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þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Ðonne hé wilnaþ on his móde ðæt hé sciele rícsian hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste mens principari appetens fit ad hoc pavida, cum quaerit, audax cum pervenerit, 9; Swt. 57, 4.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Heora ciningas hæfdon sige geworht on heora feóndum their kings had got victory over their foes, 67, 9. Of glæse geworht made of glass, 127, 33.

Linked entry: ge-worht

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Siððan ic hie ða geliornod hæfde, swá swá ic hie forstód, and swá ic hie andgitfullícost areccean meahte, ic hie on Englisc awende, and to ǽlcum Biscep-stóle on mínum Ríce wille áne onsendan, and on ǽlcre biþ án Æstel, se biþ on fíftegum Mancessan.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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and syxtyne winter fram Drihtnes mennyscnesse, ðæt wæs ymb án and twentig wintra ðæs ðe Agustinus, mid his geferum, to lǽranne on Angel þeóde sended wæs, ðæt Æðelbryht Cantwara cyning æfter ðam hwílendlícan ríce ðæt he six and fíftig wintra wundorlíce hæfde

Linked entry: Berhte

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Ðæt he ða býsene from Gode brungen hæfde that he had brought those commands from God, 30; Th. 41, 3; Gen. 651. Hwylce ðú selfa hæfst bísne on breóstum what precepts thou thyself hast in thy breast, 27; Th. 36, 13; Gen. 571.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOTpésthe footpēs

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Hæfde gefeormod fét and folma he had devoured feet and hands, Beo.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Hé his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 8. Hé sulh heóld, Shrn. 61, 18. Mid sul tó erianne, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 28. Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9: S. 623, 12. Ðíne syll eodon, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Bí ðǽm spræc Dauid swíðe cúðlíce on psalmum, swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1.

ge-wilnung

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Hé micele gewilnunge hæfde Crístes tócymes, Hml.

grim

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Grymme anxii, Germ. 399, 262. of persons Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe, B. 555. Babilone weard grim and gealhmód, Dan. 230. Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum álésan, Bl. H. 63, 3. Cyrichatan hetole and leódhatan grimme, Wlfst. 164, 11.

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Hé on ðam ylcan hearhge wigbed hæfde tó Cristes onsægdnyssa and óðer tó deófla onsægdnysse in eodem fano et allare haberet ad sacrificium Christi et arulam ad victimas dæmoniorum, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 33.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Wǽron hie mid meteliéste gewǽgde, and hæfdon miclne dǽl ðara horsa freten they were distressed. for want of food, and had eaten a great part of their horses, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 28.

Linked entry: gefrett

leód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
leód-scipe, es; m.

A peoplenation

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Th. i. 454, 11, Hí cyning habban woldon swá swá óðre leódscipas hæfdon they wanted to have a king, as other nations had, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 45. Tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3.

gebyrd-tíd

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hæfdon on ðám tíman micele blisse on heora gebyrdtídum, Hml. Th. i. 480, 29. <b>II a.</b> one of the days between Christmas-day and Twelfth-night, [v. I a. and cf.

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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hæfdon sæcce gesóhte, sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134. Hé wælfǽhþa dǽl sæcca gesette he composed many a deadly feud and quarrel, Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029

Linked entry: sæccan

cot-líf

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Add used of a single habitation Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne myd his fultume getimbred hæfð, ꝥ hé hine móte þáron gerestan, and huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Shrn. 164, 3. [Cf.

grǽdig

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Gítsung ontent ðæs mannes mód tó máran ǽhte, and swá hé máre hæfð swá hé grǽdigra bið, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 9. ¶ here probably belongs :-- On grǽdigum cupidineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137. 61. <b>III a.

(adj.)
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Februarius hæfð þý geáre (leap-year) ánum dæge má daga þonne þý óðrum geáre, Angl. viii. 305, 43. Hé áferede mancynnes má þonne gemet wǽre, An. 1180. without partitive genitive Gif má tó scyle, Ll. Th. i. 160, 3. .xii. búton gé má willan, 274, 11.

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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The Finns and the Biarmians, as it seemed to him, spoke nearly the same language, Ðá Beormas hæfdon swíðe well gebún hyra land the Biarmians had Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 11-15

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Gegaderode micel here hine of Eást-Englum, ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon, 921; Erl. 107, 15. Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen, Byrht. Th. 135, 10; By. 116.

Linked entry: scegð-mann