hǽlu-, hwíl-, mǽl-, mæsse-, onríp-, úhtan-, unriht-tíd. Add
á-spendan
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Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 428, 29
a-cwelan
To die ⬩ perish ⬩ mori
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Ofercumen biþ he ǽr he acwele he will be overcome ere he dies, Exon, 90b; Th. 340, 10; Gn. Ex. 114. Monige men hungre acwǽlon many men died of hunger, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 13
ceápung
Business, trade, traffic, commerce ⬩ negotium, negotiatio
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Business, trade, traffic, commerce; negotium, negotiatio; Be ceápunge concerning traffic or commerce, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 8. Fram ceápunge þurhgangende on þýstrum a negotio perambulante in tenebris, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6.
Linked entry: ceáping
cwyddian
To speak, say ⬩ dicere
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Crist hí befran hú men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31
éðyl-stæf
A family staff or support, stay of the house ⬩ prædii sustentáculuin
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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot, Cd. 101; Th. 134, ii; Gen. 2223
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geár-rím
A year-number ⬩ a year ⬩ number of years ⬩ annōrum nŭmĕrus
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, number of years; annōrum nŭmĕrus Seó tíd gegǽþ, geár-rímum, ðæt ða geongan leomu geloden weorþaþ the time passes, in a number of years [or by years], that the young limbs be grown, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 17; Vy. 5
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hýpe
A heap
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Hí beóþ gegaderode tó micelre hýpan gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ they will be gathered together into a great heap, if we let them grow, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 7. Goldes and seolfres ungeríme hýpan, i. 450, 21
Petrus
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Be Peteres mæssan, Wulfst. 272, 9
borh-bryce
A pledge-breaking, violation of a bail ⬩ fidejussionis violatio
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A pledge-breaking, violation of a bail; fidejussionis violatio Be borh-bryce concerning a pledge-breaking, L. AIf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 7, note 10. Borh-bryce, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, note 20. Borg-bryce, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 19
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ge-háwian
To look at ⬩ view ⬩ observe ⬩ examine ⬩ survey ⬩ inspect ⬩ intuĕri ⬩ aspĭcĕre ⬩ circumspĭcĕre
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To look at, view, observe, examine, survey, inspect; intuĕri, aspĭcĕre, circumspĭcĕre Se cing geháwode [geháwade, col. 1] hwǽr man mihte ða eá forwyrcean the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2; 173, 35 :
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ge-sibbsum
Peaceful ⬩ pācātus
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Sint to manienne ða gesibbsuman the peaceful are to be admonished, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 3; Hat. MS. 66 b, 27. Similar entries v, ge-sibsum
súþan-eástan
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Th. 56, 15; Cri. 901. in phrases marking position, to the south-east Be-súþaneástan ( ad Eurum ) dæm porte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 9. On-suðaneástan ðissum lande, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 5