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æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, æf-ǽst, æfst, es; n. [æf, of = ab, ést gratia]

Envy ⬩ spite ⬩ enmity ⬩ zeal ⬩ rivalry ⬩ emulation ⬩ livor ⬩ invidia ⬩ odium ⬩ zelus ⬩ æmulatio

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Eald-feóndes æfést the old fiend's envy, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 5; Ph. 401. Æféstes livoris, Mone B. 2699, p. 386. Heora æfstu ealle sceamien they all shall be ashamed of their enmities, Ps. Th. 69, 4.

Linked entries: æf-ǽst æf-ést-ful æf-éstian æf-éstig æf-íst æfst ést

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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A people Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande all the people of Mercia, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 25. Eal þeódscype hine hæfde for fulne cyng, 1013; Erl. 148, 36. Þes þeódscype the English, Wulfst. 163, 19. Se ðeódscype the Jews, 14, 7.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

ge-ilca

(adj.)
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same Eall þe geilcan gerihta . . . eall þæ geylcan gerihta (cf. þá ilcan 11, þe ilcan 14), Cht. Th. 433, 25, 36

Linked entry: ilca

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum

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Ealle Godes cyrcan sind getealde to ánre cyrcan, and seó is geháten gelaðung all God's churches are accounted as one church, and that is called a congregation, ii. 580, 22.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

eá

Grammar
eá, interject.
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Eálá eá! is ꝥ þonne forweorþfullic wela?, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 14. Eálá wuldor þisse worulde, eá! for hwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor?, 30, 1; F. 108, 2. Eálá (eá, v. l. ) mín cild, eá!, 34, 12; F. 154, 9. Add

ed-níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-níwe, adj.
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Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, Sal. K. 150, 1. Tó geeácnienne heora ealdan synna mid edníwum synnum peccatis veteribus jungentes nova, Jud. 10, 6. Add

Linked entry: níwe

stíþlíce

(adv.)
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add: strenuously Wé rǽdað þæt þá ealdan fæderas on ánum dæge þæt stíðlíce (strenue) gefyldon, eálá þǽr wé ásolcene and áwácode on ánre wucan gelǽston, R. Ben. 44, 21.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Ðǽr wæs swíþe swéte stenc swá ꝥte ealle ða slépan ðe ðǽr wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 145, 29.

GNÆT

(n.)
Grammar
GNÆT, gnætt; gen. gnættes; m.

GNAT ⬩ culex

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Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land gnats came over all the land, Or. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 29

án-nes

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Eal se here him swór ánnesse, þæt hié eal þæt woldon þæt hé wolde, Chr. 921; P. 103, 16

untíd-gewidere

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-gewidere, es; n.

Unseasonable weather

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Unseasonable weather Ðises ylcan geáres wǽron swíðe untídgewidera, and for ðí geond eall ðis land wurdon eorðwæstmas eall tó medemlíce gewende, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 35

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over

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Heofonlíc leóht com ofer hí ealle and hí swá swá mycel scýte hí ealle oferbrǽdde, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 7. Wolcen oferbrǽdde hiǽ pubis obumbrans eos, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 34.

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

stille

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Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Án wíf mihte gegán bútan ǽlcere sceaþenysse fram sǽ tó sǽ ofer eall ðis eálond ut etiam si mulier vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2.

Linked entry: sceþeness

be-bod

(n.)
Grammar
be-bod, bi-bod, es ; pl. nom, acc. u, o ; gen. a ; dat. um ; n.

A command ⬩ mandate ⬩ decree ⬩ order ⬩ mandatum ⬩ jussum

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Eall ðín bebodu omnia mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Ealra beboda mǽst primum omnium mandatum, Mk. Bos. 12, 28. Hí brǽcon bebodo they broke the commandments, Cd. 188; Th. 234, 28; Dan. 299

Linked entry: bi-bod

for-þyldigian

(v.)
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'Forþyldiga þínne Drihten,' þæt is þola eall þæt God be þé geþafað ... hí ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian (-þyldigan, v. l. ) scylun, R. Ben. 27, 5-8. Tó forþyldigenne synd tolerandi sunt, Scint. 150, 6. Add

neb-wlitu

(n.)
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Heora nebwlite þurh ðá mycclan sorhge mid ealle áhlǽnsode, Hml. S. 23, 126. Eall heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, 820. Him gelícode hire fægra nebwlite, Hml. A. 94, 89.

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

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Byrhtwold wæs eald geneát [or eald-geneát, q.v.] Be cyninges geneáte of a king's 'geneat,' L. In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3. Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige in case a man's 'geneát' steal, L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9

riht-full

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-full, adj.
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Good, virtuous Eall þet þe Gode wæs láð and rihtfullan mannan, eall ꝥ wæs gewunelic on þisan lande on his (William Rufus) týman, Chr. 1100; P. 235, 33

eador

(adv.)
Grammar
eador, adv.

Together ⬩ una, simul

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Together; una, simul Eall eador all together, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 18; Gen. 2557. Ðá wæs eall eador [geador, Kmbl.] there was all together, Andr. Recd. 3253; An. 1629

Linked entry: geador

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