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biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo

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BITTERNESS; amaritudo Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant

Linked entry: bitter-nes

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

a-smorian

(v.)
Grammar
a-smorian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. trans.

To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare

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Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 26

Linked entry: smorian

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement

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Hú gesceádwís se reecere sceal bión on his þreaunga and on his óleccunga quae esse debet rectoris discretio correptionis et dissimulationis, Past. 21, tit.; Swt. 151, 6. Ðá áhsode heó hine georne mid hire ólæcunge, on hwam his miht wǽre, Jud. 16, 6.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Him se Ebrisca eorl wísade the Hebrew man [Lot] directed them. Cd. 112; Th. 147, 24; Gen. 2444. Ða eorlas þrý, nom. pl. the three men, 95; Th. 123, 16; Gen. 2045. Eorlas wénaþ men think, 86; Th. 109, 22; Gen. 1826.

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

ge-scý

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scý, es; n.

A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga

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A pair of shoes; calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda

Linked entries: -scý ge-sceó ge-scóe

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd

To instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ teach

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Hé lǽrþ and hé týð heorde his docet et erudit gregem suam, Scint. 146, 7. Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Hé hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde hú hé drohtian sceolde eum erudire studuit qualiter conversari debuisset.

wend

(n.)

a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case

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Gif hit gebirie ðæt Alhmund swá ða freóndréddene healdan nolde, oððe hine mon oferricte ðæt hé ne móste londes wyrðe beón, oððe þridda wend, gif him ǽr his ende gesǽlde Chart. Th. 141, 13

ge-wísian

(v.)
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Add: to shew, point out something (acc.) to a person (dat. ) Ðus him gewísede se Ǽðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C. D. v. 141, 29. Ꝥ hió swá myceles his onfón sceolde swá seó hind hire gewísede, Lch. iii. 426, 29. to direct a person. with acc.

máge

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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23.

tó-geagnes

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(b a) Add Him upp gándum of þám baðe hé hæfde him scýtan gearwe tógǽnes, Gr.

spǽtlan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtlan, spǽtlian; p. ede.

to emit saliva ⬩ to foam ⬩ to spit on anything

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Voc. ii. 73, 37. to spit on anything Hié hine bindaþ and spǽtliaþ on his onsýne, Blickl. Homl. 15, 11. Hié spǽtledon on his onsýne, 23, 32. Spǽtlædon, 237, 11. Spǽtledon (-odon), Anglia xii. 505, 14

be-díglian

(v.)
Grammar
be-díglian, -díhlian, -deáglian; ic -díglige; p. -díglode; pp. -díglod, -díhlod; v. a.

To hide ⬩ cover ⬩ conceal ⬩ keep close or secret ⬩ occultare ⬩ abscondere

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To hide, cover, conceal, keep close or secret; occultare, abscondere Né hire ðú him ðæt ðú hine bedíglige non audias eum ut occultes eum, Deut. 13, 8. On gríne ða ðe hí bedíglodon in laqueo quem absconderunt, Ps. Spl. 9, 16.

be-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-styrian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, styrian to move]

To heap up, pile up ⬩ aggerare

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To heap up, pile up; aggerare His þegnas mid moldan hit bestyredon and gefæstnedon his thanes heaped up with mould and fastened it, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 20

Linked entry: be-streddon

ofer-sáwan

(v.)

to oversow

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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25

Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan

lísian

(v.)

to release ⬩ redeem

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to release, redeem Gif hé on hand gán wille dó hine man on carcern swá hit æt Greátanleá gecweden wæs and hine be ðam ylcan lýsige if he is ready to submit, let him be put in prison, as it was determined at Greatanlea [v.

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 help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre

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Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help to them ], Lk. Bos. 5, 7. Him fylste drihten the Lord helped him, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 8; Gen. 2631.

Linked entry: filstan

be-weorpan

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Th. i. 464, 19. þæt hig mid wyrtgemangum hine bewurpon ut aromatibus condirent eum. Gen. 50, 2, Hé hét settan hí on sandpytte and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml. S. 35, 326. Add

íþ-ness

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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.

elles

(adj.)

otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else

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Eall þæt manncynnes elles wæs, eall hit ádranc, Wlfst. 10, 13. Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten, Ll. Th. i. 368, 22. Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18.