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-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
    • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

efen-gefeón

(v.)
Grammar
efen-gefeón, p. -gefeah, pl. -gefǽgon; pp. -gefǽgen

To rejoice together ⬩ congaudēre

Entry preview:

To rejoice together; congaudēre Efengefeóndum eallum ðam folce congaudente ūnĭverso pŏpŭlo, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 13

þǽr-under

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-under, adv.
Entry preview:

Beneath Ealle ða ðe ofer óðre bióþ heáfda ðara ðe ðǽrunder bióþ, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 24

Linked entry: under

trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
trymþ, e; f.
Entry preview:

Strength, support Ealle getrymednesse ł trymðe hláfes hé forgnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 16

un-behelendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-behelendlíce, adv.

Without the possibility of concealment

Entry preview:

Without the possibility of concealment Ðæt bið eallum open unbehelendlíce, ðæt man ǽr hæl, Wulfst. 138, 3

Linked entry: be-helendlíce

un-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestreón, es; n.

Ill-gotten treasure

Entry preview:

Ill-gotten treasure Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and eallum ungestreónum, Wulfst. 183, 9

Eoforwíc-scír

Entry preview:

Eádweard cyng grét Tostig eorl and ealle míne þegenas on Eoferwícscíre, C. D. vi. 203, 22. Add

ge-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylling, e; f.
Entry preview:

Completion Ealre gefyllingce ł ǽlcre geændunge ic geseah ende omnis consummations vidi finem, Ps. L. 118, 96

geár-wæstm

(n.)
Entry preview:

yearly fruit Þæt heó hæbbe ǽlce gére ealra geárwæstma þá þrié dǽlas, C. D. ii. 175, 25

Linked entry: wæstm

heofon-steorra

Entry preview:

Heofonsteorran (cf. steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 22) ealle efenbeorhte ne scínað, Met. 20, 232. Add

hwícung

(n.)
Grammar
hwícung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Squeaking Se ealda feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . swína grunnunge and músa hwícunge ( stridores soricum ), Gr. D. 185, 4

on-tíned

Entry preview:

Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

scínende

(adj.)
Grammar
scínende, adj.
Entry preview:

Brilliant Þǽr is se ælmihtiga Dryhten scínendra and lióhtra þonne ealle óðre lióht, Verc. Först. 113, 3

Linked entry: scínan

ǽmet-bed

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmet-bed, ǽmet-bedd, es; n.

An ant-hill

Entry preview:

An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21

Linked entries: bed bed-gerid

treaflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
treaflíce, adv.

Grievously ⬩ painfully

Entry preview:

Grievously, painfully Eallum ðe deópe and ful treaflíce teónan þolian omnibus injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 102, 6

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate

Entry preview:

Gif nú eall ðises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ealle óþre men wǽdlan ? Genóh sweotol ðæt is, ðætte gód hlísa biþ betera ðonne ǽnig wela Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1-24. Ǽlc sóþ wela opes 7, 3; Fox 20, 16.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

openlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7

be-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sell ⬩ vendere

Entry preview:

Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta sell all thy possessions, ii. 400, 12

namcúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
namcúþlíce, adv.

By name

Entry preview:

[Þurh him and ðurh ealle his freónd namcúðlíce, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 12.]

innemest

(adj.)
Grammar
innemest, adj.

Inmost

Entry preview:

Inmost Ealle ða innemestan geþohtas all the inmost thoughts; omnia cogitationum interiora. Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 155, 7

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