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á-sceótan

(v.)
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To shoot, move rapidly Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit, Past. 71, 7. Án út ásceát of weorode, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10. Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419.

on-bryrdness

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</b> where the feeling is one of sorrow or regret, compunction :-- Ðá sió anbryrdnes hine álét cum compunctionis tempus abscessit, Past. 423, 15. Mid andbryrdnysse (compunctione) synna andettan, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 1.

tó-hopa

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopa, an; m.

Hope, ⬩ expectation

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Sió lufu and se geleáfa and se tóhopa fides spes et caritas, 21; Swt. 167, 19, 25: Shrn. 179, 1: Bt. 10; Fox 30, 8. Se tóhopa ðære wræce, Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 23: Met. 25, 50. Ðú mē gesettest on tóhopan (in spe).Ps. Th. 4, 9: 15, 9.

Linked entries: tó-hopung tó-hyht

beald

(adj.)

bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent

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Sió balde frontosa (impudentia), 85, 27

mynster-líf

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-líf, es; n.

monastic life ⬩ a place in which the monastic life is lived

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monastic life Gif hláford nylle hire mynsterlífes geunnan, oðða hiá siolf nylle, Chart. Th. 471, 2. Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 7.

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, (from síhan); p. sáh, pl. sigon; pp. sigen (cf. león), seowen (v. á-seowen,
    Lchdm. ii. 26, 11
), siwen (v. á-siwen, Lchdm. ii. 124, 14), seón (v. bi-seón. Exon. Th. 67, 13; Cri. 1088).
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Eal ðæt folc wæs on blǽdran and ða wǽron berstende and ða worms út siónde ( ulcera manantia ). Ors. 1, 7 ; Swt. 38, 7

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another manner ⬩ ălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Hwá aríst elles of Syon bútan ðú who else shall arise out of Sion but thou? Ps. Th. 13, 11. Hwæt elles is quid est ăliud? Bd. 1. 27; S. 494, 15. Nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon they know not what else they speak, Ps. Th. 43, 16.

Linked entry: el

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Sió ungemetgode suíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) ðæs láreówes on gedwolan gebringþ ða ðe hé lǽran meahte, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 3-10. Essaias cwæð, ðætte sió suýge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) wǽre ðære ryhtwísnesse fultum, 38; Swt. 279, 24.

Linked entries: swígness swíg-tíma swíg

godcundnys

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Add: the quality of being divine. in a general sense Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereaht ꝥ ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre?

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Sió heánes ðara munta altitudo montium, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 397, 36. Hú micel síó heánes is and hú soðlíc quam sit vera excellentia, 41, 1; Swt, 299, 4. Mægnes heánnes excellentia virtutis, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 38.

Linked entries: samnung sangere diácon mór þrymness

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to

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intrans. of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start Sió æcs wint of ðam hielfe and eác ús of ðære handa ... Sió æs wient of ðæm hielfe securis manu fugit ...

Linked entry: winde

BEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.

A BEE ⬩ apis

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Sió wílde beó sceal forweorþan, gif hió yrringa awuht stingeþ the wild bee shall perish, if she angrily sting anything Bt. Met. Fox 18, 9; Met. 18, 5.

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

ge-æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfnan, p. de; pp. ed [æfnan to perform, execute] .

to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ perpetrate ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ make ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ to stir up ⬩ excite ⬩ excĭtāre ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sufferre ⬩ sustĭnēre

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Síe sió bǽr gearo ædre geæfned let the bier be quickly made ready, 6203; B. 3106 : 2218; B. 1107. to stir up, excite; excĭtāre Ic nolde þurh gielpcwide ǽfre geæfnan æbylg Godes I would not through vaunting speech ever excite the anger of God, Exon. 50

leóf-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-tǽle, -tǽl; adj.

Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious

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Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðam deófle nán cræft leóftǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte nil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis, Past. 47, 2; Swt. 359, 24.

Linked entry: -tǽl

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre

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Sió godcunde fóreteohhung eall þing gehiwaþ the divine predestination fashions everything, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 17. Ðú gehiwadest me formasti me, Ps. Th. 138, 3. Handa me ðíne geworhton and gehiwedan mănus tuæ fēcērunt me et plasmāvērunt me, 118, 73.

Linked entries: ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ whoever ⬩ whatever ⬩ quisque ⬩ unusquisque

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Sió gesceádwísnes sceal on gehwelcum waldan reason shall rule in each one, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 394; Met. 20, 197. Ongan ánra gehwylc cweðan cœperunt singuli dicere, Mt. Bos. 26, 22 : Deut. 24, 16.

cíle

Grammar
cíle, l. cile,
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Sió hǽte þæs súðdǽles, se cyle þæs norðdǽles, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 28. For ciele (cele, v. l.) nete se sláwa erian . . . for ðǽm ege ðæs cieles (ciles, v. l. ), Past. 285, 5, 10. On cele in frigore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 9. Cyle algore, Wülck.

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Ic secge ꝥ sió foresprǽc ne dyge ( prosit ) þám scyldigan, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 6. for a purpose Deah hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 18. Seó wyrt deáh tó drincanne, ii. 238, 27

sǽ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flód, es; m. n.

an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,

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Wæs án burg sió wæs néh ðæm sǽ óþ án sǽflód com and hié áwéste civitas repentino maris impetu abscissa, atque desolata est, Ors. 2,7 ; Swt. 90, 20.

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