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ge-dál

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Eálá, þú man, hwæt dést þú ꝥ þú ne þám dumban nytene gelíc ? Geþenc hú micel gedál God betweox ús gesceóp, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 29.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Ne him áhwǽr were ǽnig fultum, ne his steópcildum stande tó helpe non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus, 108, 12.

Linked entry: helpe

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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local, roomy, spacious, ample, extensive Se weg is swíðe rúm (cf. Goth. rúms wigs) ðe tó forspillednesse gelǽt spatiosa via quae ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Ðeós micel and rúm (spatiosum), Ps. Spl. 103, 26.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Sió sýn hiþ ðý scearpre, Lchdm. ii. 30, 21. sharp, keen, acute, of understanding Scearp angyte acre ingenium, Ælfc. Gr. 9,18 ; Som. 9, 66. Búton hé hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ðæt fýr, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 28. Hú ðú eart gleáw and scearp, Exon.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 53: 47; Som. 47, 15. Hé gedép ðæt wé hlihhaþ on morgen ad matutinum lætitia, Ps. Th. 29, 5. Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21.

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp.swicen.

to move about, wanderto move away, depart, escapefrom to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebelto desist from (dat. or prep.), cease fromto deceiveto fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ceaseto deceive, leave in the lurch

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Kmbl. 342, 26; Run. 17. to deceive Se ðe sweraþ néhstan his and ná swícþ ( decipit ), Ps. Spl. 14, 6. Se swíceþ ða mengo seducit turbas, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 12.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

ǽðe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽðe-líc, adj. [ǽðe = eáðe easy; adj. líc like]

Easyfacilis

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Easy; facilis Gif ðú ne wilt us geþafian in swá ǽðelícum þinge si non vis assentire nobis in tam facili causa, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 26

Linked entry: eáðelíc

a-hneápan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hneápan, p. -hneóp, pl. -hneópon; pp. -hneápen

To pluck offdecarpere

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To pluck off; decarpere Heó of beáme a-hneóp wæstm biweredne she plucked from the tree the prohibited fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 2; Gú. 819

Linked entry: hneápan

ceáping

(n.)
Grammar
ceáping, e; f.

A buying, marketingemptio

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A buying, marketing; emptio Ðæt nán ceáping ne Sunnan dagum that no marketing be on Sundays, L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 15, note 31

dynge

(n.)
Grammar
dynge, dinge, dynige, es; m?

A noise, dashing, storm sonus, strepĭtus, procella

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A noise, dashing, storm; sonus, strepĭtus, procella On dynges mere on the sea of noise, Gst. Rthm. ii. 66, 20; Chr. 937; Th. 206, 12, col. 2

Linked entries: dincge dinne

elmestlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
elmestlíc, adj.

Charitable mĭsĕrĭcors

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Charitable; mĭsĕrĭcors Swé hit him bóem rehtlícast and elmestlícast wére as might be most righteous and most charitable for both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 23

fífel

(n.)
Grammar
fífel, es; n? m?

A sea-monstermonstergiantmonstrum mărīnumgĭgas

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A sea-monster, monster, giant; monstrum mărīnum, gĭgas Þurh fífela gefeald forþ onette through the field of the monsters he hastened forth, Wald. 76; Vald. 2, 10

fior

(adv.)
Grammar
fior, adv.

Farat a distanceprŏcullonge

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Far, at a distance; prŏcul, longe Hió biþ swíðe fior hire selfre beneoðan she is very far beneath herself, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 443; Met. 20, 222

firen-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
firen-bealu, gen. -bealuwes; n.

A sinful evilpeccātum scĕlestum

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A sinful evil; peccātum scĕlestum On him Dryhten gesihþ firenbealu láþlíc in them the Lord shall see loathly sinful evil, Exon. 26b; Th. 78, 19; Cri. 1276

fyrd-hom

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-hom, es; m. [hom a covering, garment]

A war-coveringbellĭca vestislōrĭca

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A war-covering; bellĭca vestis, lōrĭca Ðæt beo ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte that she might not pierce through the war-covering, Beo. Th. 3012; B. 1504

henna

(n.)
Grammar
henna, an; m.

A fowl

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A fowl Gif swýn oððe henna ete of mannes líchaman si porcus vel gallina de corpore hominis ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 57; Th. ii. 220, 13

mán-wamm

(n.)
Grammar
mán-wamm, es; m.

A blot caused by sin

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A blot caused by sin Mánwontma gehwone geseón on ðám sáwlum to see every guilty stain in the souls, Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 27; Cri. 1280

port-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
port-geriht, es; n.
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10

recu

(n.)
Grammar
recu, e; f.
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Guidance, direction, correction (v. reccan, VII, VII a) Seó (Hilda) gódre rece and hǽlo intingan þegnade occasionem salutis et correctionis ministravit, Bd. 4, 23 : S. 594, 42

þanc-metung

(n.)
Grammar
þanc-metung, e; f.
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M. 88, 4) and ðreodunge geþafaþ si ex deliberatione consentit, Bd. 1, 27; S, 497, 23

Linked entry: ge-þancmetian