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mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement

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Beóþ mildheorte swá eówer fæder is mildheort, Lk. Skt. 6, 36: Blickl, Homl. 97, 32. Ðín mildheort mód misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 107, 4. Mid mildheortum weorcum with works of mercy, Blickl. Homl. 37, 19.

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jewel ⬩ topaz ⬩ pearl

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H. 149, 3. of things Ne geweorpaþ ercnanstánas (margaritas) eówre beforan swínum, Mt. R. 7, 6. [See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 1217.]

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa? quid est culpam flere nisi humilitatem Deo suae devotionis ostendere ?, Past. 421, 30.

of-gangan

(v.)

to require ⬩ to extort, exact what is not due ⬩ to acquire, obtain

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Eówer blód ic ofgange (requiram) æt eallum wilddeorum and eác æt ðam men; of ðæs weres handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes líf. Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.

leóf

(n.)
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Ic bidde eów leóf ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse obsecro, domini, declinate in domum pueri vestri, Gen. 19, 2. Gefyrn ic hine cúðe leóf ... La leóf nele hé gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah!

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus

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Ðonne gé gehýraþ gefeohtu and gefeohta hlísan, ne ondrǽde gé eów cum audiĕritis bella et opiniōnes bellōrum, ne timuĕritis, Mk. Bos. 13, 7 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6. Miclum gefeohtum in great battles, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 25 : L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, i, note 1.

Linked entries: ge-feaht ge-fiht ge-fioht

be-niman

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Hí eów benimað eówres lífes. Wlfst. 207, 16. Buton hié hié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 4. Benámon. 7. Ðone beniman (-neoman, v. l.) þǽre aldorlicnesse eum privare auctoritate. Bd. I, 27; S. 74, 8.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against

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Ic ꝥ hæbbe mid Godes fultume forene forfangen, ꝥ eów nǽfre heonforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð I have with God's help taken measures to prevent hostility ever from this time forth coming to you from Denmark, Cht.

Linked entry: forene

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden, Gú. 640. to make turbid, disturb, trouble : — Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden, Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22. Scúr winde geblanden, Gn.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Gesceáwiað eów selfe considerans te ipsum, Past. 159, Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, gesceáwige mon, ágife ealle if he have to pay all in fodder, let the matter be looked into, let him pay all. Ll. Th. i. 140, 9.

wác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-líc, adj.

Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.

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Wé mihton eów secgan áne lytle bysne, gif hit tó wáclíc nǽre, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27. Wáclíc bið him swá lytel tó sendenne, 400, 20. Hí wǽdliende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, 62, 29. Him þúhte tó wáclícre dǽde, ðæt hé fordyde hine ǽnne, Homl.

Linked entry: wác

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess

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Unrótnyss ( tristitia ) gefylde eówre heortan, Jn. Skt. 16, 6. Eówer unrótnys (-ródtnis, Lind.) byð gewend tó gefeán, 16, 20. Nis ðǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, ne nǽnig unrótnes, Blickl. Homl. 25, 31.

Linked entry: rótness

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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Ne cumon eów ðás worde of gemynde let not these words depart out of your mind, Deut. 4, 9. Ðonne wíg cume when war happens, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23. Ðonne his fyll cóme when his fall has happened, Cd. 200 ; Th. 248, 15; Dan. 513.

Linked entry: aweg-cuman

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly

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Hé eów neón gesceód lately he harmed you, Andr. Kmbl. 2354; An. 1178

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio

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Ne byþ swá betweox eów non ita erit inter vos, Mt. Bos. 20, 26. the case sometimes precedes the prep. or is separated from it Hí him healdaþ betwuh sibbe they keep peace between themselves, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4.

Linked entries: be-tweohnum be-tuh be-tweohs be-tweox betwih-licgan be-twuh be-twuht be-twux be-twuxt be-twyh be-twyxt

scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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Se sceocca eów lǽrþ ðyllíce scíncræftas, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 106. ¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.
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On ealdor-inen tó treówianne sperare in principibus, 9. to be true to a person Dóþ swá ic háte ic eów treówige gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ sóð geleáfan do as I bid; I will be true (or gracious, v. treów, ) to you, if you use that sign (circumcision), true

Linked entry: trýwian

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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Grn. 1, 12. a covenant, an assurance of good faith Ðis ys ðære treówðe blód ðe Drihten eów behét hic est sanguisfoederis, quod pepigit Dominus vobiscum, Ex. 24, 8. In treówþe geþeóded gástlícesfreóndscipes spiritalis amicitiae foedere copulatus.

Linked entry: trýwþ

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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Fæstaþ ða feówer ymbrenu on twelf mónðum, ðe eów rihtlíce ásette synd, Wulfst. 136, 17. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

gearcian

(v.)
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Gearciað þá þing þe eów gewunelice synd tó bebyrigunge, Hml. S. 3, 579. Hé hét gearcian tó heora gyftum mænigfealde mǽrða, Hml. A. 95, 103. Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21.

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