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weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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By chance, by accident, fortuitously Weás casu, Txts. 181, 54. Ic his wundrode micle ðý læs, gif ic wiste ðæt hit weás gebyrede búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse minus mirarer, si misceri omnia fortuitis casibus crederem, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere Ic brede nett plecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 8. Ic brede me max plecto mihi retia, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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of persons, sound, whole, uninjured Sum cild wearþ tó deáþe tócwýsed. Seó móder bær ðæs cildes líc tó ðam gemynde ðæs hálgan Stephanes, and hit sóna geedcucode and ansund æteówode, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Onsund, Exon. Th. 278, 5; Jul. 593. Heó árás andsund

Linked entry: án-súnd

háwian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to look. with the eyes Hé eóde út, and háwode and hercnode egressus est, et erectis auribus adstans, Guth. Gr. 136, 8. Hé wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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holiness, sanctity; sanctimonia Háligdóm sanctimonia, Rtl. l00, 11. Mycel is se háligdóm and seó weorþung sancte Iohannes great is the sanctity and worthiness of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 16. Búton ða heánesse ðæs háligdómes nisi excellentia sanctitatis

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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To lie, tell a lie, say falsely, break one's word, play false, deceive, feign Ic leóge mentior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 53. Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl. Th. i. 378

ge-sund

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Add: sound, without flaw or defect. of persons, in good health Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild . . . hé cwæð þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 150, - 19. Hé eóde cucu and gesund intó his byrgene, i. 74, 25. Ne swelte ic mid sáre, ac ic

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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The Biarmians. - The Biarmians inhabited the country on the shores of the White Sea, north-west of the river Dwina. Alfred calls them Beormas. They were called Biarmians by Icelandic historians, and Permiaki by the Russians, and now Permians. In the Middle

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Few, little Ðæra is nú tó lyt ðe wile wel tǽcan there are now too few of those that will teach well, Homl. Th. i. 6, 22. Ðæra biþ ealles tó lyt, ðe hé ne beswíce, Wulfst. 97, 7. Is swíðe lyt manna ðæt ne sý mid ðǽm sumum besmiten there are very few men

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
nacod, næcad ; adj.

nakedbarenuduswithout clothingunsaddledbare-backednakedunsheathedbaredestitutestripped of propertynot accompanied by deeds

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naked, bare; nudus Nacod exertum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 70. Næcad exerta, 107, 78. of persons, without clothing Nacod and ceald nuda, 61, 65. Nacod plegere gymnosophista, i. 17, 10. Ic eom nacod ( nudus ), Gen. 3, 10, 11. Ðá sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod, bæd

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Substitute for all but the two instances from Ælfc. Gr. : intrans. To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn. Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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Take here examples under deóf-lic in Dict., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae

Linked entry: deófel-lic

for-þencan

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Substitute: To despise; used reflexively, to despise one's self, to despair; pp. for-þóht desperate, in despair Þú eart fulneáh forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód thou art wellnigh desperate. But I

ge-hál

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Add: whole, unbroken Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39. Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde, Ll. Th. i. 98, 11. entire, sound, in good condition, uninjured Hire líchama wæs gefunden eal gehál,

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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Take here <b>ge-mænigfealdian, ge-monigfealdian</b> in Dict. and add: trans. To multiply, to make numerous Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne mildheortnesse multiplicasti misericordias tuas, Ps. Th. 35, 7. Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne wundru multa fecisti

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

ge-endung

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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 24, 4: 26, 12. a concluding

hár

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Add: grey-haired with age, old Wæs fród cyning, hár hilderinc, on hreón móde, B. 1307: By. 169: Chr. 937; P. 108, 20. Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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giving occasion for sorrow, sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous Wá lá wá! ðæt is sárlíc ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor heu, proh dolor! quod tam lucidi vultus homines, tenebrarum auctor possidet, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 15. Sárlíc

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa = Kαιδάρεια Basilius se eádiga wæs swíðe hálig bisceop, on Cessarean byrig, on Gréciscre þeóde, manegra munuca fæder, munuchádes him sylf. He wæs swýðe gelǽred and swýðe mihtig lareów, and he munuc regol gesette mid swýðlícre

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibebibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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to DRINK, imbibe; bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre He dranc of ðam wíne, ðá wearþ he druncen bibens vinum inebriātus est, Gen. 9, 21: Lev. 10, 9. We ǽton and druncon befóran ðé manducāvĭmus coram te, et bibĭmus, Lk. Bos. 13, 26. Ðonne híg druncene beóþ cum inebriāti