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blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shininglucidus, splendidusBLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in deathpallidus, de moribundis et mortuispallidus, subalbus

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He hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan he had black hair and a pale countenance, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Se móna mid his blácan leóhte the moon with her pale light, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34

Linked entry: blǽc

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Th. ii. 84, 2. malignity, cruelty, v. yfel, He slóh and tó sceame túcode ða Norðhymbran leóde, óþ ðæt Óswold his yfelnysse ádwæscte, Homl.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Hml. S. 26, 218. On his broke Gode fela behǽsa behét, Chr. 1093; P. 227, 22

Linked entry: bróc

ge-þrǽstan

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Vos. 104, 16. to vex, distress, afflict. the body Þá ásweóll him se líchama ... sárlíce wæs mid þám sáre geswenced ... þá sǽde him þone intingan þurh hwæt ǽrest swá geþrǽst wǽre ( causam vexationis suae narrabat ), Guth. Gr. 153, 18.

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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Heó ábæd æt Gode Godes willan tó ðám ðæt heó sunu hæfde, and heó sóna wæs tíðu (other MSS. tíða), Homl. Ass. 38, 357. For swá hwæne swá heó bit, heó biþ tíða simle, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 274. Ðæt ic (a widow) beó ðæs tíðe ðe ic bidde, Homl.

Linked entries: un-tygþa tíþ týþa

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.

Persuasionexhortationencouragementincitementinstigationallurementsuggestion

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micclum mid his bénum and tihtingum fylste he helped much with his prayers and exhortations, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 29. Se ðe óðerne tó leahtrum forspenþ, is manslaga, ðonne ðæs óðres sáwle forpǽrþ þurh his yfelum tihtingum, 226, 32.

Linked entry: tihting

hǽþen

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Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . . Sé þe ofsleá his beam hǽðen . . . Hǽðen cild gif hit bið preóst beboden . . . and hit hǽðen swelte, 144, 32-35.

of

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Achan behýdde of ðám herereáfe, Hex. 54, 4. Swilce ǽte of þám spice, Hml. S. 25, 92. Pehta þeóde of þám mǽstan dǽle (maxima ex parte) Ongelcynnes ríce underþeódde, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 313, 19.

clǽn-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-heort, se clǽn-heorta; adj.

Clean-hearted, pure in heart mundo corde

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Clean-hearted, pure in heart; mundo corde Eádige synd ða clǽnheortan, forðamðe God geseóþ beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt, Mt. Bos. 5, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 580, 33

Linked entry: -heort

cíding

(n.)
Grammar
cíding, cýdung, e; f.

A CHIDING, reproving, rebukeincrepatio

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A CHIDING, reproving, rebuke; increpatio For his cídinge for his chiding, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 8. Of cýdunge ðínre fleóþ ab increpatione tua fugient, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 8

Linked entry: cýdung

egsung

(n.)
Grammar
egsung, e; f. [egsa fear]

A terrible act, frightening, threateningterrĭbĭle, commĭnātio

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A terrible act, frightening, threatening; terrĭbĭle, commĭnātio Strencþe egsunga oððe egesfulra þinga ðínra cweðaþ virtūtem terrĭbĭlium tuōrum dīcent, Ps. Lamb. 144, 6. Mid egsunge by threatening, Jud. Thw. 161, 37

Linked entry: egesung

folc-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht; adj.

According to folk-rightlawfulsecundum publĭcum juslēgālis

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According to folk-right, lawful; secundum publĭcum jus, lēgālis Síe he wyrðe folcryhtre [-rihtre MS. G.] bóte let him be worthy of lawful compensation, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25

hræd-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-wyrde, adj.

Quickhasty of speech

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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal nó tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66

Linked entry: wær-wyrde

in-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drencan, p. te

To soaksaturateinebriate

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To soak, saturate, inebriate ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7

Linked entry: on-drencan

irfe-

(v.; prefix)
Grammar
irfe-, irf-weardian; p. ode

To inherit

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yrfweardiaþ eorþan hæreditabunt terram, 36, 11. Ðæt ðú yrfweardige eorþan, 36

óþ-éhtian

(v.)
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15

ge-wácian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wácian, p. ode; pp. od

To grow weaklose energyto flinchlanguescereobtorpescere

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To grow weak or lose energy, to flinch; languescere, obtorpescere Gif ðǽr ne gewácodan [gewícadon, Laud] if they had not there lost energy [stopped], Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 11

Linked entry: a-wácian

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of carethat one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

un-lytel

(n.)
Grammar
un-lytel, es; n.

No small amountmuch

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lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14

á-beornan

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á-beornan, (-bi(e)rnan).
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ábarn ( exarsit ) mid ðý bryne wælhreównesse, Gr. D. 162, 22. Ðæt his mód áburne ( exardesceret ), 337, 33. Áburnon exarserunt Ps. L. 117, 12. Add