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þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Dark. in a physical sense, without light Ðis ( hell ) is ðeóstræ hám, Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Tó geáre, ðá Brihtferð wrítere ðis áwrát, Anglia viii. 327, 11. Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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Add: to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate a person or place occupying an exalted position Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað, Past. 389, 27.

Linked entry: niþerian

openlíce

(adv.)
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Magon wé ðis spel ðe openlícor gereccean quod melius ostendimus, Past. 197, 11. add: without restriction Hwæt þú woldest witan ic ne mæg mid fæáwum weordum gesecgan.

wadan

(v.)
Grammar
wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden

To gopassproceed.

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Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wægas, Exon. Th. 350, 9; Sch. 61. Gewát him se æðeling wadan ofer wealdas, Cd. Th. 174, 30; Gen. 2886. On sǽ wadan, 51, 22; Gen. 830. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, Byrht.

Linked entry: ge-wadan

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Ðis andwarde líf manna on eorþan, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Lífes treów lignum vitæ, Gen. 2, 9. Lífes wæter aqua viva, Jn. Skt. 4, 10. Lífes weg, Blickl. Homl. 17, 19. Lífes bæþ, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 18.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege, Blickl.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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' Ðá cwæð God tó him: 'Lá dysega, on ðisse nihte hig feccaþ ðíne sáwle fram ðé' . . . Ic eów secge: 'Ne beó gé ymbehýdige eówre sáwle, hwæt gé etan . . . Seó sáwul ys má ðonne se líchama, Lk. Skt. 12, 16-23.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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And git hit is máre and eác manigfealdre ðæt dereþ ðisse þeóde and yet there are greater and more manifold things that hurt this people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 106. Gyf heó gyt lyfaþ if she yet lives, Beo. Th. 1893; B. 944.

Linked entries: giet geot

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Wé synd on ðisse worlde ælþeódige . . . ; for gylte wé wǽron on ðysne wræcsíþ sende, Blickl. Homl. 23, 5. misery, wretchedness Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óðwíton him his wræcsíð, Andr. Kmbl. 2715 ; An. 1360.

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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Ðæt nán ðara cyninga ðe cumaþ æfter mé oððe ealdorman oððe óðer ríca mid ǽnigum ríccetere oððe unrihte ðiss ne áwende, Chart. Th. 243, 13 : Homl. Th. i. 82, 21. Hú mæg, oððe hú dear ǽnig láwede man him tó geteón þurh ríccetere Cristes wican ?

Linked entry: rícceter

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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Ðisne regul, ðæt is lífes rihtunge wé áwriton tó dý ðæt wé hine on mynstre healden, 132, 14. a translation of the technical term regularis [Regulares apud compotistas, seu computi ecclesiastici conditores, alii sunt solares, alii lunares.

Linked entry: rihting

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Of ðises wíngeardes (-eardes, v. l.) cynne de generatione vitis, Lk. Skt. 22, 18. Swá on wíngearde weaxen berigean sicut vitis abundans, Ps. Th. 127, 3. Of wíngearde de vite Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 53.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad,enlarge,extend,make great in size or numberto make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a personto expand,extend,spread out,open wide,distendto extend,spread abroad,diffuse

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Binnan ðǽm feówer hyrnum ðises middangeardes is tóbrǽdd Godes folc sancta ecclesia per quatuor mundi partes dilatata tenditur, Past. 22; Swt. 171, 4. Tóbrǽdde diffusa, i. sparsa, dispersa. Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 16. intrans.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatmentflattery, fawning, adulationcharm, allurement

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MSS.) ðisses middangeardes blandimenta mundi despiciat, 14, 2; Swt. 83, 6. Hit gewarenaþ ǽgðer ge wið heora þreáunga ge wið ólecunga nec formidandasfortunae minas, nec exoptandas facit esse blanditias, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 24

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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<b></b> a sign, an action that conveys a meaning :-- Ðis sindon ða tácna ðe mon on mynstre healdan sceal, ðǽr mon swígan haldan wile ...

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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ést ǽr gesceáwod he had never before seen more clearly the Lord's munificence, i. e. he had never had such good fortune as had befallen him in the acquisition of the dragon's hoard, B. 3075. to look on with favour, regard Éce God, symbeltíde dæges ðisses

wác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-líc, adj.

Poormeanof little dignity or worthpaltry.

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Hwæþer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt ðætte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga? num imbecillum, ac sine viribus aestimandum est, quod omnibus rebus constal esse praestantius? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16.

Linked entry: wác

BERAN

(v.)
Grammar
BERAN, beoran, ic bere, beore, ðú birest, birst, byrst, he bireþ, byreþ, birþ, byrþ, pl. beraþ; p. ic, he bær, ðú bǽre, pl. bǽron; pp. boren; v. a.

to BEARcarrybringbear or carry a sacrificeofferbear offcarry outextendwearsupportenduresufferferreportareafferreofferredeferreproferreextenderegereretolerareto BEARproducebring forthfacereferreedereparere

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Ðe bǽron byrðena on ðises dæges hǽtan qui portavimus pondus diei et æstus Mt. Bos. 20, 12 : Lk. Bos. 11, 27. Ne bere ge sacc nolite portare sacculum Lk. Bos. 10, 4 : Ex. 22, 13. Him wæs ful boren to him the cup was borne Beo.

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

moulddustsandearthgroundearthlandearth

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Ðonne of ðisse moldan men onwecniaþ, deáde of duste árísaþ, Cd. 227; Th. 302, 22; Sat. 604. Ða moldan ðe meolce and hunige fléwþ humum lacte et melle fluentem, Num. 14, 8. Mearh moldan træd the steed trod the ground, Elen.