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se

Grammar
se, <b>; I 1 a, c.</b>
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Þǽr wearde ꝥ iii hund monna ofslagen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 23. Add

un-beboht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beboht, adj.

Unsold

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Unsold Hé hæfde tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10

Linked entry: be-bycgan

ende-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
ende-spæc, ende-sprǽc, -spǽc, e; f.

An epilogue

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An epilogue Þysse lyttlan bóce endespǽce hujus libelluli epilogum, Angl. xiii. 447, 1166. Substitute:

ge-leórendlic

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For Rtl. 28, 1 substitute Ðisses woruldes giliórendlices hujus seculi transeuntis, Rtl. 18, 1

hundnigontig-geáre

(adj.)
Grammar
hundnigontig-geáre, adj.
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Ninety years old Enos leofode hund-nygontyggeáre viaxit Enos nonaginta annis, Gen. 5, 9

hyspend

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Add: A mocker, reviler Hé geeáðméd hyspend humi-liabit calumniatorem, Ps. Rdr. 71, 4

slíþan

(v.)

to harm, hurt, damage, destroy to injure

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to harm, hurt, damage, destroy Heoro slíþendne Exon. Th. 346, 10; Gn. Ex. 202

-wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-wille, (cf. wille a well).
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Add: v. fugel-wille, hár-wille, hund-wille, rúm-wille

á-strǽlian

(v.)
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to hurl a dart Ástrǽlod iaculatum, Ps. Rdr. 75, 9

Linked entry: strǽlian

lof-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
lof-georn, adj.
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Desirous of praise Se ðe wǽre lofgeorn for ídelan weorþscype weorþe se carfull hé swýðast mǽge gecwéman his drihtne he that was eager for praise on account of empty honour, let that man be careful how best he may please his Lord, Wulfst. 72, 10.

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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A far journey, long travel Módor ne rǽdaþ, ðonne heó magan cenneþ, him weorðe geond woruld wídsíð sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Wérig winneþ, wídsíð onginneþ, Exon.

búr-cote

(n.)
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Hé his módes scearpnesse eft gecierde tó ðám flǽsclican búrcotum ... hé wæs gecierred tó smeáganne flǽsclicum monnum gedafonode on hira búrcotum and on hiera beddum tó dónne ad cubile carnalium aciem mentis revocat ... carnalium cubile perscrutatur

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in a way to excite pity Ic wille geswigian . . . hreówlíce hé wearð ádrǽfed of his ágenre þeóde praetermitto Pandionis flebilem fugam, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 18.

cneówung

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Singe hé þreó hund sealma cneówigende, oððe hund and twéntig bútan cneówunge (sine genuflexione) . . . mid cneówunga oððe bútan cneówunge cum genuflexionibus vel sine genuflexione, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 14-18. Add

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Uton geþencan besceáwigende wé scylon beón úre sáwle cogitemus quam perscrutantes esse debemus animae nostrae. Ll. Th. ii. 226, 34. to see about, take care of: Hálige fatu hé besceáwige vasa sacrata conspiciat, R. Ben. 1. 62, 2.

Gallias

(n.)
Grammar
Gallias, Gallie, Galleas; gen. Gallia; pl. m.

The Gaulsthe FranksGalliGalliæ

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The Gauls, the Franks; Galli, ōrum; Galliæ, ārum; Ðǽr wæs Gallia ofslagen twá-hund þúsenda ducenta millia Gallōrum interfecta sunt, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 33; Hav. 329, 8 : 4, 7; Bos. 89, 7.

ge-húfod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-húfod, adj.
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Provided with a húfe (q. v. ) Gehúfud vittatus Germ. 397, 525

Linked entry: húfian

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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On ðam seáðe ufan hé hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 9. Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

lóc

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Loca God wylle, Hml. A. 62, 253, 257. Lóc lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige, Hml. Th. i. 474, 25. Lócehwænne mín tíma beó, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21. Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15