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níten

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Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .XXX. sciłł. . . . myran mid .XX. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .XXX. p̃. cú mid .xxnii. p̃. swýn mid . VIII. p̃, man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł, gát mid .II. p̃., Ll. Th. i. 356, 1-6.

hleówþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleówþ, hleóþ, hlíwþ, hlýwþ, e; f.

Shelter, protection, warmth

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Ða hlýwþe gódra weorca the shelter of good works, L. E. I. 32; Th. ii. 430, 24. Gé hyra hulpon and him hleóþ géfon ye helped them [the poor] and gave them shelter, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 11; Cri. 1354

Linked entries: hlíwþ hlýwþ

mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-heartedof gentle dispositionmeekmercifulcompassionategraciousclement

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Mid mildheortum weorcum with works of mercy, Blickl. Homl. 37, 19. Cyng ðú mildheortesta rex clementissime (Christ), Hymn. Surt. 86, 29: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39 note.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to -brǽdenne; p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brǽdan to make broad]

To make broadbroadenextendspreaddilātāreampliāreextendĕreexpandĕresternere

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He his cyricean wundorlícum weorcum gebrǽdde ecclesiam suam mirĭfĭcis ampliāvit opĕrĭbus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40. Ealle ða telgan ðú æt sǽstreámas sealte gebræddest extendisti palmĭtes ejus usque ad măre. Ps. Th. 79, 11.

Linked entry: ge-brádian

twi-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽce, adj.
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.), weorðe se sóðsagol (sóðspǽce), Wulfst. 72, 16. Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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Th. i. 66, 7: 106, 1 Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 174, 28. Be fyhtwíte and manbóte. Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte oþþe manbót forgifen sý, 248, 20.

ge-staþelfæstan

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Drihten gestaþolfgstige þé on his willan tó eallum gódum weorcum, Angl. xii. 516, 5. III. of non-material objects, to make effectual :-- Geðaeht ðæt hié ne maehtun gesteaðulfestian (-staþolfæston, Spl.) con-silia quae non potuerunt stabilire, Ps.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruellyhorriblyatrociously

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Ðæt hé ne weorðe wælhreó[w]líce (-reówlíce, Cott. MSS.) (crudeliter) gefangen mid ðǽm grinum uncysta, 43; Swt. 313, 12. Wælhreówlíce swingan, Homl. Th. i. 424, 12. Hí áxodon, hwí hí swá wælbreówlíce dydon, ðæt hí freónda ne róhton, Homl.

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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Æfter ðissum wordum weorud hlosnode swígodon ealle after these words the multitude listened [astonished or expectant], all were silent, Andr. Kmbl. 1522; An. 762. Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: hlysnan

á-solcen

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Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 4. Asolcennys déð þæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml.

Linked entry: á-seolcan

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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VI. to think of :-- Ic on móde gemyndgade hú mé ǽrran dagas álumpan, metegade on móde þíne mǽran weorc, and ymbe þíne handgeweorc hogode memor fui dierum antiqworum, meditatus sum in operibus tuis, in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Uselessvainidleunprofitable

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Oft ðonne mon forlét ða fæstrǽdnesse ... hine spænð his mód tó swíðe monegum unnyttum weorce ... Hé swíður his mód gebint tó ðǽm unnyttan (-nyttran, Hatt. MS.) weorcum ðonne hé ðyrfe, Past. 4; Swt. 36; 14-21. Rǽd biþ nyttost, yfel unnyttost, Exon.

Linked entry: un-net

ícan

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Nimen hié him bisene on hira gódan weorcum, and ícen (iécen, v. l.) hié simle mid hira ágenum proximorum facta imitando multiplicent, 229, 16

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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Þú gelustfullodest [mé] on þínum weorce delectasti me in factura tua, 91, 5. Ic wes gelusfullad delectabar, Kent. Gl. 278. Þá rihtwísan beóð gewistfullode and beóð gelustfullode, Ps. L. 67, 4. <b>III a.

Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Dene, nom. acc; gen.a ; dat.um; pl. m.

The DanesDāni

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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.

lustbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-ness, e; f.

Desirepleasurepleasantness

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Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús óþ ðæt heó ús áwyrtwalaþ from ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo fervore non accenditur, a bonorum desiderio funditus convalescente

metgian

(v.)
Grammar
metgian, metegian, metian; p. ode.

to assign due measureto moderateregulateto measure in the mindconsidermeditate upon

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Ic metegian ongan mænigra weorca meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis, 76, 10

Linked entries: metegian ge-metgian

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, <b>.
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Tilian wé georne ꝥ wé þonne gemétte synd on gódum weorcum, Verc. Först. 130, 6

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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In him wunnon þá yfel his líchaman wið þám weorce his ælmesdǽda, Gr. D. 320, 18. Ðá lytlan yflu gé fleóð, Past. 439, 26. what is hurtful or grievous Þonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 19.

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Th. i. 466, 26. metaphorical Se spearca ðara gódra weorca, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 6. Sum spearca sóþfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 2. Ne furðum án spearca mínes cynrenes nis mé forlǽtan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 206.

Linked entry: spærca