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ýtera

Grammar
ýtera, <b>. II.</b>
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Þá þe in him sylfum ne magon oferswíðan þá lytlan and þá ýtemestan uncyste qui in semetipsis vincere parva vitia atque extrema non possunt, Gr. D. 204, 9. Add

milite

(n.)
Grammar
milite, pl.
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Soldiers Þá genámon hié þá milite . . . Wǽron þá milite þæs geréfan men, Nap. 45. Þá milite geworhton þyrnene coronan and setton on his heáfod (milites praesidis (þæs geroefe kempe, R. ) . . . plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput ejus,

un-lǽttu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽttu, f.
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Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr

Linked entry: -lǽttu

nówend

(n.)
Grammar
nówend, es; m.
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A skipper, mariner, sailor Þis is se heáhengel sanctus Michael and se ǽðela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida . . . sé ðe rhid heofonlicum wælum his scip gefylleð, An. Ox. 32, note. His nówent (nauta), þám wæs nama Uaracc . . . se nówent rihte ꝥ lytle scip

Linked entry: nomementa

costere

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Þá ðá hé ána wæs, þá com him tó se costere, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 22: Gr. D. 100, 18. Add

swyle

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Add: sensation of swelling Hé onfindeb swile, and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh þá ábláwunge, Lch. ii. 174, 22

wilmian

(v.)
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to rage Þá þá swíþlíce wédde and wilnode (wilmode ?) seó arrianisce éhtnes dum perstcutio Ariana vehementer insaniret, Gr. D. 240, 7. (?)

heáfod-cláþ

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Heáfodcláþ capitale, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 44. ¶ the cloth used for wrapping the head of a dead person :-- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, and þá þá gé mé wrehton, þá næs his heáfodcláþ eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add

spellian

(v.)
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Add Þá ðá hí him betweónon spellodon and wel fela worda sprǽcon cum vicissim aliqua confabularentur, Gr. D. 75, 21. Þá gebróðra þá ongǽn hine sylfne ánmódlíce wǽron spelliende contra se unanimiter conspirantes, 106, 1.[v. N. E. D. spell; vb. 1..]

for-cúþlíce

(adv.)

contemptibly ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ feebly ⬩ ignominiously

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Substitute: in a way that excites contempt, contemptibly, ignominiously, feebly Ortrýwes ciuesdómes forligere forcúþlíce bepǽht perfidi pelicatus stupro enerviter deceptus, An. Ox. 5044. in a way that expresses contempt, that inflicts disgrace, ignominiously

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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The Vandals Þá þá Wandale (Wendle, v.l. Wandali) rícsodon . . . án wydewe sǽde ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde fram Wænla (Wendla, v.l. ) cyneges áðume, Gr. D. 179, 14-21. Wændla (Wendla, v.l. ) ríce, 181, 7. Seó arrianisce éhtnes wæs upp árǽred

Linked entry: Wendlas

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, <b>; I 2.</b> add: gelíce ... swá as ...
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so Gelíce þá biscopas syndan ... swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19

hǽmere

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God fordémð þá dyrnan forligeras and þá unrihtan hǽmeras, Hml. A. 19, 145. Add

cwyld-seten

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld-seten, cwyl-seten,e; f. [cwyld, cwyl = cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill: Icel. kweld, n. evening: as if the night quelled or killed daylight]

A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ⬩ conticinium

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A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ; conticinium Cwylseten conticinium, Mone B. 3747. Cwylsetene conticinio, 3748. Cwyldsetene galli cantu, 4677

Linked entry: cwyld

be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

drýicge

(n.)
Grammar
drýicge, an; f.
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A sorceress Cwǽdon Rómware ꝥ heó wǽre drýegge, Shrn. 56, 13. Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 43

Linked entry: drýegge

nægel

Grammar
nægel, <b>. II.</b>
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene ( clavi perditi ) and þá þylinge tóslægene, Gr. D. 248, 23. v. hand-, wer-nægel. Add

open-ness

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Add: manifestation Þá gesceáwiað þá opennysse þǽre godcundan onlíhtnysse þe heora líchaman symle geclǽnsiað mid sýfrum þeáwum, Hml, S. 23 b, 42

sand-corn

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Swá swá þá sandcorn, þá þe beóð be sǽs waroðum sicut arenam, quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Add

andgit-leás

(adj.)
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Add: of human beings, senseless Þú earma andgitleása, Hml. S. 8, 157. Eorðan ymbhwyrft fiht for Gode ongeán þá andgitleásan ( insensatos ), Hml. Th. ii. 540, 5. of things, without reason Þá treówa þe on æppeltúne wexað, þá þe sind andgitleáse, Hml

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