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éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
éðe, comp. éðre; sup. éðost; adj.

Easy, ready, mild, softfăcĭlis, mītis

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Eall ðú ðín yrre éðre gedydest mĭtĭgasti omnem ĭram tuam, Ps. Th. 84, 3: Mk. Bos. 2, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2586; El. 1294

ful-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-strang, -strong, full-strong; adj.

Full strongvery severe or overwhelmingvalde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus

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Full strong, very severe or overwhelming; valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus Wæs him eall fulstrang it was all very severe to them, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 23; Sat. 226. Is ðeós þrag fulstrong this moment is very overwhelming, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 13; Jul. 464

Linked entry: full-strong

ge-hentan

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

To takeseizecăpĕreprehendĕre

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Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17

Linked entry: hentan

wís-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
wís-bóc, e; f.

A book a record

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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14

á-íþan

(v.)
Grammar
á-íþan, p. de
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Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H. Ger. ar-óden vastare, devastare.]

be-smirwan

(v.)

to besmear

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Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51

Linked entry: be-smyred

cyne-stól

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Add: a throne Hé eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte, H. R. 101, 2. a seat of government, capital Hierusalem, Iudéa cynestól, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 26.

for-spildness

(n.)
Grammar
for-spildness, e; f.
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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hé sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24.

Linked entries: for-spilness -spildness

sóþfæstness

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Hwæðer þé þince þæt hyt eall án sí . . . sóð and sóðfestnes (verum et veritas )? . . . Hweðer ðincð þé betre, þe þæt sóð, þe seó sóðfestnes?, Solil. H. 50, 2-15. Add

stincan

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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Eálá wǽran ða ancras swá trume and swá þurhwuniende, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 10. Trume and torhte tungol, Exon. Th. 58, 11; Cri. 934. Ofer ealla truma ceastra . . . Hwæt getácniaþ ða truman ceastra super omnes civitates munitas . . .

geómor-mód

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Gewitan him ( the apostles after the ascension ) gongan . . . geómormóde, Cri. 535: An. 406. gloomy from a sense of evil fortune or danger Eald æscwiga, se þe eall geman gárcwealm gumena (him bið grim sefa), onginneð geómormód geongum cempan . . . higes

ehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ehtung, e; f.

Deliberation, council delĭbĕrātio

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Deliberation, council; delĭbĕrātio Ehtunga ealle hæfdon cogĭtāvērunt, Ps. Th. 82, 3

Linked entry: eahtung

ge-ǽðelian

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

To render celebratedrenownedexcellentto ennobleimprovenobĭlĭtāre

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Ðú eart geæðelod geond ealle world thou art renowned throughout all the world, 7, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 26

ge-birhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birhtan, he -birht; p. -birhte: pp. -birhted, -birht

To make brightbrightenilluminateilluminare

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To make bright, brighten, illuminate; illuminare Ðe ealle bing gebirht which brightens all things, Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 37.

Linked entries: ge-berhtan ge-brihtan

reccend

(n.)
Grammar
reccend, es; m.
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A ruler, governor. applied to the Deity God eálá ðú micele reccend ( rector ), Hymn. Surt. 72, 1 : Exon. Th. 2, 12; Cri. 18. Þeóda reccend, Ps. Th. 101, 1. God is ealra þinga reccend, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 9.

un-gehealdsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsumlíce, adv.

Incontinently

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Incontinently Ðæt eald wíf sceole ceorles brúcan uugehealtsumlíce, Homl. Ass. 20, 159

Linked entry: ge-healdsumlíce

un-súr

(adj.)
Grammar
un-súr, adj.

Not sour

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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30

Linked entry: súr

fácnes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
fácnes-full, adj.

Deceitful

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Deceitful Ealle þá fácnesfullan weoloras universa labia dolosa, Ps. Th. 11, 3

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Creeping, reptile Ealle slincendu ł smúendlícu omnia reptilia Ps. Lamb. 68, 35