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in-dryhto

(n.)
Grammar
in-dryhto, f.

Noblenesshonourglory

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Gehwone wyrta wynsumra ðe wuldercyning ofer eorþan gescóp tó indryhtum ælda cynne every pleasant plant that the king of glory created on earth as honours for the race of men, 58 b; Th. 211, 15; Ph. 198

Linked entry: -dryhto

mýdrece

(n.)
Grammar
mýdrece, an; f.

A chest

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J. ) oððe cyst loculus, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 313, 15. Ðǽs synt twá micle mýdercan, and án hræglcysð, and án lytulu towmýderce, and eác twá ealde mýdercan, Chart. Th. 538, 19-22.

Linked entries: méderce mídrece

welwillendness

(n.)
Grammar
welwillendness, e; f.
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Se cyngc blissode on his dohtor welwillendnesse, Ap. Th. 16, 11. On ðínre welwyllendnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 598, 17. Ofer welwillendnysse super benignitatem, Ps. Lamb. 51, 5: Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 44: Anglia xi. 114, 94.

geat-weard

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Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19. Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml. S. 33, 136.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþian, -wurþian, -wyrþian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud.

to set a price onvalueto distinguishhonourdignifyadornworshipadorecelebratepraiseinsignīrehŏnōrāreornāreinstruĕremactāreadōrārecelebrāre

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He Abrahames cynn geweorþude he honoured Abraham's race, Ps. Th. 104, 6. Geweorþie wuldres Ealdor eall ðeós eorþe, écne Drihten omnis terra adōret te, Deus, 65, 3.

Linked entries: ge-wurþian ge-wyrþian

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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Ða férdon betwux Ródbeard eorl and Eádgár æðeling and þæra cinga sehte swá gemacedon. ( The terms are then given. ) On ðisum sehte wearð Eádgár eþeling wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad, 1091 ; Erl. 228, 1-8.

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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Se cyng ne mihte áræfnian his dohtor teáras, Ap. Th. 22, 25. Strengra tó áræfnanne, Wlfst. 207, 24. Syle ús geðyld tó áræfnigenne, Hml. S. 30, 135. Ná áræfnigende nonferentts, An. Ox. 8, 302. to bear in mind, ponder Áræfnaþ exigit, Wrt.

DYNE

(n.)
Grammar
DYNE, dyn,es ; m.

DIN, noisesonus, fragor, strepĭtus

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Cyrm, dyne fragor, Mone B. 4413: Cd. 221; Th. 288, 13; Sat. 380: 222; Th. 289, 7, 27; Sat. 394, 404. Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre ere he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 546; Sal. 272: 650; Sal. 324. Dyne fragōre, Mone B. 4425

Linked entries: dynge dimma

muscelle

(n.)
Grammar
muscelle, muscle, muxle, musle, an; f. [from Latin]

A musclemussela shell-fish

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Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna muscule (muslena, note), Bd. 1. 1; S. 473, 17. Muslan musculos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11

weorold-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-snotor, adj.
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Woroldsnottre men ( naturalists ) secgaþ. ðæt ða ficsas sýn on sǽ hundteóntiges cynna and ðreó and fíftiges, Shrn. 65, 31. Weoroldsnottrum gymnosophistis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 52.

hlinc-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc-rǽw, e; f.
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Of ðám stáne on áne hlincræwe oð hit cymð tó gráfum, 455. I

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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Ðá he gefór, ðá féng Ceolwulf to his bróður, and he rícsode xvii geár; and hiera cyn gǽþ to Cerdice.

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.
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Manna cynn and eác werigra gásta, Blickl. Homl. 83, 12. of things Ðone werigan sele that accursed hall (Hell ), Cd. Th. 285, 4; Sat. 332

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera, ðe under muneces gegyrlan ǽghwider scríaþ, R. Ben. 135, 21. Bana wíde scráð (of the destroying angel that smote the firstborn of Egypt), Cd. Th. 180, 3 ; Exod. 39.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Án cyn ys olocryseis , ðæt is on úre geþeóde gecweden, ðæt heó eall golde scíne, Lchdm. i. 242, 13. Hig scínon ( luceant ) on ðære heofenan fæstnysse, Gen. 1, 15. Sunnan leóma cymeþ scýnan, Exon. Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902. Scínende refulgens , Lk.

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.

sib-fæc

(n.)
Grammar
sib-fæc, es; n.
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A degree of relationship Æfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige in .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenum cynne, ðæt is þinnan ðam feórþan cneówe, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 14: L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22. Cf.

ge-dafenlíce

(adv.)
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Sé þe gedafenlíce and endebyrdlíce tó cymð qui ad regimen ordinate peruenerit, Past. 75, l. Swýðe gedafenlícé (-daflíce, Hpt. Gl. 415, 52) non inconuenienter, i. non incongrne, An.

on-þræc

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Scuton hí intó ðǽm anðræcum cyle prosiliebant in medium rigoris infesti, 350, 11. Seó dene wæs weallende mid anðræcum lígum, on ánre sídan (cf. unum latus flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12), 350, 7.

mǽg

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Gif man gehádodne oþþe ælðeódigne forrǽde . . . þonne sceal him cyng beón, oþþon eorl þǽr on lande and bisceop þǽre leóde, for mæg and for mundboran, búton hé elles óðerne hǽbbe, 174, 8: 348, 6.