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sundor

(adv.)
Grammar
sundor, (-er, -ur); adv.
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Th. 293. 3; Wand. 111: Andr. Kmbl. 2324; An. 1163. Gebærne wulfes ceácan and ða téþ sundor burn the teeth by themselves, Lchdm. ii. 102, 13. Se Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sundor of ðæm weorode, Blickl. Homl. 15, 7.

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHTthinkingminddeterminationcōgĭtātiomens

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Grn. ii. 282, 45: Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 27; Wand. 88. Ðæt geþohtas sýn awrigene of manegum heortum ut revēlentur ex meltis cordĭbus cōgĭtātiōnes, Lk. Bos. 2, 35: Ps. Th. 138, 2. Gé sind earmra geþohta ye are of poor thoughts, Andr.

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Wǽron hie mid meteliéste gewǽgde, and hæfdon miclne dǽl ðara horsa freten they were distressed. for want of food, and had eaten a great part of their horses, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 28.

Linked entry: gefrett

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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I. 114, 5. oppressed condition of body or senses, want of animation, dullness Þu cwǽde ꝥ ic hæfde forgiten ꝥ gód ꝥ ic oninnan mé hæfde for ðæs lichoman hefignesse quod memoriam corporea contagione pressus amisi, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 16.

CNYSSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYSSAN, cnysan; part. cnyssende; p. cnyssede, cnysede, cnysde, cnyste; pp. cnyssed

To presstroubletossstrikedashbeatovercome; premeretribularepulsarecontunderevincere

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Ðás stánhleoðu stormas cnyssaþ storms dash these stony rocks Exon. 78a; Th. 292, 19; Wand. 101. Gaius Inlius se Cásere Brettas mid gefeohte cnysede Caius Julius Ctesar beat the Britons in battle Chr. Erl. 4, 24.

Linked entries: a-cnyssan cnyss

fíftig

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Hé wífa ánes wana ealra fíftig forhte gefreoðode, An. 1042. uncertain Hundteóntiges fótmǽla and fíftiges lange, Nar. 36, 12. a set of fifty psalms Ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll. Th. i. 236, 37: 222, 19.

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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Th. 288, 17 ; Wand. 32. to ward off. v. warenian, II. 3 Ðæt wit unc wíte warian sceolden, Cd. Th. 49, 33; Gen. 801

Linked entries: werian be-warian

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Sige on him ge-wann he gained [won] a victory over him, Num. 21, 1. Ic on wicge ríde I ride on a horse, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 14; Rä. 78, 7.

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113. Nymþe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle, Ps. Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.

Linked entry: nemþe

un-lǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.

poormiserableunhappyunfortunatepoormiserablewretched

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Iudas, se ðe hine tó deáþe belǽwed hæfde, Wanl. Catal. 134, col. 1. Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan ( Holofernes ) eáþost mihte wel gewealdan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 102. Ða þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðæm unlǽdan folce Iudéa, Blickl. Homl. 97, 16.

Linked entries: -lǽde lǽd

ge-tácnung

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Hwílon hé ( the preposition ) geeácnað and gefylð þǽra worda andgit þe hé tó cymð, and hwílon hé áwent heora getácnunge and hwílon wanað, 268, 2.

ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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Láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwðér ne ná wanian, ne ne écan, 81, 4. Hié náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðara ðe tó him áre wilnodan, 223, 2 : Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 5.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Wana wilna gehwilces, 137, 12. Gen. 2272.

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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Ic sóhte sele sinces bryttan, hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe in meodu*-*healle mec fréfran wolde, 288, 2 ; Wand. 25 : Beo. Th. 1657 ; B. 826 : 4694 ; B. 2352. Sele ásettan, sídne ræced fæste gefégan, Exon. Th. 296, 6 ; Crä. 47.

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Th. 288, 3 ; Wand. 25 : ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 21, 22 ; Jud. 30. Sinces brytta, aðelinga helm ( Pharaoh ), Cd. Th. 111, 18 ; Gen. 1857. Sinces hyrde, Melchisedec, 126, 27 ; Gen. 2101

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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Th. 292, 19 ; Wand. 101 : 307, 13 ; Seef. 23. Storma nimborum, Hpt. Gl. 439, 71. Stormum nimbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 36. On ðære hreón sǽ and on ðǽm miclan stormum, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 3.

Linked entry: stearm

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Th. i. 344, 35. the vice of avarice, niggardliness, parsimony, want of liberality. Similar entries v. un-cystig : -- Ðises mannes (the rich span who gave nothing to Lazarus ) uncyst and upáhefednys hine besencte on cwicsúsle, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22.

Linked entry: un-gecost

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh I buried my lord, 76 b; Th. 287, 32; Wand. 23. Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl there remains behind the heavy earthy part, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 107; Met. 29, 53.