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leás-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-líc, adj.

Falsevainfrivolous

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False, vain, frivolous Wénþ ðæt hit hæbbe sum heálíc gód gestryned ... and mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe it supposes that it has gained some exalted good ... and methinks it has purchased a very false greatness, Bt. 24, 3; Fox

Linked entry: leás-ferhþness

marc

(n.)
Grammar
marc, es; n.

A markhalf a pound

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A mark, half a pound (in the laws only the half-mark occurs) Swíðe strang gyld, ðæt wæs viii. marc, Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 21. Six marc silures .. áne marc goldes, Chart. Th. 566, 21-29. ii marc gold, 567, 33.

méd

(n.)
Grammar
méd, e; f.

Meedreward

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Ðín méd byþ swíðe micel, Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 6, 35. Hwæt byþ ús tó méde, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 27: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 59; Jud. 335. Elles næbbe gé méde mid eówrum fæder ðe on heofenum ys, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 1. Méde onfón, 6, 5. Hé mé méde gehét, Beo.

pocc

(n.)
Grammar
pocc, es ; m.
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Wið poccum swíðe sceal mon blód lǽtan ... gif hié út sleán ǽlcne man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, and ðonne wín oððe alordrenc drýpe on innan, ðonne ne beóþ hý gesýne, 104, 14-106, 6. See the note on this section

GNÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GNÍDAN, ic gníde, ðú gníst, he gnít, pl. gnídaþ; p. gnád, pl. gnidon; pp. gniden

To rubbreakrub togethercomminutefricarecomminuere

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Gníd swíðe smale to duste rub very small, to dust, Herb. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 70, 14

Linked entry: ge-gnídan

ge-risenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-risenlíc, comp. m. -lícra, f. n. -lícre; adj.

Convenient, suitable, befittingconvĕniens, aptus

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Ǽgðer ðara is swíðe nyt weorc and gerisenlíc either is a very useful and befitting work, Prov. Kmbl. 60. On ðæm gerisnlícan héhsetle on that seemly throne, Blickl. Homl. 9, 26. Gerisenlíc me to wosanne oportet me esse, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 49.

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.
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to become or be stronger, to prevail Ðæt wæter swíðrode swíðe ofer ða eorðan aquae praevaluerunt nimis super terram, Gen. 7, 19. Se hunger þearle swíðrode praevaluerat fames in terra, 12, 10.

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

un-bildu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bildu, un-bildo; indecl. f.

Want of boldnessweaknessirresolutioninconstancy

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Want of boldness, weakness, irresolution, inconstancy Sió unbieldo and sió manðwǽrnes bióð swíðe anlíce weakness and gentleness are very much alike, Past. 40; Swt. 288, 1.

Linked entries: un-bældo bildu

bere

barley

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Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr sceal syllan .xxiii. systra beres, Ll. Th. i. 434, 11.

deriend-lic

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On ǽlcum mónðe beóð ǽfre twégen dagas þá syndon swíðe derigendlíce ǽnigne drenc tó drincanne. On þám óðrum mónðe se teóða dæg is derigendlic, Lch. iii. 152, 1-12. Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25.

eargian

(v.)
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Sculon eówre heortan eargian swíðe ( animam uestram tabescentem faciam ), and eówra feónda mægen strangian þearle, Wlfst. 133, 4. [v. N. E. D. argh; vb. Cf. O. H. Ger. ir-argén obstupescere.] Cf. ge-irgan

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Þǽr sǽton six árwurðlice menn, swíðe wurðlíce gefrætewad, Vis. Lfc. 19

líf-lád

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Þá gebróðra ongǽn hine sylfne wǽron spelliende and his ágenre lífláde (drohtnunge, v. l. ) swíðe ungelíce ( suae conversationi longe dissimile s), 106, 2. Hé gebeáh into þám mynstre . . . and hine beeóde [on] gódre lífláde, Hml. S. 33, 328.

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces,destroy by beating

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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10.

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Docce seó ðe swimman wille the dock which will swim, the water-lily; nymphæa, L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Se is swíðe sárig for ðínum earfoþum and for ðínum wræcsíþe, 10; Fox 28, 18. Ðæs ðe hé swá geómor wearð, sárig for his synnum, Exon. Th. 450, 15; Dóm. 88. Hé wearð swíðe sári graviter accepit, Gen. 48, 17. Ne forseoh sáriges béne, Ps. Th. 54, 1.

on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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Ne ic mé herehlóþe helle þegna swíðe onsitte, Exon. Th. 166, 15; Gú. 1043. Ðæt is ðæt án ðæs ic eallan dæg mé onsitte, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 730. Hí onsǽton and ondrédon ðæt wé heom grame beón woldon, 23, 273.

gild

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Gylde hé ꝥ yrfe, oþþe . . . underwed lecge . . . and þǽs on .ix. nihton ꝥ wed undó mid rihtan gylde, 352, 10. ꝥ man gulde ꝥ ceápgild, and swinge hine man þriwa, oþþe ꝥ óðer gild (gylde, v. l. ) sealde, 208, 23.

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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Seó burh wæs getimbred on fildum lande, and on swíðe emnum. And heó wæs swíðe fæger on to lócianne, and heó is swíðe rihte feówerscýte.

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Ða lufe mon mæg swíðe uneáþe oððe ná forbeódan, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 11.