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á-belgan

(v.)
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Ðone mon eft lufian ðe him ǽr ábealg, Past. 220, 26, Hwí irsast ðú wiþ ús ? on hwám ábulgon wé ðé? Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, l. Gif hé hwám ábulge, Wlfst. 180, 10: Ors. 6, 11; S. 266, 10. with acc.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, adv.
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Hé fela þing feorran wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, Hml. S. 31, 1009

á-gifan

(v.)
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</b> to restore to a previous condition His mægn þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf, Gr. D. 50, 2. <b>III a.</b> </b>

tó-cwísedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwísedness, e; f.

Crushed condition

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Ðá fǽrlíce wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt furðon nán tácen ðære ǽrran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen that not even a trace of their having been crushed was visible, Homl. Th. i. 62, 16

Linked entry: cwísed-ness

blíðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
blíðe-mód, adj.

Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerfullætus animo, lætus, hilaris

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Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful; lætus animo, lætus, hilaris Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás cyning [MS. kyng], ðeáh he lang ǽr, lande bereáfod, wunode wræclástum the innocent king was ever blithe of mind [cheerful], though he long before, bereft of land, dwelt

cwellere

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Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12. Cwelres lictoris, Germ. 393, 72. Tó ðám hǽðenan cwellere, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 13.

freóls-tíd

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Add: a festival of the Church, an anniversary Ðára seofen háligra slǽpera freólstíd bið on geáre fíf nihton ǽr hláfmæssan, Hml. S. 23, 7. On þurhháligere freólstíde iu sacrosancta (palmarum) solemnitate i. festiuitate, An. Ox. 2601.

ge-bǽtan

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Þonne ǽr hé ꝥ gewealdleþer forlǽt þára brídla þe hé þá gesceafta mid gebrídlode hæfþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 32), Met. ii. 76. Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his brídle (cf. mid his brídle befangene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6), 11, 23. v. next word

mónaþ

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., mónoðas, R.) ǽr man rípan mæge, Jn. 4, 35. Wíf his gedégelde hiá móneðam (monoðas, R.) fífo (mensibus quinque), Lk. L. l, 24 : 4, 25. Ymb ánes geáres fyrst and eahta mónað, Nar. 31, 26. Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað (post annum), Ll.

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

Linked entry: on-leoþian

rúmlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmlíce, adv.

largely, fully,liberallygraciously, kindly, benignly

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Voc. ii. 140, 15. liberally Gif wé lustlíce and rúmlíce ða welan dǽlaþ earmum monnum ðe God ús ǽr sealde, Blickl. Homl. 49, 32. graciously, kindly, benignly Rúmlíce clementer, Rtl. 89, 38 : Mt. Kmbl. p. 16, 7.

Linked entry: rúm-líc

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sinkfallset as the suncaderelabioccĭdĕre ut sol

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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.

á-sprýtan

Grammar
á-sprýtan, l. á-spryttan,

to sprout outspring upto put forth sproutssprout out

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and add: of a plant, to sprout out, spring up Eall gærs and wyrta ǽr þan þe hig upp áspritton omnem herbam prius quant germinaret, Gen. 2, 5. Ðeáh hié up áspryttæn, Past. 67, 23.

Linked entry: á-sprettan

beótian

(v.)
Grammar
beótian, beótigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed[beót I. a threatening] .

to threatenminariminitarito boastvowpromisemagna loquipollicerispondere

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to threaten; minari, minitari Agustinus is sǽd, ðæt he beótigende fórecwǽde Augustinus fertur minitans prædixisse Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 29 : Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 35; Jul. 137. to boast, vow, promise; magna loqui, polliceri, spondere Swá he beótode ǽr wið

FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZEfurze-bushesgenistarhamnusulex eurōpæus

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Ær-ðan undergǽton eówre þornas fyrs priusquam intellĭgĕrent spīnæ rhamnum, Ps. Lamb. 57, 10: Lchdm. iii. 86, 17.

mín

(pronoun.)
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mín, pron. gen. of ic

Of me

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Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín oferswíðdest, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 25; Jul. 521. Ne wát ic hygeþoncum mín, 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4. Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen. Kmbl. 694; El. 347. Mín sylfes gást wæs órmod worden, Ps. Th. 76, 4.

gleowian

(v.)
Grammar
gleowian, gliowian, gliwian, glywian; p. ode; pp. od

To play on an instrumentsingjokejestact the gleeman or buffoonfidicinarejocariscurrariscurram agere

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He sumu þing ætgædere mid him sprecende and gleowiende wæs ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron cum ibidem positi aliqua, una cum eis qui ibidem ante inerant, loquerentur ac jocarentur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 34. Mádena glywiendra juvencularum tympanistriarum, Ps.

scrift-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-bóc, f.
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Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbóc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran, swá swá hié úre fæderas ǽr démdon, Blickl. Homl. 43, 8. a discourse referring to penance Lárspel and scriftbóc ( the title of the homily). Wulfst. 242, 22

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan hwæðerne áðreóteþ ǽr when fate and prudence strive, each with its own hard constraint, which of the two tires first? 857; Sal. 428. Nealles sylfes willum ac for þreánédlan, Beo. Th. 4450; B. 2224.

Linked entry: -nídla

un-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sǽlig, adj.

unhappyunblestmiserableunhappybringing misery

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Hí ( the good) fore góddǽdum blissiaþ, ða hý (the wicked ) unsǽlge ǽr forhogdun tó dónne, 79, 9; Cri. 1288. Hæleð unsǽlige ( the unbelieving Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1122; An. 561. of things, unhappy, bringing misery Æppel unsǽlga (cf.

Linked entry: un-gesǽlig