níþ-heard
Bold in battle ⬩ audacious
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Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt hé in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277
mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean swylce meregrota ( margaritæ ), Nar. 37, 29. Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl.
Linked entry: grot
of-hreówan
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Add: with dat. of pers. only Gode ofhreów ðá and cwæð tó ðám engle, Hml. S. 13, 254. Þe lǽs þe ofhrýwe þé ne forte peniteat te, Scint. 177, 2
regol-weard
The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler
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One who sees that a rule (v. regol, III) is observed, a provost, v. práfost Ðæs mynstres práfost and reogolweard wæs in ða tíd Boisel ...
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Ðá sceolde Ælfríc lǽdan ða fyrde, ac hé teáh forð ðá his ealdan wrenceas, . . . gebrǽd hé hine seócne, Chr. 1003 ; Erl. 139, 7. a stratagem in war Hé hié mid ðæm ilcan wrence beswác, ðe hé æt heora ǽrran métingge dyde, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 188, 32 : 6, 36
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þeóstrian
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to make dark or dim, to make the eye less capable of seeing, dim the sight Se dæg bletit and ðióstraþ hiora eágan, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. to grow dark or dim His eágan þýstrodon caligaverunt oculi ejus, Gen. 27, 1: 48, 10.
Linked entry: þýstrian
sacerd-hád
Priest-hood
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Priest-hood Ðá Zacharias his sacerdes hádes (sacerdhádes, MSS. A. B. C.) breác cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. 1, 8. Æfter gewunan ðæs sacerdhádes hlotes, 1, 9.
rihtlǽcung
Correction, making right
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Correction, making right Ða underþióddan sint tó maniane ðæt hié ðara unþeáwas ðe him ofergesette bióþ tó swíðe and tó þrisðlíce ne eahtigen . . . ðý læs hié for ðære ryhtlǽcinge weorþen upáhæfene, Past. 28; Swt. 197, 2.
gifa
A giver ⬩ bestower ⬩ dator ⬩ largitor
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A giver, bestower; dator, largitor Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Ðú geond holt wunast thou shalt dwell among the groves, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574. Geond ða þeóda among the people, Andr. Kmbl. 49; An. 25.
Linked entries: gind giond gond eond giend geond-innan be-geondan geondan gynd
þífþ
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Ðá geácsode se biscop ðæt ða bécc forstolene wǽron, bæd ðara bóca geornlíce ... man gerehte ðam biscope ða forstolenan bécc, and bóte æt ðære þýfðe, Chart. Th. 265, 10. For þeófte oþþe for manslihte, L. Wil. ii. 1; Th. i. 489, 6.
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Ass. 190, 258. with dat. or uncertain, preceding the governed word Ðonne ærnaþ hý ealle tóweard ðæm feó, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 36. Hí torfedon tówærd ðam weofode . . . and scotedon tóweard ðam hálig-dóme, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 17, 19.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Ðæt is swíþe sweotol tácn ðam wísan, ðæt hé ne sceal lufian tó ungemetlíce ðás woruldgesǽlþa, forðæm hí oft cumaþ tó ðǽm wyrstum monnum, 39, 11; Fox 230, 8. Him ðæt ( the writing on the wall ) tácen wearð, ðæt hé ligeword gecwæð, Cd.
ge-scapennys
A creation, creating, formation ⬩ creātio, figmentum
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A creation, creating, formation; creātio, figmentum Se emnihtes dæg is se feórþa dæg ðysse wornlde gescapennysse the day of the equinox is the fourth day of the creation of this world, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 14, 16; Lchdm. iii. 238,
nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Ða Egiptiscan nýddon ( urgebant ) ðæt folc út of hira lande, Ex. 12, 33. Ðá nýddon hine his yldran tó ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, Blickl. Homl. 213, 1. Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32. Nýd compelle, Lk.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Ðá hæfdon ða welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel . . . Ðá. wǽron ða wælisce men (quidam de Normannis; cf. Icel.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
mann-dryhten
A lord of men ⬩ liege lord
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Æfter mandrihtne, æfter ðam æðelinge ( Nebuchadnezzar ), Cd. 207; Th. 256, 8; Dan. 637. Ðá ic ðæt wíf (Sarah) gefrægn wordum cýðan hire mandrihtne (Abraham), 102; Th. 135, 15; Gen. 2243.
deriend-lic
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Þá deóflu æteówiað þǽre synfullan sáwle ðá derigendlican sprǽca and ðá mánfullan dǽda. Hml. Th. i. 410, 7. ¶ with. dat. of object exposed to hurt :-- Oðer deófolgild is derigendlic þǽre sáwle, Hml. S. 17, 49. Add
scearpe
A scarification
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A scarification Ásleah áne scearpan on ðam dolge, Lchdm. ii. 142, 21: 144, 6. Stande on heáfde, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðám scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt átter þurh ða scearpan, 154, 2-4.
líþ
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Strong drink Ðá him ðæt líþ gescired wæs digesto vino, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 295, 6. Ðam men ðe hine ne lyst his metes ne líþes for the man that does not care for his meat or drink, L. M. 1, 19; Lchdm. ii. 62, 16.