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múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouth ⬩ the mouth as an instrument of speech ⬩ the face ⬩ A mouth ⬩ opening ⬩ orifice

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Voc. i. 19, 57 : Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ. Menol. Fox 533; Gn. C. 37, Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sciłł. L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96. 12.

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the night ⬩ the time just before daybreak ⬩ the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns ⬩ De nocturna celebratione.

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Úhtna gehwylce, 287, 3; Wand. 8: 471, 24; Rä. 61, 6. as an ecclesiastical term, the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns De nocturna celebratione.

æþele

(adj.)
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Cwén ... þeáh hió æðelu sí, Rä. 78, 5. Æþeles indolis (indolis titulus principum, adolescentium maxime, honorarius, Migne), An. Ox. 2869: indolis, i. iuuenis ingenuus, 2, 114. Mǽran, æþelan illustris (Agathae) , 4362.

Linked entry: æþel

bídan

to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience

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Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802. Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145.

hǽr

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Hǽrum, Rä. 36, 4. a number of hairs together a lock. v. hǽr-locc Hǽra cincinnarum. Au. Ox. 1199. a fringe Ðá hér fimbrias, Mt. L. 23, 5. with collective force, hair of persons Hǽr cesaries, pilos, Wülck Gl. 290, 11.

on-lúcan

(v.)

literally, to unlock, open ⬩ to open, disclose, reveal

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Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Wærc in gewód líchord onleác pain hath invaded me, hath opened to itself a way within my body, 163, 31; Gú. 1002: 170, 26; Gú. 1117. Ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan duritiam cordis aperire, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 2.

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.

a knife ⬩ an instrument for cutting ⬩ a short sword ⬩ dagger

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F.) be heora sídan næbben cultellos ad latus non habeant, R. Ben. 47, 10.

Linked entries: sæx CNÍF sex

gífre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gífre, adj.

Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus

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Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24

Linked entry: gífer

un-coðu

(n.)
Grammar
un-coðu, e; f.: -coða, an; m.

Disease

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Hé mid ísene ðone uncoðan (ða uncoðe, v. rr. ) áceorfe, R. Ben. 52, 19. Orfcwealm oþðon mancwealm þurh fǽrlíce uncoða, Wulfst. 170, 2

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs

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On ánum fét on one foot, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 5; Rä. 32, 17. Mif fóte pĕde, Ex. 21, 41: Ps. Spl. 90, 12: Lk. Bos. 4, 11. Standende wǽron fét úre on cáfertúnum ðínum stantes ĕrant pĕdes nostri in atriis tuis, Ps.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Th. 399, 11; Rä. 18, 9. Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til, ðæt hié on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304. Áhte ic folgað tilne ( a service that benefited me ), Exon. Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode

To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable

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Th. 402, 8; Rä. 21, 26. Blind sceal his eágna þolian, 335, 28; Gn. Ex. 39. with a preposition :--- þolige hé be healfre ðære bóte L. Alf. pol. II; Th. i. 68, 19. intrans.

ecglinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ecglinga, eclinga; adv.
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Ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, 23. Stríc þú eclinga mid ǽgðere hande ofer ǽðerne earm, 127, 19. Cf brádlinga

Linked entry: eclinga

rícetere

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, Wlfst. 144, 32. add: undue display of power, arrogance Wæs sum man, Leófstán geháten, ríce for worulde . . . sé rád tó þám hálgan mid rícetere swíðe, and hét him æteówian orhlíce swíðe þone hálgan sanct, Hml. S. 32, 233

holian

(v.)
Grammar
holian, p. ode

To hollow out, ⬩ make hollow, ⬩ dig, ⬩ make a hole ⬩ cavare

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make hollow, dig, make a hole; cavare Hí ðá hwæthwega holodon and ðǽrrihte ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów ðæt hit arn streámrynes of ðam munte they then hollowed out [the rock] a little, and straightway the water flowed out so abundantly that it ran

medumian

(v.)
Grammar
medumian, medemian, medmian; p. ode.

to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem

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.), respect, esteem Ic gemedemige (other MSS. medemige) ðe tó ðam þinge dignor te illa re, and medemigende ðé tó ðam þinge dignans te illa re, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 250, 9-10. Weofodþéna mǽðe medemige man, L. Eth. ix. 18; Th. i. 344, 9

Linked entry: medumung

bróþor-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
bróþor-wíf, es; n.
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna

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Th. 118, 165: Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 33; Rä. 41, 65. Áwa to feore, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Lange to feore, Ps. Th. 132, 4. Syððan to feore in æternum, 54, 22: 101, 25: 106, 8.

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration

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Wundor wearð on wege; wæter wearð tó báne, 483, 9; Rä. 68, 3. Ðæt is wundres dǽl, ðam ðe swylc ne conn, hú..., 472, 3; Rä. 61, 10. Ic ðæt wundor gefrægn, ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes, 432, 7; Rä. 48, 2.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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Th. 486, 15; Rä. 72, 15.

Linked entries: swira swyra