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íð

(adv.)
Grammar
íð, iéð, ýð; adv. compve.

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Ðý ýþ, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 6 ; Hö. 66

Linked entry: íðast

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Wé sceolon bodigan ðám lǽwedum ðý læs ðe hý for lárlýste losian sceoldan we must preach to the laymen, lest for lack of instruction they should perish, L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 1: Wulfst. 79, 19

GEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
GEÓL, giúl, iúl, geóhol, es; n.

festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium

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Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol Epiphaniæ, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8.

á-heáwan

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Of áheáwenum ðý heáfde Pendan desecto capite , Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 15. Ðá ðornas beóð áheáwene. Past. 411, 17. Add

Linked entry: heáwan

rúm-gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gifol, adj.

Liberal, bountiful, munificent

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Monig biþ ágiéta his góda and wilnaþ mid ðý geearnigan ðone hlísan ðæt hé síerúmgiful se effusio sub apellatione largitatis occultat, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 7. Ic Óswald þurh ða rúmgiflan Godes cyste tó biscope gehádod, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 25.

Linked entries: gifol rúm-gifa

hneáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hneáw, adj.

Stingy, near, niggardly

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Stingy, near, niggardly Ðý læs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan ne aut cor tenacia occupet, et parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 17.

feónd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-mann, es; m.

An enemy

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fyónd monn) ðis dyde inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. L. 13, 28

mægden-hád

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Add: girlhood On hyre mægdenháde hió ( the Virgin Mary) dyde fela wundra on webgeweorce, Shrn. 127, 15

ge-tǽlan

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Se weliga ðe on ðǽm godspelle getǽld is . . . nis hit nó gesǽd þæt hé for ðý getǽled wǽre ðý hé óðre menn reáfode neque dives in evangelio . . . aliena rapuisse perhibetur, Past. 337, 23-339, 2. the object a thing Ðá úpáhafenesse hé getǽlde (reprehendit

offrung-spic

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-spic, es; n.
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92

Linked entry: spic

twi-telged

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-telged, adj.
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Double-dyed Of twitælgedum bis tincto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 31. Twitælgade depploide. Ps. Surt. 108, 29

Linked entries: telgan wig-telgode

on-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite, instigate, impel

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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086

deáþ-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-fǽge, adj. [deáþ death, fǽge fated, doomed]

Death-doomed morti addictus

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Death-doomed; morti addictus Deáþfǽge deóg the death-doomed had dyed it, Beo. Th. 1704; B. 850

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 10. Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre, Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170. Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 29.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14. Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34.

Linked entry: læsast

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24.

Linked entry: hwanne

scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de
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Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20. Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him nos suadebimus ei, Mt.

ge-haldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haldan, pp. -halden

To keeppreserveholdservārerecondĕretĕnēre

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Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a nullo vel tĕnēri vel ligāri pŏtuisset, 3, 11; S. 536, 16. Ðǽr hí nú gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29

wlóh

(n.)
Grammar
wlóh, (; gen. wléh ; f. ?)

A hemfringe

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míð ðý gehrán fimbria tactu, p. 17, 10. Hiá miclas wloeh magnificant fimbrias, 23, 5

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Ðý lǽs hí gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . .