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þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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</b> testimony :-- Forebodan bið ðis godspell in ðeódscip ł cýðnise (in testimonium ) allum cynnum, Mt. Kmbl.

leóf

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Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 27. Biþ hit swá him leófost bið, Lch. ii. 144, 23: By. 23.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22. Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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Dip. iii. xii.] notices as being of comparatively late date and belonging to the extreme south of England Ðis his ðara fíf hída landscaru tó westtúne [then follow the boundaries: cf. landgemǽra in such phrases ], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 338, 4.

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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Hwí mirraþ git ðis folc fram heora weorcum quare sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis? Ex. 5, 4. God nolde ðæt hié ðone Cristendóm mierde leng God would not that they should longer obstruct Christianity, Ors. 6, 7; Swt. 262, 21.

Linked entries: meoring myrran

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Ðis wilddeór (wildeór, v. l. ) well fremaþ, Lchdm. i. 330, 7. Wildeór fera Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 76. Ne mæg hit wæter ne wildeór beswícan, Salm. Kmbl. 571; Sal. 285. Wildiór leena Kent. Gl. 989. Wildeór bestiae Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 24: Coll. Monast.

Linked entry: wildedeór

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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for ðam se deáþ ne cymþ tó nánum óþrum þingum bútan ðæt hé ðæt líf áfyrre; swá eác ða woruldsǽlþa cumaþ tó ðam móde tó ðam ðæt hí hit beniman ðæs ðe him leófast biþ ðisse worulde, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 6. direction, ordering Ðás feówer heáfodrícu sindon on

Linked entry: tǽcning

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Similar entries v. un-cystig : -- Ðises mannes (the rich span who gave nothing to Lazarus ) uncyst and upáhefednys hine besencte on cwicsúsle, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22. Spærnesse ł uncyste frugalitatis, Hpt. Gl. 425, 66.

Linked entry: un-gecost

ge-þafa

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Ðises ic eom ealles geþafa, Bt. 32, 2 ; F. 122, 20. Hí ealne þone bryce uppon þone cyng tealdon, ac hé nolde þæs geþafa beón, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 9. with clause Hé geþafa beón nolde þæt hé untela dyde. Ps. Th. 9, 35.

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ nor here do this hall's gables burn, Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Ðis godspel belimpþ swíðe þearle tó ðære mǽran freólstíde this gospel belongs very specially to the great festival, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 10. Hig þearle etaþ nimium comedunt, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 11.

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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Gif hwá tó hwæðrum ðissa geniéd síe if any one be forced to either of these, L. Alf, pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 3.

Linked entry: hwæðer

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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Hér ús manaþ and mynegaþ be ( we are here reminded of ) ðisse hálgan tíde weorþunga, 161, 3. Manaþ swá and myndgaþ sárum wordum Beo. Th. 4120; B. 2057.

for-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
for-beódan, -biódan, to -beódanne; part. -beódende; p. ic, he -beád, ðú -bude, pl. -budon; pp. -boden [Ger. ver-bieten]

To FORBIDprohibitrestrainsuppressprohĭbērevătāreinterdīcĕre

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Ðisne we gemétton forbeódende ðæt man ðam Cásere gafol ne sealde hunc invēnĭmus prohĭbentem trĭbūta dfire Cæsări, Lk. Bos. 23, 2. Ic forbeóde prohĭbeo; ic forbeád prohĭbui: forboden prohĭbĭtum, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 34, 35.

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.

Linked entry: mǽne

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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a people, nation; pl. nations, men Wé ðé freóndlíce on ðisse werþeóde wíc getǽhton, Cd. Th. 162, 26; Gen. 2687: Elen. Kmbl. 1283; El. 643. On ðære werþeóde, Andr. Kmbl. 273; An. 137. Ðú ðás werðeóde gesóhtest, Cd.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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and add: to make ready, adapt Hit bið mid ðǽére líðelican manunga tó ðám áredod ðæt hit sceal suíðe hrædlíce áfeallan of ðǽre weámódnesse, Past. 297, 18. to carry out, effect, make Eall ðiss áredað se reccere suíðe ryhte omne hoc a rectore agitur,

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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God mæg unc þurh ðisne earn ǽt foresceáwian, 138, 35: 462, 17

ge-sceap

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Voc. ii. 136, 26. v. cenning. what is created, creation, created things Ic þec biddan wille þurh þæt æðele gesceap þe þú, fæder engla, on fruman settest, Jul. 273. a creature On ðám æfteran dæge God gesceóp ðá gesceapu ðe ðisne heofon healdað, Sal.

ge-swincfull

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Ox. 1115. that requires effort, energy, &amp;c. active (not contemplative) Ðás twá geswustru hæfdon getácnunge ðises andweardan lífes and ð æs écan . . . Ǽgðer líf is herigendlic, ac þæt án is swá ðeáh geswincful, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 34.