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bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Wyrc baþo, 68, 3. of baptism:-- 'Gif gé willað áþwegene beón ðý hálwendan wylle fullwihtes bæðes (fonte salutari) . . . Gif gé lífes bæð (lauacrum uitae) oferhicgeaþ . . .' 'Wé ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,' Bd. 2, 5;Sch. 134, 13-19.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Gif ic cweþe tu scis quis hoc fecit ðú wást hwá ðys dyde ðon biþ se quis relativum ðæt is edlesendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27-30.

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times for a timesometimeswhilome

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At times, for a time, sometimes, whilome Hwílon ic dyde swá aliquando feci sic ... Dudum gefyrn, quondam hwílon, andolim getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 62-4.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

ge-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wemman, p. -wemde; pp. -wemmed, -wemd

To staindefilepolluteprofanecorruptvitiatemarinjurecoinquĭnāreturpārepolluĕreprofānārecorrumpĕrevĭtiārecontāmĭnāreviŏlāre

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Ðyder þeóf ne geneálǽcþ, ne moþþe ne gewemþ quo fur non apprŏpiat, neque tĭnea corrumpit, Lk. Bos. 12, 33. Hí on ðam temple gewemmaþ ðone resteðæg in templo sabbătum viŏlant, Mt. Bos. 12, 5.

Linked entry: wemman

blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shininglucidus, splendidusBLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in deathpallidus, de moribundis et mortuispallidus, subalbus

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Lígetta hérgen bláce dýrne Dryhten lightnings bright praise the beloved Lord, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107. Engel ða burh oferbrægd blácan lýge, hátan heaðowealme an angel spread over the town a bright flame, hot warlike floods, Andr.

Linked entry: blǽc

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
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Árás Malchus heora þeningmann, and dyde eall swá his gewuna wæs, nam mid him sumne dǽl feós ... ðæt feoh bær tó porte, 472-486: 447. Se Hǽlend hét ða ðénigmen áfyllan six stǽnene fatu, Homl.

wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíslíce, adv.

wiselysagaciouslywith wisdomprudentlywiselyskilfullycunningly

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Wíslíce gé dyde, 201, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 5, 42: Exon. Th. 348, 2; Sch. 22: Ps. Th. 77, 12. Hé wíslíce rǽdde for Gode and for worulde his þeóde, Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 26. Hit ða téð getrymeþ, gif his man wíslíce brúceþ, Lchdm. i. 334, 10.

Linked entry: ge-wíslíce

bufan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
bufan, prep. adv.
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Þæs gemynd ic dyde ǽr feorr bufan. Gr. D. 86, 20

helan

to conceal from

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Strengre is ꝥ ic morðor hele, scyle mánswara lifian, Cri 193, with dat. of person to whom something is not made known: Míne scylde ic dyde þé cúðe, and míne unrihtwísnysse ic þé ne hæl, Ll. Th. ii. 426, 21.

gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
gýmen, gémen; f.

Careheedsolicitudediligencesuperintendencerulecura

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He swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde ymb ða hǽla úre þeóde tam sedulam erga salutem nostræ gentis curam gesserit, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 3. Weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan sæculi curas relinquere, 4, 19; S. 587, 38 Gýmene dó se Abbod curam gerit abbas, R.

Linked entries: gémen geómen gýme

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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dyde swíðe hreónesse ðære sǽwe he made the sea very rough, Blickl. Homl. 235, 5. On ðissere worulde hreóhnyssum in the storms of this world, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 26

Linked entry: hréð-ness

dihtan

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On þá wísan þe se abbod dyht (diht, v. l.) prout abba disposuerit, R. Ben. 125, 10. Wé andbidodon ðín þæt þú ús þæs mynstres gebytlu dihtan ( disponere ) sceoldest, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 23.

ge-recedness

Grammar
ge-recedness, ge-reccedness.
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Drihten ne dyde þæt hé ús on hearde hæftnýd sealde non dedit nos in captionem, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Hæftnéd hefige, 125, 1. Þá graman hæftnéd, 84, 1. Hé hí on hæftnýd heán gesealde, 77, 61. On heaftneád and on þeówdóm, Angl. xi. 2, 51.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270. Ðá ǽnlecan heápas investes catervas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 40. Ǽnlicre (elicre, Wrt.) wæs prestare, 81, 64. Ǽnlicoste pulcherrima, i. speciosissima, An. Ox. 2113.

Linked entry: án-lic

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Ðæt hé forðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie (teohhige, Cott.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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For ðý hí wilniaþ anwealdes þe hié woldon ormǽte feoh gegaderian potentiam pecuniae causa petunt, Bt. 24, 2; F. 82, 17. Heó forsalde all feh (substantiam) hire, Lk. R.

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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Cyning wæs ðý blíðra the king was the blither, Elen. Kmbl. 192; El. 96: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 63; Met. 9, 32: Byrht. Th. 136, 5; By. 146.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Mið ðý on bisne Godes wæs cum in forma Dei esset, 21, 18. Gif hwá ðás bóc áwritan wylle, þæt hé hí gerihte be ðǽre bysne (the original), Hml. Th. ii. 2, 21: Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 21. Hé monig tácen unwitende dyde on Godes bisene, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 14.

gímen

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</b> with prep. governing object of care :-- Ne sié his ( the bishop's ) giémen ná ðý lǽsse ymb ðá gehírsuman, Past. 75, 14. care that something is or is not done.