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sumer-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
sumer-lang, adj.
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Long as in summer, epithet of a day (cf. live-long) Ic ásecgan ne mæg, þeáh ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu, Exon. Th. 272, 7; Jul. 495. Sumorlangne dæg, 443. 29; Kl. 37. Ðú wercest sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19

wel-hwá

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wel-hwá, pron.
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Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince eal unforcúþ, Exon. Th. 315, 13; Mód. 30; Weódmónað on tún welhwæt bringeþ, Menol. Fox 274; Men. 138

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.
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Creeping, reptile Ealle slincendu ł smúendlícu omnia reptilia, Ps. Lamb. 68, 35

be-beódendlic

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Ealle bebeódenlice þinc cuncta sibi imperata, R. Ben. I. 97, 3. Add

fácnes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
fácnes-full, adj.

Deceitful

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Deceitful Ealle þá fácnesfullan weoloras universa labia dolosa, Ps. Th. 11, 3

ge-ǽðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽðelian, p. ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To render celebrated ⬩ renowned ⬩ excellent ⬩ to ennoble ⬩ improve ⬩ nobĭlĭtāre

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Ðú eart geæðelod geond ealle world thou art renowned throughout all the world, 7, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 26

ge-birhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birhtan, he -birht; p. -birhte: pp. -birhted, -birht

To make bright ⬩ brighten ⬩ illuminate ⬩ illuminare

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To make bright, brighten, illuminate; illuminare Ðe ealle bing gebirht which brightens all things, Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 37.

Linked entries: ge-berhtan ge-brihtan

be-wlátian

(v.)
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Hé bewlátode ofor ealle respexit super omnes, Ps. L. 32, 14. Add

for-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spendan, to spend entirely, exhaust property.
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Hí úre sceattas forspenden geond ealle eorðan, Hml. S. 23, 304. Add

miltsung

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Mildsunga ( miserationes ) his ofer ealle weorc his, Ps. L. 144, 9. Add

wuldor-dreám

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Þeah him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc. Först. 107, I. Add

wæter

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</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Nú hit eall ágán is on ðǽron oð ðíne hand, C. D. ii. 114, 6

finger

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Æt þám ó ðrum táum healf gelde, eal swá æt þám ingrum ys cwiden, Ll. Th. i. 20, 4. Add

hréred-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréred-ness, e; f.

Agitation ⬩ haste ⬩ precipitation

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Agitation, haste, precipitation Ealle word hrýrednesse omnia verba præcipitationis, Ps. Lamb. 51, 6

Linked entry: hrýred-ness

un-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bealu, gen. -beal(u)wes; n.

Innocence

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Innocence Mid unbealuwe ealre heortan in innocentia cordis mei, Ps. Th. 100, 2

weorold-þeówdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þeówdóm, es; m.
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Secular service Hí hit freódon wið ealle weoruldþeúdóm, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 31.] [

á-wæscan

(v.)

to wash

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to wash Áwæsc ealle, Lch. ii. 38, 16. Áwæsc on háligwætre, 110, 14

hálga

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Wé sungon be eallum m

hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyrian, to imitate.
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Ðá cild . . . hyriað ealdum monnum, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 10 note. Add

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