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hálig-dóm

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Nú wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19. Hwæt ða hǽþenan þá hine bestódon, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 104. Þá se bisceop dyde up ðone sanct, i. 21, 139. as adverbial connective, of time, when Þá hé út eode embe underntíde, hé geseah óðre ídele standan, Mt.

ge-þencan

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Geðenc nú hwæt þínes ágnes seó, Bt. 13; F. 38, 1: Past. 467, 1: 5, 5. Geðenceað hwelces wítes gé wénen ðǽm, 329, 12. Geðence gé hwæt gé sien, 159, 14.

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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From hwǽm ondfóaþ gæfle oððe hérnisse a quibus accipiunt tributum vel censum? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 17, 25

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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Toten vt wiðuten vuel ne mei nouðer of ou, & nim ȝeme hwat vuel beo icumen of totinge, A. R. 52, 2-11. Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7. Ajein kunde hit is, ꝥ te deade totie, 50, 25. He bad me toten on þe tree. Piers P. 16, 22.

cýpan

(v.)
Grammar
cýpan, cípan; ic cýpe, ðú cýpest, cýpst, he cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. cýpaþ; p. cýpte, ðú cýptest, pl. cýpton,cíptun

To sell vendere

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Hwǽr cýpst ðú fixas ðine ubi vendis pisces tuos? 23, 21. Ðú sældest vel cýptest folc ðín vendidisti populum tuum, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 14. Sǽde ðám ðe ða culfran cýpton dixit his qui columbas vendebant, Jn. Bos. 2, 16.

ge-gremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gremian, -gremman; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To irritateprovokeexciteincenseinflameexaspĕrāreprovŏcāreexăcerbāre

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Hwæt hit swíður gehierste and gegremige what more scorches and excites it? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 2; Hat. MS. 32 a, 15. Gegremod wearþ se gúþrinc the chief was incensed, Byrht. Th. 135, 54; By. 138.

Linked entry: gremian

swefnian

(v.)
Grammar
swefnian, p. ode.
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Swá hwæt swá ðé geswefnaþ, 154, 24. Áhicgan on sefan ðínne hú ðé swefnede, Cd. Th. 224, 5; Dan. 131. Ðé heortan deópnyssa swefnian te cordis alta somnient, Hymn.

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberationhesitation

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Ðá cwæð án ðæra deófla tó hyre: 'Hwæt is ðín þriding? hwí nelt ðú út gán?' Wulfst. 140, 13. Tweógendlícere tweónunge þrydunge ancipiti ambiguitatis scrupulo, Hpt. Gl. 422, 34

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

wóþ-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ-bora, an ; m.

A (good) speakeroratorpoetprophetphilosopher

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Micel is tó hycgenne wísum wóðboran, hwæt sió wiht sié, 414, 22 ; Rä. 32, 24. Wilt ðú wísne wóðboran wordum grétan, biddan ðé gesecge gesceafta cræftas, 346, 21 ; Sch. 2. Cræftgleáwe men, wíse wóþboran, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 27.

Linked entry: sóþ-bora

bí-leofen

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Ásmeáge hé on þám þrím iengctenum hwæt his biglifen (-leofa, v. l.) sý computet per tres quadrigesimas quanti victus ejus sit, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 31. Tóforan gesetre bigleofene (-leofan, v. l.) super statutam annonam, R. Ben. 59, 15.

rúnian

(v.)
Grammar
rúnian, ode

To talk low, whisper, mutter

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Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov. Kmbl. 12. Ða rúniendan musitantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54. 72 . Rúnigendum stefnum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin, 36, 1. note. His egen to sen, his muð to runien, O.

Linked entries: rún rúnere

Dene

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

The DanesDāni

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Sunnan dæges cýpinge gif hwá agynne þolie ðæs ceápes, and twelf órena mid Denum, and xxx scillingas mid Englum if any one engage in Sunday marketing, let him forfeit the chattel, and twelve ores among the Danes, and thirty shillings among the English,

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or uponfugere, obrepere

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To steal away or upon; fugere, obrepere Gif hwá on óðre scíre hine bestele if any one steal himself away into another shire, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10. Bestelan on Theodosius hindan to steal upon Theodosius behind, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.

stalian

(v.)
Grammar
stalian, p. ode
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Gif hwá stalie (stalige) ... Gif hé stalie (stalige) on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14-17: 22; Th. i. 116, 9-10. Be þeófum. Gif þeóf ofer ðæt stalige, L.

Linked entry: stal-gang

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 16. Eal þá monigfealdan yfel, 2, 5 ; S. 86, 15. Hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, Past. 393, 29

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe, L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.

friþ-geard

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-geard, es; m.

An inclosed spacehabitation of peaceseptumpācis domĭcilium

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An inclosed space, habitation of peace; septum, pācis domĭcilium Gif friþgeard si on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fieard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any

Linked entry: friþ-splott

sealtere

(n.)
Grammar
sealtere, es; m.
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Sealtere, hwæt ús fremaþ cræft ðín ? . . . Nán eówer blisse brýcþ on gereorduncge oððe mete, búton cræft mín gistlíþe him beó, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 5-11.

un-gelícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelícness, e; f.

Differencedissimilaritydiversity

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Hwæt ðonne ða ungelícnesse ðe of hiera unðeáwum forðcymeþ, se godcunda dóm geðencð omnes homines natura aequales genuit, sed variante meritorum ordine alios aliis culpa postponit.