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án-wille

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Ne flýt ðú ná wið ánwilne man, Prov. K. 5. Ánwille obstinatam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 2. Þá ánwillan, 82, 66. Ðá fortrúwudan and ðá ánwillan protervi, Past. 209, 20. Add

hæle

(n.)
Grammar
hæle, es; m.

A man, brave man, heroa man

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A man, brave man, hero [a word occurring only in poetry] Fród hæle the aged man, Cd. 62; Th. 74,14; Gen. 1222. Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met.

ælmes-leóht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-leóht, es; n.

Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast

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Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1

ge-hentan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hentan, p. te; pp. ed

To takeseizecăpĕreprehendĕre

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To take, seize; căpĕre, prehendĕre Hió abít hæleða gehwilcne ðe hió gehentan mæg she devours every man whom she can seize, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 64; Met. 13, 32. Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17

Linked entry: hentan

hæg-þorn

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Ǽlces treówes dǽl þe man begitan mæg bútan hægþorne, 86, 9

HOPA

(n.)
Grammar
HOPA, an; m.

HOPE

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HOPE Geleáffullum mannum mæg beón micel hopa tó ðam menniscum Gode Criste believing men may have great hope on the human God, Christ, Homl. Th. i. 350, 24. Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8

an-byrdnys

(n.)
Grammar
an-byrdnys, nyss, e; f. [an contra, byrdnys status]

Resistancerepugnantia

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Resistance; repugnantia Gif ǽnig man anbyrdnysse beginþ if any man begin resistance, L. Edg. S. 14; Th. i. 276, 31

Linked entry: ge-anbyrdan

hyse-berþling

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-berþling, es; m.

a male childpuerperium

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The bearing, of a male child, a male child[?]; puerperium, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 8; Wrt. Voc. 17, 16

Linked entry: berþ-ling

dalmatice

(n.)
Grammar
dalmatice, an; f.
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A dalmatic Man álegde ofer þá bǽre his dalmatican ( dalmaticam ), . . . and sum man gehrán þǽre dalmatican, Gr. D. 329, 24

wéning

(n.)
Grammar
wéning, e; f.

suppositiondoubtful thoughtdoubthope expectationchance

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supposition, doubtful thought, doubt Se Godes man ne sceolde be ðan morgendæge þencean, ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé þurh ðæt ǽnig ðara góda forylde, ðe hé ðonne ðý dæge gedón mihte, and (þurh) ða wéninge hweðer hé eft ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste the man

pinsian

(v.)
Grammar
pinsian, p. ode
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To weigh, judge, estimate, consider, examine Geþænce ǽlc man hú swíðe man pinsaþ ða sáwle on dómes dæg, ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge and hý man wegaþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 239, 26.

Linked entry: pís

feorh-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-scyldig, adj.

Life-guiltyliable in one's lifevitæ reusmorte dignus

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Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14

þíxl

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Hit is mycel nédþearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid írenum þíslum and ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add

earfoþ-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-mæcg, earfeþ-mæcg, es; m.

An unhappy maninfortūnātus hŏmo

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An unhappy man; infortūnātus hŏmo Se earfoþmæcg up lócode the afflicted man looked up, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 12; Dan. 623

Linked entry: earfeþ-mæcg

Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Selle man him twá swylc swylce man æt him nime, Lchdm. i. 400, 17. Seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd, Wulfst. 146, 10.

Linked entries: tuu twá

gár-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
gár-céne, adj.

Spear-boldbold in armshastâ audax

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Spear-bold, bold in arms; hastâ audax Offa wæs gárcéne man Offa was a man bold in arms, Beo. Th. 3921; B. 1958

sceorpan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorpan, scearp

To scrape, to irritate

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To scrape, to irritate Gif man [hwæt ?] sceorpe on ðone innaþ if anything irritate a man in the insides, Lchdm. iii. 44, 27

Linked entry: ge-sceorpan

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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Gif he hine gebinde, and ðonne to preoste bescire, mid LX scillinga gebéte if a man shave off the beard, let him make amends [boot] with xx shillings. If he bind him, and then shave him like a priest, let him make amends [boot] with lx shillings, L.

an-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-lícnes, on-lícnes, and-lícnis, -lícness, -lícnyss, e; f.

likenessimagesimilituderesemblanceimagosimilitudoa parableparabolaan imagestatueidolstatureheightstatuasimulacrumstatura

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God gesceóp man to his andlícnisse creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam, Gen. 1, 27. On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss in the soul of the man is God's image, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 21.

Linked entries: and-lícnis on-lícness