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hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Ðynceað him sumu weorc suíðe hefug (hefgu, v. l.) quaedam sibi difficilia opponit, Past. 285, 1. Hefegast gewinna, þæt hí mid welerum geworht habbað labor labiorum ipsorum, Ps.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Theodore brought about peace between them 'ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearþ, ne máre blódgyte wæs for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer, ac hé mid feó wiþ hine geþingode, ðæt heora sib wæs,' Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 24.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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; quid sibi volunt isti? et si ad te pertinent?, Gen. 33, 5. Wé sceolon forbúgan þone deóful, for ðan ðe him ne gebyrað náht tó ús, Hml. Th. i. 270, 14.

ge-witnes

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Gif hé láðleés beó séce swylcne hláford on þá gewitnesse swylcne hé wille si culpa careat, perquirat sibi dominum in testimonio quem voluerit, Ll. Th. i. 220, 25.

nama

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Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien ǽt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus scientiae sibi nomen extorqueunt, student, Past. 365, 22. <b>IV a.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Deut. 29, 15. about to happen, (that is) to come soon, imminent, impending Mid ðý hé ongeat ðæt him deáþes dæg tóweard wæs cum diem sibi mortis imminere sensisset, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 24.

Linked entry: tó-ward

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Ðǽr is friþ bútan æféstum, sib bútan níþe, Exon. Th. l01, 18; Cri. 1660. Hé slóh hildebille ðæt hit on heafolan stód níþe genýded he smote with his battle-blade, that, forced on by hate, it stuck in the (dragon's) head, Beo. Th. 5353; B. 2680.

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Foregehéht brengende him lytla ne wiðsaca praecepit oblatos sibi parvulos non repelli, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 10. Grammar wiþ-sacan, with a clause Hé wiþsóc ðæt hé ðone Godes andettere slóge (ferire recusavit), Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 40.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew.to offer to view, presentto shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc.without an object, to shew the way, directwithout an object, to direct to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition.to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin.to shew, indicate, signify

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Ðæt hé him dǽdbóte tǽce ut sibi poenitentiam praescribat, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 130, 35. Ne sig nán ðing forlǽten ðæs ðe se regol tǽce on his fandunge, R. Ben. 104, 17. Béte hé swá micel swá déman tǽcan quantum arbitri judicaverint, Ex. 21, 22.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Ða wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge betwux him winnaþ, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, swá nú fýr déþ and wæter . . . Ac á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde ðæt óðer wiþerwearde gemetgian, 21; Fox 74, 13-20: Met. 11, 49, 52.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Dauid, dá hé hine eallunga geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe David, dum totum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3. as protector, helper, &amp;c.

gildan

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Þé wile gásta weard lissum gyldan, þæt þé wæs leófra his sibb . . . 2920. (1 b) of ungrateful return for a benefit Woldon hié þæt feorhleán fácne gyldan, Exod. 150. with idea of reprisal, to repay an injury, take vengeance for Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Sib is forgifen Godes gelaðunge, Hml. S. 9, 130. Ic eom forgifen fram Gode þyssere byrig, 136.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Ðæt sió sib of eówre heortan ne gewíte ( discedat ), Past. 357, 11, 2.

æt

(prep.)
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Hí ætgædere gelǽrede wǽron æt Aristotolese sibi apud Aristotelem condiscipulum, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 132, 2. Eówer blód ic ofgange æt wilddeórum and eác æt þám men, Gen. 9, 5. Ic ne mæg findan æt mé seolfum þæt ic hine geseó, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 1.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Wé tógædere cóman and æfter endebyrdnesse (juxta ordinem) ætsomne sǽton, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 374, 15. order, condition in which a thing performs its proper functions Ic ongite ꝥ ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter, and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse

gíman

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Sé ðe ne giémð hwæðer hé ðá sibbe healde qui servare pacem non curat Past. 345, 12. Hié ne giémað tó hwon óðerra monna wíse weorðe non aliorum lucra cogitant 41, 24.

niman

(v.)
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Ellen niman tó ǽnigum gódan weorce, Angl. xi. 113, 45. with nearly the force of make or do Hú micel scyld ðæt sié ðæt monn nime sume sibbe wið ðá wierrestan. Past. 353, 11.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Þǽr wé sib and lufu gemétað, Hy. 7, 30. For þý sint góde men góde ðe hí gód gemétað . . . Ðá gódan begitaþ ꝥ gód ꝥ hí willniaþ . . .