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un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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doubt) hét, ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oþþe ðæt lond æt him álésan, oþþe hié wolde mid gefeohte fordón missis legatis qui hostibus parendi leges dicerent, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 8

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Hié hiora hiéremonna mód gedwellað, Past. 369, 18. gedwealde mænigne man. Wlfst. Ii, 2. folc swýðe gedwealdon, 100, 22. Hié eów tó swíðe gedwealdon mid þǽm manigfealdum gebodum (turbaverunt vos verbis, Acts 15, 24), Ll. Th. i. 56, 17.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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ðafode ða scylda, and ðeáh him gecýðde, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 23: Blickl. Homl. 55, 26. Hié hæfdon áþas geseald, and þéh ofer ða treówa fóron hié, Chr. 194; Erl. 90, 4.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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nyt biþ ðæm men, ðéh geornlíce gehýre ða word ðæs hálgan godspelles, gif ða nel on his heortan habban, 55, 6 : Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 10 note. Nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 4; Rä. 12, 5.

á-cuman

(v.)
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wítu ácóme, Hml. S. 23, 119. Ðæt ðone cyle ácóman, 11, 221. Ácuman (impetum) ferre, perferre, Kent. Gl. 1014: An. Ox. 7, 314. Ácuman costnunge, ceáste, módleáste, graman, Hml. Th. i. 4, 8: Hml. S. 7, 243: 9, 125: Hml. A. 100, 266.

bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
bryttian, <b>bryttian,</b> brytian.
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lange siððan woruld bryttade for long after he lived, Gen. 1226. Hié wintra fela woruld bryttedon, 1724. His eaforan eád bryttedon His children were masters of his wealth, 1602: Dan. 672.

be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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sylfe earhlíce betealdon, Hml. S. 23, 308. Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan, ðeáh ðe unscyldig wǽre, Hml.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Ðæt nánum men ne ólicce in nullius se debeat favorem declinare, 383, 12. Gif lytles hwæt habbaþ, þonne beþurfon óleccan þǽm æfter friþe þe máre habbað . . . swá máre hæfþ, swá má monna óleccan sceal, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 28-33.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Þá þá wæs týn wintra, þá wearð gecrístnod (cf. þá þá wæs eahtatýnewintre, wearð gefullod, 90), Hml. S. 31, 23.

Linked entry: crístnian

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account him ðet land forbeád .. and hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

feorh-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ádl, e; f.

A mortal diseasefatal sicknessfatālis morbus

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Herodes lǽfde fíf suna, þrý he hét acwellan, on his feorhádle, ǽrðan ðe he gewíte Herod left five sons, three he commanded to be slain in his last illness, ere he departed, Homl. Th. i. 478, 13

will

Grammar
will, will.
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Add Se bisceop hine lét faran be his wille (the bishop let him go as he pleased) . . . geseah þá sóna ꝥ his sylfes geweóld ( he was his own master), Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 10.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Ðý lǽs tó ungemetlíce fægenige (faegnige, v. l.) for his gódum weorcum ne in benefactis immoderatius gaudeant, 323, 6. Þæt on his gesundfulnysse fægnige, Hml.

á-breótan

(v.)
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Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51. Biáð ábreótte exterminabuntur, Ps. Srt. 36, 9. Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceclderunt, Ps.

þerscan

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Þá ongan heó þerscan (beátan, v.l. tundere ) heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum, 68, 27. Add Gylmas on flóre tó þrexene manipulos in area triturandos, An. Ox. 3433

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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Hié ne récceaþ hwæðer, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 21. Se cyng ne róhte ná swíðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan, ne manige unlaga dydon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 12. woldon on elþeódignesse beón, ne róhton hwǽr, 891; Erl. 88, 8.

searu-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
searu-wrenc, es; m.
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A crafty trick, treacherous device hié biddende wæs ðæt hié mid sume searawrence from Xerse áwende, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 21

Linked entry: siru-wrenc

settan

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R. 14, 31. add sette Æþelgár abbod tó Níwan mynstre tó abbode, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3. Þá bebyrged wæs hié settan him hyrdas tó, Bl. H. 177, 26. Add úre béc setton swá swá geleornodon æt heora láreówe Críste, Hml.

éste

(adj.)
Grammar
éste, adj.

Gracious, bountiful bĕnignus

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Gracious, bountiful; bĕnignus Ðæt he him ealra wæs ára éste that he was bountiful to him in all gifts, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 8; Gen. 1509.

Linked entries: Ósti Eást-land Ístas

sprott

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cwæð ꝥ ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add