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sǽ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flód, es; m. n.

an incoming tide, floodthe sea,

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Ðises geáres ásprang up tó ðan swíðe sǽflód, and swá mycel tó hearme dyde swá nán man ne gemunet ðæt hit ǽfre ǽror dyde, 1099; Erl. 235, 24. Sǽflóde indruto, Wrt.

Cwénas

(n.)
Grammar
Cwénas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Quaines

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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwēnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen.

Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ

flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Me þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd and ðín gewuna flíte swíðe swíðlíce wið ðæm dysige methinks now that thy nature and thy habit contend very powerfully against error, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 28

Linked entry: flítend

for-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
for-sleán, he -slæhþ, -slyhþ, -slihþ; p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slægen, -slagen [sleán to strike]

To strike with violencesmitebreakslaykilldestroyvehementer fĕrīrepercŭtĕrefrangĕreoccīdĕreinterfĭcĕre

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Ercol hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde Hercules grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 34. Forslegen Sodoma folc the slaughtered people of Sodom, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 5; Gen. 2022.

Linked entry: for-slegenlic

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc the friendship of men lasts but a very short time, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26. Se ælmihtiga se ðe is éce leóht ǽrest ðæt hwílwendlíc leóht geworhte, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 5.

Linked entry: hwílend-líc

rǽd-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-leás, adj.
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Th. 226, 26; Dan. 177. without wise direction, in confusion Ðá ðis (the destruction of certain ships) cúð wæs tó ðám óðrum scipon ... wæs ðá swilc hit eall rǽdleás wǽre it was as if there were no counsel anywhere, as if everything was in confusion, Chr

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
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a race, swift or violent running, rush Wæs se þridda hlýp, rodorcyninges rǽs ðá hé on róde ástág, Exon. Th. 45, 30; Cri. 727. Micle rǽse ( magno impetu ) worn tódrifen wæs on sǽ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 13. Mycelum rǽse, Lk. Skt. 8, 33.

Linked entry: rǽs-bora

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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Surt. 24, 11. furtherance of a project, the pushing of a matter, prompting, instigation in a good sense, cf. scúfan, <b>V </b>Ǽlc burhgemet beó be his dihte ge scife swíðe rihte, L. I.

ge-neahhe

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahhe, -neahe, -nehhe, -nehe; adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantlysatis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter

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Th. 62, 8: 63, 1: 65, 13: 87, 3: 114, 4: 137, 7: 149, 1, Swíðe genehhe very frequently, Hy. 3, 42; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 42; L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 25. Geneahe sufficiently, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 12; Gen. 2843. Genehe abundantly, Byrht.

Linked entries: ge-neh ge-nehhe

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc ongeán ða sáwle, 340, 30. Mót tó bóte stiðlíc dǽdbót, L. Pen. 3 ; Th. ii. 278, 8. Hí begunnon tó sleánne ǽlc heora óðerne mid stíð*-*lícum gefeohte, Jud. 7, 22.

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Swilt þrowian, Apstls. Kmbl. 142; Ap. 71. ¶ The word often occurs with somewhat of a personal sense as the subject of niman, forniman :-- Ǽr ðec swylt nime, deáð for duguðe, Exon. Th. 257, 31; Jul. 255: Elen. Kmbl. 892; El. 447.

Linked entry: swilt

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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., Isaac wundrode ungemetlíce swíðe Isaac ultra quam credi potest admirans, Gen. 27, 33

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weaknesslack of power

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Weakness, lack of power Heora unmiht and heora untrymð is swíðe gemanifealdod multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum, Ps. Th. 15, 3. Biþ geond fingras cele and cneówa unmeht, Lchdm. ii. 258, 14.

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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Hí unmyndlinga ( unintentionally ) swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, Homl.

Linked entry: myndlinga

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, adv.

certainlyindeedsurelytruly

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Wéne ic ful swíðe and witodlíce, Exon. Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 21. Wiototlíce, Lind. 2, 3.

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml. S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.

deád

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Wiþ deádum swile, 74, 12. of blood, congealed Hú mon ꝥ deáde blód áweg wenian scyle, Lch. ii. 8, 14. blood away from the body, gore [cf. Icel. dauða-blóð gore] Deád blód cruor, Wrt.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Hié hié selfe niédað tó healdonne ungemetlice swiggean and for ðǽm bióð swíðe geðrycte illos violenta custodia indiscreti silentii angustat, Past. 270, 17.

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.

sægen

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Wundrodon hí swíðe þǽre sægene, Hml. A. 73, 19. Holofernes æfter þissere segene gebealh hine cum cessasset loqui Achior verba haec indignatus est Holofernes, 107, 145. Hé cwæð þæt hé wolde þám wífe gemyltsian, ac hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan . . .