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weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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On ðás tíd wé sceolan habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde, Blickl. Homl. 83, 20. Mid hú heardum brocum ús swingaþ úre worldcunde fædras, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 25.

neádian

(v.)
Grammar
neádian, p. ode (v. níd, VI)

To forcecompelconstrain

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His deópe rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian náðrum, Homl. Th. i. 112, 3

Linked entry: neódian

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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Hwylce-hugu tíd aliquanto tempore, 4, 22; S. 591, 31. Huælchuoego quid, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 15. Huoelchuoegu aliquid, Rtl. 146, 23

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Drihten sylf trahtnode be ðisum ðæt ða sind de Godes word gehýraþ ac hí sind gebysgode mid heora welum we spoke of the seed that sprang tip among the thorns . . .

ge-edbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to be born againto regeneratefacere ut aliquis renascaturregenerare

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To cause to be born again, to regenerate; facere ut aliquis renascatur, regenerare Ðonne he unc hafaþ geedbyrded óðre síðe when he hath caused us two to be born again a second time, Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 30; Seel. 100

Linked entry: ed-byrdan

þæder

(adv.)
Grammar
þæder, adv.
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Thither, whither Gá ðú and lǽde ðís folc þæder þe ic þé ǽr sǽde tu vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi, Ex. 32, 34. On mergen com se biscop þæder, Shrn. 139, 35. Hé þæder ineode, 156, 13

Linked entry: þider

nán-wiht

Grammar
nán-wiht, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt hé þé nánwiht (náwiht, nóht, v.l.) láðes ne dó ut nec tibi aliquid mali faciat, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 156, 23. Nát ic nánwiht betere þonne þú ðé gebidde, Solil. H. 4, 14. Nǽniht nullam, Lk. L. 23, 14. Add

weax-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-georn, adj.

Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)

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Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31

Linked entry: wax-georn

hæg-steald

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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5.

twi-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-líc, twi-lí (-li?); adj.
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Aenlí simplex, tilí bilex, 115, 156, 157. [O.H. Ger. zui-líh bilex (tunica), bissina (tunica), biplex (pannus): Ger. zwillich ticking.] Cf. þri-líc, and see twilíc-brocen

Linked entry: þrili

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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Infancy, childhood Þá feówer tíman, lengten, . . . , and eác þá gelícnyssa, ꝥ ys cildhád, . . . lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað, Angl. viii. 299, 26. Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10.

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

frécelness

(n.)
Grammar
frécelness, e; f.
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Peril, danger For ðyssa tída frécelnisse turbatis rebus Nordanhymbrorum, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 21. Hálo from ǽlcum froecelnisse sanos ab omni periculo, Rtl. 116, 9. In miclum froecelnissum in tantis periculis, 7, 36: 69, 13, 38: 79, 24.

ge-hýþelic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hýþelic, ge-hýþlic; adj.
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On tíde gehýþelicre in tempore opportuno, Ps. Spl. 31, 7: Bl. Gl. Gehýðlic, Ps. Spl. T. 144, 16

ge-cóplic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cóplic, adj.
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Gecóplice word forðstæppan of múðe þínum þænne þú gecóplicne tíman fintst oportuna uerba procedant ex ore tuo cum oportunum tempus inueneris, Scint. 81, 18

Linked entry: cop-lic

hirste-panne

(n.)
Grammar
hirste-panne, an; f.

A frying-pan

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Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne írene hierstepannan (hearste-, v. l.) sume tibi sartaginem ferream, Past. 160, 7: 163, 22: 165, 9

Linked entry: hearste-panne

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, (a different word from preceding ?)
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to make an agreement with Ac nales æfter micelre tíde þæt hié waredon (geweredon, v.l.) wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið hieora geféran sed non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. l, 15 ; Sch. 40, 7

wæter-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ordál, es; n.

The ordeal by boiling water

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Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen, L. Eth. iii. 6;Th. i. 296, 4

ofer-flítan

(v.)

to overcome in a contest, to confute

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Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne to confute Arius Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1

sóþes

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþes, adv.

Of a truthverilyindeedreally

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Of a truth, verily, indeed, really Sóþes ic secge ðé amen dico tibi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 26. Sóðes ðú eart Godes sunu, Lk. Skt. 4, 41. Ðéh hé sylf his ágenum eágum eal ne gesáwe, ðæt sóðes is geworden, Wulfst. 3, 21

ge-þióstrian

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

To obscure;obscūrāre

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To obscure; obscūrāre Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran, and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte the sun outshines all other stars, and obscures [them] with her light, Bt. titl. ix; Fox xii. 2. Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt.