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friþ-stów

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-stów, e; f.

A peace-placerefugeasylumpācis lŏcusrefŭgiurnasȳlum

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A peace-place, refuge, asylum; pācis lŏcus, refŭgiurn, asȳlum Ðæt is seó án friþstów this is the only refuge, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 29: Bt. Met. Fox 21, 31; Met. 21, 16. Gif he friþstówe geséce if he seek an asylum, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25. v. Grm.

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, p. ede; pp. ed

To estimatevalue

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To estimate, value Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áþe gewyrþan and syððan be ðam gyldan other unseen things may be estimated on oath, and then paid for accordingly, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 7. Swá hit man gewyrþe as it may be valued, L. A.

betwyx-aworpennyss

(n.)
Grammar
betwyx-aworpennyss, e; f.

An interjectioninterjectio

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This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind. Heu denotes a soreness of mind, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 55

ge-brégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brégan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brégan to give fear]

To frightenterrifyterréreperterrére

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Ic wæs mid ðysse ongrislícan wæfersýne gebréged I was terrified by this horrible sight, 5, 12; S. 628, 9. We sind gebrégede we are terrified, Homl. Th. i. 578, 27

cneów-gebed

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-gebed, es; n.
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Clypode hé on cneówgebedum ðus: 'Gefæstna þis, Hǽlend,' Hml. S. 4, 49

-hǽme

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽme, pl. m.
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l.

mearu-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu-lic, adj.
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Soft, easy, luxurious Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare

weall-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weall-stán, es; m.

A stone for building

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Wrætlíc is ðes wealstán marvellous is this masonry, 476, 1; Ruin. 1. Ceastra, wrætlíc weallstána geweorc cities, wondrous works of stones, Menol. Fox 465; Gn. C. 3

wǽr-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person

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[This Dragon of Dissait (the devil) . . . þis warloghe . . . with wilis ynoghe mannes saule to dissaiue, Destr. Tr. 4436-45. A warlow ( a monster ), Alex. (Skt.) 1706. Snakis and oþire warlaȝes wild, þat in þe wod duelled, 3795.

Linked entry: wér-loga

ge-dreccan

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Th. ii. 174, 9. the subject a thing Þ gyld gedrehte ealle Engla þeóde, Chr. 105-2; P. 173, 20. Hunger þisne eard swíðe gedrehte, 1096; P. 233, 5. Arn egeslic wæter . . . Hé mid þám gedræht wæs, Vis. Lfc. 4, 6.

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

fiórþa

(adj.)
Grammar
fiórþa, seó, ðæt fiórþe; adj.

The fourthquartus

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The fourth; quartus Seó [MS. þio] fiórþe bóc the fourth book, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9, note 14

ge-þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þynnian, p. ode; pp. od

To thinlessendiminishattenuāre

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To thin, lessen, diminish; attenuāre Geþynnode synt eágan míne attenuāti ŏcŭli mei, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 14

Linked entry: ge-þinnian

Decem-ber

(n.)
Grammar
Decem-ber, gen. -bris; m. [dĕcem ten: Sansk. vāra: Pers. bār time, space: the tenth month of the Romans, beginning with March, and as we begin with January, it is our twelfth month]

The month of DecemberDĕcember, bris

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The month of December; Dĕcember, bris, m Mónaþ Decembris, ǽrra iúla [geóla] the month of December, the former yule, Menol. Fox 437; Men. 220; January being after yule or Christmas is called Se æftera geóla; the after yule, Cott. Tibĕrius; B. i; Hick.

dysegian

(v.)
Grammar
dysegian, dysigan, dysian; part. dysigende, dysiende; he dysegaþ; p. ede, ode ; pp. ed, od; v. intrans. [dysig foolish] .

to be foolish, act foolishly, err ineptīre, errāreto talk foolishly, blaspheme blasphĕmāre

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to be foolish, act foolishly, err; ineptīre, errāre Ða, dysiende, wénaþ ðætte ðæt þing sió ǽlces weorþscipes wyrþe they, foolish, think that the thing is worthy of all estimation, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9.

Linked entry: dysian

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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D. 71, 11. of things Ðeós wyrt ys culfran swíðe híwcúð (doves are very fond of this plant), þanon hý sum þeódscipe columbinam háteð, Lch. i. 170, 13.

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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where movement takes place, to shew the way, guide, direct, Grammar wísian, absolute Hé stóp on strǽte, stíg wísode, Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, hand wísode, Byrht. Th. 135, 61 ; By. 141. Snyredon ðǽr secg

Linked entry: riht-wísian

tíd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíd-líc, adj.
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lasting for a time, temporary, not eternal, of this world Tyddre ys tídlíc miht fragilis est temporalis potentia, Scint. 215, 8. For tídlícre geswencednysse pro temporali afflictione, 149, 1. Þing tídlíc rem temporalem, 17, 9: Rtl. 31, 28.

ge-leoran

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ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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and add: of persons, to pass away from this life, die Ne gelióreð ( transibit ) cneóreso ðiós oð ðæt alle ðás geworðe, Mk. L. R. 13, 30. Gelióreð praeteribit, Lk. L. R. 21, 32. Geliórade obiit, Lk. p. 2, 4.

an-wlóh

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In Dan. 585 the ríce is compared with the stump of the tree which for seven years shewed no signs of life, and the statement swá þín ríce bið anwlóh expresses the same as swá þín blœ́d líð in 563.

Linked entry: ge-wló