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nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe

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Th. 2823; B. 1409. narrow, limited, poor, restricted Hú ne ongite gé hú neara (Cott. MS. nearo) se eówer hlísa beón wile, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 14. Swíðe nearewe (Cott. MS. nearwa) sent and swiðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa, 11, 1; Fox 30, 25.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Ðæt hié tilgen (tiligen, Cott. MSS.) to kýðanne, Past. 47 ; Swt. 363, 10.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

anda

(n.)
Grammar
anda, onda, an; m.

Malice ⬩ envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ anger ⬩ zeal ⬩ annoyance ⬩ vexation ⬩ rancor ⬩ invidia ⬩ indignatio ⬩ ira ⬩ zelus ⬩ molestia

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Cot.] per zelum justitiæ, Past. 17, 1; Hat. MS. 21b, 28

for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre

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Cot

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus

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Se fyrmesta and se betesta the foremost and the best; præstantissĭmus, Cot. 153. Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind the first is the east wind, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 22; Lchdm. iii. 274, 13.

Linked entry: formesta

ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labour ⬩ exercise ⬩ inconvenience ⬩ fatigue ⬩ trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ temptation ⬩ banishment ⬩ lăbor ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ incommŏdum ⬩ afflictio ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tentātio ⬩ exsĭlium

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Geswinc exsĭlium, Cot. 73

Linked entries: swinc ge-swenc ge-swincg ge-swing

fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
fægnian, fægenian, fagnian, fagenian, fahnian; p. ode; pp. od [fægen, fægn glad, joyful]

To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre

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Cott. Onginnaþ fægnian mid folmum plaudent mănĭbus, Ps. Th. 97, 8. Ic afétige oððe fægnige [MS. fegnige] plaudo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 28. Fægnaþ Israhéla lætābĭtur Israel, Ps. Spl. 13, 11.

Linked entries: a-fægniende fægenian fagenian fahnian

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.
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God hira mód onliéht mid his fandunga and eác his tiehtinge (tihtinge, Cott. MSS.), Past. 35; Swt. 243, 22. For láre and for tiehtinge his ágenes firenlustes persuasione luxuriae, 50; Swt. 393, 7.

Linked entry: tihting

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Gé mín hús habbaþ gedón sceaðum tó screafe (cf. gé worhtun ðæt tó þeófa cote, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 13), Homl. Th. i. 406, 3. Se hæfde on byrgenum scræf ( domicilium ), Mk. Skt. 5, 3. Geond ðæt atole scræf ( hell ), Cd.

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam

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Grammar FÓR, dat Fór Gode and fór [fóre Cott.] mannum cōram Deo et hŏmĭnĭbus. Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 37. He for eaxlum gestód Deniga freán he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes, Beo. Th. 72256. 358. Fór horde before the hoard, Beo.

Linked entries: foor fóre

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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Uton (wuton,Cott. MS.) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten, Hy. 8, 1. Uuton nú gehýran, Blickl. Homl. 83, 30. Wutan cuman ealle, and úre mágas mid ús wutun þyder habban, Ps. Th. 73, 8.

Linked entries: utan uton

CEORFAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORFAN, ceorfende; ic ceorfe, ðú ceorfest, cyrfst, he ceorfeþ, cyrfþ, ceorfaþ; ic, he cearf, ðú curfe,;curfon; corfen; v. a.

To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere

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Ceorfende infindens, Cot. 111

Linked entries: curfon cerfe

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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Æceras jugera, Cot. 109

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.

A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus

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Balsames blǽd fruit of balsam, Cot. 48

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.

Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,

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Quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity [cf. snel active : Icel. snjallr eloquent], wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted Horsc prudens, Cot, 191, Lye.

Linked entry: horsc-lic

dem

(n.)
Grammar
dem, demm,es ; m.

mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune ⬩ damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas

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Cott.] þrówigen it seems to other men that they suffer the greatest misfortune, Past, 14, 5; Hat. MS. 18 a, 26

Linked entry: demm

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Ofer sealtne (saltne, Cott. MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8. Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt ( very salt ), Blickl. Homl. 245, 25. Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16.

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Onhyrian (-hirian, Cott. MS.), Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 4; Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 2. Ðæt onhyrian woldan, 4, 3; S. 569, 43. Heora líf onhyrian wolde, 4, 13; S. 582, 24: 5, 9; S. 622, 12. Onhyrigean, 1, 26; S. 487, 32. Onhyrgan, 3, 18; S. 545, 43.

Linked entries: an-hyrian hyrian on-herian

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten

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Ðonne se láreów sécð ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremen on ðreátigean (ðreágean, Cott. MSS.) mæge cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quaeritur, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 6. Líðelíce tó ðreátianne (ðreátigeanne, Cott.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus

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Cot. Faust. A. x. 150b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 31

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

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