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dol

(n.)
Grammar
dol, es; n.
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Folly, stupidity Ne geríseð ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 31. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12.

ge-líþian

(v.)
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Ðæt hé ryhtlíce and stíðlíce wrecan sceolde, ðæt hé ðæt ne forielde . . . ðætte tó ungemetlíce ne sié gelíðod ðǽm scyldgan ne hoc, quod agi recte ac graviter potuit, immature praeveniens laeviget, Past. 151, 2

ge-mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mægþ, power.
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Greed, importunate desire Ðú wást ꝥ mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorðlican anwealdes for wel ne lícode, ne ic ealles for swíþe ne girnde þisses eorþlican ríces scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatam, Bt. 17;

smeortan

(v.)
Grammar
smeortan, p. smeart, pl. smurton; pp. smorten

To smart dolere

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Hire ne oc, ne ne smeart 21, 27. Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34. Me iveleð hit bitterliche smeorten A. R. 238, 29. Smertyn̄ uro Prompt. Parv. 460.]

Linked entries: smorcenne smeart

fier

(adv.)
Grammar
fier, adv. [fier, comp. of feor, adv. far]

Fartherlongiusultĕrius

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Farther; longius, ultĕrius Ðeáh ðú fier [fyr MS. Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wǽre though thou art now farther than thou wast, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33.

fremsumnes

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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias ( ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant ), Gr. D. 177, 2.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

gíman

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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne wære húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 21. Nene giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle. Past. 323, 17.

býtl

(n.)
Grammar
býtl, bítl, es; n. m? [být, pres. of beátan to beat, strike]
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Nán mon ne gehiérde bítles swég no man heard the sound of hammer, Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS

Linked entries: bítel biótul bítl

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Gesege mé ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

Linked entry: rihtere

hatian

(v.)
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Ne scyle nán wís mon nǽnne mannan hatian ; ne hataþ nán mon þone gódan, búton se ealra dysegosta; nenis nán riht ꝥ mon þone yfelan hatige, ac hit is rihtre ꝥ him mon mildsige, Bt. 38, 7 ; F. 210, 15-18. to bear malice to Ǽlc ðǽra þe his bróðor hatað

ge-néþan

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Ꝥ sé ne durre (genéðe, v. l.) beón wísdomes láréow ut praeesse non audeat, Gr. D. 12, 26. with prep. Mé forgif ꝥ ic nǽfre unmedeme ne untrum tó þínum líchoman and tó þínum blóde ne genéþe ( presume to take the Sacrament ), Angl. xii. 507, 6

freónd-rǽden

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Warna þæt þú nǽfre freóndrǽdene nyme wið þá landes men cave ne unquam cum habitatoribus terrae illius jungas amicitias, Ex. 34, 12

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Th. i. 354, 27. to clear oneself by shewing that one had no cognizance of a matter, did not connive at ( clause with þæt) Gif hé nyte hwá hit stǽle, geládige hine selfne ꝥ hé þǽr nán fácn ne gefremede, Ll. Th. i. 50, 31.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Is forðí gehwilcum men tó hogienne ðæt hé ýdel ne cume his Drihtne tógeánes on ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste now is it therefore for every man to take care that he come not empty-handed to meet his Lord at the general resurrection, 558, 18.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

brand-stefn

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Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?

Linked entry: brond-stæfn

teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Se mynstres hordere sí . . . dréfend ne teónful ( non turbulentus, non injuriosus ), R. Ben. 54, 9. Dú ne scealt nánne man wyrigan, ne nǽnne man tǽlan, ne teónful beón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 359.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Hé forbeád þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode (praecepit ne . . . ), 6, 31; 8. 286, 3: Chr. 1012; P. 142, 19. combining (a) and (b β) Forbeéd hit se bisceop ꝥ hí ne weópon, Nar. 32, 12. with gerundial infin.