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ǽ-lǽte

(adj.)
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ǽ-lǽte, adj.

Desert, desolate

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Desert, desolate Oð ðæt heora burga weorðan ǽlǽte and weorðan heora eardas swýðe áwéste donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta, Wlfst. 47, 21

híre

(adj.)

pleasant

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Take here heóre in Dict

creópan

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S. 21, 101. of humble, abject movement Þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon þe heó on lutedan, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Uton creópan tó Críste, Wlfst. 166, 38

for-gitan

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Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34. Ꝥ hié forgeátan þára útera gefeohta, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 24. Forgeotta oblivisci, Rtl. 169, 25. Tó forgitenne praetereundum, An.

ge-blissian

(v.)
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Heó férde hál tó hire fæder and hine geblyssode . . . and ealle for hire hǽle blyssodon, Hml. S. 7, 280. Geblisgende letificantes, Ps. Rdr. 18, 9

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued ⬩ augēri, increscĕre

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Heó ongieten hæfde ðæt heó eácen wæs she had discovered that she was pregnant, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 4; Deór. 11. Ælmihtig eácenne gást in sefan sende the Almighty sent an enlarged spirit into his soul, Cd. 198; Th. 246, 27; Dan. 485.

Linked entry: ǽcen

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread out ⬩ extend ⬩ expand ⬩ spread in different directions

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Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ she expands her bosom where the fierce dwell. . . and is straitened in the quarter where the discreet dwell. Homl. Th. i. 536, 18.

heáfan

(v.)
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Take the passages to heófan

wealdend

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Add: v. au-, heofon-wealdend

folce-getrum

(n.)
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The passage is Him þá Abraham gewát and þá eorlas þrý þe him ǽr treówe sealdon mid heora folce getrume. Perhaps for the last half-line might be read trume mid heora folce

cud

(n.)
Grammar
cud, cudu, es; n?

A CUD ⬩ what is chewed ⬩ rumen

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A CUD, what is chewed; rumen Ðe heora cudu ne ceówaþ: ða clǽnan nýtenu ðe heora cudu ceówaþ which chew not the cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud M. H. 138b

drenc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-fæt, es; n. [fæt a vessel]

A drinking-vessel, cup ⬩ calix = κύλιξ

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A drinking-vessel, cup; calix = κύλιξ Gást ýsta oððe storma is dǽl drencfætes heora oððe heora calices spīrĭtus procellārum est pars calĭcis eorum, Ps. Lamb. 10, 7: 15, 5: 22, 5

Linked entry: drync-fæt

un-geleáfa

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáfa, an; m.

Unbelief

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Unbelief Hé wundrode for heora ungeleáfan ( incredulitatem ), Mk. Skt. 6, 6: Blickl. Homl. 77, 27. Ungeleáuon, Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 21. For ungeleáfa heora, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 58: 17, 20

Linked entry: ge-leáfa

dysig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
dysig-nes, dysi-nes, -ness, e; f.

Folly, DIZZINESS, blasphemy ⬩ stultĭtia, blasphēmia

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Folly, DIZZINESS, blasphemy; stultĭtia, blasphēmia Wǽron heó mid elreordredysignesse onbláwne inflāti erant barbăra stultĭtia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13.

for-ðí

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðí, for-ðí-ðe; conj.

For that ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ therefore ⬩ quia ⬩ quŏniam ⬩ ĭtăque

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For that, for, because, therefore; quia, quŏniam, ĭtăque Ná forðíðe heó of Moyse sý non quia ex Moyse est, Jn. Bos. 7, 22: Ps. Lamb. 77, 22. Forðiðe he slóh stán quŏniam percussit petram, Ps. Lamb. 77, 20

mynster-clúse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clúse, an; f.
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce hé (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime

Linked entry: clúse

or-sáwle

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sáwle, adj.

Without soul, lifeless

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Saga ðæt heó láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan. Exon. Th. 173, 28; Gú. 1167

Linked entry: sáwel

biblioþéce

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biblioþéce, bibliþéca.

a library ⬩ the bible

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Add: a library Heora bibliþéca (bibliotheoco, v. l.) wærð onbærned . . . on heora bibliþécan forburnon IIII hund M bóca, Ors. 6, 14; Bos. 122, 19-23. Nime heora ǽlc sume bóc of þ ǽre bibliothécan, R.

un-þrowiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þrowiendlíc, un-þrowigendlíc; adj.

Incapable of suffering ⬩ impassible

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Seó Godcundnys ne mihte nán ðing þrowian, for ðan ðe heó is unðrowigendlíc, ii. 6, 30. Unðrowiendlíc, 270, 32

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add