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fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

hring

(n.)
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Him ðæs wópes hring torne gemonade teagor ýðum weól háte hleórdropan, 52 a; Th. 182, 21; . 1313.

Linked entry: wóp

brád

(adj.)

broadopenspaciousflat

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Add: broad (as distinguished from long) Se bráda wulfes camb cameleon alba, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 26. of superficial extent, where size is defined Seó burh wæs hyre ymbeganges .xxx. míla brád, Ors. 4, 13 ; Th. 432, 22.

Linked entry: brádlinga

hlinian

(v.)

to reclineto lean

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Add On hlingo (-u, written over o) innitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 73. to recline, lie on a couch for rest (or to eat; in translation of Latin -cumbere forms) Se wulderfulla on godewebbenum beddum hlinað, E. S. viii. 473, 18.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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Occasionally á becomes oe in English; as a doe, a foe, toe, woe; but the oe, in these words, has the sound of o in no. The same may be said of oa in oak, goad.

ge-þyldo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyldo, ge-þyldu; f. indecl.
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ge-þyld; f. Sió geðyld, Past. 218, 22. Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21. mægn þǽre geþylde, Gr. D. 20, 16. Wundorlicre geþylde man, 283, 18. ðǽre geðylde, Past. 222, 8. Ðá geðyld ðe is módur ealra mægena, 215, 19: 222, 25: 219, 13.

neáh-lǽcan

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Add: with dat. or . of movement in space ána beláf and neálǽhte þǽre stówe, Hml. S. 30, 105. Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. wearð áweht his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr.

þeów-racu

Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw- [w]racu, e, an; f.
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A threat, threatening Martianus hét gebúgan his deófolgyldum, ðe læs ðe fordémede wurdon; ac Iulianus ne róhte ðæs réðan þýwrace ( cared not for the cruel one's threat ), Homl. Skt. i. 4, 114. Þreále oððe þeówraca[n?]

tó-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-þindan, p. -þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To swellgrow bigto swell with pridebe puffed upbe arrogant

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To swell, grow big Ic tóðinde tumeo, ðú tóðindst (-þintst, MSS. F. R.: -þindest, MS. U.: -þinst, MS. W.) tumes, tóðint tumet, Ælfc. Gr. 16; Zup. 107, 8-9. in a physical sense Rif tóþand mǽdenes alvus tumescit Virginis, Hymn. Surt. 44, 1.

Linked entry: tó-þunden

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Th. ii. 334, 25 : Ap. Th. 4, 5. Wylles, Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7. Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl. Ass. 62, 255.

þrinness

(n.)
Grammar
þrinness, þriness, e; f.

Trinity

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Is hwæðere se man án man, and ðrynnys, God ... þurhwunaþ on ðrynnysse háda and on ánnysse ánre godcundnysse; nis se man on ðrynnysse wunigende, swá swá God, Homl. Th. i. 288, 17-35. Ðeós þrynnys is án God, l0, 7.

Linked entry: þryness

ge-uferian

(v.)
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D. 301, 2. Gif fæstað and underngereord þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne biþ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad and bið ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. [O. H. Ger. ge-obarón differre.] Cf. ge-yferian

I

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In such cases, however, instead of i the diphthong ie is very often found; and not only in such, but also in those where the root-vowel is i or í, e. g. ongietan, wietan [ = wítan] ; even in the place of ý, e. g. ieðegende.

ge-sceððan

(v.)

To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy tonocere, adversari

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Ða ðe hríppum usum gesceððaþ and gefrettaþ quæ messibus nostris adversantur et comedunt, 147, 7. Ðæt him bám gescód that injured them both, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 14; . 842: 38 b; Th. 127, 35; . 396: 61 b; Th. 226, 4; Ph. 400.

trymness

(n.)
Grammar
trymness, trymeness, e ; f.
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Voc. ii. 1, 7: 3, 63. of or in a purpose, belief, etc.

Linked entry: trymeness

ge-medemian

(v.)
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We biddaþ þé þú gemedemige þé, þú cume, Nic. 10, 9. ðú ú with Ðá se Hǽlend man beón wolde, ðá gemedemode hine sylfne deáðe ágenes willan. Hml.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.
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Take here <b>ge-þuild</b> in Dict., and add: es; n.: <b>ge-þyldu</b>; f. indecl.   ge-þyld; f.   Sió geðyld, Past. 218, 22. Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21.

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Ic sceal gehðu mǽnan I must lament my cares, Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 1; Jul. 391. Oft mec gehða gemanode often sorrow hath admonished me, 50 a; Th. 174, 22; . 1181.

Linked entry: gihþu

un-lust

(n.)
Grammar
un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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P. 12; Th. ii. 368, 19

ge-tácnung

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Ben. 62, 16. a warning signal, notice of danger þú forgǽfe ondrǽdendum þé getácnunge (significationem), hig fleón, Ps. L. 59, 6. figurative representation Getácnung prefiguratio, An. Ox. 1802 : Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 11.