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snytro-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-cræft, (or snytro (gen.) cræft, cf. þurh snyttra cræft,
  • Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
  • An. 631
), es; m.

Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom

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Th. 249, 27; Dan. 536. Daniel gespræc þurh snyttrocræft 253, 14; Dan. 595. Ða ðe fyrngewritu þurh snyttrocræft sélest cunnen Elen. Kmbl. 747; El. 374. Ða ðe snyttrocræft þurh fyrngewrito gefrigen hæfdon 308; El. 154.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Ðá ofþúhte ðæt ânum ðæs cyninges gefêran, Lchdm. iii. 424, 16. Ðá ðæs ofþúhte, ðæt se þeóden wæs strang, Cd. Th. 279, 32; Swt. 247.

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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An apostle Ðara postolra apostolorum, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 2. Ða ðe cwédun ðásðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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Bið ðam men full wá, 40, 5; Gen. 634. Hí ne mihton ásecgan, hú wá ðám sáwlum byð, Wulfst. 147, 17. Ðæt him nǽfre ǽr nǽre swá wá swá him ðá wæs, 235, 19. Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó ðæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde, Prov.

Linked entries: eów waa

hálga

(n.)
Grammar
hálga, an; m.

A sainta saint

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Ðæt wundor gelamp þurh ðæs hálgan mihte that miracle happened through the saint's might, 28, 28; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 212. Fram ðam rihtwísan Abel óþ ðam endenéxtan hálgan from righteous Abel to the last saint, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 5.

ǽfen-gifl

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Gyf wé fæstað and ðæt underngereord tó ðám ǽfengifle healdað, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, ac . . bið ðæt ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. Gif hý on twá mǽl etað, sý gehealden ðæs pundmǽtan hláfes se þridda dǽlðám ǽfengifle, R.

ge-ríþre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþre, es j n.
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Of ilám gáran in on ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, in on ðá garéðru; of ðám geréiran, C. D. iii. 279, 24. Of ðǽm crundele on ðá lytla hwitan gerýðra beneaðan ýfre on dane þorn, 415, 32. ?

Linked entries: -ríþre ge-réþru

þý-dǽges

(adv.)
Grammar
þý-dǽges, adv.

On that daythen

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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310

Brent-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Brent-ford, Bregent-ford, Brægent-ford; gen. -fordes; dat. -forde, -forda; m. [Brent
the river Brent
, ford
a ford, Brenford,
:
  • Sim. Dun
:
Brendeford
,
  • Hunt.
Hunt]

the river Brenta ford, Brenford,Brendeford BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius

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BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford

Linked entry: Brægent-ford

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevationexaltationexultationarrogance, pride

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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

un-gewittig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewittig, adj.

madinsanefoolishsenselessnot having reasonirrational

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mad, insane Ic wát ðæt gé wénaþ ðæt ic ungewittige móde ( insana mente ) sprece, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 1. foolish, senseless Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ, hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðætðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe

Linked entry: un-wittig

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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of persons, unmolested by litigation Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwyd and unbecrafod, sitte ðæt wíf and ða cild on ðam ylcan unbesacen, L. C.

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDENclinicus

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Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam bedredan [def. adj.] men, ðá feól he to ðæs apostoles fótum when the pharisee Josias saw that miracle in the bedridden man, then fell he at the apostle's feet, ii. 422, 11.

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Hé hét ða heardnysse holian onmiddan ðære flóre, and ðæt wæterǽddre ðá wynsum ásprang, werod on swæcce. Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4. Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit ða wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde.

Linked entry: ǽdre

ge-witennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witennes, se; f.

Departure

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Departure Ðá ðære tíde neálǽhte his gewitenesse propinquante hora sui decessus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 24. On ðone ylcan dæg byþ ðæs bisceopes gewytennys se wæs nemned scs Cassius on the same day is the bishop's departure who was named St.

ge-hagian

(v.)
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D. v. 137, 15. to be within the means or power of a person Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá ðæt sió, ðæt hine tó ðan gehagige, ðæt óðora lond begeotan mæge and wille, ðonne gebycge hé ðá lond, C. D. ii. 120, 26.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Ofer ða tíd ðæs sǽwetes, 4, 28; S. 605, 8. <b>I b.</b> marking a definite time in the day, an hour :-- Hit wæs ðá seó teóðe tíd hora erat quasi decima, Jn. Skt. 1, 39.

Linked entry: týd

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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to take out a tenth part of anything On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; ðonne gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas ( if we take a tenth of the days of the year ), ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðing*-*dagas, Homl.

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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Tó weáwan hócan; ðanon on ðá heáfodstoccas, 207, 26. Be gemǽre; ðæt on ðá heáfodstoccas; of ðan stoccan on ðone mǽrstán, iii. 439, 6. On gerihte on ðá heáfudstoccas; of ðan heáfodstoccum, vi. 62, 7.

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te

To shinelighten

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Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54. Ðá dæg lýhte at dawn, 180; Th. 225, 23; Dan. 158: Andr.