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sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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Add God ús lǽrð sibbe and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe,Hml. A. 166, 111. Add Fríne hié mon æfter monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.

hord-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
hord-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for holding treasure

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Homl. 105, 15: Hy. 11, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 18. geopenodon heora hordfatu [cf. Mt. 2, 11 apertis thesauris suis] and him lac geoffrodon. Homl. Th. i. 78, 27: 116, 3. On heora hordfatum behíddon absconderunt inter vasa sua, Jos. 7, 11

á-beran

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A. 25, 16 : Hml. Th. i. 198, 1. to bring to light Se goldhord ne mæg beón forholen, nú hit swá upp is áboren, Hml.

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht. Th. 140, 68; By. 315: Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 308.

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Hér Ceólwulf gefeaht wið Súð-Seaxe, 607; Erl. 20, 27. heafdon ofergán Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. [Folc læi inne Suð-sæxe, Laym. 15368. Souþsex ( a shire ), R. Glouc. 3, 21.]

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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ungemetlíce gé bemurciaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 17. Ongan hió hine lufian, and hiora ǽgþer óþerne swíþe ungemetlíce, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 25. Ðæt ðæt ryht tó swíþe and tó ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 17.

hwílwend-lic

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For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5. geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113.

fót

Grammar
fót, gen. fét ; inst. fét .

the foot of a living creaturea footthe lowest part of an object

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Seldon wolde rídan, ac síðode on his fótum. Hml. S. 26, 80. Gebindað him foet and honda, Mt. R. 22, 13. ¶ where a humble position or condition is expressed Heóhis fótum ástrehte, Mk. 7, 25.

Linked entry: fót-setla

DROSNA

(n.)
Grammar
DROSNA, drosne, nom. acc; gen.drosna ; dat. drosnum; pl. f.

Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs fæx, fæces

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Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs; fæx, fæces Ðás drosna hæc fæx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 70; Som. 14, 14: Wrt. Voc. 83, 22. His drosna [drosne, Ps. Spl. T. 74, 8] nis aídlad fæx ejus non est exinānīta, Ps. Lamb. 74, 9. Drosna fæces, Ælfc.

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Íras

(n.)
Grammar
Íras, pl.

The Irish

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Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35.

Lindisfaran

(n.)
Grammar
Lindisfaran, pl.
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Hér forþferde Higbald Lindisfarna biscop, Chr. 803; Erl. 61, 22. wæs on ðam munuclífe ðe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 6

mildheort-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mildheort-ness, e; f.

Mercycompassionpityclemency

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him lytle mildheortnesse gedyde, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 15

Thráceas

(n.)
Grammar
Thráceas, þrácie (?); pl.
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wæs farende on Thraci and hiéhim gebígde Thracas domuit, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 9: 4, 11; Swt. 204, 16. Another form is Tráciane; pl. :-- Tráciana Traciarium (provincias, Ald. 64, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 74.

un-tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweólíce, adv.

undoubtedlyindubitablycertainlywithout feeling doubtwith certainty

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undoubtedly, indubitably, certainly Smyre ðone seócan; untweólíce ðú hyne álýsest, Lchdm. i. 302, 4. grípð untweólíce ðæt behátene ríce, Homl. Th. i. 360, 25: Homl. Ass. 97, 184. Heó getácnode untweólíce ða hálgan gelaðunge, 114, 412.

Linked entries: un-twílíce tweólíce

un-gewittig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewittig, adj.

madinsanefoolishsenselessnot having reasonirrational

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his geréfa forwyrht biþ?

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wiþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl.-scufon; pp. -scofen

To push backawayrepeldrive awayrefuterepellereexpellerepraecipitare

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oft stormas wiþsceáf (repellere consueverat), 2, 7; S. 509, 33. Gif hwylc monn his ágen wíf wiþscúfe (expulerit), 4, 5; S. 573, 17. Hwí willaþ gé wiþscúfan (repellere) ðone ðe gé ǽr onféngon, 3, 19; S. 549, 4.

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1

burg-scír

Grammar
burg-scír, (burh-).
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hine gesette tó bisceope þǽre burhscíre ( Alexandria ), Hml. S. 15, 24. Ealle ðá hysecild þǽre burhscíre omnes pueros in Bethleem et in omnibus finibus ejus, Hml. Th. i. 82, 11.

citel

(n.)
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Man sceal habban hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, Angl. ix. 264, 9. hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

Linked entry: cytel

ge-léfed

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gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede, Wlfst. 99, 4. Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege, 165, 26. of age, advanced.