bríw
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Bríwes tácan is þæt þú wecge þíne fýst swilce þú bríw hrére, Tech. ii. 123, 13. Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11. Biíwas and drenceas and sealfa wiþ þǽre ádle, 8, 16. Add
fúl-lic
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Hit is fúllic þingc and Gode láð, þæt hí . . . befýlað hí selfe . . . þæt hí farað fram wífe tó wífe, eall swá stunte nýtenu dóð, Wlfst. 305, 7.
ge-swætan
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</b> Yrfewyrdnysse þíne geswǽtton (perhaps only an error for geswæncton; Ps. Srt. has geswecton) haereditatem tuam uexauerunt, Ps. Cam. 93, 5
ge-þwǽrlíce
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S. 23, 201. of things Nú sprecð geþwǽrlíce ( concorditer ) mid þý mægne þára wundra seó rihtwísnes þára worda, Gr. D. 154, 6. gently Hé geþwǽrlíce mid Godes ege andswarige cum omni mansuetudine timoris Dei reddat responsum, R. Ben. 126, 22
glæs
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Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden . . . sóna swá se wyrm þæs onbirigð, þonne swilt hé, Lch. ii. 114, 16.
sténan
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Th. 37, 8. of sound made with things, to roar, sound loudly Cóm ðá wigena hleó þegna þreáte (þrýðbord sténan ( loud sounded the shields)), beaduróf cyning burga neósan, El. 151
from-cyn
a from-kin ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ posterity ⬩ prōgĕnies ⬩ prōles ⬩ the race from which one springs ⬩ ancestry ⬩ origin ⬩ gĕnus ⬩ ŏrigo
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a from-kin, offspring, progeny, posterity; prōgĕnies, prōles Gif ðú wille habban holdne freónd ðínum fromcynne if thou wilt have a faithful friend to thine offspring, Cd. 106; Th. 139, 23; Gen. 2314.
ge-dreósan
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Scúrbeorge gedrorene, 5. to fall, perish. of persons, to die Mægen eall gedreás, þá hé gedrencte dugoð Egypta, Exod. 499. of material things Mín líchoma gedreósan sceal, swá þeós eorðe eall, Gú. 343.
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Gif hwylc man forstele deórwurþe þing ... Gif hwylc man medeme þing ( rem mediocrem ) stele, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 17-20. occupying the middle or mean position as regards size, amount, etc.
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cyne-líc
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ⬩ regius, regalis, publicus
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Ðæt is cynelíc þing that is a royal thing, Exon. 124b; Th. 478, 26; Ruin. 48. Wæs ðæs ylcan mynstres abbudisse on ða tíd seó cynellíce fǽmne Ælflǽd præerat quidem tunc eidem monasterio regia virgo Ælbflæd, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 3.
cosp
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Bútan mín líchama beó on þínum bendum genyrwod and on þínum copsum ágrápod, Hml. S. 8, 121
mis-féran
to go astray ⬩ transgress
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to go astray, transgress Hé (Saul ) ðæt folc bewerodewið ða hǽðena leóda, ðeáh hé misférde on manegum óðrum þingum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 4
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ge-dafen
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ suitable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕnĭens
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Becoming, fit, suitable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕnĭens Gif ðé gedafen þince if it seem becoming to thee, Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 32; Jul. 87
pyffan
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Pyf on þínne scytefinger, Tech. ii. 121, 12. Piffendes spirantis, An. Ox. 1885
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tó-þundenlíce
Proudly ⬩ arrogantly
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Gif hwylc cræftigra manna for ðæs cræftes þingon hine tóþundenlíce onhefþ, R. Ben. 95, 5
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dæg-langes
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Ac gyf unc swá þince uton gebyddan unc hǽr dæglanges and spurian tó morgen furður sed hodie satis, ut puto, scripsimus, Shrn. 188, 17. Add
smeá-lic
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Add Hǽbbe ǽfre wynsume wirtúnas ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre tóeácan óðrum þingum sumne smeálicne ést (aliquod pulmentum) findan, Chrd. 15, 37. Cf. smeá-mete
wiþer-wengel
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An adversary Bysmrað wiðerwengel naman [þínne] inritat aduersarius nomen tuum, Ps. Rdr. 73, 10. Wiþer-wenglum aduersariis, 290, 1. Þú forbryttest wiþenvenglas (aduersarios), 380, 7
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healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Þæt hé þá weáláfe heólde þæt ǽnig mon wordum ne weorcum wǽre ne brǽce, B. 1099. the object a place or thing Míne þincg ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnða, Hml. S. 9, 42.
hoh-full
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Ne beó ðú hohful, lá wíf, þín sunu leofað, 152, 19. Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10.