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eówic

(pronoun.)

you

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you; acc. pl. of pers. pron. ðú Fæder alwalda mid ár-stafum eówic gehealde may the all-ruling Father with honour hold you, Beo. Th. 640; B. 317. Eówic grétan hét bade to greet you, 6182; B. 3095

Linked entry: iówih

neáh-líce

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-líce, neá-líce; adv.

Nearlyabout

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Nearly, about Hié neálíce swá fela ( tot pene ) þearfena ofsleáþ swá hié ídelíce mid hiera ælmessan gehelpan meahton, Past. 45, 1; Swt. 335, 15. Hý blówaþ ðonne neálíce ( just about when ) óðre wyrta scrincaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13

scyte

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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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The Carthaginians; Carthaginienses Wilnedon Cartaine friðes to Rómánum the Carthaginians sued for peace to the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 87, 12.

tó-meldan

(v.)

to destroy peace by talebearing,by spreading reports

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to destroy peace by talebearing, by spreading reports Ðǽr is helle grund ðam ðe sibbe ful oft tómældeþ mid his múþe (cf. Dante's Inferno, Canto 28, which describes the punishment of the sowers of scandal and schism), Exon. Th. 446, 22; Dóm. 26

Linked entry: meldan

igil

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Stán gebeorg íles (igles, Txts. 336) petra refugium erinacis, Ps. Vos. 103, 18. Ílum herenacis, Ps. Rdr. 103, 18. ¶ in a local name :-- Tó ílmere, C. D. vi. 4

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Án licgende mǽden on langsumre sáre ðurh hefigtýmum heáfodece (cf. per integrum annum intolerabili capitis dolore vexata, Vit.

hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílen, adj.

transitorybrief

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Lasting only for a time, transitory, brief Uton sibbe tó him on ðás hwílnan tíd hǽlu sécan let us seek in this brief season [the present life] peace and salvation from him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 10; Wal. 87

GEAT

(n.)
Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A gatedoorportaostiumjānua

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Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14. Ðǽr is geat gylden there is the golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 19; Sat. 649.

Linked entry: helle-geat

leáf-ness

Grammar
leáf-ness, léf-, lýf-ness; e; f.

Leavepermissionlicence

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Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis, 4, 5; S. 572, 38. Hí máran léfnysse onféngon tó lǽranne majorern prædicandi licentiam acciperent, 1, 26; S. 488, 5. Lýfnesse, 5, 11; S. 625, 30.

Linked entries: léf-ness lýf-ness

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto at libertas in superbiam non erumpat, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
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Th. 108, 23. shade, darkness Mid ðý wit forþgongende wǽron under ðam scúwan ðære þýstran nihte cum progrederemur sola sub nocte per umbras, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 14. <b>II a.</b> fig. shadow :-- Scúa deáþes umbra mortis, Ps. Surt. 43, 20.

Linked entry: scúa

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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Pen. 3 ; Th. ii. 278, 8. Hí begunnon tó sleánne ǽlc heora óðerne mid stíð*-*lícum gefeohte, Jud. 7, 22. Swá swá hé strengest beón mihte ongeán ða stíðlícan scúras, Boutr.

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum Ex. 19, 12. motion outside His scipu wendon út ábúton Legeceastre, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 14.

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr. D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf sapientia excidit (columnas septem), Kent. Gl. 284. Hí his eáran forcurfon. Hml. S. 21, 268. Heó bæd ꝥ hí hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50.

ge-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeówan, to press.
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Th. i. 506, 12. to cause to move by pressure, to thrust Geþýdum adacto, i. coacto (ense capulo tenus per utraque latera adacto, Ald. 70, 24), An. Ox. 4946.

hlýdan

chatter

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Ox. 11, 126. of things Píplic swegelhorna hlýdende blende musica sambucorum (harmonia) per-sultans insonuerit, An. Ox. 1646

hreóf

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Ðá wunda on ðǽm hreófan líce vulnera quae erumpunt membris per scabiem, Past. 437, 17. Ðes Sc̃s Marcus hǽlde untrume men and hreófe, Shrn. 74, 27.

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.
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</b> the iron used in the ordeal, the ordeal by hot iron :-- Hé ládige hine mid írene adlegiet se per Dei judicium, Ll. Th. i. 489, 19, 21. v. brand-íren, cimb-íren, gád-íren, lǽce-íren, writ-íren, ypping-íren

mǽl

(n.)
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Æthelthryð) is áwrytan ꝥ heó wel drohtnode tó ánum mǽle fæstende, bútan hit freólsdæg wǽre (cf. seldon bútan máran symbelnesse má þonne ǽne síðe on dæge (semel per diem ) ꝥ heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 17), 20, 42.