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swíþ-hreówness

(n.)
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swíþ-hreówness, e; f.
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Violent grief, remorse Þǽr is eágena wóp and tóða gristbítung; . . . and þǽr is egesa and fyrhto; and þǽr is swíðhreównes; and þǽr is unrihtwísnes, Verc. Först. 173

Linked entry: hreów-ness

pistol-rǽdere

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Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel; þǽm gerǽddum eft mid þǽre hé sí gescrýd, Angl. xiii. 406, 581-586. Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge, 417, 739.

feórþa

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Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129, 16. Feórþe (ðiú feórða, L.) þǽre wacone quarta vigilia, Mt. R. 14, 25. Ðá feárða wacan, Mk. L.

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt hé strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

spendan

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Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt hé spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 32. Add

fyrhtan

Grammar
fyrhtan, fyrhtian.

to make afraidto become afraid.

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Þæt hí ne fyrhte þæt gewin ðæs síðfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Fyrhtede wérun conterriti, Lk. R. 24, 37. to become afraid. v. Rtl. 102, 21 (in Dict.)

for-þencan

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Þú þe ús sealdest þæt geþyld þæt wé ús ne forþóhton on nánum geswince ne on nánum ungelimpe Deus per quem non cedimus adversitatibus, Solil. H. 7, 15.

hell-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
hell-cund, adj.

Infernaldevilish

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Infernal, devilish Þæt helcunde wered the host of devils. Wlfst. 254, 15

strǽlian

(v.)
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Þæt hý strǽlien (sagittent) on dígelnissum unwemme, Ps. Rdr. 63, 5. Add

cyne-botl

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Þæt hí on Rómánisce wísan árǽre his cynebotl, Hml. S. 36, 39. Add

fullwiht-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-wæter, es; n.
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Baptismal water Þæt tácnode ꝥ ðurh his blód fulwihtwæter gewyrþan sceolde, Nap. 27

á-screádian

(v.)
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Þæt hí þá misweaxendan bógas of áscreádian, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 12. Add

dreórignys

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Þæs cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Dreórinyssa fletus, Germ. 401, 39. Add

hrycg

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Geseah hé ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml. S. 31, 1047. a ridge. v. gráf-, lǽg-, middel-, sand-, stán-, timber-hrycg, and Midd. Flur. s. v

metsian

(v.)
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, v.l. ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. to celebrate a festival Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml.

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Add: to observe beforehand, consider the future Se man gewilnað þæt hé hlísful sý, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó dúste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29.

hnesce

softtendersoftgentlesofttendergentleeffeminate

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Gl. 502. yielding to temptation, inclined to wantonness, effeminate Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, þæt is þæt se man sý hnesce on móde tó flǽsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Similar entries Cf. fæste; II a Ic þæt fæstlíce bebeád ðæt se mon sé ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum gegerwed, þæt hine mon scolde mid wǽpnum ácwellan legem dixi me in eum animadversurum qui non indutus armis deprehensus esset, Nar. 9, 27: Bl.

ge-liger

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ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Ic eom ondetta sodomiscre synne þe hié on gegyltan, þæt is geligre, Angl. xi. 98, 21. Geligeres prostibuli (v. forlig-gang), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 77. Þurh ꝥ grimme bismergleów þæs mánfullan geligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 451.