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termen

(n.)
Grammar
termen, es;
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m, A term, fixed date Gif ðú wille witan ðæt gemǽre terminum septuagesimalis, ðonne tele ðú . . . ðonne on ðam teóðan stent se termen, ðæt gemǽre, Lchdm. iii. 228, 3.

geócre

(adv.)
Grammar
geócre, adv.

Harshly, roughly

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Harshly, roughly Ðá Babilone weard yrre andswarode eorlum onmǽlde grimme ðám gingum and geócre oncwæþ then the lord of Babylon angrily answered to the men, announced fiercely to the youths, and harshly spoke, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 3; Dan. 211

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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Hwí worhte God pylcan Adame and Eve æfter ðam gylte? Ðæt hé geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt hí wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

feðere

(adj.)
Grammar
feðere, feðre; def. se feðera, feðra; seó, ðæt feðere, feðre; adj.

Feathered ⬩ pennis prædĭtus

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Feathered; pennis prædĭtus

tægl

(n.)
Grammar
tægl, es; m.

A tail

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Foxes tægles se ýtemesta dǽl, Lchdm. i. 340, 22. Se ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe, Homl. Th. i. 252, 5, 10, 12. Ða beón beraþ ǽtterne tægel, Frag. Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20, Hí habbaþ tæglas ðám wyrmum gelíce ðe men hátaþ þrowend, Wulfst. 200, 14

CNEDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNEDAN, ic cnede, ðú cnidest, cnist, he cnit, pl. cnedaþ; p. ic, he cnæd, ðú cnǽde, pl. cnǽdon; pp. cneden

To KNEAD, ⬩ ferment ⬩ subigere ⬩ fermentare

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To KNEAD, ferment; subigere, fermentare Cnede to ðam [MS. ðan] hláfe to knead bread Lchdm. iii. 134, 21. Óþ-ðæt sie cneden donec fermentaretur Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 21

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ðá wolde hé hús timbrian mid his gebróðra fultume. Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt hí woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.

Linked entry: syl

bæc

(n.)
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In ðá bakas; of ðám bakan, 382, 7: 386, 11. bæc, bec; n. On ðæt heówbec; andlang heówbeces, C. D. iii. 135, 16. On ðæt heówbæc; of ðám heówbæce, v. 358, 22.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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Ember (in Ember-day), Embring (e. g. Keep embrings well and fasting days. . . .

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap

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Ðám ðe under hý migaþ ... ða unhǽle heó gehǽlþ, Lchdm. i. 360, 9. Ðás unhǽle ( blotch ), ii. 76, 16. Untrymmnise ł unhǽlo infirmitates, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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.); án is ðæt hí yfel willaþ, óþer ðæt ðæt hí magon, þridde ðæt hí hit þurhtióþ triplici infortunio necesse est urgeantur, quos videas scelus velle, posse, perficere, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 33.

Linked entry: un-sǽlþ

scylf

(n.)
Grammar
scylf, scylp, es; m.
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Ða torras and ða scylfas on him bǽron ða elpendas elephanti superpositas turres gestaverunt, Nar. 4, 16

Linked entries: scylfig scylp á-scylfan

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam wice tó ðære hapuldre . . . of ðam alre tó ðám twám wycan standaþ on geréwe eal swá ðæt gemére gǽð; swá up tó ðam wice stynt beneoðan bælles wæge; of ðam wice . . . á be hege tó ealdan wycan tó ðam wealle, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: wic

stig-weard

(n.)
Grammar
stig-weard, es ; m.
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Mína cnihtas ða mína stíwardas witan, 59, 1. fig. a steward, guardian Mé þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan ðe mé égðer ys stíward ge ðas welan ge eác hys freónscypes, Shrn. 176, 20

Linked entry: stí-weard

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Add: A. prep. with dat. marking position Ðá eóde ðæt wíf æfter him, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 13. marking direction Beheald æfter ðé look behind thee, Bl.

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)
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Hé sǽde ðæt ðǽr tó cóme ðæs strongestan windes ýste, and ðæt se swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan ðæt ealle ða men ðe ðǽr wǽron lágon áþænede on ðære eorðan, óþ ðæt seó ondrysnlíce ýst forð geleóreþ, Shrn. 81, 19-27.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble

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Hú ne miht ðú geseón ǽlce dæge ðæt ða strengran nimaþ ða welan of ðám unstrengrum, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 15

tá

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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Hí wurpon ðá tán betweox him, and bǽdon ðæt God sceolde geswutulian hwanon him ðæt ungelimp becóme. Ðá com ðæs wítegan tá upp, i. 246, 3-5. v. tán, and Similar entries cf. for a similar pair of forms flá and flán

mǽþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-leás, adj.

Without moderation ⬩ greedy

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Without moderation, greedy 'Ðás fugelas habbaþ feónda gelícnysse, ðe menn grǽdelíce grípaþ tó grimre helle.' Ðá hét Martinus ða mǽþleásan fugelas ðæs fixnoþes geswícan, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 11

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f.

Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,

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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.

Linked entry: wænys

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