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á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c.to deaden, make torpid; to mortifymorti tradere, mortificare

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Ealle gesceafta ðæt wæter ádýdde, Hml. ii. 60, 11: 122, 17. Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine ádýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 12: Hml. S. 17, 176: Scrd. 22, 29. Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, Hml.

Linked entry: a-dýdan

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Ðæs ecedes afre scearpnes, 224, 22. Se líchama gefélþ ðæs sealtes scearpnesse, Wulfst. 35, 6. efficacy For ðære sealfe scearpnesse ( to make the salve effectual ) genim wífes meoluc, ii. 28, 7

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mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362. In eálonde ðæs myclan meres ( stagni ), Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 10. Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere, Jn. Skt. 6, 22. On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ...

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

bedecian

(v.)
Grammar
bedecian, p. ode

To beg

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Hit is swíðe wel be ðǽm gecweden ðæt hé eft bedecige on sumera, Past. 285, 12

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ða stánas on ðæm mǽran temple ... ǽr hié mon tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan sceolde, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. of time Ðæt se dæg swíðe neáh stóde his forþlóre, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 16. <b>II a.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
fúlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. n.

To become foulputrefyrotdecayputrescĕrecomputrescĕrecorrumpi

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To become foul, putrefy, rot, decay; putrescĕre, computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a

Linked entries: a-fúlian fýlan

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Forhwon beóþ ǽfre swǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láreówdómes ab imperitis ergo pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur, Past. 1; Swt. 25, 17.

sunn-stede

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-stede, es; m.
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Gǽþ seó sunne norðweard óð ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer, ðǽr is se sumerlíca sunnstede . . . seó sunne cymþ eft súð tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 10-24. Ða Gréciscan onginnaþ hyra geár æt ðam sunnstede, 246, 19.

wissigend

(n.)
Grammar
wissigend, es; m.

a directorguidera directorruler

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Rex wé cwæþaþ cyning, ðæt is gecweden wissigend, O. E. Homl. i. 302, 27. Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðǽr seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 11

ge-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbrung, e; f.

an edificea structurebuildingædĭfĭciumædĭfĭcātiostructūraa definition;defīnītio

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Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge they ceased from the building, Homl. Th. i. 318, 21. Ðæt hí him ætýwdon ðæs temples getimbrunge ut ostendĕrent ei ædĭfĭcātiōnes templi, Mt. Bos. 24, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 390, 13.

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un-fǽglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽglíc, adj.

Not indicating impending death

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Not indicating impending death Ðæt is tácn ðínre hǽle; swá swá lǽca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfǽglíc (ungefǽglíc, Cott.

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

The early name for the month of May

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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

seld-cúþ

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Hé geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, swá ðæt hé selcúðe (different from those already created) syððan scyppan nolde, ac ðá ylcan geedníwian, Hex. 20, 15. Ðá reahte hé mislicu and selcúð þing (multa ac varia ), Solil. H. 3, 2

med-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
med-spédig, adj.

Unprosperouspoorly provided

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Unprosperous, poorly provided Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off

ge-scínan

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L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, for ðǽm hit sió sunne ne mót gescínan, Past. 337, 12

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11. Ofersceadewad umbrosa, An. Ox. 56, 26. figurative 'Miht ðæs Hýhstan ofersceadewað ðé'. . . Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes.

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

cristnian

(v.)
Grammar
cristnian, p. ode; pp. od

To christianizecatechize catechizare

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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus

hogg

(n.)
Grammar
hogg, hocg, es; m.
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Ðæs landes æt Hocgestúne, C. D. iii. 294, 22. Ðás dæn wæs Hocgetwisla, Lindhyrst, vi. 243, 16

Linked entry: hocg