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smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1. Genim spices snǽd, lege on hátne stán, drince ðonne smíc Lchdm. ii. 58, 17. Ðonne hé (the root) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde i. 260, 9.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e; f.

Hardness, severity, forceviolentiaduritia,hardness, stiffnesshardness of heartfirmness, constancyseverity, strictness, hardness, rigour

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Wiþ ǽghwylce gegaderunga þe on ðam líchoman ácenned beóþ, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, hit tófereþ ealle ða stíðnyssa, 140, 14: 150, 10. fig. hardness of heart Stíðnise heartes duritiam cordis, Mt. Kmbl.

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

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Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969. Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Grammar þurfan, with acc. Múþa gehwylc mete þearf, Exon. Th. 341, 12; Gn. Ex. 125. Mete bygeþ, gif hé máran ( or gen.? ) þearf, 340, 14; Gn.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Beóð twégen dǽlas on twá healfa þám gemetegodum dǽle, Lch. iii. 262, 1. with prep, be healfe beside (with dat.) Hæleðum be healfe féran, B. 2262.

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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Ðǽr ðæt gemynd biþ, ðǽr biþ ðæt andgit and se willa where the memory is, there is the understanding and the will, 288, 26. Ðæs andgites mǽþ the measure of the understanding, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 23. Andgit intellectus, Ælfc.

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a manvira princenoblemanchiefgeneralwarriorsoldierprincepsvir nobilisduxmilesrichdives

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Beornes blóde with man's blood Bt. Met. Fox 8, 67; Met. 8, 34. Beornas Baðan nemnaþ men name Bath Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 12; Edg. 5. Beornas geonge young men Cd. 184; Th. 230, 13; Dan. 232.

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Eth. ix. 11; Wilk. 114, 19-22; Th. i. 342, 27-29

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quickfestīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3. To ðam ðe hit éfst wæs ad quam festīnātum erat, Prov. 20

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Sió wæs orþoncum gegyrwed dracan fellum it was cunningly prepared with dragon's skins, Beo. Th. 4183; B. 2088

Linked entry: fell

FELA

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FELA, fæla, feala, feola; adj. indecl.

Manymuchmultummultamany thingsmuchverymultamultumin primiscum maxĭmeso many ... astot ... quot

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with gen. Many, much; multum, multa Nis nú fela folca there is not now much people; multum pŏpŭlōrum, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 8; Fä. 67. Náh ic fela goldes I have not much gold; multum auri, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 14; Hy. 4, 100.

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FENmarshmuddirtpăluslŭtumlīmussordes

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Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5. Fennas and móras fens and moors, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 14. On ðám fennum in pălūdĭbus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 5.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

folgere

(n.)
Grammar
folgere, es; m.

aFOLLOWERattendantdiscipleasseclapĕdĭsĕquusassectātor

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Ðý þriddan dæge þeóda Wealdend arás, and he feówertig daga folgeras síne rúnum arétte on the third day the Ruler of nations arose, and for forty days he comforted his followers [ = disciples] with words, Hy. 10, 35; Hy.

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Langunga habban æfter ðám freóndum to think with grief of dead friends, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Swá hwá swá ða flǽsclícan unþeáwas forlǽtan wile hé sceal geþolian micele nearanesse corporis voluptatum appetentia plena est anxietatis, 31, 1; Fox 110, 26. Seó hreówsung ne beoþ ná bútan sorge and búton nearonesse, Fox 110, 29.

Linked entry: nirwett

pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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In the Northern Gospels pæþ is an alternative gloss with dene :-- Pæþ ł ðene uallis, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 5 : chaos, 16, 26

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ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.

to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted tocum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujusto bring before or refer to any onereferre ad aliquem

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to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne the dragon again

Linked entry: ge-stoten

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Wíde sceós hangodan on hira ( the Saracens ) fótum, Shrn. 38, 8. His sceóna þwanga, Mk. Skt. 1, 7. Sceóea, Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 16. Hí brohton swínes rysl his scón tó gedreóge, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 29. On ðínum sceón (scón. MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 330, 5.

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh

ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Wind wornldearfoþa, oððe ymbhogena ungemet rén, Met. 7, 36. Ymbhogona, 16, 6. Byð ǽlc man gedréfed on ídlum sorgum and on ymbhogum universa vanitas omnis homo vivens, Ps. Th. 38, 13.

Linked entries: hoga hoga