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teóðung-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-ceáp, es; m.
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cwæþ: Nú neálǽceþ ðæt wé sceolan úre ǽhta and úre wæstmas gesamnian. Dón wé ðonne Drihtne þancas ðe ús ða wæstmas sealde, and sýn wé gemyndige ðæs ðe ús Crist sylfa bebeád.

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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þeóstra þegnas þreániédlum bond he bound the ministers of darkness with penal restraints, Exon. Th. 143, 29; Gú. 668

Linked entry: -nídla

wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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A hindrance, obstacle, difficulty Gif geðyldelíce forbyrð ǽgðer ge hosp ge edwít, and on ðære wirne þeáh þurhwunaþ and eádmódlíce bitt, ðæt him man infæres tíðige, sý underfangen, si veniens perseveraverit pulsans, et inlatas sibi injurias et difficultatem

Linked entry: wyrn

á-libban

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á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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Gif lama weorðe forlǽten, and æfter þám þreó niht álibbe, i. 172, 17. to live a life, pass one's days oferférde and álifde his selfes ylde mid andgite aetatem suam intellectu transibat, Gr. D. 338, 23

Linked entry: á-lifian

ge-þwǽrnes

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Hié him eáþmédo budon and geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 827; P. 60, 34. gentleness Underfó þá geboda his tǽcendes mid ealre geþwǽrnesse and mid micelre eáðmódnesse ( cum omni mansuetudine et obedientia ), R. Ben. 128, 12.

lof-georn

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lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

rǽding

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Add hine gemétte æt his rǽdinge sittan . . . náteshwón from his rǽdinge ne árás, Hml. Th. ii. 180, 24-34. add Man rǽdde þá nigoðan rǽdinge on Crístes godspelle, Shrn. 126, 26.

ranc

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:-- funde fíf mǽdena him tó wlitige and rance tó wunigenne mid him, Hml. S. 35, 52.

sǽ-streám

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-streám, es; m.

Sea-stream,

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Ic his swíðran hand settan þence ðæt sǽstreámum syððan wealde ponam in mari manum ejus, et in fluminibns dexteram ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 22. Sicilia sǽstreámum in, Met. 1. 15. He iwende ouer sea*-*streames, Laym. 326.

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

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Þeáfas and sétteras fures et latrones, 10, 8. fig. one who acts insidiously; insidiator, seductor Se sǽtere (insidiator), ðæt is se dióful, hine spænþ on wóh, Past. 53, 7; Swt. 417, 23.

Linked entry: sétere

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, adv.

weaklyfeeblypoorlymeanlycheaply

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Gehwam sceamaþ, gif gelaðod bið tó woruldlícum gyftum, ðæt wáclíce gescrýd cume, Homl. Th. i. 528, 23. Wáclícor vilius, R. Ben. Interl. 92, 4.

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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gehét ꝥ him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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Mankind, men, a race, nation; humanum genus, gens, natio He þohte forgrípan gumcynne he resolved to destroy mankind, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 14; Gen. 1275.

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

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becom on hatunga his herges he came to be hated by his army, Blickl. Homl. 193, 2. Bánu sume handlian hatunge getácnaþ to handle bones betokens hate, Lchdm. iii. 208, 24

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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Til he wyste who couþe uche kyndam tokerve, Allit. Pms. 88, 1700

treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.

Truefaithfultrustworthy

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spræc to his onbehtþegne, to his treówum gesíþe. Exon. Th. 179, 29; Gú. 1269. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod. MS. ), Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 17. Búton habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18.

Linked entry: trýwe

stów-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stów-líc, adj.

Local, relating to placeoccupying a placeexpressing relations of place

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Nis se ælmihtiga Wealdend stówlíc, forðan ðe is on ǽlcere stówe, and swá hwider swá se stówlíca engel flíhþ, biþ befangen mid his andwerdnysse, Homl. Th. i. 348, 12-15.

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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ús hafað þæs leóhtes bescyrede he has deprived us of heaven, Gen. 392: 401. Heó on wyrse leóht under eorðan neoðan God sette sigeleáse, on þá sweartan helle, 310.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Hí gærs ǽton georne and ǽlc læhte of óðrum gif hwæt litles hæfde they eagerly ate grass, and each seized from the other, if he had any little bit, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 10.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

þanc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.
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gearcode him gebeótscipe on his húse, ac gearcode him micele þancwurðran gereord on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 468, 30. Þancwur[ðe]ste gratissimum, acceptissimum, amantissimum, Hpt. Gl. 441, 66