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teón-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
teón-cwide, es; m.
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Cf. hearm-cwide

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

ge-tweógan

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Suá h[w]á sé ðe cuoeðas ... and ne getuíga in his hearte ah geléfe quicumque dixerit ... et non haesitauerit in corde suo sed crediderit, Mk.

tígan

Grammar
tígan, (a)
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Hig tígdon his swuran swíðe mid racenteágum and his handa samod mid heardum ísene and þá fét tógædere, 35. 164. Add

æt-bredendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-bredendlíc, adj. [æt-bredende, part. of ætbredan to take away]

Taking awayablativus

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From this teacher I heard wisdom. I rode from that city. I came from the king, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 27-32

gnornung

(n.)
Grammar
gnornung, e; f.

Grieflamentationmourningmœstitia

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Seó árleáse helwarena stefn wæs gehýred and heora gnornung the impious voice of the dwellers in hell was heard, and their lamentation, Blickl. Homl. 87, 4: 91, 30: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 8; Sat. 334: Exon. 40 b; Th. 134, 29; Gú. 516

DYNE

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

DIN, noisesonus, fragor, strepĭtus

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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

þeóstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstrig, adj.
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Ðióstrig ł blind hearta caecatum cor, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17. Ðurh ðrióstrie wegas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21

Linked entries: þýstrig þrióstrig

ge-bǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽran, p. de ; pp. ed [ge-, and bǽru bearing, habit]

To bear one's selfbehave or conduct one's selfse gerere

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To bear one's self, behave or conduct one's self; se gerere Ne gefrægn ic ða mǽgþe sél gebǽran never have I heard of the tribe bearing themselves better, Beo. Th. 2029; B. 1012 : 5640; B. 2824 : Fins. Th. 77; Fin. 38.

Linked entry: bǽran

CNYSSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYSSAN, cnysan; part. cnyssende; p. cnyssede, cnysede, cnysde, cnyste; pp. cnyssed

To presstroubletossstrikedashbeatovercome; premeretribularepulsarecontunderevincere

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To press, trouble, toss, strike, dash, beat, overcome; premere, tribulare, pulsare, contundere, vincere Ic wæs hearde cnyssed I was hard pressed Ps. Th. 117, 13.

Linked entries: a-cnyssan cnyss

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441. Hé ús gescildað wið sceððendra eglum earhfarum, Cri. 762: Gú. 376. Add

dreórgian

(v.)
Grammar
dreórgian, dreórig(i)an to be or
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Dele 'to fall, perish,' and add Hí dreórigende þóhton and mid heora módes un*-*rótnysse teáras áléton they grew dismal as they thought and in the sadness of their hearts shed tears, Hml. S. 23, 445

a-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To move quicklyvibrateremovedraw fromwithdrawvibraredestringereeximereretra-here

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Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge abregde when from my heart hunger or wolf shall have torn both soul and sorrow, 104; Th. 137, 22; Gen. 2277.

Linked entry: a-brugdon

ge-nyrwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nyrwian, -nyrwan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To make narrow, compress, oppress

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Hearde genyrwad hardly constrained, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 6; Cri. 364

un-gedyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedyrstig, adj.

Faint-hearteddiffident

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Faint-hearted, diffident Ða unmódigan and ða ungedyrstigan wénaþ ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlíc sié ðætte hié dóð and forðon weorðaþ oft ormóde pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, et ideirco in desperatione franguntur, Past. 32; Swt

Linked entry: ge-dyrstig

ge-axian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-axian, p. ode; pp. od [acsian to ask]

To find out by askinglearnhearexquīrĕreresciscĕreaudīre

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To find out by asking, learn, hear; exquīrĕre, resciscĕre, audīre Swá hwá swá ðæt geaxaþ, he hlihþ eác mid me quicumque audiĕrit, corrīdēbit mihi, Gen. 21, 6.

heorcnung

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. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to hear

hírend

(n.)
Grammar
hírend, es; m.

a hearer

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a hearer Ðá hérend (gihérend, R.) gehérað audientes audiant, Mk. L. 4, 12, Hérdon ł hérend wéron audientes, 3, 8. one who is subject. Similar entries v. híran; VII. 4 Synne hýrendra (or pres. part.?) Hismahelitum, Ps. Rdr. 82, 7

un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timiddiffidentfaint-hearted

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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott.

wráþ

(n.)
Grammar
wráþ, es; n.

crueltywhat is grievousthe painful

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Gl. 518, 35. what is grievous, the painful Ðæt nán wiht ne sý, . . . ne ðæs heardes ne ðæs hnesces, ne ðæs wráðes ne ðæs wynsumes, . . . ðæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wulfst. 184, 20

Linked entry: wráþ-líc