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lytig

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Add: in a good sense, prudent Letig astutus (Prov. 13, 16), Kent. Gl. 450: 485: callidus (Prov. 22, 3), 809. Leti, 412: versutus (Prov. 12, 23), 424. in a bad sense Litig and pǽtig versuta et callida, Germ. 389, 21. Letig wer hatol vir versutus odiosus

ge-les

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Þis gewin and þyssum gelic (þis gelis ? cf. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 1 where gelice and geliese are two readings), þeós gémen þé wæs, and þis þú hyrde dydest hic labor, hoc studium, haec tibi cura, hoc pastor agebas, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 108, 14. Hé barn in gelise (

grápian

(v.)
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Se lǽce grápað suíðe fægre ymbútan ðæt ðæt hé sníðan wile ... Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5. Ðeáh

hliþ

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Add Siððan þú gehýrde on hliðes óran galan geác on bearwe, Bo. 21. Geworhton hí hlǽw on hliðe, sé wæs . . . wǽglíðendum wíde tó sýne, B. 3158. Beorga hliða (hlida, MS.) búgað and myltað (cf. ðá beorgas búgað and myltað, Wlfst. 137, 6) colles liquescent

scóh

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Þám ádlian þúhte swylce man his ǽnne scó (sceó, v. l. ) of ðám fét him átuge, Hml. S. 21, 126. Þára sceóna tácen is þæt þú sette þínne scetefinger uppon þíune fót, Tech. ii. 126, 13. Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslupan . . se deófol him

weá-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
weá-mód, adj.

Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate

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Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate Se ðe wǽre weámód, weorðe se geþyldmód, ulfst. 70, 7.W Ne réce ðú ná weámódes wífes worda you are not to care for an angry woman's words, Prov. Kmbl. 48. Ða weámódan and ða grambǽran iracundi, Past. 40; Swt. 289,

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Substitute: fylst, Fylstes mínes auxilii mei, Ps. Rdr. 61, 8. Swegen bæd him fylstes ongéán Magnus, Chr. 1048; P. 167, 13. Gefultuma mé nú ánegra ǽlces óðres fylstes bedǽled, Hml. S. 23 b, 442. Bútan Godes fylste, 11, 314: 21, 345. Mid freónda fylste

gealpettan

(v.)
Grammar
gealpettan, p. te.

to devour, eat greedily

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to devour, eat greedily [? v. N. E. D. galp to gape; D. D. gaup to gape, devour] Þá ðe hér swíðost galpettað and on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, þá bióð þǽr on mǽstum hungre forþrycced those that here eat most greedily and are steeped in

fóster-cild

a foster-child ⬩ of a disciple ⬩ scholar

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Add: lit. a foster-child Fóstorcild alumnum, seruum, Germ. 391, 48. Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre, Gen. 16, 2. Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml. S. 2, 243. fig. of a disciple,

á-wácian

(v.)
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Áwácaþ uilesceret, i. contemptibilis esset, An. Ox. 2087. Sé bið gesǽlig þe þonne ne áwácaþꝥ þú mé ne, Wlfst. 85, 14. On heora nǽnigum se hiht ne áwácode, Guth. 66, 14. Áwácyge þǽra stapela ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfð, Wlfst. 267, 17. Hý willan þurh deófles

Linked entry: wácian

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

dwelian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to go astray, literal Hé on ðám holte dwelode ( wandered ), oð þæt hine wulfas tótǽron, Hml. Th. i. 384, 10. Hé án (sceáp), þe ðǽr losode and dwelede, sóhte, R. Ben. 51, 19. Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ... Heó cwæð

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Take here <b>ge-ortréwan</b> in Dict., and add: to despair of. with gen. Cf. <b>I a</b> Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes spemque fugato nes dolor adsit, Met. 5, 35. with prep. Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de

hwanan

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Add: in direct questions. local 'Hwanon cómon gé?' þá cwǽdon hig: 'Of Chanaon lande,' Gen. 42, 7: An. 256. Hwanon ferigeað gé fǽtte scyldas?, B. 333. asking for source, cause, &amp;c. local source from which material things are obtained Hwanon (

císe

(n.)
Grammar
císe, es; m.
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Cheese Cése formaticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 13. Wit unc gefyldan niówes céses, Hml. A. 207, 412. III. wéga spices and céses, Cht. Th. 471, 14: 474, 29. X. pund caeses gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit festendæg sié, selle mon uuége cǽsa, 460, 19-22. Ne

Linked entries: cése cýse

dolg

(n.)
Grammar
dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Add:to instances given under dolh: a wound Wiþ hundes dolge for a wound made by a dog, Lch. ii. 144, 11. Þú ætýwest þínra honda dolh and þínre sídan and þínra fóta, Angl. xii. 510, 14. a boil, tumour Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ geswell . . . heó gewát

eáge

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Add: eáge, es Eáge yfel oculus malus, Scint. 102, 15. On prince eáges in ictu oculi, 43, 16. Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10, Þú gesáwe mot on þínes bróðor eáge, and ne gesáwe cyp on þínum ágenum eágan, R. Ben. 12, 4. Fram

fær-riht

(n.)
Grammar
fær-riht, es; n.

fare

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Due payment for passage, fare Ðá cwæð hé: " Gif þú hæfst ꝥ færriht (færeht, v. l.), ne forwyrnþ þé heora ǽnig. " Ðá cwæð ic tó him : " Bróðor, næbbe ic nán færriht (færeht, v. l.) tó syllanne, ac ic wille faran and án þǽra scypa ástígan " then said he

Linked entries: fær-eht fær-sceat

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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Take here fypera in Dict., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55. Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic

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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre