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unweder-líce

(adv.)
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unweder-líce, adv.

In a way that indicates bad weatherthreateningly

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In a way that indicates bad weather, threateningly Tó dæg hit byð hreóh weder; ðeós lyft scínð unwederlíce hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3

fremsum-lic

(adj.)
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fremsum-lic, adj.
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Benign Býcnode hé tó hyre mid onhyldum heáfde swyþe fremsumlicre ansýne, swá hé ealling byð cui ille benignissimi ut est vultus inclinato capite annuit. Gr. D. 280, 10

snytro

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Mid helwarum ne byð ne weorc, ne gesceádwísnes, ne snyttro, ne wísdóm nec opus, nec ratio, nec scientia, nec sapientia erit apud inferos, Gr. D. 328, 2. Add

feórþan-dǽl

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Se feórða dǽl byð quadrans gecíged, 335, 24. Add

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
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wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Hé wið ðæs beornes stóp, Byrht. Th. 135, 41; By. 131. Líget fleáh wið ðæs hǽðenan folces, Homl. Th. i. 504, 29. Ðæt wolcn leát wið his and hine genam fram heora gesihðum, 296, 2.

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé geseó fela fugla ætsamne, ꝥ byð æfest and gecid (geflit and cíd, v.l. ), Lch. iii. 168, 17. ꝥ Gecygde (-ciid, v.l.) ond geflite litigio, contentioni, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 24.

ferhþ-cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ-cleófa, an; m.

The mind's cavebreastmentis cŭbīlepectus

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The mind's cave, breast; mentis cŭbīle, pectus Eádig byþ se wer, se ðe him ege Drihtnes on ferhþcleófan, fæste gestandeþ beātus vir, qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Th. 111, 1

ge-witennes

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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

wæl-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-stów, e; f.

The place of the slain,a battle-fieldany place where there is slaughter

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The place of the slain, a battle-field God ána wát hwá ðære wælstówe wealdan móte God only knows who shall be master of the field, Byrht. Th. 134, 36; By. 95: Beo. Th. 4108; B. 2051: 5960; B. 2984: Cd. Th. 121, 4; Gen. 2005.

Linked entry: hreá-wíc

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

cwild-bǽre

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Swá hwæt ofer gemet ys, cwyldbǽre ( perniciosum ) hit byð, Scint. 55, 2: 192, 17. Orsorhnesse cwyldbǽr(r)e securitatis pestiferae, 92, 14. Cwyldbǽre fægernyssa perniciosas pulchritudines, 168, 15. Add

under-gitan

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Þeán ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðám Fæder and tó ðám Suna, swá ðeáh hé byð symle ðǽrtó undergyten, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 30. Add

bi-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen

To write after, by, or out of, to copypostscribere, exscribere,

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[be by, wrítan to write] To write after, by, or out of, to copy; postscribere, exscribere,Past. pref; Hat. MS

be-standan

(v.)
Grammar
be-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detainadstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere

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Bos. 10, 24: Byrht. Th. 133, 51; By. 68. Ahrede me æt ðám ðe me habbaþ útan bestanden redime me a circumdantibus me, Ps. Th. 31, 8.

Linked entry: be-stód

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Se torhta æsc the remarkable Rune æsc, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 24; Rä. 43, 9. an ash-spear, a spear, lance; hasta fraxinea, hasta Byrhtnóþ wánd wácne æsc Byrhtnoth brandished his slender ashen spear, Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43: 140, 59; By. 310.

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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Scyldas wégon, linde bǽron, Byrht. Th. 134, 45; By. 99: Beo. Th. 4719; B. 2365. Hwíte linde, Cd. 158; Th. 107, 4; Exod. 301

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollutedefile

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Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

ge-wemming

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Náht framað fǽmnhád líchaman þár byð geworht gewemmincg ( corruptio ) módes, Scint. 69, 8. Gewemmincge lenocinii (spurca ludibria ), An. Ox. 2, 318. Cwelmbę́re gewemmincce ę́ttre pestiferum praeuaricationis uirus, 11, 84. Add

oft-rǽde

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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5