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fullwiht-ele

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-ele, es; m.
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Oil used at the rite of baptism Preósta gehwilc ǽgðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 15

ÁDL

(n.)
Grammar
ÁDL, ádel; g. ádle, f: ádle, an; f.

A diseasepaina languishing sicknessconsumptionmorbuslanguor

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A disease, pain, a languishing sickness, consumption; morbus, languor Wæs seó ádl þearl, hát and heorogrim the disease was sharp, hot and very fierce, Exon. 47a; Th. 160, 30; Gú. 951. Seó mycle ádl the great disease, leprosy; elephantiasis, Som.

Linked entries: ádel ádle

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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A pillar, column Sc̃s Arculfus sagaþ ðæt hé gesáwe on Hierusalem áne sýle . . . ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle ðonne nafaþ seó sýl nǽnige sceade . . . and swá ða dagas forð on sceortiaþ, swá byþ ðære sýle sceade lengra.

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Hé bi þǽre fægerne bearnteám gestrýnde, seó wæs Agathes geháten, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14. Seó gelaðung ácenð micelne bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 161. Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.

meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maiddamselvirginwoman

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Seó hálige meówle Judith ),( Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 10; Jud. 56. Him brýd sunu, meówle ( Mahalaleel's wife ) tó monnum brohte, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 17; Gen. 1172. Afrisc meówle, 171; Th. 215, 7; Exod. 579.

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Seó sýfernes þreáde ðæt werod cweðende ðæt hit ne fyligde ðære gálnesse sobrietas increpat acies dicens ne sequantur luxuriam, Prud. 46 a: 472-492. Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu, 54.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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A female servant or slave Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe praefata Christi famula, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 13: 4, 10; S. 578, 5: 4, 23; S. 592, 36. Seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 2. Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua, Lind.) ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69.

á-lútan

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Th. ii. 158, 19. to make an inclination with Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde, Hml. S. 30, 417

ge-máh

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(Seó) scamleáse, gemáh (in Proverbiis mulier ilia) procax [cf. gemágnum (-mághum ?) andwlitan procaci vultu (Prov. 7, 13), Kent. Gl. 193], An. Ox. 5277.

ge-eácnung

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Sóna swá eall seó geeácnung gedón beó, Lch. i. 218, 23. Geeácnungum partubus, An. Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Ðæt ( asthma ) ys nearunyss ... and breóst byþ innen mid micle nearnysse, iii. 116, 23-26. distress (of mind), anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief Hér is seó lǽnlíce winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the transient delight, in

Linked entry: nirwett

ár-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-weorþian, -wurþian, -wyrþian; p. -ode; pp. -od [ár honour, weorþian to hold worthy]

To hold worthy of honourto give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarehonorem referrevenerari

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Ðæt mynster seó cwén swýðe lufode and árwyrþode regina monasterium multum diligebat et venerabatur, 3, 11; S. 535, 15: Jn. Bos. 5, 23: Deut. 5, 16

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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a fever; febris Seó drif [sio drif MS.] febris, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: ge-drif

freoðo-wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-wǽr, freoðu-wǽr, frioðo-wǽr, frioðu-wǽr, friðo-wǽr, e; f.

A covenant of peacean agreementcompactpācis fœduspactum

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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306.

náwiht-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
náwiht-, náht-líc; adj.

Good for nothingworthlessnaughty

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Good for nothing, worthless, naughty Seó hæfde nigon dohtra, náhtlíce and fracode, Homl. Skt. 8, 11. Manna rǽdas syndon náhtlíce ongeán Godes geþeaht men's plans are of no avail against God's counsel, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 27.

or-wénness

(n.)
Grammar
or-wénness, e; f.
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Despair, hopelessness Ðonne biþ him seó orwénnys ( desperatio illa ) tó máran synne geteald, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 24. Hwí sprecst ðú mid swá micelre orwénnysse? Homl. Th. i. 534, 22.

Linked entry: wénness

palent

(n.)
Grammar
palent, es ; m. : palente, palendse, an ; f.
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Ðæt seó cwén ne cume nǽfre heononforþ intó ðínum pallente, 29, 64. On stréte oððe on palentan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 6. Æt ðæs cáseres palendsan (palentsan, Bos.), Ors. 6, 21 ; Swt. 272, 23. Hé bræc ðæne palant (ða palentan, MS.

Streónes-halh

(n.)
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Whitby On ðære stówe seó is gecweden Streónes-halh, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 2: 4, 23; S. 592, 37. Hild abbodesse on Streónesheale, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 13. Tymbrend ðæs mynstres ðe ys nemned Steórneshealh, Shrn. 148, 40.

staþolfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
staþolfæstlíce, adv.
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in a physical sense, firmly On ðam eahtoþan mónþe hé ( the foetus ) biþ eall staþolfæstlíce geseted, Lchdm. iii. 146, 19. steadfastly, constantly, firmly Seó godcunde meht á staþolfæstlíce stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 19, 21.

þeána

(adv.)
Grammar
þeána, (combined with swá, se); adv. conj.
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Nó God wolde ðæt seó sáwl sár þrowade, lýfde se þeána ðæt hý him mid hondum hrínan mósten, 127, 3; Gú. 380