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hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte it waits for the time for displaying its art [cf. O.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

ge-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tæl, -tel, -teal, es; pl. nom. acc. -talu; n.
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All getalu oððe cynn omnes tribus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 30.

Linked entries: ge-teal ge-tel ge-tel

synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
synnig, adj.

sinful, wickedguilty, culpable

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Synnig cynn ( the people of Sodom ), Cd. Th. 152, 35; Gen. 2531. Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Beóþ ða syngan flǽsc scandum þurhwaden, Exon. Th. 78, 31; Cri. 1282. Fyrenfulra ðreát, heáp synnigra peccatores, Ps.

ælmesse

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Ðás twá ælmessena cynn ús sind tó begánne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 31. Ðæt góde weorc ðára ælmæssena, Gr. D. 320, 25. Geornfull on árfæstum wæstmum ælmesena, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 7. Tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise manone who has knowledgeone who has knowledge from a superhuman sourceprophetwise mandivinersoothsayera presage

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Th. 73, 9. a wise man, diviner, soothsayer Wítgan, Caldéa cyn, Cd. Th. 218, 19; Dan. 41.

Linked entry: wítiga

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.
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Gefégon beornas, blíðheorte, burhweardes cyme the men, blithe of heart, rejoiced in the coming of the prince [lit. the city-guardian ], Andr.

cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, diresollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Ne þurfon wyt beón cearie æt cyme Dryhtnes we need not be anxious at the Lord's coming, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 29; Seel. 162

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m?

The herb costmary costus balsamita vulgaris, Lin

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Genim pipor and cymen and cost take pepper and cummin and costmary 1, 17; Lchdm. ii. 60, 15; 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 9; 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 9. Ænglisc [MS. Æncglisc] cost English costmary, tansy; [tanacetum vulgare, Lin.] Lchdm. iii. 24, 8

windel

(n.)
Grammar
windel, es; m.
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Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ys, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas ( canistra) ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle (canistro ) wǽre manegra cynna gebæc, Gen. 40, 17.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to lament. I.
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Add Mǽnes (plangent) alle cynno eorðes, Mt. L. 24, 30. Mǽnæ lugere, 9, 15. Mǽnende tumultuantem (turbam), 23. Mǽnende (dolentes) wé sóhton ðec, Lk. L. 2, 48. Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. ) flentes et heiulantes, Mk. R. 5, 38.

stocc

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Of þǽre lége þæt hit cymð tó frobirig stocce ( to Froburg stocks ?), Cht. Crw. 25, 48. Þá yrsodon þá cempan ongeán þone cniht, and gesettan hine on ǽnne heardne stocc and his sceancan gefæstnodon on þám fótcopsum, Hml. S. 35, 147

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

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Fór Willelm cyng into France mid fyrde and hergode uppan his agenne hláforde Philippe king William marched with an army into France and made war upon his own lord Philip, 1086; Erl. 220, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 58, 5.

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVEpermissionlicense

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Hé sæt on ðam biscopríce ðe se cyng him ǽr geunnan hæfde be his fulre leáfe, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 27. Be ðæs cynges lǽfe and rǽda, 1043; Erl. 169, 25. Bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe and his witena, 901; Erl. 96, 28.

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Se cyng wæs west on Defnum wið ðone sciphere ( acting against the Danish fleet ), Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 26. On ðysum geáre wæs micel unfriþ on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, 1001; Erl. 136, 2.

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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Cyre (cyrr?) swiðrode sǽs æt ende ( the sea no longer ebbed (?), it rolled back upon the Egyptians ), 207, 12; Exod. 465. Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465.

þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.
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Ðæt ðeóh getácnode his cynn, Hontl. Th. ii. 234, 33. Gif þeóh gebrocen weorðeþ, .xii. scillingum gebéte, L. Eth. 65; Th. i. 18, 13. Gif man þeóh þurhstingð, stice gehwilce .vi. scillingas, 67; Th. i. 18, 16.

Linked entry: þégh

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of grine (girene, Ps. Srt. 123, 7)) Cyme him giren ðá hié neoton veniat illis laqueus quem ignorant, Ps. Srt. 34, 8.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Add Twá cynn sind martyrdómes; án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge. Sé ðe on éhtnysse his líf álǽt, hé bið openlíce martyr, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 16. Gif hwá on leásre gewitnesse openlíce (without any concealment of the fact) stande, Ll. Th. i. 398, 11.

Certes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Certes íg, e; f.

CHERTSEYCertesia

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CHERTSEY; Certesia Hér [MS. hier] wurþan ða canonicas gedrifen út of ealdan mynstre fram Eádgáre cynge, and eác of niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre and of Certes íge, and of Mideltúine, and he sette ðárto munecas and abbodas: to niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre Ægel-gárum

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lighteningalleviationreliefmitigationrelease

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Gif ðæt riht tó hefig sý séce siððan ða líhtinge tó ðam cynge, L. Edg, ii. 2; Th. i. 266, 12