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full

(adv.)

having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed

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Add: having no space empty. absolute Orcas fulle, Jud. 19. Grammar full, with gen. Búc ful wæteres, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 19. On ceác fulne wínes, Ll. ii. 30, 23. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. where a receptacle is used as

Linked entry: ful-lic

næced

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Add: næcedu Þǽr is hunger and næcedu, and þǽr is yrmðo and nearones, and þær is unmǽte cyle and unáhefendlic hǽto geméted. Verc. Först. 169

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
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what is intolerable ? On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo

Hámtún-scir

Grammar
Hámtún-scir, l. scír,
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and add: Northamptonshire Hí ( the Danes ) heafdon þá ofergán East-Engla i, and Eást-Seaxe ii, . . . and healfe Huntedúnscíre ix, and micel on Hámtúnscíre x, Chr. 1011; P. 141, note 3. In tó Bedanfordscíre, and þanon tó Huntadúnscíre and swá in tó Hámtúnscíre

eorþ

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ, e; f.

The earth ⬩ terra

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The earth; terra Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge and ceald, and ðæt wæter wǽt and ceald the earth is dry and cold, and the water wet and cold, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 34

Linked entry: rima

-méde

(suffix)
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Dele 'subst, and', and (-mádu) at end, and add:

cild-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
cild-ildu, cild-ildo; indecl. ; -ild, e; f.
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Childhood, infancy Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. Cildyld byð wǽt and wearm, and hyra blód byð wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 28

Linked entry: ildu

afæstla

(int.)
Grammar
afæstla, interj.

O certainly! ⬩ O assuredly! ⬩ O certe

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O certainly! O assuredly! O certe Afæstla, and hi lá hi, and wella well, and þyllíce óðre syndon Englisc interjectiones O certainly, and alas, and well well, and such other are English interjections, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28

læt-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-rǽde, adj.

deliberate

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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,

lah-wita

(n.)
Grammar
lah-wita, an; m.

a lawyer

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One who has a knowledge of law, a lawyer Cyningan and bisceopan eorlan and heretogan geréfan and déman lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí Godes riht lufian it rightly befits kings and bishops, nobles and generals, sheriffs and judges, those

swíþ-hreówness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþ-hreówness, e; f.
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Violent grief, remorse Þǽr is eágena wóp and tóða gristbítung; . . . and þǽr is egesa and fyrhto; and þǽr is swíðhreównes; and þǽr is unrihtwísnes, Verc. Först. 173

Linked entry: hreów-ness

fýrian

(v.)
Grammar
fýrian, p. ode; pp. od

To make a fire ⬩ give warmth ⬩ to cherish ⬩ fŏcum præbēre

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To make a fire, give warmth, to cherish; fŏcum præbēre Féde þearfan and scrýde and húsige and fýrige let him feed the needy, and clothe, and house, and fire them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 16

Linked entry: fírige

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap

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wet, moisture Wǽta humor, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 78. Hwílum flíht se wǽta ðæt drýge, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 11: Prov. Kmbl. 71. Seó lyft sycð ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hyre, . . . se wǽta gǽð up swylce mid miste, and gyf hit sealt byð . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

Certes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Certes íg, e; f.

CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia

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CHERTSEY; Certesia Hér [MS. hier] wurþan ða canonicas gedrifen út of ealdan mynstre fram Eádgáre cynge, and eác of niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre and of Certes íge, and of Mideltúine, and he sette ðárto munecas and abbodas: to niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre Ægel-gárum

be-hwylfan

Grammar
be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and

under-stregdan

(v.)

to under-strew

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to under-strew Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and ðǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum he was stripped and sent to prison, and there had sea-shells and sharp stones strewed under him, Shrn. 51, 13

weorc-níten

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-níten, es; n.
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n

Linked entry: níten

manigfeald-lic

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Unárimedlicu goldhord þǽr wǽron inne and úte, and monigfealdlicu hié wǽron and missenlicra cynna, Nar. 5, 11. [Þurh mistlice and mænigfealdlice unriht and gyld, Chr. 1104 ; P. 239, 22.] Add: —

ság

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Ic heáfod hæbbe and heáne steort, eágan and eáran and ǽnne foot, hrycg and heard nebb, hneccan steápne and sídan twá, ság on middum, eard ofer ældum. Exon. Th. 490, 3 ; Rä. 79, 5. (?)

þero

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vii. hríðru and six weðeras and .xl. cýsa and .vi. lang þero and þrítig ombra rúes cornes, Chart. Th. 40, 8