tídlíce
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for a time, temporarily Yrsunge tídelíce ( but tíde ne, MSS. O. T.) sceal mon gehealdan iracundie tempus non reseruare, R. Ben. 17, 6. <b>I a.</b> for time, in this world :-- Se ðe on ðisse worulde wel tídlíce (temporaliter ) wealdt, bútan
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scræf
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a cave, cavern, hollow place in the earth Scræf spelunca, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 21. Ðǽr ( hell ) biþ fýr and wyrm, open éce scræf, Cd. Th. 212, 10; Exod. 537. Cirice on scræfes onlícnesse, Blickl. Homl. 197, 18. Hé férde tó ðam munte and on ánum scræfe (
sméðe
Smooth ⬩ smooth, without roughness or inequalities ⬩ smooth, without discomfort or annoyance ⬩ smooth, suave, avoiding offence ⬩ smooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.) ⬩ smooth ⬩ not harsh, melodious, harmonious
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Smooth in glosses: Sméðe lenis Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 48. Smoeðum politis 117, 55. Ðæs sméðestan politissimis 66, 27. smooth, without roughness or inequalities of surface Sméðe ringce tinius Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 56. Mín bróður ys rúh and ic eom sméðe Gen. 27
ge-eáþmédan
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Add: -eáþmédian ; p. ede. the object a person, to humiliate Þá eágan þára ofermódena þú geeáðmétst (humiliabis), Ps. Th. 17, 26. Geeádmétst, Hml. A. 107, 166. Þisne geeádméddeþ (humiliat) and þysne áhefþ, Ps. Spl. 74, 7. Þú woldest ús geeáðmédan, Ps.
-ing
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a patronymic suffix Sume naman syndon patronymica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman, æfter Gréciscum þeáwe, ac seó Lédensprǽc næfþ ða naman; hí sind swá ðeáh on Engliscre sprǽce, Penda, and of ðam Pending, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 52-4. Ælfréd Æþelwulfing Alfred
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
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HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty Heáh on bodige statura sublimis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 7. Gyldenu onlícnes twelf elna heáh a golden image twelve ells high, Shrn. 88, 23. Se beám geweóx heáh the tree grew high, Cd. 202; Th. 251, 15; Dan. 564. Hwæt elles
ge-mǽre
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2,
ge-hwilc
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Add: each, every; in pl. all. as noun, alone Gif man in mannes tún ǽrest geirneð, .vi. scillingum gebéte ; sé þe æfter irneð .iiii. scillingas; sibban gehwylc scilling. Ll. Th. i. 6, 17. Gehwilc, 16, 4. Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney, Hér, A. D. 937, Æðelstán cyning lǽdde fyrde to Brunan byrig in this year, A. D. 937, king Athelstan led an army to Brunanburh, Chr. 937; Th. 201