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un-árweorþlic

(adj.)
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un-árweorþlic, adj.
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Dishonourable, disgraceful Swá hit is eác unárwurðlic (inhonestus) and bysmerlic ꝥ hig óðres hádes reáf werian, Chrd. 63, 24

word-lár

(n.)
Grammar
word-lár, e; f.
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón hí . . . ꝥ. . . hí beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22

finger

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Gif se midlesta finger sié of áslegen, sió bót bið .xii. scitt. Gif se lytla finger bið of áslegen, þám sceal tó bóte . viiii. sciit. Ll. Th. i. 96, 3-8. Lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon, ꝥ þú cume tó þæs lǽstan fingres nægle go on counting as we have

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of quick movement Þá arn se cniht and eóde hwætlice on þá mǽdwe ( pratum velociter ingressit ), Gr. D. 36, 11. of prompt action. of persons, with activity of body or mind Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (v. Wrt

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Add Ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican the water formed as it were a wall, and closed the entrance to the church, Gr. D. 220, 16. add Þara six hída þæ ꝥ mynstær on stent, C. D. iii. 274, 9. Ne standað ná ealle steorran on ðám steápan

ciric-griþ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-griþ, cyric-griþ; es; n.

Church-peace, right of sanctuary ⬩ ecclesiæ pax

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Church-peace, right of sanctuary; ecclesiæ pax Stande ǽlc ciiicgriþ [cyric- MS. A.] swá swá hit betst stód let every church-peace stand as it has best stood, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 25: L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 20. Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá abrece

Linked entry: cyric-griþ

hreów-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hreów-líce, adv.

Miserably ⬩ cruelly ⬩ grievously

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Miserably, cruelly, grievously Ða ðe swá hreówlíce ácwealde wǽron crudeliter interemptos, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 3: Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 35. Blǽdran swíðe hreówlíce berstende blisters bursting very painfully, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 7. Mágon hie swá hreówlíce

swíþe

Grammar
swíþe, <b>. II a.</b>
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Add Hié þæt dydon for þǽm swíþost þe hié þóhtan þæt hié siþþan hiora underþeówas wǽren, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 22; 3, 9; S. 132, 13. add Wé ne mihton secgan swá swíðe embe þæt swá swá wé woldon, Hex. 2, 4. Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing

treów

(n.)
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a tree. Add Andlang hearpaðes on Frígedæges treów, C.D. vi. 8, 15. v. béc-, bóc-, ellen-, gemǽr-, mæsten-, mearc-treów. Add Man swá mearcað mid medmicelum treówe (ligno) þeorfe hláfas ꝥ hí beóð gesewene swylce hí beón on feówer feórðandǽlas tódǽlede

hwá

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Add: pl. n. hwá; dat. hwám, hwǽm. in direct questions. hwá who Hwǽm (hwám, v. l.) beóð dás ðyllecan gelícran? quibus isti sunt similes ?, Past. 226, 23. Æt hwám (from hwǽm, R. a quibus) nimað cyningas gafol?, Mt. 17, 25 : Hml. Th. i. 510, 32. hwæt what

frihtere

(n.)
Grammar
frihtere, es; m.

A soothsayer ⬩ diviner ⬩ hariŏlus

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A soothsayer, diviner; hariŏlus Ða syndon gefeaxen swá frihteras quasi dīvīne, Nar. 37, 2. The translator has read dīvīni for divine

wlite-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-full, adj.

Beautiful ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely

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Beautiful, handsome, comely: Ofermódig gif hé wlitefull (decorus) sí geþúht on gesihþe, swá þeáh on weorcum wác ys, Scint. 21, 8

dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
dwæscan, l. dwǽscan, dele 'p. dwæscede,'
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and add Ongunnon hió weorpan wæter and hlýdan, swá þá dóð þe fýr dwǽscað (-eað, v. l. ), Gr. D. 124, 1

geó-man

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Take here <b>iú-man</b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32

stefn-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
stefn-mǽlum, adv.
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280

Linked entry: stefn

tó-éþian

(v.)
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translates aspirare Swá se ælmihtiga God tóéþiende and gefyllende gelíffæsteð sicut omnipotens Deus aspirando vel implendo vivificat, Gr. D. 270, 13

Linked entry: éþian

neb-wlitu

(n.)
Grammar
neb-wlitu, e; f.

The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance

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The form of the face, the face, countenance Heora nebwlitu sceán swá swá sunne, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 10. Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5. Sege ús his nebwlite describe

brédan

(v.)
Grammar
brédan, p. de

To cherish ⬩ nourish

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To cherish, nourish, hatch an egg Feormat, broe*-*deth fovet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79. Brédeþ, feormaþ fovit, 35, 74. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað

endung

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Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð æfter tíde cymð seó endung (fulfilment), Lch. iii. 154, 22. Neár worulde endunge, Past. 213, 6. On endungce in consummatione, Ps. L. 58, 14. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26. From endung a perfeccione

hǽþ-feld

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ-feld, es; m.
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Open uncultivated land, a heath Tó mǽde, and se hǽðfeld eal gemǽne, C. D. v. 78, 32. On ðone hǽðfeld, 177, 27. Úp on þone lytlan ( printed hone lytland) hǽþfeld, C. D. B. i. 296, 25. Forheregian swá swá fýres lég déð drígne hǽþfeld, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50,

Linked entry: feld