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tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or awaybe relaxeddissolvedto have the connection between several objectsthat between the parts of the same object relaxedto be dissipated,destroyedto be loosedundoneto get relaxed,to be relaxed,get remissto get paralysed,get powerless,

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Gif hé ða (brídlas) lǽt tóslúpan hic si frena remiserit, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 33 : Met.11, 80. Nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene, Wulfst. 83, 9. of illness Seó fæstnys (costiveness) tóslýpeþ (-slípeþ, MS.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

hál

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Ox. 3471. (3 b) where the sickness from which a person is freed is given, with gen. Hé byþ þæs sáres hál, Lch. i. 352, 2. with inst. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. with prep. Hál from februm (ridesohte, R.), Mk. 1, 31.

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Hé spræc þurh feóndscipe, nalles hé hié freme lǽrde, Cd. Th. 38, 22; Gen. 610 : 14, 2; Gen. 212. Hét hine ðære sweartan helle grundes gýman, nalles wið God winnan, 22, 26; Gen. 346. Nallæs, Soul Kmbl. 206; Seel. Verc. 104.

Linked entry: nalas

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Tó hwon lǽddest ðú ðeosne freóne and unscyldigne hider? Blickl. Homl. 87, 1: Exon. Th. 143, 11; Gú. 659. Unscyldigne, synna leásne, Elen. Kmbl. 990; El. 496. Hú ne is se yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnoþ ?

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Sceal se man wacyan ealle ða niht, ðe ðone drenc drincan wille, Lchdm. iii. 6, 4. of the eye, to be freed from obstruction, to open Gif eágan forsetene beóð, genim hræfnes geallan ... drýp on ðæt eáge ... ðonne wacaþ ðæt eáge (the eye opens again), Lchdm

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Ic wille ðæt man frigæ hæalue míne men I desire that half my men should be freed, Chart. Th. 522, 5. Æfter óðer healf hund daga after a hundred and fifty days, Gen. 8, 3.

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to workto attempt, endeavour (with infin.)to act strenuouslyto make an attempt upon, to attack

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Freme ðæt ðú ongunne, 189, 3. Raðe ðæs hié óðer ongunnon wið Macedonie cui Macedonicum bellum continuo successit, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 32. Ongin ðæt ðú onginnest, Blickl. Homl. 187, 22.

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Mid freó móde, 2, 5; S. 507, 32. a special quality of the soul, in a good sense, Courage, high spirit Æfter ðam ðe his mód wæs mid ðam bismre áhwæt hé fór eft on Perse and hí geflýmde after his courage had been sharpened by this disgrace, he again marched

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Þæt hé his freónd ná for middangearde, ac for Gode lufige, Hml. Th. i. 584, 7.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Freá ælmihtig, mǽre þeóden, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 34; Gen. 853. Se mǽra Fæder ( God ), L. Ælfc. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 4. Hé byþ mǽre beforan Drihtne erit magnus coram domino. Lk. Skt. 1. 15: 32.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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freónd amice, 22, 12. Lá Drihten Domine, Ps. Th. 21, 17: 118, 176. Lá hú oft hí gremedon hine quotiens exacerbaverunt eum! Ps. Spl. 77, 45. Áfæst lá and hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllíce óðre syndon englisc interjectiones, Ælfc.

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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Ne gehérde ða ondsware má manna ðonne ða míne getreówestan freónd, Nar. 32, 15. Má ðæra Iudéiscra ealdra embe Cristes cwale smeádon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 28. Næfde hé má ðonne twentig swýna, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 14.

Linked entries: mǽst

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Hié wlenco onwód, ðæt hié firendǽda tó frece wurdon, 155, 27; Gen. 2579: 217, 3; Dan. 17. Uulencu fastu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 32. Wlenceo, 35, 12. Git for wlence wada cunnedon, and for dolgilpe on deóp wæter aldrum néþdon, Beo. Th. 1020; B. 508: Exon.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Hí fremmað fæstlíce Freán éce word, Sch. 50. Þæt gé fæstlícor gelýfdon, Wlfst. 231, 32. expressing permanence, persistence. Similar entries Cf. fæste; II a Þǽr hié fæstlíce eard genámon they settled there, Gen. 1653.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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L. 17, 20 : Jn. p. 5, 12. (3 a β) the question given directly :-- Gifrægn (-fregn, L.) hine: &#39;Hwæt ðé noma is,&#39; Mk. R. 5, 9. Gefraign hine se Hǽlend cuoeð : &#39;Huæd ðé noma is, &#39; Lk. L. 8, 30 : 23, 3. Gefraegn, Mk.

ge-sǽlig

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Se feónd and se freónd . . . synnig and gesǽlig, El. 956.

furþor

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Hwá mæg ǽfre óðrum furðor freóndscipe gecýðan, þonne hé his ágen feorh gesylle and ðurh ðæt his freónd wið deáð áhredde ( majorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis, Jn. 15, 13), Wlfst. 111, 4.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Gehýr mé hrædlíce and mé help freme velociter exaudi me, Ps. Th. 68, 17: 142, 6: Cri. 263. Hredlíce, Ps. Srt. 36, 2. Tídlícor, hrædlícor maturius (ut disputatio maturius terminetur, Ald. 77, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 24.

ceorl

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</b> in contrast with þeów :-- Þá ofþúhte heora ceorlum (libertinis) þæt mon þá þeówas freóde, and hí nolde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16. <b>II c.</b> a layman :-- Swá mæssepreóst, swá munuc, swá ceorl (laicus ), swá cempa, Coll.

drífan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 208, 26. to carry on vigorously, transact, prosecute, conduct, practise, exercise, do Mé is láð tó tǽlenne Godes freónd gyf hé Godes riht drífð, Hml. A. 13, 9. Sé þe wóh drífð and geswícan nele, Wlfst. 283, 13.