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stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Stefn þunurráda þínre uox tonitrui tui, Ps. Rdr. 76, 19. Úp áhófon flódas stefna ( uoces ) heora, fram stefnum wætera manigra, 92, 3-4.

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Hálwoende ðín salutare tuum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 30. Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende the earth was healthful for men, Blickl. Homl. 115, 8: 209, 10.

Linked entry: -wende

dréman

(v.)
Grammar
dréman, drýman; p. de; pp.ed [dreám joy, music]

To rejoice, to play on an instrument jubĭlāre, psallĕre

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We drémaþ mægnu ðínum psallēmus virtūtes tuas, Ps. Spl. 20, 13. Drémaþ oððe singaþ cyninge úrum psallĭte regi nostro, Ps. Lamb. 46, 7: 97, 5

Linked entry: drýman

éðung

(n.)
Grammar
éðung, éðgung, e; f.

Breath, a breathing, inspirationhālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio

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Of éðunge gástes graman ðínes ab inspīrātiōne spīrĭtus iræ tuæ, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 18

Linked entry: éðgung

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.
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Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28

Linked entries: úf úf

ge-gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Idlewantonscoffing speech

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Idle, wanton, scoffing speech Dá wæs seó tunge teartlícor gewítnod for his gegafspræce then was the tongue more sharply punished for his wanton speech, Homl. Th. i. 330, 34.

Linked entry: gaf-sprǽc

slidor

(n.)
Grammar
slidor, es; n.(?)

a slippery, miry placelubricumlabinaa myre

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a slippery, miry place; lubricum Turf gleba, sliddor labina (cf. labinaa myre)Wülck. Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp.

sóþ-líc

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
sóþ-líc, adj.

truegenuineunfeignedtruerightprobable; just; fit

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Kmbl. 72; Leás. 38. true, right Ne þincþ mé nǽfre nánwuht swá sóþlíc swá mé þincþ ðín spell ðǽm tímum ðe ic ða gehiére cum tuas rationes considero, nihil dici verius puto, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 22

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.
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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna, and ðara scipa genam, 882; Erl. 82, 10. a ship of burden, a transport Sciplæst oneraria, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 71. Scyphlæst honeraria, ii. 43, 10 (cf. hlaestscip honeraria, 110, 46)

Linked entry: hlæst

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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Tu gesinhíwan sprǽcon ymbe hine ealle niht two married people were talking about him all night, Shrn. 90, 2. Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna all men's houses except the two married people's, 5.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.

Patienceresignationpatientia

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Patience, resignation; patientia Ðú me eart fǽle ge-þyld tu es patientia mea, Ps. Th. 70, 4: Ps. Spl. 61, 5: Job Thw. 167, 16. Sum þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he sceal one allows what he must with patience, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 20; Crä. 71.

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce, 129, 19. to make oppressive Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín gravata est super me manus tua Ps.

fremsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
fremsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [fremsum, -nes, -ness]

Kindnessbenefitbenignityliberalitybenignĭtasbĕnĕfĭcium

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Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast, and ðíne fremsumnesse wylt folcum dǽlan bĕnĕ-dīces cŏrōnce anni benignĭtātis tuæ. Ps. Th. 64, 12. Be ðám godcundum fremsumnessum de bĕnĕfĭciis dīvīnis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 17

méd-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
méd-gilda, an; m.

One who receives paya needy person

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Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Lev. 25, 39

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.
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Faithful Tunge mín triówfest. Ps. C. 114. Treówfæst (treóufæst, Lind. ) fidelis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 17. Trewufæst (treuw-?). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21. Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179.

wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.
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Ðín wanspédiga mǽg attenuatus frater tuus, Lev. 25, 25. Ðás læssan lác, ðe wǽron wannspédigra manna lác. Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11

spornan

(v.)
Grammar
spornan, spurnan; p. spearn, pl. spurnon ; pp. spornen.

to strike with the foot, spurnto spurn, rejectstumbleto strike with the feet, tread

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to strike with the foot, spurn Ðe læs ðú on stán fóte spurne ne offendas ad lapidem pedem tuam Ps. Th. 90, 12. On spurnan inpingere Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72.

Linked entry: spurnan

hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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P.] tyrnþ on eaxe the firmament turns on those two stars just as a wheel turns on an axle, Lchdm. iii. 270, 22. Swá swá hweowol ut rotam, Ps. Spl. 82, 12. Wǽnes hweowol a waggon-wheel, Shrn. 32, 12. Swá swá yrnende hweowol, Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 29.

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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[Æt] woes hiórodes ðínes beodum adesto familiae tuae precibus, Rtl. 86, 3. Hiórad ðín giheald familiam tuam custodi, 17, 5. the family, those in heaven Híred familiam i. congregationem (coeli beatam), An.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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beóþ in ánum líchoman erant duo in carne una, Bd. i, 27; S. 491, 14. Hé wæs álǽded of líchaman raptus est e corpore, 3, 19; S. 547, 33: 4, 3; S. 569, 46.