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meaht-loc

(n.)
Grammar
meaht-loc, es; n.
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac hí wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88

wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
wéne, adj.

hopefulfair

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hopeful Similar entries v. or-, un-wéne. fair, beautiful v. wén-líc Wénre (? wénðe, MS.) formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23

Linked entry: wénþ

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

ge-æhtung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-æhtung, e; f.

Deliberationcounselconsĭlium

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Deliberation, counsel; consĭlium Ná hí wel syððan his geæhtunge áhwǽr heóldan non sustĭnuērunt consĭlium ejus, Ps. Th. 105, 11

un-eáðmilte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðmilte, adj.

Not easily digestedindigestible

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Not easily digested, indigestible Sió melt mete wel, swíþost ða ðe hearde beóð and uneáðmylte, Lchdm. ii. 220, 23

castenere

(n.)
Grammar
castenere, es; m.
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A cabinet, chest Ic geann eallum mínum hírédwífmannum tó gemánum ánes gódes casteneres wel gerénodes, Cht. Th. 537, 7

or-leahter

(n.)
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Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on orleahtre . . . welan tó forwyrde gedragað; wel feala for welan on orleahter becómon, E. S. viii. 473, 16-26.

æsc-rind

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-rind, e; f.

Ash-barkfraxini cortex

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Wel æscrinde boil ash-bark, ii. 78, 5

ge-lend

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lend, part. p.

Provided with land

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Provided with land Gyf he wel gelend biþ si bonam terram habeat, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 5

un-nytlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytlícness, e; f.

Uselessnessunserviceableness

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Uselessness, unserviceableness Wið ðæra eárena unnytlícnysse, and wið ðæt man wel gehýran ne mæge, Lchdm. i. 212, 3: 214, 20

wyn-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-burh, f.

A town where life is pleasant,a delightful town

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A town where life is pleasant, a delightful town Þú eádig leofast, and ðé wel weorðeþ on wynburgum, Ps. Th. 127, 2

hǽlu-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlu-tíd, e; f.
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A time of well-being, a happy time Eádward cirig . . . hǽlotíd weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum, Chr. 1065 ; P. 193, 31

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To helpgive helpaidprotectadjŭvāreauxĭliāriprotĕgĕre

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Hí him fylston wel they helped him well, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 34; Gen. 2484. Aríson and fylston eów surgant et vos protĕgant, Deut. 32, 38

Linked entry: filstan

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 ne mihton secgan swá swíðe embe þæt swá swá woldon, Hex. 2, 4.

a-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýan, p. de; pp. ed

To presspremere

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To press; premere Wel on aþýdum sceapes smeruwe boil in pressed sheep's grease, L. M. 1, 8 ; Lchdm. ii. 54, 1

Linked entry: aþýdum

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Actively, zealously Ðonne hé wel þénaþ and úres Drihtnes heorde cwiferlíce gealgað and tó rihte manað, R. Ben. 122, 2

sengan

(v.)
Grammar
sengan, p. de; p. ed
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To singe, scorch Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, sæncge, L. R. S. 6 ; Th. i. 436, 16

ge-streccan

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Substitute for passage Bet him gestreht and wel ges[t]reht gesihð beorhtnysse getácnað lectum sibi stratum et bene stratum uiderit, claritatem significat

ryniga

(n.)
Grammar
ryniga, (?), an; m.

Liquid that runs off

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Wel mintan on sealtes rynian, Lchdm. ii. 76, 2. Genim rynian sealt[es], gehǽt, þweah mid ðý, 156, 16

lár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
lár-spell, es; n.

A discoursesermonhomilytreatise

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Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15.