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hirde-lic

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mæg se biscep brúcan ðǽre hierdelican are, Past. 132, 3. Hyrdelicere gýmene pastoralis cure. An. Ox. 5423. Hyrdelicere care sollertia pastorali, 2986. þá scylon gýmene hyrdelice Underfón, Scint. 121, 17. Add

hwíl-stycce

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Leáf ꝥ moste him sum hwílstycce gebiddan licentia paululum orandi Gr. D. 254, 24. Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add

mán-áþ

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Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

slídan

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Add spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

spédig

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Se ríca and se þearfa sind him betwýnan nýdbehéfe. Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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the South Danes gesóhte Súd-Dena folc, B. 463. Ic wæs mid Súð-Denum, Víd. 58. Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996

swífan

Grammar
swífan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se bróc þeáh swífe (swíþe, MS.) of his rihtryne (cf. bróc bið onwended of his rihtryne vagatur defluus amnis, Met. 5, 19), Bt. 6; S. 14, 15. v. ymb-swífan. Add

sǽ-færeld

(n.)

a sea-passage,

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a sea-passage, med in reference to the attempt made by the Egyptians to pass the Red Sea Ðá ( the Egyptians ) oninnan ðæm sǽfærelde wǽron, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 33

út-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-líc, adj.

Externalforeign

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his ðeóde fram útlícre hergunge (ab externa invasione) álýsde, 4, 26; S. 603, 20

wearrig

(adj.)
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wearrig, adj.

Callous

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Callous gelóme ðingode for ðæs folces gyltum, bígende his cneówu on gebedum symle, swá ðæt him weóxon wearrige ylas, on olfendes gelícnysse, on his liðegum cneówum, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26

gung

(adj.)
Grammar
gung, adj.

Young, youthfuljŭvĕnis, adolescens

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ofslógon ǽnne gungne Brytiscne man they slew a young Briton, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 16

hǽðen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-nes, se; f.

Heathenism, paganismgentilitas

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tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39

ofer-gíman

(v.)

to neglect, disregard

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to neglect, disregard Gif hwá ðis ofergýme, R. Ben. 129, 9. Gif áðor dyde, oððe ofergímde, oððe forgeat, 71, 15. Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486

Linked entry: ofer-gumian

tó-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwenness, e; f.

Knowledge,discernment,understanding,knowledge which appreciates the difference between things

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Knowledge, discernment, understanding, knowledge which appreciates the difference between things Ne sind ðrý Godas . . . ac seó Ðrynnys is án sóð God . . . Ðeós tócnáwennys is éce líf, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 32

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat

sweaty, sweating

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Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce ða bán, 68, 6

fracoþ-nes

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gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

wíf-cild

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cild, es; n.

A female child

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A female child For wǽpnedbearne sceolde cennende wíf áhabban fram Godes húse ingange ðreó and ðrittig daga, and for wífcilde ( femina ) syx and syxtig daga, Bd. 1. 27 ; S. 493, 16

beátere

a beatera boxer pugil

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Substitute: a beater hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum. Þá bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan, Hml. S. 4, 143. a boxer; pugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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Petre hond ðúgeráhtest ( porrexisti ), Rtl. 101, 42. Geráhte (extendens) hond in ðegnurn, Mt. L. 12, 49 : 14, 31: Mk. L. R. 1, 41. Swíðre girǽc dexteram extende, Rtl. 14, 38. ne mihte his handa tó his múðe gerǽcan, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 23.

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Ne sindon him dǽda dyrne deeds are not dark to him, 23 a; Th. 65, 5; Cri. 1050: 39 b; Th. 130, 12; Gú. 437. Ðæt his góde dǽda swýðran wearþan ðonne misdǽda that his good deeds be more prevailing than his misdeeds, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 5.

Linked entry: dyd