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mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assemblya deliberative or judicial meetingcouncilspeechaddressharangueconversation

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Icel. heyja þing) : -- Ðá módigan mid him mæðel gehédon (took counsel together ), Andr. Kmbl. 2100; An. 1051.

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte he wrought his throne all with red gold, H. R. 101, 2. Hundtwelftig mancæs reádes goldes a hundred and twenty mancuses of red gold, Th. Chart. 232, 10: 375, 28: Bt. Met.

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Mid steaðulfestum aldum cum stabilito sene, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 194, 27. Sele mé staðolfæste heortan, Anglia xi. 114, 71. Staðolfæstne geðoht, Salm.

streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Mid týn strengum getogen hearpe, Ps. Th. 143, 10. a bow-string Boga arcus, bogen (-an?) streng anquina (ar- ? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 26. Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, Beo.

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Mid unásecgendlícre wurðmynte, Ap. Th. 10, 21. Hé hæfde fulneáh unásecgendlícne sige, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 1: Homl. Th. i. 532, 1, 2. Hí námon unásecgendlíce herehúðe, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 1. Ða unmǽtan tyntregu and ða unásecgendlícan wíta, L. E.

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
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Mid missenlícum blóstmum wyrta áfægrod variis herbarum floribus depictus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22: Exon. Th. 358, 17; Pa. 47. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, Lchdm. ii. 114, 8, 12. Hé getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest, 227, 29; Ph. 430.

Linked entry: blód-wyrt

á-búgan

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Ðá nolde seó burhwaru ábúgan ac heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán, 1013; P. 143, 27: Hml. S. 25, 119. Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml. S. 25, 170: Hml. Th. ii. 304, 20: Wlfst. 197, 9.

á-lǽdan

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Þá þe mid him ætfleón mihton hé út álǽdde, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 27. Álǽd mé út of þyssum bendum, Bl. H. 87, 33.

eáster-dæg

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Hí woldon habban þone hálgan Eásterdæg geblódegodne mid þæs Hǽlendes blóde, Hml. A. 67, 61. of the Christian festival. a day in Easter-week Se forma Eásterdæg Easter Sunday, Guth. 82, 12. Ǽr þám drihtenlican Eásterdæge before Easter Sunday, Hml.

fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46. Hié þurh flódes fǽr (the destruction caused by the food) feorh áléton, Andr. 1631: 1532.

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ge-méde

(n.)
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Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon mid ealra gemédum ( to the satisfaction of all) þás dómas, Ll. Th. i. 36, 12. Nó hér cúðlícor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, mága gemédu (what their pleasure might be), B. 247.

ge-cyndelic

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. ¶ used substantively :-- Gyf wíf cennan ne mæge, nime þysse wyrte wós mid wulle, dó on þá gecyndelican, 266, 9

hleóþrian

(v.)

To make a soundto soundresoundTo speak words

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Mid hleóþriendum dreáme consona armonia 2593. Dreámas hleóþriende concentus concrepantes 4914. trans. To speak words Þǽra worda gemyndig þe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame, Ps. Th. 104, 37

cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
cræftig, adj.

IngeniousskilfulCRAFTYcunningvirtuouspowerful ingeniosusperitusastutusprobuspotens

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Móde ðæs cræftig with a mind so cunning Exon. 79 b; Th. 299, 6; Crä. 98. Céne and cræftig brave and virtuous Bt. Met. Fox 10, 101; Met. 10, 51; Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 10, 11. Sume men bióþ cræftige some men are virtuous 39, 10; Fox 228, 7.

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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., clearly, accurately, exactly Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per ingenium poterant Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 5.

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrowupsetsubvertoverturnto overthrowdemolishto overthrowdestroyto destroy by changingto repeal a lawabrogateabolishoverthrowdestroy

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Mid þusend-feld wrenches he þe herte towendeð, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 26

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,

to injuredestroy with heatto consumeburn upto scorchpaindamage with firesingeTo flameburn

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L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml. Th. i. 86, 5. uncertain Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34.

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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mid wilddeórum ( cum bestiis ) wæs, Mk. Skt. l, 13: Cd. Th. 256, 34; Dan. 650. Wildeorum, Exon. Th. 146, 21 ; Gú. 713. Wildiórum gelícran ðonne monnum, Bt. 38, 5 ; Fox 208, I. Ic áfyrre yfel wilddeór ( malas bestias ). Lev. 26, 6.

Linked entry: wildedeór

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19. Álege ðone man upweard, dríf .ii. stacan æt ðám eaxlum, Lchdm. ii. 342, 5.

Linked entry: stacung