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eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial terrēnus, terrestris

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Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him. Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 11, 15. Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde si terrēna dixi vobis, Jn. Bos. 3, 12.

on-cweþan

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Ongan his magu frignan . . . Him þá oncwæd, Gú. 983-996: El. 1167. with cognate accusative, to make a response (?) Oncweð þisne cwide, Dóm. 114. Add Seó neólnes cliopað tó þǽre neólnesse, and heó oncwyð, Ps. Th. 41, 8. [Cf. O. H.

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 19. On bǽm sculdrum in utroque humero, Past. 14, 3 ; Swt. 83, 9, 21. Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17.

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Sume burgon heora feore and ámeldodon heora cristenan mágas . . . Ðeós yfelnys bið eác on Antecristes tócyme, ii. 542, 24. Bydelas ðæs écan yfeles, ðe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, 538, 24.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Þǽr syndon þá micelan mǽrða, ꝥ syndan ðá geweorc (weorc, v.l.) þe Alexander hét gewyrcean ibi sunt illa magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. <b>VI a.

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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Hé nóhwæþere heora willnunge habban ne ðurhteón magan in neutro cupitum possunt obtinere propositum, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 2. Drihten gehýrð ða wilnunga his þearfena desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus, Ps. Th. 9, 37. Willniungum petitionibus. Mt.

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BEORCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEORCAN, ic beorce, he byrcþ; p. bearc, pl. burcon; pp. borcen [Icel. barki, m. guttur] .

to make a sharp explosive soundlatratum vel sonum edereto BARKlatrare

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to make a sharp explosive sound; latratum vel sonum edere. to BARK; latrare Ða dumban húndas ne mágon beorcan. We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen L. Ælfc.

Linked entry: borcian

fyrþran

(v.)
Grammar
fyrþran, fyrþrian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [furðor further]

To furthersupportadvancepromoteproveherepromŏvēre

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Ðæt hí mágen hénan ða yflan, and fyrþrian ða gódan that they may humiliate the evil, and further the good, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 22. Friðaþ and fyrþraþ protects and supports, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.

Linked entry: firþriende

myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
myndgian, <b>. II.</b>
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notice of a person For ðám ic ðé mindgige, ꝥ þú ongite ðætte nán gesǽlþ nis on þisse andweardan lífe ut agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something (gen. ) Wé magon

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, sup. adv.

At firstmostvery wellbestprīmomaxĭmeoptĭme

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Swá forþ swá we fyrmest leornian mágon as far as ever we can learn, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 5: L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 6: L. Eth. vi. 40; Th. i. 324. 28

lustful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustful-ness, e; f.

Pleasuredelightdesire

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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege ðæt hié mágon þurh ða lustfulnesse heora módes mid gódum dǽdum geearnian leht ðæs écan lífes the Lord established for all believers their passage to the way of life, that they may

bildu

(n.)
Grammar
bildu, (-o); indecl.: bild, e; f.

Boldnessconfidence

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Ðæt hié habbað ðá arodnesse and ðá bieldo (bældo, v. l.) ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti, Past. 41, 17. Hé hæfde mid him myccle bælde (fiduciam) híwcúþnesse, Gr. D. 140, 7. Baeldo, Rtl. 89, 3.

Linked entries: byld bældu

bisceop

under

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Lundenwaran lufodon þæt heó þeówedan heora deófolgelda biscopum idolatris magis pontificibus seruire gaudentes, Bd. 2, 6; Sch. 138, 9

ge-nesan

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Þú ðysne níð genesan móte, Lch. iii. 52, 17. to avoid an evil in which one might become involved Þ wé þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22. Cf. ge-nerian

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Ðǽm ǽrestan godwebbe ðióstro na magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian, Sal. K. 152, 20. (l a) figurative :-- Nú wé sculon eft hwierfan neár Róma we must now return in our story to Rome, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 86, 13.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Geworhte hé týn engla werod . . . on micelre fægernisse, fela þúsenda, on þám frumsceafta þæt hí . . . hine wurðedon ealle líchamleáse, leóhte and strange, búton synnum on gesǽlðe libbende, swá wlitiges gecindes swá wé secgan ne magon, Ælfc. T.

drý-cræft

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Drýcræft wyrcan, 154, 8. a magic art or practice Drýcræftas necromantiae, An. Ox. 4, 29.

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evadedecipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Úton acræftan hú we heora mágon [MS. magan] beswícan let us plan how we can weaken them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 20. Ne mæg hit wildeór beswícan a wild beast cannot evade it, Salm. Kmbl. 572; Sal. 285.

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doingsuffering which is painfula painful symptomsuffering that is undergone for the sake of religionsuffering of persecution, crosssuffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdomthe anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Homl. 153, 35. as a medical term, a painful symptom : -- Tácn ðæs ofercealdan magan, ðæt ða men ne þyrst, ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, and ne biþ him ǽnig wearm þrowung getenge, Lchdm. ii. 194, 13. suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion