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hræd-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-lícness, e; f.

Quicknesssuddennessrapidityhaste

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Quickness, suddenness, rapidity, haste Ða micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton hé geseh on hrædlícnysse ealle gewítan the great riches that they formerly owned he saw all quickly pass away, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 23

or-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.

Original, inborn thoughtmind, genius, wit, understandingingeniuma skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, designskilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art

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Th. 266, 6 ; Sat. 18. Orþancas argumenta, commenta, Hpt. Gl. 479, 68. Orþanc commenta, i. machinamenta, excogitata, astutia, argumenta, machinationes, ficta, fraudes, sarwa dicta, mendacia, Wülck. Gl. 206, 42-46. Orþonc machinamenta. Wrt.

Linked entries: þanc on-þanc

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Kmbl. 1971; An. 988 : Salm. Kmbl. 867; Sal. 433. Nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd, ne his heáhfædera . . . ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ nemþe . . . Blickl. Homl. 161, 9. Nis ðæt mín miht ne nǽnges úres ( = úre nǽniges), 151, 29.

Linked entry: nán

CÍNE

(n.)
Grammar
CÍNE, cýne, an; f.

A chink, fissure, vaultrima, caverna

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A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81

Linked entries: cín-líc cínu

for-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceppan, -sceóppan; p. -sceóp, pl. -sceópon; pp. -scepen

To transformtransformāre

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Scinnan forscepene [their] beauty transformed, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72

Linked entry: for-sceóppan

hér-bufan

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-bufan, adv.

Here above

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Here above Swá swá wé ǽr hérbiufan sǽdon on ðisse ilcan béc as we said before above in this same book; sicut in priori hujus voluminis parte jam diximus, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 393, 2

Linked entries: be-ufan hér

eár-gespreca

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H. 23, 945, a gloss on a Sam. 23, 23 (?) :-- Fecit eum sibi David auricularium a secreto), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 46

béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLKpeoplecommon peoplemultitudea peopletribefamilypŏpŭlusgensnātiovulgusplebscīveshŏmĭnesexercĭtusmultĭtūdo

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Folgad folcum followed by peoples, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 4; Sat. 559

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

FEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FEAX, fex, es; n.

Hair of the headthe lockscæsăriescŏmacăpillus

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Æled lǽtaþ on ðæs feóndes feax they shall let fire upon the fiend's hair, Salm. Kmbl. 261; Sal. 130: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 27; Jud. 281. He hæfde blæc feax he had black hair, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34

Linked entries: fæx fex

full-unrót

(adj.)
Grammar
full-unrót, adj.

Full sadvery unhappyvalde tristis

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Full sad, very unhappy; valde tristis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32. 3

Linked entry: ful-unrót

fýr-clom

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-clom, gen. -clommes; m. [clom a band, bond]

A fire-bondvincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum

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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39

mægen-folc

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-folc, es; n.

A mighty people

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Sax. meginfolk mikil the multitude that flocked about Christ) a people mighty and vast (the good at the day of judgment ), Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 1; Cri. 877

gnorn

(adj.)
Grammar
gnorn, adj.

Sorrowfulsaddejectedcomplainingmœstus

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Sorrowful, sad, dejected, complaining; mœstus Leónhwelpas grymetigaþ gnorne catuli leonum rugientes, Ps. Th. 103, 20. Flugon forhtigende gylp wearþ gnornra they fled in terror, their boast became more sorrowful, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 19; Ex. 454

tygele

(n.)
Grammar
tygele, (?), an; f.
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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; -ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word

Linked entry: tigle

wer

(n.)
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D. v. 148, 21), -wer; see also Midd. Flur

findan

Grammar
findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

fǽr-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-níþ, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas

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A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief; pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas Sorh is me to secganne hwæt Grendel hafaþ fǽrníða gefremed it is sorrow for me to say what sudden mischiefs Grendel has perpetrated, Beo. Th. 956; B. 476

á-meallian

(v.)
Grammar
á-meallian, p. ode
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To become insipid, lose savour Ámealaþ ( a t erased between l and aþ) euanuerit (sal, Mt. 5, 13), An. Ox. 61, 4 (see the note). Ámeallud exinanita (faex ), Ps. Spl. C. 74, 8. Cf. á-mællad

un-gerýde

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Se egeslica swég ungerýdre eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add