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holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Hér fór Cnut Cyng tó Denmearcon mid scipon tó ðam holme æt eá ðære hálgan, 1025; Erl. 163, 7

fýren

(adj.)
Grammar
fýren, fýran; def. se fýrena, seó, ðæt fýrene; adj.

Fieryburningflamingignītusigneusflammeus

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Sió fýrene sunne the fiery sun, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27. Swylce eal Finns buruh fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 73; Fin. 36. Ðæt fýrene swurd the fiery sword, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 33.

in-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
in-cund, adj.

Internalinwardintimate

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Wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoþnyssum for all internal difficulties, Herb. 90, 11 ; Lchdm. i. 196, 21. Tó incundum ad intima, Kent. Gl. 999

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47. Ic mæg sleán and ierman míne heáfodgemæccan I can beat and vex my companions, Past. 17, 8 ; Swt. 121, 12

Linked entry: ge-irman

ÍS

(n.)
Grammar
ÍS, es; n.
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Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice formed a bridge over the streams, Andr. Kmbl. 2524; An. 1268 : Exon. 90 a ; Th. 338, 4 ; Gn. Ex. 73. Íses gicel stiria, stillicidia, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som, 58, 68; Wrt. Voc. 21, 55.

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flatteryadulation

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Heora nán ne gedyrstlǽce ðæt heó Godes landáre woroldrícum sellen for lyffetunge let none of them dare to give God's lands to the powerful of the earth as a means of paying court to them, Lchdm. iii. 442, 32.

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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Ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ they revolve about the middle of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23. Seó eá is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg mediam Babylonian interfluentem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 3: 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6.

nǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.

Never

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Ðæt hí nǽfre ne gedóþ, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 15. Nǽfre siðan Rómáne ne rícsodon on Bretone, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7. Hié nǽfre his banan folgian noldon, 755; Erl. 50, 20.

Linked entry: nefre

rǽd-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-fæst, adj.
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Wise, prudent Se deófol gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý ðe rǽdes ne gýmeþ the devil causes the man by a false show to act as if he were wise, who cares not for wisdom, Wulfst. 53, 9.

be-smítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-smítan, p. -smát, pl. -smiton; pp. -smiten; [be, smitta smut]

To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminatepolluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare

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Fox 8, 65; Met. 8, 33. Ðæt hýg nǽron besmitene ut non contaminarentur, Jn. Bos. 18, 28: Ps. Th. 52, 1: 106, 16 : Mk. Bos. 7, 2, 5

Linked entry: smítan

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga the eagerness for earthly things blinds the eyes of the mind with temptation, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 128, 15; Cot. MS. Ðeós geornfulnyss hæc dīlĭgentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 6.

Linked entry: eornfullnes

syn-full

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-full, adj.

Sinful; used substantively, a sinner

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Skt. 18, 13. ðæt gé gebiddan for mé ðam unwyrðestan synfullan,Anglia xi. 103, 95. On ðisse synfulran ( peccatrice ) cneórisse, Mt. Skt. 8, 38. ða synfullan (synn-, Cott. MSS.) bytledon uppe on mínum hrygge, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 9: Blickl.

sunn-ganges

(adv.)
Grammar
sunn-ganges, adv.
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So Spenser, 'She turned her contrary to the sunne . . . for she the right did shunne.' Cf. Icel. sólar-sinnis with the sun :-- Þeir höfðu gengit sólarsinniss um goðahús, Droplaugarsona Saga 11, 4.

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To propstaysupportsustain

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Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11. Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34.

Linked entry: wræpian

á-lǽtan

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Th. 540, 22. of grant, delivery Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. <b>IV a.

án-gild

Grammar
án-gild, l. án-gilde,
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and substitute for the passages from the laws the following Á sié ꝥ wíte .LX. sciłł. oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .XXX. sciłł.; siþþan hit tó þám áríse, ꝥ ángylde, siþþan sié ꝥ wíte .CXX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-5.

bold

a dwellinga town

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For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 14-22. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge boldes ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedificii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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D. 237, l. without care for good Ús þe yfele and gýmeleáslíce mid unrihte libbað nobis male viventibus atque negle-gentibus R.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Hú hé dorste geþrístlǽcean (for hwon hé geþrýsstlǽhte, v. l. ) ꝥ hé héte þone Godes wer swencean, 39, 9. Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát hé sprǽce, R. Ben. 16, 2

ildu

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Þes middangeard néde on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is; for þon fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo, Bl.