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sóþ-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cyning, es; m.

The king of truth or justicethe Deity

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The king of truth or justice, the Deity Ic wát geare, ðæt ðam líchryre (the murder of Cain) on lást cymeþ sóðcyninges seofonfeald wracu, Cd. Th. 67, 13; Gen. 1100.

Linked entry: sóþ-fæder

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ocŭlusthe eye of a needle forāmen

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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to

Linked entry: ége

-en

(suffix)
Grammar
-en, <b>. I.</b> m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht

people, subjects

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people, subjects. f. -en forms many feminine nouns = the Ger. -in, Dan. -inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen,

Linked entry: -ælfen

mǽd-mǽwect

(n.)

the mowing of a meadow

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the mowing of a meadow Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan tóeácan . . . mǽdmǽwecte also he shall at times be ready for labour of many kinds at his lord's pleasure, besides . . . mowing his meadows, L. R.

Linked entry: mǽwect

un-wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wáclíce, adv.

not weaklyresolutelywithout falteringnot meanlynoblysplendidly

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Ic beó gearo sóna unwáclíce willan ðínes, Exon. Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon unwáclíce, Cd. Th. 258, 12; Dan. 674

Linked entry: wáclíce

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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geaf him gúðgewǽda ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 5241; B. 2624

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Sca hylda wæs xxxiii geára on lǽwedum háde and xxxiii geára under háligryfte St. Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

sweord-hwíta

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-hwíta, an; m.
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Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan ðæs sceardan málswurdes, Chart. Th. 561, 22

Linked entry: hwíta

bul

(n.)
Grammar
bul, bula; m.
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Ic geann mínre goddohtor þone bule (bul?) ðe wæs hire ealdermóder, Cht. Th. 548, 17. Bulum bullis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 4. Bulas gyldenno gidóe wé ðé murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, Rtl. 4, 3

un-gearowitolness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gearowitolness, e; f.
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus

þing-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
þing-gemearc, es; n.
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cf. other compounds of gemearc, e.g. fót-, geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen

morgen-gifu

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Ic gean into Ǽlíg . . þára þreó landa þe wit búta geheótan Gode, ꝥ is æt rettendúne þe wes mín morgangifu . . . C. D. iii. 274, 16. Gewát Eádríc ær Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne. Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn.

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle, Hml. S. 21, 202. Add Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

læt-ness

(n.)
Grammar
læt-ness, e; f.
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slowness in movement Þǽre sunnan lætnys binnan feówer geára fæce gewyrcð ǽnne dæg, Angl. viii. 308, 30. Hé þá lætnysse ðæs geáres rynes geanbidode, Hml.

be-bod

(n.)
Grammar
be-bod, bi-bod, es ; pl. nom, acc. u, o ; gen. a ; dat. um ; n.

A commandmandatedecreeordermandatumjussum

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A command, mandate, decree, order; mandatum, jussum Hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre bóca bebodes which of the youth was most skilful in the precepts of books, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 2; Dan. 82. Eall ðín bebodu omnia mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Ealra beboda

Linked entry: bi-bod

eard-hæbbendra

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
eard-hæbbendra, [=eard, hæbbendra], Ps. Th. 86, 6; gen. pl. of eard-hæbbende; part. pres. of eard-habban=habban

to have

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to have

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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BLACK, swarthy; niger, fuscus He hæfde blæc feax, and blácne andwlitan he had black hair, and a pale [lean, thin] countenance; nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33. Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne quia non potes

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

forþ-gán

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gán, p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán

To go forthproceedgo or pass byexīreprocēdĕreprætĕrīretransīre

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Þúsend gear beforan eágan ðínum, swá swá dæg estra [ = giestra] se forþgǽþ mille anni ante ŏcŭlos tuos tanquam dies hesterna quæ prætĕriit, Ps. Spl. 89, 4.

réce-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
réce-leás, adj.
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Tó hwam wurde ðú swá réceleás ðæra gyfena ðe ic ðé geaf? Wulfst. 258, 13 note. Hié ne wéndon ðætt ǽfre menn sceolden swǽ réceleáse (récce-, Cott. MSS.) weorðan, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 23.

Linked entry: récce-leás

Seax-

(prefix)
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Hér forþférde Cénwalh ( of Wessex ), and Seaxburg án geár rícsode his cuén æfter him, 672; Erl. 34, 34. Gesecg Seaxnéting ( East Saxon ), Txts. 179, 16. Cf. Saxnót in the formula of renunciation. v. Grmm. D. M. 184. Seaxréd ( East Saxon ), 179, 19.