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wiþer-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-tíme, (-týme); adj.

Troublesomegrievous

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Ða ðá mé wiðertýme ł hefigtýme wǽrun cum mihi molesti essent, Ps. Lamb. 34, 13

costnere

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Þá geneálǽhte se costnere, Hml. Th. i. 166, 12. Sé befealt on ðæs costneres grinu, Hex. 52, 25. gewyldað þá feóndlican costneras, Hml. Th. i. 344, 31. Add

dæg-steorra

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wæs ásend tóforan Drihtne, swá swá se dægsteorra gǽð beforan ðǽre sunnan, Hml. Th. i. 354, 33. Ðú geworhtest dægsteorran ( auroram ) and sunnan, Ps. Spl. 73, 17. Add

fóre-þencan

Grammar
fóre-þencan, l. fore-þencan,
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smeáþ ł foreþæncð meditabitur, Ps. Rdr. 1, 2. Ne gié foreðencgæ non praemeditari, Lk. L. 21, 14. Nælle gié foreðence nolite praecogitare, Mk. L. 13, 11. and add

ge-lícweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lícweorþ, ge-lícweorþe, ge-lícwirþe, ge-lícwyrþe; adj.
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Pleasing, agreeable to Enoch wæs Gode gelícwurðe, Hml. S. 16, 17. Ðonne mæg eówian ðǽr Gode suíðe gelícweorðe (lícwyrðe, v. l. ) forhæfdnesse, Past. 315, 19. v. wel-gelícwirþe

ge-fægnian

(v.)
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Heó þæs gefægnode ꝥ heó hæfde ealles þæs geáres bigleofan, Gr. D. 69, 13. with prep. gefægnode for þæs feóndes deáþe, Gr. D. 120, 8

gymmian

(v.)
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Substitute: gymian, gymman, gymmian to cut, pierce the flesh Gesyrewede [heápas] sylfe tó gymmienne armatas catervas (jam jamque strictis mucronibus allernatim) se jugulaturas (i. perfossuras), An. Ox. 3799

gram

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beforan þone graman cyning ( tyrannum ) gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 22. See next word. Add

heolorian

(v.)
Grammar
heolorian, heolrian, holrian
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to weigh in a balance heolrede pensauit. An. Ox. 1597. Holrede, Hpt. Gl. 443, 75. Heolrode trutinabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4. Heolorende librantis, 78, 23: 52, 29

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

here-hýþ

Grammar
here-hýþ, here-húþe. l. here-húþ,
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læddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30, 390. Sé þe fint here-húða manige qui inuenit spolia multa, Ps. L. 118, 162. and add

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Laudable, noble hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

líc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
líc-stów, e ; f.
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A place of burial mé sǽde ꝥ se biscop him forgǽfe lícstówe in his cyrcan episcopus locum in ecclesia praebuit, in quo sepeliri debuisset, Gr. D. 340, 35

meó

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Hæbben tó tótgewǽdum hosa and meón, 89, 14: 91, 6. Add

mildheort-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mildheort-lic, adj.
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Merciful, compassionate hit má dyde on wælgrimnesse wyllan þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 29. Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18

módorlíce

(adv.)
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módorlíce, adv.
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Like a mother Heó wearð gehádod tó abudessan on Élígmynstre ofer manega mynecena, and heó módorlíce heóld mid gódum gebysnungum tó þám gástlican lífe, Hml. S. 20, 39

nón-hring

(n.)
Grammar
nón-hring, es; m.
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The ringing of a bell to announce the hour for the service of nones Sóna swá nónhringc gehýrað mox ut signum audierint ad horam nonam, Chrd. 114, 14

Linked entry: nón-belle

on-hyscan

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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23

orf-cynn

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Secgað sume gedwǽsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt þurh bletsunge misfarað, and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 30. Add

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull má tó gefyllenne þe rǽd þænne tó witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16