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heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

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Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle, þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 37. hard to bear, dire, grievous.

on-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-styrian, <b>. I.</b> in l. 1 after lîchoma insert hine,
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Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.

þanc

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Add Mé is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú mé gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

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Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce ðæt hí mid hiora árleásan hláforde ealle forwurdon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 30.

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Ðære sunnan ryne is swíðe rúm, and ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo, Lchdm. iii. 248, 7. Rúme ríce a realm far-reaching, Cd. Th. 254, 13; Dan. 611. Rúmes spatiosae, ampli, Hpt. G1. 434, 45 : 493, 29.

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Ðá funde hé swíðe yfel geþeaht and searwa ymb hira líf contra eorum vitam consilium praebuit, Past. 54, 4; Swt. 423, 15. Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh searwa, L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1: Blickl. Homl. 83, 33.

Linked entries: searo siru

hraþe

(adv.)
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Ðá gecýðde hé swíðe hræðe æfter ðǽm paulo post adjunxit, 465, 18. Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíðe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ some he strips of their wealth very soon after they have begun to be fortunate, Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 22.

ge-neahhe

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Is úre sáwl swíðe gefylled mid edwite oft and geneahhe, and ús oferhýdige forseóð oft and gelóme, Ps. Th. 122, 5. Sendan swíðe geneahhe ofer waðema gebind wérigne sefan, Wand. 56.

lácan

(v.)
Grammar
lácan, p. leólc, léc; pp. lácen.

to swingwave aboutto playfightto play

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to swing, wave about, move as a ship does on the waves, as a bird does in its flight, as flames do Ic láce mid winde I wave about with the wind, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 17; Rä. 31, 1.

Linked entries: leólc be-leólc

emne

(adv.)
Grammar
emne, comp. emnor, emnar; adv.

Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just æquālĭter, æque, omnīno

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Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just; æquālĭter, æque, omnīno Sió sunne and se móna habbaþ todǽled betwuht him ðone dæg and ða niht swíðe emne the sun and the moon have divided the day and the night very equally between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234,

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Swille ða hracan let him swill the throat, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 27. Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt hé máge spíwan, 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan, Shrn. 56, 14.

leahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
leahtrian, p. ode.

impeachaccuseblamerevilereproachto corruptvitiate

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Man godfyrhte lehtreþ ealles tó swíðe godfearing men are reviled far too much, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 163. Ða ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ hi qui de temporibus Christianis murmurant, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 33.

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Twegen manlícan ( images in the sick man's eyes of the observer ) beóþ on mannes eágum; gif ðú ða ne gesihst, ðonne swilt se man, and biþ gewiten ǽr þrím dagum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 206, 11. v. Grmm. D. M. 1133

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or uponfugere, obrepere

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Ðá he nihtes on ungearwe hí on bestæl, and hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde then he stole upon them unawares by night, and grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33.

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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Culfran sind swíðe unscæððige fuglas, i. 142, 8. Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14. Betwuh ðám unscæððigum inter innocentes, Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

be-swápan

to sweepto wrap upcover up

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Hé bií besuápen mid swíðe wlitige ofer-brǽdelse on bǽm sculdrum quanta in utroque humero superhumeralis pulchritudine tegatur, 21

ece

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Beþe tó fýre swíðe þone ece, 70, 4. Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne ( in the early stage of ) þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, 256, 19. Hé mid sáre geswenced bið, mid mislicum ecum, Bl.

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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L. 10, 28. trans. to have as part of one's life, to experience Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe; ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt life hath no mirth while death is feared, Prov.

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

ge-belgan

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III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24. Hié hié gebulgon indignatione permoti, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 11. construction uncertain. of persons Hé wæs swýþe gebolgen for þǽre smerenesse, Bl. H. 75, 21.

hordere

(n.)
Grammar
hordere, es; m.

A treasurer, steward, chamberlaintreasurer

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Cynges hordera oððe úra geréfena swilc, L. Ath. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 23, see note. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oððe ðæs horderes, 9; Th. i. 204, 19