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ge-sewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sewenlíc, adj.

Visible

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Visible Ðíne gesceafta gesewenlíce and eác ungesewenlíce thy creatures visible and also invisible, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 5: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 1, 12; Lchdm. iii. 232, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 13; Met. 20, 7: 253; Met. 20, 127

scyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyhtan, p. te
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To instigate, prompt, urge Mé nædre beswác and mé neódlíce tó forsceape scyhte and tó scyldfrece, Cd. Th. 55, 22; Gen. 808. Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98

Linked entry: á-scyhtan

scip-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
scip-cræft, es; m.
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Ac hit þúhte unrǽd eallum folce, and hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7

unfriþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-land, es; n.

A hostile countrya country with which hostilities are being carried on

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A hostile country, a country with which hostilities are being carried on Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on unfriðland ( terram hostilem, Latin version), and se here ðǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7

weorodian

(v.)
Grammar
weorodian, p. ode
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To grow sweet Hé is swíðe biter on múþe, and hé ðé tirþ on ða ðrotan, ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast; ac hé werodaþ (-edaþ, v.l.) syðþan hé innaþ, and biþ swíþe líþe on ðam innoþe (interius recepta dulcescant ), Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30

wolcen-faru

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen-faru, e; f.

The cloud-hostthe moving clouds

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The cloud-host,the moving clouds Dec forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder and wolcenfaru (cf. wolcna genipu. Exon. Th. 192, 13 ; Az. 105) lofige on lyfte. Cd. Th. 239, 33; Dan. 379. Ic (a storm)wolcnfare wrége, Exon. Th. 386, 33; Rä. 4, 71

a-hluttrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hluttrian, l. á-hlút(t)rian,
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and add Áwring þá wyrte þurh cláð and áhlúttra swíþe wel, Lch. ii. 36, 14. Áhlútrod wín defecatum. Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 59: ii. 26, 23. Áhluttrad, 138, 22. Þá áhlutredan elucubrate (-am, Ald.), 31, 39. Áhlúttredes hunigteáres defecati nectaris, Hpt.

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, es; n.

Useadvantage

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Sécen hí him broc on on-ráde and on wǽne let them seek to benefit themselves by riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lch. ii. 184, 13

Linked entry: bróce

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

for-leorning

(n.)
Grammar
for-leorning, e; f.

error

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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hé hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe hé nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34

Linked entry: leornung

gedál-land

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Comm. c. iv Ðás nigon hída licggeað ongemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, C. D. vi. 39, 9. Cf. dál-mǽd

Linked entry: ge-dǽle

milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

hár-wenge

(adj.)
Grammar
hár-wenge, adj.

Hoary, grey-haired

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Hoary, grey-haired Hé wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

Linked entry: wang

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.

Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous

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Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 21

sméðian

(v.)
Grammar
sméðian, p. ode; pp. od

to become smoothto make smooth

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to become smooth Ðonne sméðaþ ðæt neb and hálaþ Lchdm. i. 86, 8. to make smooth Ic sméðie polio Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 74. [ He wile foxliche smeþien mid worde O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8. Rihteð and smeðeð þe heorte A. R. 4, 23.]

trég

(n.)
Grammar
trég, (treg ?), tríg (cf.? hég, híg hay, for the form), es; n.

A traytrough

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Dysschys, cuppys, and sawsers, Bolles, treyes, and platers, Rich. 1490

Linked entry: tríg

wásend

(n.)
Grammar
wásend, es; m.

The weasandgullet

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Lǽcedómas wið gealhswile and þrotan and wásende, Lchdm. ii. 44, 8 : 46, 7. In ðane wásend ingluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 30

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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Hé his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant in prison, Andr. Kmbl. 189; An. 95: 2058; An. 1031: Elen. Kmbl. 1386; El. 695

bisceop-stól

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S. 29, 112. in a local sense, a bishop's see, cathedral town Geáfon hí him tó bisceopstóle þá burh Dorcanceaster, and hé þǽr binnan wunode, Hml. S. 26, 135. Ic tó ǽlcum biscepstóle on mínum ríce wille áne onsendan, Past. 7, 25.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

ge-wǽge

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Betonican swilce ánes peninges gewǽge, ii. 108, 4. Cnuca tó dúste ánre tremese gewihte (gewǽge, v. l. ), i. 110, 9