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land-ár

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Þæt hé cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.

tó-licgan

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Add Seó geogoð getanglíce licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 16

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-stæf, es; m.

Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction

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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939.

wló

(adv.)
Grammar
wló, ; adv. (?)

Readilyeasily

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Readily, easily Hé áwrécen wælpílum wló ne meahte oroð up geteón (cf. sóna ne meahte oroð up geteón, 163, 20 ; Gú. 997), ellensprǽce hleóþor áhebban, Exon. Th. 171, 16; Gú. 1127. Similar entries v. next word

Linked entry: ge-wló

fúlian

(v.)
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Sealf wiþ þon ꝥ dolh ne fúlige . . . ceów þá rinde on ꝥ dolh, ne fúlaþ hit, Lch. ii. 96, 16, 9. Fúliendum fexe squalente capillatura, An. Ox. 1213. Fúligendum limum putrescentibus membris, Scint. 45, 7. Add

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglectrejectdespisecondemndespĭcĕrespernĕre

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Driht forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, 21, 23. he forhigde béne heora non sprēvit prĕcem eōrum, 101, 18

must

(n.)
Grammar
must, es; m. (?)

Mustnew wine

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Must, new wine Must mustum (cf. níwe wín mustum, 27, 47), Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 36. Must mid hunig gemenged inomellum, 27, 45. Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14.

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Seó sýfernes þreáde ðæt werod cweðende ðæt hit ne fyligde ðære gálnesse sobrietas increpat acies dicens ne sequantur luxuriam, Prud. 46 a: 472-492. Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu, 54.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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Ne hopige nán man tó ðyssere leásunge, Homl. Th. ii. 572, 21. Hit nys unnyt ðǽt wé hopien tó Gode forðæm hé ne went swá swá wé dóþ it is not vain for us to have hope in God; for he does not change as we do, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 20.

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

scot

(n.)
Grammar
scot, es ; n.
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No man ... No maner schot, ne pollax, ne schort knyf Into the listes, sende, Ch. K. T. 1686.

Linked entry: sceot

ge-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sirwan, -serwan, -syrwan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to plotcontriveconspiredeliberateto furnish with armsequip

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Ðonne ne gesirede hit ðæt hit þurhtuge swelce synne then would it not have designed to carry out such sin, Swt. 435, 4. Ic gesyrede I plotted, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 20; Jul. 468.

Linked entries: ge-syrwan ge-serwan

á-cunnan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

godspell-traht

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-traht, es; m.
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Ic cweðe þæt ic nǽfre heononforð ne áwende godspeltrahtas of Lédene on Englisc, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 19

Linked entry: traht

grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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Add: with inordinate appetite Éstmettas tó grǽdiglíce mon ne sceal lufian, R. Ben. 17, 1. Gefrédde se deófol þone angel þe hé ǽr grǽdelíce forswealh, Hml. Th. i. 216, 32. with manifestation of strong desire, eagerly Grǽdelíce inhianter, Wrt.

stelan

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Gang , and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T. Grn. 17, 18. Add

under-bæc

Grammar
under-bæc, <b>. Ib.</b>
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add: — Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástweard ongeán þá heofenan, ac seó heofon is strengra and ábrét hí ealle under-bæc westward mid hire ryne, Angl. vii. 14, 137. add: — Hit is áwriten ðæt him wǽre betere ðæt hí sóðfæstnesse weg ne ongeáten, ðonne

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland

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Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 16

á-wiht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht, es; n. [á semper, wiht creatura, animal, aliquid]

AUGHTanythingaliquid

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Ðæt hí geseón ne mágon áwiht ne illi videant aliquid, 68, 24

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne mid heora sceáwunge, Hml. S. 31, 819.

mynster-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-preóst, es; m.

A priest who conducts service in a minster

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A priest who conducts service in a minster Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8