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greát

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Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

rind

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

Rind. of a tree the bark crust rind

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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge ne dereþ him nán átter; ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát ðæt hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 3 : 92, 29. Wé ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne leáf, Homl.

Linked entry: rinde

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ðý is swíðe ryhte getácnod ( non incongrue exprímitur) ðurh Galates naman sió hálige gesomnung. Past. 367, 7- to be the figurative representative of, be the symbol of Se gefarena bróðor getácnað Críst.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisturea liquid a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drinkmoisture in an animal body, humourwater, urinemoisture of plants, juice, sap

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Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymð ðæt of wlacre wǽtan; sió cealde wǽte wyrcþ sár an, 224, 24. Wið ealle gegaderunga ðæs yfelan wǽtan of ðam líchoman, i. 236, 18. Gífernes áríst of ðæs hores wǽtan ðe of ðam magan cymð, ii. 196, 3.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

seofon

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S. 23, 137. (2 a) where age is marked :-- Wæs án twelf geára, óþer nigan geára, and se þridda seofan geára, Shrn. 58, 12. forming part of an ordinal On ðǽm siofan-and-hundsiofantiogoðan psalme, Past. 465, 4. Se seofan-and-hundeahtatigeða, R.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Gif hwá his hýde forwyrce and cirican geierne síe him sió swingelle forgifen if any one be liable to flogging [lit. forfeit his hide] and escape into a church, let the scourging be forgiven him, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 15.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Folc of eallum túnum and stowum, Bd. 2, 14 ; S. 518, 10. a place, position, station Sió wyrd dǽ;lþ eallum gesceaftum stówa and tída, Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 33. Ða nú ryne healdaþ, stówe gestefnde, Cd.

ge-scendan

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Th. i. 100, 12. non-physical Sió gesceádwísnes hié selfe gescind (-scent, v.l.) mid ðǽre ungemetgodan smeáunge actionis suae rectitudinem confundit, Past. 67, 8.

hrægl

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Sceolde beón áwriten sió racu ðæs dómes on ðǽm hrægle ðe mon hǽt rationale . . . On ðǽm selfan hrægle ðe hé on his breóstum wæg . . . Swíðe ryhte ðæt hrægl is geháten ðæt se sácerd beran sceolde ðæs dómes racu, 77, 8-23.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Sió micíe nosu and sió woo (tortus ), Past. II ; Swt. 67, 5. Mid wógum bígelse obliqua curvatura, Hpt. Gl. 458, 72. Mid ánum wðgan íserne. Lchdm. i. 318, 18.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Similar entries v. gafol-heord. a spiritual flock Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas sió hiord ðe unwærre bið gehríst, Past. 29, 23.

irsung

(n.)
Grammar
irsung, e; f.

Angerirascibility

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Sió gesceádwísnes sceal on gehwelcum waldan semle irsunge [cf. wealdan ðæs yrres, Fox 132, 10], Bt. Met. Fox 20, 397 ; Met. 20, 199. Of irsunge wyxt seófung and of ðære geþwǽrnesse lufu from anger grows sighing, and from gentleness love, Prov.

Linked entry: eorsung

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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Hwæðer seó godcunde foretiohhung oððe sió wyrd ús néde tó ðam ðe hí willen, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 15. Nédendum dóme urgente decreto, Hpt. Gl, 488, 68. Ic eom nýded, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 26

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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</b> exercise, practice :-- Sió wiþerweardnes biþ wæru áscerred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videas ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 6. of violent movement, literal, disturbance, agitation

Linked entries: stirung styring

tíderness

(n.)
Grammar
tíderness, e; f.
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Sió niht getácnaþ ða ðístro ðære blindnesse úrre tídernesse per noctem caecitas nostrae infirmitatis exprimitur, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 13. Tiddernysse fragilitatis (humanae ), Hpt. Gl. 437, 31. Tédernise, Rtl. 45, 16: 46, 32.

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Of gealádle sió biþ of þǽre geolwan, 106, 14

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Ne selle mon tó fela . . . ðý lǽs him gehreówe sió ælmesse, Past. 325, 8. Ðé þúhte ǽfre tó lytel úre ælmesse, Wlfst. 241, 3. Ælmæssan stipis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 35.

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17. Similar entries v. cod-, corn-, hunig-, weax-æppel

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Sió wamb biþ to clǽnsianne the stomach is to be cleansed, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 260, 12. Clǽnsie man ða þeóde let a man cleanse the people, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 174, 2.

sweotole

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.
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Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ, Met. 6, 3. in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly Wǽron heardingas sweotole gesamnod, Elen. Kmbl. 51; El. 26.

Linked entries: swetole swotole