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cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

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Uncúþne eard cunnian to seek for an unknown home, Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 1; Cri. 1418: Beo. Th. 2893; B. 1444 . Se cunnaþ Dryhtnes meahta he tempteth the Lord's might, Salm. Kmbl. 454; Sal. 227.

nǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.

Never

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Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his frýnd geswícaþ; néfre (?) sceal se him his nest áspringeþ (never shall he thrive whose provision fails him (?). Grein takes nefre = infirmus), Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38.

Linked entry: nefre

niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne, Cd. Th. 234, 1; Dan. 285

Linked entry: niþ

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Th. i. 238, 11. wanton Hié him andwyrdon ꝥ hit gemálic wǽre and unryhtlic (that it would be a wanton outrage) þæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse helium.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Ðú eart, Babilone, bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, hire earm dohter filia Babylonis misera, Ps. Th. 136, 8. Fremde þeóde ðín hús yfele gewemdan, Ps. Th. 78, 1. Wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele; sáwla gehǽlan hweþer ðe forspillan? Mk. Skt. 3, 4.

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on the milk-pail, and set not the vessel down on the earth

scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles

weorold-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cyning, es; m. I.
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Woruldcyninga, 6343; B. 3181. a king of all the earth, a supreme monarch Woruld-cyninges (cf. him God sealde gumena ríce, world tó gewealde. Cd. Th. 254, 7; Dan. 608), Exon. Th. 197, 4; Az. 185

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas, Lev. 23, 22

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Th. 120, 2: 133, 4. the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, earth Hrúsan bið heardra, Rä. 81, 30. earth as one of the four elements Ligeð him behindan hefig hrúsan dǽl (cf. sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12

sicetung

(n.)
Grammar
sicetung, sicettung, siccetung, siccettung, e; f.
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Hé angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt hé ear*-*foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8.

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

blód

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Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16.

ancor

(n.)
Grammar
ancor, ancer, oncer; g. ancres; m. [ancŏra = ἄγκυρα : uncus = ὄγκος a hook, v. DER.]

An anchorancora

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An anchor; ancora Ðín ancor is git on eorþan fæst thine anchor is yet fast in the earth, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 5. On ancre fæst fast at anchor, Beo. Th. 611; B. 303. On ancre rád rode at anchor, 3771; B. 1883.

Linked entries: ancer ancra

be-fóran

(adv.)

Beforeat handopenlyanteantea præin conspectu, in conspectum

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Wundor on eorþan he befórancýþde he revealed miracles on earth openly Andr. Kmbl. 1212; An. 606. Wæs se atola befóran the wicked one was at hand Cd. 224; Th. 295, 17; Sat. 487. He befóran gengde he went before Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE discrimen, divisio, portio

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Is ðes middangeard dálum gedǽled this earth is divided into parts, Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 18; Gú. 25.

HEORTE

(n.)
Grammar
HEORTE, an; f.

The HEART

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Óþ ðæt him heortan blód foldan geséceþ until his heart's blood seek the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 314; Sal. 156 Wyxþ windon ðære heortan wind waxeth in the heart, L. M. 1, 17 ; Lchdm. ii. 60, 7.

sugu

(n.)
Grammar
sugu, e: sú, e; f.
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Mé ( a badger ) on bæce standaþ her swylce sweon leorum (= hǽr swilce súe on hleórum, Grein) hlifiaþ tú eáran ofer eágum, Exon. Th. 396, 13; Rá. 16, 4

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ge-sígan

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Add: to sink or fall back Gesáh relabitur, Germ. 401, 12. of the depression of a surface, to sink Þý lǽs þider in yfel pohha gesige, Lch. ii. 208, 18. of the movement of a fluid, to run into or out of Gyf wæter on eáran swýþe gesigen (-siged, v.l.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26