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mete-láf

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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107

sár-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
sár-stæf, es; m.

an insult, a reproach

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A term intended to pain, an insult, a reproach Godes andsacan sægdon sárstafum swíðe gehéton ðæt hé deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde God's adversaries said with bitter words, vehemently vowed, that he should suffer death, Exon. Th. 116, 10; Gú. 205

Linked entry: sorh-stæf

Eofes-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Eofes-ham, Eues-ham; gen. -hammes; m. [Flor. Eouesham: Hovd. Heuesham: Brom. Euesham: Kni. Evisham, Evysham, Ewesham, Evesham]

EVESHAM, Worcestershire oppĭdi nomen in agro Vigorni*-*ensi

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D. 1037] died Æfic the noble dean at Evesham, Chr. 1037; Th. 294, 36, col. 2. Ælfward wæs abbad on Eofeshamme ǽrest Ælfward was first abbot of Evesham, Chr. 1045; Th. 303, 2.

Linked entry: Eues-ham

gár-leác

(n.)
Grammar
gár-leác, es; n. [gár a spear, leác a leek : from its tapering acute leaves]

GARLICallium

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Nim gárleáces gódne dǽl take a good deal of garlic, Lchdm. iii. 12, 15. Nim gárleác take garlic, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 12 : 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 10 : 1, 63; Lchdm. ii. 138, 3 : 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 276, 15.

Linked entry: gaar-leece

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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Ðeós woruld ðeáh ðe beó myrige hwíltídum geþuht sý this world though sometimes it appear joyous, Homl. Th. i. 154, 17. Seó sǽ is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówene, hwílon eác swiðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, 182, 32

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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On the same day Se ðe sleá his ágenne þeówne esne and hé ne sý ídæges deád he who smites his own slave, and he die not on the same day, L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 13.

Linked entry: ig-dæges

ge-sweorcan

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Ic geswearc swá swá dead from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde, Ps. Vos. 30, 13

ge-wítigian

(v.)
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Án gedæfneð ꝥte sié deád for ðǽm folce gewítgade unum debere mori pro populo prophetizat, 6, 11. Gewítga ( prophetizo ) huælc is sé ðe ðec slóg, Lk. L. 22, 64: Mk.

ge-týn

(v.)
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Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren, Past. 35, 12. Wæs se blaca Heáwold má on wísdóme háligra gewrita getýd Niger Heauald magis sacrarum litterarum erat scientia institutus, Bd. S. 10; Sch. 600, 3. Galdre getýdum necromantia freto, An. Ox. 4133.

glíw-mann

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Wé herigað hira cræftas, and ðeáh nyllað hí habban sic eis virtutum sanctitas sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium vanitas placet. Illi aurigarum et histrionum gesta favoribus efferunt, nec tamen tales esse desiderant, Past. 231, 7.

hunta

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Deáð æfter moncynne, egeslic hunta, á bið on waðe, Met. 27, 13. Of huntan gríne losian, Ps. Th. 123, 6. Tó huntan wícan, C. D. iii. 219, 9. Ðis is ðára .iii. hída landbóc . . . ðe Æðelréd cing gebócode Leófwine his huntan, 230, 25.

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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Add: physically Þe lǽs hig þone deáð on heora sáwle þolian, ðe hig líchamlíce (lícumlíce, v. l. in carfare) ðoledon, R. Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13.

þearf

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Add On ðǽm ðingum ðe him ðearf sié, C.D. i. 316, 12. Ic þæs horses þearfe nabbe ego caballo opus non habeo, Gr. D. 15, 26. Add Wæs him þearf ꝥ him mon hors funde cui necesse fuit ut equus requiri debuisset, Gr. D. 183, 2.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, (I b)
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Add Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca, hit wacað on ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worlde . . .

wearg-cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg-cwedol, -cwidol; adj.

Given to evil speaking or cursing

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Given to evil speaking or cursing Ðeáh ðe wyrigcwidole (wærgcweodole, Bd.

on-þracian

(v.)
Grammar
on-þracian, (-þrácian ?); p. ode

To fear, dread

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Ðá cwæþ hé: Ðeáh ic God ne ondrǽde ne ic man ne onþracige (revereor ), Lk. Skt. 18, 2-4. Ðú ne onþracedest ( horruisti ) mǽdenes innoþ, Hymn. L. 16. Ða ðe middaneard anþracode ( inhorruit ) Hymn. Surt. 132, 10.

Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian

swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Ic on flode swom deaf under ýþe, 487, 17 ; Rä 73, 4. Hié swumman ofer tó ðæm églande. Ðá hié ðá hæfdon feórðan dǽl ðære eá geswummen. Nar. 10, 29. Com tó lande lidmanna helm swymman, Beo. Th. 3252 ; B. 1624. Swimman hine geseón hearm getácnaþ.

Linked entry: swymman

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Simon ne aríseþ nǽfre forðon ðe he is sóðlíce deád and on écum wítum genyðerod Simon will never arise for he is really dead and sunk in eternal punishments, Blickl. Homl. 189, 20; Judth. l0; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 113.

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24. For ǽghwylc onsundran riht ágieldan, Exon.

Linked entry: sundor

ende-dógor

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dógor, es; m. n.

The final day, day of one's deathfinālis dies, mortis dies

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The final day, day of one's death; finālis dies, mortis dies Wæs endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 8; Gú. 905: 49 b; Th. 171, 1?; Gfi. 1125: 50a; Th. 174, 7; Gu. 1174.

Linked entry: ende-dæg