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lust

(adj.)
Grammar
lust, adj.

Pleasedgladdesirous

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Pleased, glad, desirous Ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twýsprǽcena word that thou be not glad or desirous to hear the words of the double-tongued [or does lustum belong to the preceding word?], Wulfst. 246, 10

dwild

(n.)
Grammar
dwild, dwyld,es ; n.

Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre error hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum

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On Engla land feole dwild weáren geseogen and geheórd many prodigies were seen and heard in England, 1122; Erl. 249, 13

in-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
in-hold, adj.
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm

ge-myndelíce

(adv.)
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Add: by heart: — Gemyndelíce memoriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 74. Sý án ǽnlýpig rǽdincg gerǽd gemyndelíce bútan béc (memoriter), R. Ben. 34, 12. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gecweden, 38, 10. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gesǽd ex corde recitatus, 34, i.

on-stíðian

(v.)

to make hard

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to make hard Onstíðade ( induravit ) hiora hearta, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 40

tó-hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hnescian, ; p. ode

To soften away

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To soften away Ðonne findest ðú ðæt hearde tóhnesced, Lchdm. ii. 250, 21

Linked entry: hnescan

floterian

(v.)
Grammar
floterian, flotorian; p. ode; pp. od

To FLUTTERbe disquieted or troubledbe carried by the wavesfluctuārefluctibus ferri

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To FLUTTER, be disquieted or troubled, be carried by the waves; fluctuāre, fluctibus ferri Ðín heorte floteraþ on gýtsunge thy heart flutters or is disquieted with covetousness; cor tuum fluctuat avārĭtia, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 28.

lengian

(v.)
Grammar
lengian, p. ode v. impers.

To long

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To long Lengaþ hine hearde sorely doth he long, Salm. Kmbl. 542; Sal. 270

ceahhetung

(n.)
Grammar
ceahhetung, e; f.

cachinnus, cachinnatio

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Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Ceahhetung vel cincung cachinnatio, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 86

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

ge-hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlystan, p. -hlyste; pp. -hlysted.

to listenhearauscultareaudireto obeyobedire

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to listen, hear; auscultare, audire Gehlyste me audiat me, Mk. Bos. 7, 16. Beornas ge-hlyston men listened, Byrht. Th. 134, 31; By. 92. to obey; obedire On hlyste eáran gehlyste me in auditu auris obediunt mihi, Ps. Spl. 17, 46

Linked entry: hlystan

frætwung

(n.)
Grammar
frætwung, frætewung, e; f.

An adorningadornmentornamentornātusornāmentum

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An adorning adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones, Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.

býtl

(n.)
Grammar
býtl, bítl, es; n. m? [být, pres. of beátan to beat, strike]
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Nán mon ne gehiérde bítles swég no man heard the sound of hammer, Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS

Linked entries: bítel biótul bítl

deád-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-bǽre, def. se deád-bǽra, seó, ðæt deád-bǽre; adj.

Death-bearing, deadlymortĭfer, lethālis, lethĭfer

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Th. ii. 158, 22, Ðæt ðín heorte forhtige for ðam deádbǽrum drence that thy heart may fear the deadly drink, i. 72, 16. Deádbǽre sprancan lethifĕras labruscas, Mone B. 1993

Linked entry: deáþ-bǽre

ge-frǽge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége, es; n.

An inquiringa knowingknowledgeinformationhearsaypercontātiocognĭtioaudītio

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An inquiring, a knowing, knowledge, information, hearsay; percontātio, cognĭtio, audītio Míne gefrǽge in my knowledge, as I have heard, as I am informed, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-frége ge-frége

innane

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Past. 194, 20. inwardly, in reference to the mind, heart, & c. Hié beóð innane áhafene on oferméttum mens in superbiam extollitur, Past. 271, 21. Innane (intus) hé hit geþafode, 417, 17. Hí áþindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5

swegel-rád

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-rád, e; f.
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Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúdc hlynede, hleóþor dynede, sweglrád swinsade, Exon. Th. 353, 47; Reim. 29

hagal-scúr

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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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Hrinon hearmtánas hearde and sáre drihta bearnum, Cd. Th. 61, 5; Gen. 992. Mé ðæt cynn hafaþ sáre ábolgen that race hath angered me sore, 76, 14; Gen. 1257. Forgrípan gumcynne grimme and sáre heardum mihtum, 77,15 ; Gen. 1275.

breóst-gehygd

Grammar
breóst-gehygd, (-hýd)

thoughtmind

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Gif gé hýrað mé breóstgehygdum (with purpose of heart), 2316. Wé þé biddað geornlíce breóstgehygdum, Cri. 262. Hé his béna bebeád breóst-gehigdum verba precantia clamat, Dóm. L. 60.