yfel
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Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Add
on-wealda
One who has power, a ruler
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One who has power, a ruler Ic gelýfe in écne onwealdan ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 140, 14; Gú. 610
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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On Godes onwealde is eal ðes middangeard, and ðás windas and ðás regnas syndon ealle his, and ealle gesceafta syndon his, Blickl. Homl. 51, 19. Ðes middangeard wæs tó ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men tó him þurh his wlite, 115, 10.
Linked entry: middan-eard
módig-ness
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Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163.
frætewung
An ornament ⬩ ornāmentum
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An ornament; ornāmentum Heofonas and eorþe and eall heora frætewung cœli et terra et omnis ornātus eōrum, Gen. 2, 1
meaht-leás
Powerless
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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23
ánhund-wintre
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A hundred years old Hé áxode hyne hú eald hé wǽre. Þá andswarode hé: ' Ánhundwintre and þrítigwintre,' Gen. 47, 9
gif-heal
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Hé healreced hátan wolde gewyrcean . . . and þǽr on innan eall gedǽlan . . . swylc him God sealde, B. 68-72
slíf
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Eall wæs gesýne, fram þám littlan fingre tóweard þæs earmes, and sumne dǽl of þǽre slýfe, Vis. Lfc. 85. Add
ge-swégsumlíce
Harmoniously ⬩ with one voice
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Harmoniously, with one voice Dá sǽde eall se þeódscipe geswégsumlíce then all the people agreed in saying, Shrn. 36, 17
Linked entry: -swégsumlíce
ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Ordfruma ealre clǽnnesse, Blickl. Homl. 13, 21. Drihten is ordfruma ( auctor ) ealra eadignesse, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 16. God, lífes ordfruma, Exon. Th. 14, 30; Cri. 227. Ordfruma ealra gescafta, Cd.
tó-hopa
Hope, ⬩ expectation
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On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wâ eów welegum ðe eówer lufu eall and eówer tóhopa is on eówrum worldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 180, 24.
leóna
A lion ⬩ lioness
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A lion or lioness Zosimus tó ðam leónan cwæþ: Eálá ðú mǽsta(e) wildeór [cf. l. 15 seó leó mid hire earmum], Glostr. Frag. 110, 9. Oft hálige men wunedon on wéstene betwux wulfum and leónum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 5: 488, 4: 572, 13: ii. 192, 24.
mynster-líc
Monastic
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Monastic Man árǽrde cyrcan on his ríce geond eall and mynsterlíce gesetnyssa (monastic institutions), Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 71
tídung
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Tidings Hí cýddan ðam cinge eall. Ðá wearð se cing swýþe blíðe [ðis]sere tídunge, Chr. 995; Th. 244, 38
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úht-sceaþa
One who robs in the night or early morning
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One who robs in the night or early morning Eald úhtsceaða ... nacod níðdraca nihtes fleógeþ, Beo. Th. 4534; B. 2271
Goda
A deity ⬩ god ⬩ deus
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A deity, god; deus Ealra godena God Deus deorum, Ps. Th. 135, 2, 28. God godana Deus deorum, Rtl. 101, 10
þýmel
A thumbstall ⬩ fingerstall ⬩ thimble
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A thumbstall, fingerstall, thimble Wiþ scurfedum nægle ... wyrc þýmel tó, and lege eald spic onufan ðone nægl, Lchdm. ii. 150, 6
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un-tídlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ at a wrong time
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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27
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wól-dæg
A day of pestilence ⬩ a day of death
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A day of pestilence, a day of death Cwómon wóldagas; swylt eall fornom secgróf wera, Exon. Th. 477, 18 ; Ruin. 26