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lád-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
lád-rinc, es; m.
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif cyninges ambihtsmiþ oððe laadrinc mannan ofslehþ meduman leódgelde forgelde if the king's smith or 'ládrinc' kill a man, let him pay for it with a half fine [cf. § 21; Th. i. 8, 3), L

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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a herb having medicinal virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous

langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longingdesirediscontent

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langoþe leófes ábídan woe to him that must wait, with unsatisfied longing, for one that he loves, Th. 444, 26: Kl. 53. Hæfde him tó gesíþþe sorge and longaþ he had for company sorrow and discontent, l00 a; Th. 377, 14; Deór. 3.

Linked entry: langaþ

mǽg-sibb

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-sibb, e; f.

kinshiprelationshipLove between kinsmenaffection

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Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L. Edm. B. 9; Th. i. 256, 9.

Linked entry: mǽgþ-sibb

rǽd-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-leás, adj.
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Th. 226, 26; Dan. 177. without wise direction, in confusion Ðá ðis (the destruction of certain ships) cúð wæs tó ðám óðrum scipon ... wæs ðá swilc hit eall rǽdleás wǽre it was as if there were no counsel anywhere, as if everything was in confusion, Chr

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
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Ðá wearð líg tólýsed, leád wíde sprong, hæleþ wurdon acle for ðý rǽse, Exon. Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587. Hé gúðe rǽs mid his freádryhtne fremman sceolde, Beo. Th. 5246; B. 2626. Gúðe rǽsum, 4702; B. 2356

Linked entry: rǽs-bora

GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds, 116 a; Th. 445, 24; Dóm. 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2601; El. 1302. Glédum spíwan to spit forth flames, Beo. Th. 4614; B. 2312: 4659; B. 2335

Linked entries: gloed gléde ge-gléded

be-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceran, bi-sceran, -sciran, -scyran; p. -scær, -scear, pl. -scǽron, -sceáron; pp. -scoren

To shear off, to shave, cut offattondere, amputare, præcidere

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.], mid xxx scillinga gebéte if he shave him like a priest, let him make amends with thirty shillings, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9. Biscær, Reim. 26

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightenednot afraidfearlessintrepid

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On wicge sæt ombeht unforht, Beo. Th. 579; B. 287. Him seó unforhte ágeaf andsware, Exon. Th. 251, 18; Jul. 147. Unforhte móde hé geneálǽhte ðære stówe, Blickl. Homl. 67, 1. Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15.

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Not lapsed, with the time of its lease not run out Ego Ealdulf ... quandam ruris particulam ... cuidam militi nomine Leofenað ... largitus sum ... et post uitae suae terminum duobus tantum haeredibus immunem derelinquat; quibus defunctis, aecclesiae

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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immoderately, beyond measure, excessively, too (much) Se ðe wile ungemetlíce gesceádwís beón, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 6. Tantalus ðe ungemetlíce gifre wæs, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 33. Gé wilniaþ eówerne hlísan ungemetlíce tó gebrǽdanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 18.

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, adv.

certainlyindeedsurelytruly

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Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 21. Wiototlíce, Lind. 2, 3. Wutedlíce (wutudlíce,Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 10.

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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Geseah cyning wundor on wíte ágangen ; him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam hátan ofne, Cd. Th. 233, 4 ; Dan. 270. Wundor ðín wræclíc mirabilia tua, Ps. Th. 88, 4 : 74, 2. Ðíne weorc wǽron wræclíce swýþe mira opera tua, 138, 12.

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne hí ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel (they burden themselves within after confession with

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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: Ic wiht (bellows) geseah . . . þegn folgade . . . and micel hæfde geféred þǽr hit felde (when he made the swollen bellows subside ?), Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

ge-grétan

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Gódum gegrétan, B. 1861. to assail Mec longeðas lyt gegrétað, Gú. 287. to afflict, visit with displeasure, &c. Seó ǽ ne gegrét þone rihtwísan mid nánum yfele, ac heó gewítnað þá unrihtwísan, Hml. S. 17, 19.

hreósan

(v.)
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Gl. 124. to move or act with violence, fall upon, attack Þá áwyrgedan gástas betwux þá grimlican léga in hruron and feóllon maligni inter favillantium voraginum atras cavernas discurrentes, Guth. Gr. 132, 3

hwílwend-lic

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Þǽra hǽðenra wíta synd hwílwendlice, Hml. S. II, 127. For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5.

on-rǽs

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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá

manig-feald

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Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque legalium tormenta poenarum, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 27.