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þæslíce

(adv.)
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þæslíce, adv.
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Hé hlód ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft þæslíce bealcette, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 22. Þæslícor dignius, Germ. 390, 33

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.
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Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6

Linked entry: þísl

for-helan

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S. 21, 81. with clause (and dat. of person) Hé forhæl him ðæt hé hine eft ðreátian wolde, Past. 185, 24

for-sceamian

(v.)
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A. 201, 189. to make ashamed (used impersonally) Hié on him selfum ðá scylda démen and wrecæn, and hié forscamige ðæt hié eft suá dón (augere culpas erubescant), Past. 151, 17

strídan

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[Wiche strides he makede dunward and eft uppard, ꝥ seið Salomon . . . 'Ecce uenit saliens in montibus et transiliens colles' 'here he cumeð stridende fro dune to dune, and ouerstrit þe cnolles,' O. E. Hml. ii. 111, 34.]

winnan

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winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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add: to be ill Hé winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. Hé winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147. Hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geféran how cruel is care as a comrade Exon. Th. 288, 12; Wand. 30.

Linked entry: slíþe

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred. Gen. 1415. to go to a person, visit: — Mé gedafenið þæt ic tó dæg þé gecyrre (hodie in domo tua oportet me manere, Lk. 19, 5), Hml. Th. i. 580, 34. Hí eft hine ne gecyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 82, 10.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

ge-niwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niwian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To renew, make new, changerenovare, innovare

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On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again ; and

swíge

(adj.)
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swíge, adj.
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Th. 1964; B. 980. silent, not making a noise, still Wind wédende færeþ, and eft semninga swíge gewyrðeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2548; El. 1275. Stille þynceþ lyft ofer londe, and lagu swíge, Exon. Th. 383, 16; Rä. 4, 11.

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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wondrously, curiously Hé (the phenix) eft cymeþ, áweaht wrǽtlíce, wundrum tó lífe, Exon. Th. 223, 29 ; Ph. 367 : 224, 19; Ph. 378.

dǽd-béta

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Th. ii. 170, 13, 11, 15, 20. ' Wylt þú búgan eft tó Chríste?' Se wyþersaca cwæð: 'Ic wylle georne' . . . Cwæð se dǽdbéta: 'Þá deóflu cumað tó mé,' Hml. S. 3, 423.

el-þeód

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Þá hét hé þæt mon þá crístnan eft gebróhte on heora earde (de exsiliis revocavit), 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Sume hé on elðióde him wið feó gesealde 3, 9; S. 126, 16.

fel

human skin

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Eft ic beó mid mínum felle befangen rursum circumdabor pelle mea (Job 19, 26), i. 532, 13: ii. 270, 19. a beast's skin or hide Gif hrýðera hwelc sié þe hegas brece . . . nime se ágenfrígea his fel and flǽsc, Ll. Th. i. 128, 15.

first-mearc

an intervala respite

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Þá æfter fyrstmearce bletsode hé eft Marian líchoman. Bl. H. 153, 3. Firstmearc capidinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 73. Fyrsmearce intercapedinem, An. Ox. 7, 134.

geárlic

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Voc. ii. 5, 55: 92, 9. that lasts a year Þes geárlica ymbrene ús gebringð efne nú þá tíd lenctenlices fæstenes, Wlfst. 284, 19. that forms part of a year On ðám dæge wurdon geárlice tída gesette, Hml. Th. i. 100, 3.

íþ-ness

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Þára þe ǽrest on earfoðum byð and eft on éðnesse, Ps. Th. 40 arg.: Solil. H. 44, 13, Hí maciað eall be luste and be éþmesse, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 25. Þára góda and þára ýðnessa þe God hafað gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Verc. Först. 101, 17. Add

rétan

(v.)
Grammar
rétan, ;p. ; te

To cheer, gladden, comfort

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Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Wudewan and steópcild hý (eorlas and heretogan) sculon rétan and þearfena helpan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Þǽr ðu gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 4. spiritually opposed to carnally Ðone monn ðe gǽstlíce (gást-, v. l.) liofað qui spiritaliter

medume

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</b> add :-- Heom ðúhte óðre hwíle þæt hé wǽre swylce hit cild wǽre, óðre hwíle eft swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé eald geðungen man wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 14. <b>II b.