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ealdung

(n.)
Grammar
ealdung, e; f.

Agesĕnectus

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Age; sĕnectus Róma besprycþ ðæt hyre weallas for ealdunge brosnian Rome complains that her walls decay from age, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 45

mán-word

(n.)
Grammar
mán-word, es; n.

A wicked word

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A wicked word Ys hyra múðes scyld mánworda feala ða hí mid welerum ásprǽcan delicta ores eorum sermo labiorum ipsorum, Ps. Th. 58, 12

tó-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To forbid,prohibit

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To forbid, prohibit Wé nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24,7

geon-síþ

(n.)
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a yon-journey, journey to the other world, death Æfter hyra geonsíðe hié tó hellewítum beóð gelǽdde, Verc. Först. 147. Cf. ellor-síþ, heonan-síþ, hin-síþ

úþ-wita

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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add

a-lésan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lésan, p. de; pp. ed

To redeemsolvereliberare

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To redeem; solvere, liberare, Hy. 8, 33; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 290, 33

éðe

(adv.)
Grammar
éðe, sup. éðest; adv.

Easilyfăcĭlĭter

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Easily; făcĭlĭter, Hy. I. 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 6. v. eáðe; adv

myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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Grécas myrten flǽsc nǽnigum men ne lýfaþ ac ða hýda ðæra myrtenra neáta heom dóþ tó scón Graeci carnem morticinam nulli permittunt, de pellibus tamen morticinorum animalium calceamenta sibi faciunt, Th. ii. 166, 29-31

be-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-healdan, bi-healdan, ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hylst, he -healdeþ, -hylt, -hilt, pl. -healdaþ; p. ic, he , -heóld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden; v. trans. [be near, healdan to hold, observe] .

to hold by or nearpossessobserveconsiderbewareregardmindtake heedbehaveto meansignifytenereinhabitareservarecuraregerereto BEHOLDseelook onobservareaspicerevidere

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to hold by or near, possess, observe, consider, beware, regard, mind, take heed, behave, to mean, signify; tenere, inhabitare, servare, curare, gerere Heora ǽ to behealdenne to observe their laws Ors. 3, 5 ; Bos. 57, 21. Adam sceal mínne stronglícan

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æl-tæw

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æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Hyt is æltǽwe gyf hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ, Lch. i. 344, 16. Hyra (joy and sorrow) náðer ne mæg beón æltéwe bútan óðrum, Prov. K. 71. Se mon ðe his módgeðanc æltówe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5. Hé hét geáxian sumne æltǽwne drý, Hml. S. 14, 49.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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geseóð hyra cyning, eágum on wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 352, 7; Sch. 94. On ðone eágum wlát cining, Cd. Th. 7, 15; Gen. 106. Wlít (háwa, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20) on moncyn mildum eágum, Met. 4, 54. wénaþ ðæt on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon.

bearn-gebyrdo

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-gebyrdo, indecl. f.

Child-bearingpartus

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Child-bearing; partus Hyre eald Metod éste wǽre bearngebyrdo to her the ancient Creator was gracious in her child-bearing, Beo. Th. 1896; B. 946

ár-wesa

(n.)
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honoured Þá gingran hyra yldran nonnos nemnen, þæt is, leóf and árwesa juniores priores suos nonnos vocent, quod intelligitur paterna reverentia, R. Ben. 115, 20

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hind

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Hió ðá hind swá dyde ꝥ hió him beforan hleápende wæs, and hí hyre æfter filigende wǽron, Lch. iii. 426. 23-32. Hinde meolc, 4, 1. Add

híred-cniht

a domestic

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Oncneów Philippus, swá swá fæder, Eugenian, and Auitus and Særgius hyra ágene swyster, and hyra hýredcnihtas hí eádmódlíce cyston, Hml. S. 2, 249. His híredcnihton eallon .v. pund tó gedále, ǽlcon be þám þe his mǽð wǽre, Cat.

cyre-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-líf, es; n.

A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt

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sýn heora freólses wyrðe and hyra cyres; and ic, on Godes lifiendes naman, beóde ðæt nán man ne brócie, ne mid feós manunge, ne mid nǽnigum þingum, ðæt ne mótan ceósan swylcne mann swylce wyllan I pray in the name of God, and his saints, that

a-rýpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rýpan, p. de, te; pp. ed, d, t

To tear offto ripevellereabscindere

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To tear off, to rip; evellere, abscindere He me of hýd arýpeþ he tears off my hide from me, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 15; Rä. 76, 7

ge-sceaplíce

(adv.)
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ge-sceaplíce, adv.

Properly, fitly, wellapte

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Properly, fitly, well; apte Seó heáfodstów gesceaplíce gehiwad to ðam gemete hyre heáfdes locus capitis ad mensuram capitis illius aptissime figuratus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1, note

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heáfod-gemaca

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Heó geheóld hyre fóstormódor sceáp mid óþrum fǽmnum hire héfdgemacum ipsa pascebat oves nutricis suae cum ceteris puellis coaetaneis suis (Hml. A. 209, 40), Nar. 40, 18. Add

mælan

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Hyt ys gerǽdd ꝥ Móyses lǽrde ꝥ folc, and þus wordum mǽlde, Angl. viii. 322, 4. Hé mǽlde and him beforan sǽde praedixit, Gr. D. 103, 32. Add