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scip-broc

(n.)
Grammar
scip-broc, es; n.
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Trouble, hardship, or labour when journeying in a ship Paulus him rehte myccle scipbrocu gebád on ðæm síþe St. Paul related to them the hardships he had undergone on his voyage to Rome, Blickl. Homl. 173, 6

Linked entry: bróc

gebed-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-tíd, e; f.
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An hour appointed for prayer æt nǽnigre gebedtíde wolde on ðǽre cyrican wunian ðæt mid þǽm óþrum his gebed gefylde, Shrn. 65, 15. Æt gehwelcre gebedtíde Godes englas cóman and lǽddan on ðá lyft, 107, 25

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, <b>; I.</b>
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lange mótodon, Hml. S. 34, 214 : 310: 36, 365. Þá gehýrdon mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add

un-gewiss

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Add him þá gewát swíðe gewisfullíce (-wiss- v.l.) swilce ungewis wǽre recessit scienter nescius, Gr. D. 95 30. Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10

be-healdan

(v.)
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H. 241, 9: Past. 317, 9: 449, 36. Ðæt behealden ðæt innan ne áfeallen, Past. 439, 9. Ðá ðe heá búta éghwoelcum flita behaldan, Mt. L. 5, 9 note. Hié for duste ne mehton geseón behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 16.

on-cunnan

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Vos. 140, 4, and add ealle bǽdon heora wóhnyssa forgyfennyssa, þæs þe þæs unrihtes oncúðan, Hml. A. 136, 670.

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Guman ónetton . . . oð þæt sæl ongytan mihton, B. 306: 1803: Gen. 1985

á-forhtian

(v.)
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To become afraid Ic andette ꝥ ic áforhtade, Hml. A. 204, 302. Heó þá áforhtode, Hml. S. 30, 347. (l a) with cause given :-- áforhtode for hire béne, Gr. D. 17, 23.

Linked entry: on-forhtian

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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Gif geméteþ óðerne æt his swister, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 28. betǽhte his swyster, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 23. Tó hyre gingran swuster, Gen. 19, 31. Forlét Pendan sweoster, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 29.

ge-macian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-macian, p. ode; pp. od

To make, cause

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To make, cause heora lufigendne gemaciaþ weligne écelíce they make the lover of them rich eternally, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 29. Ðone ðe he ǽr martyr gemacode whom he had before made a martyr, 82, 24.

Linked entry: MACIAN

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Jer. 56, 56], Homl. Th. i. 576, 28. Gif him þince ðæt huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19.

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239.

Linked entry: bécnan

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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Stapas on his heortan stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6.

Linked entry: a-stihtan

geréf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-scir, or geréfscire.
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is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr. D. 193, 9. stewardship, v. ge-refa; III is tó ágeldenne gescád his geréfscíran (uillicationis), R. Ben. I. 107, 16. Groefscire, Lk. L. 16, a.

án-éged

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-éged, part.

One-eyedblinded of one eyemonoculusmonophthalmusluscus

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One-eyed, blinded of one eye; monoculus, monophthalmus, luscus Gif he gedó ánégede if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. 1: 48, 25, note: Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 76; Wrt. Voc. 43, 9

bǽr-man

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hreopode ðá bǽre, and þá bǽrmenn ætstódon, Hml. Th. i. 492, 25: ii. 150, 13. beád him ꝥ deófolgild ne bǽron ná furðor . . . and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæst stódon, Hml. S. 31, 374. Add

fela

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Is þæs fela tó secgenne, þæs þe ádreág, Gú. 509. Ne wundriaþ nó fela þæs þe nú wundriaþ, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 6. Þeáh áge feala fægeres, Bl. H. 21, 7. Bitres fela, Gen. 479. Fela gelíces, Th. 387.

Linked entry: feald

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn. 147, 9. Ælcum swyn-cendum on helpe beón, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 36: Ps Th. 98, 3. Hy on name helpe néron ne heom sylfum ne heora freóndum, Solil. H. 68, 24.

Linked entry: helpe

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grantallowancepermissionwillingness to givepleasure in doing somethinga grantwhat is given

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eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl. Ski. i. 3, 556. willingness to give, pleasure in doing something Gelǽste Gode his teóðunga mid ealre blisse and mid eallum unnan ...

Linked entry: unne

hind

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