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un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly bornnot of noble birth

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Ealle cristene men, ǽgðer ge ríce ge heáne, ge æðelborene ge unæðelborene, and se hláford and se ðeówa, ealle hí sind gebróðra, Homl. Th. i. 260, 20

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dýgle

(adj.)
Grammar
dýgle, secret, hidden, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 7; Gú. 186: Cd. 178; Th. 224, 2; Dan. 130; def. nom. f. n.
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of dýgol

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fæted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fæted, fætt; part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Gesáwon fæted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre they saw the golden cup, the precious drinking vessel, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253: 4553; B. 2282: Exon. 113 b; Th. 434, 27; Rä. 52, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301

Linked entries: fætt fǽtan

ge-hihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hihtan, -hyhtan; p. -hihte; pp. -hihted.

to hopetrustspērāreto rejoiceexultāre

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On hys naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nŏmĭne ejus gentes spērābunt, Mt. Bos. 12, 21. to rejoice; exultāre Muntas gehihtaþ swá swá rammas montes exultasti sīcut arietes, Ps. Spl. 113, 6

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sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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Fǽted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253. Hé mandryhtne bær fǽted wǽge, 4553; B. 2282

cynd

(n.)
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.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 23.

sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorcan, p. swearc, pl. swurcon; pp. sworcen.
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Th. 379, 6; Deór. 29. Hé módsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc, 165, 8; Gú. 1025.

Indéas

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Add:, Indie Indians; or using the name of the people for that of their country, India ꝥ deór Indéos hátað dentes tyrannum, Nar. 15, 15: 22, 8. Indos, 26, 19. On Indéa londe is xliiii þeóda India habet gentes xliiii, Ors. 1. 1; S. 10, 17. India, 15.

ginian

(v.)
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H. 23, 34), 10, 69. of material, to gape, yawn, be wide open Beneoðan swíðe deóp niwolnys ginode (geonode, v. l.) profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.

ge-tweógan

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Þeáh mé héte God on flód faran nǽre hé þæs deóp þæt his ó mín mód getweóde though God should bid me go into the water, the water would not be so deep that my heart would hesitate about it (i.e. going into the water ), ac ic tó þám grunde génge, Gen. 833

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappinesscalamitymisery

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Hé ða ðeóde fram langre wónesse and ungesǽlignysse ( infelicitate ) álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; S. 519, 10

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sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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Ðeós sýl cýþeþ ðæt Hierusalem ys geseted on myddre eorðan, Shrn. 95, 30-96, 5, 8. In sýle wolcnes in columna nubis, Ps. Surt. 98, 7. Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, 149, 2.

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14. Betwuh ðám unscæððigum inter innocentes, Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33

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for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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Add: with a material object Ðeós wyrt (saxifrage) þá stánas on blǽdran forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 15: Ps. Th. 28, 5. Hé ðá feoturo forbræc ł tóscænde (tóbræc, W. S. ) compedes comminuisset, Mk. R. L. 5, 4.

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true sayinga truth a righteous saying

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Ðæt ðeós onlícnes word sprece, secge sóðcwidum; ðý sceolon gelýfan eorlas, hwæt mín æðelo sién, Andr. Kmbl. 1465; An. 733: Cd. Th. 294, 14; Sat. 471: 244, 10; Dan. 446: Elen. Kmbl. 1057; El. 530: Exon. Th. 418, 2; Rä. 36, 13.

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burninghotBurning hot, very hot, ardent, passionateardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

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Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate; ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus Brandháta níþ weóll on gewitte ardent malice boiled in their mind, Andr. Kmbl. 1536; An. 769. Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th

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hám-steall

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In deópan hámsteale (-stealle?), 381, 4. Add

DRÉFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed

To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre

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Gewát him on nacan, dréfan deóp wæter he departed in the bark, to agitate the deep water, Beo. Th. 3812; B. 1904. Hwý ge scylen eówer mód dréfan why should ye trouble your mind? Bt. Met. Fox 27, 3; Met. 27, 2.

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Hú héh and deóp hell inneweard seó, 228; Th. 309, 10; Sat. 707 : Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998. Tó inneweardum ðam wéstene ad interiora deserti, Ex. 3, 1.

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