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smeáþancolness

(n.)
Grammar
smeáþancolness, e ; f.
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Exactness, strictness Ðeáh witon hú fela gód oððe hú micele gefremodon nyte ðeáh mid hwylcere smeáþancelnysse se upplíca Déma ða áfandaþ. Homl. Th. ii. 80, 34

reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p. reác
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Reócendne (reccendne, MS.) weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19; Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29

Linked entries: récan hreócan

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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Add: applied to persons. of disposition, malignant Se (Jove) wearð hetol feónd (hetol and þrymlic, Sal. K. p. 121, 24). Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194.

Linked entry: hetollíce

ge-feaxe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxe, adj. [feax hair]

Having haircŏmātus

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Having hair; cŏmātus Wǽron men æðelíce gefeaxe the men had beautiful hair [lit. the men were beautifully haired ], Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: gylden-feaxa

mis-tǽcan

(v.)

to teach wrongly

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to teach wrongly Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, ðonne beóþ hí gehealdene; gif hí mistǽcaþ, hí forpǽraþ hí sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 4

orleg-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-hwíl, e; f.
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Battle-time, time of war Nú is leódum wén orleg-hwíle, Beo. Th. 5814; B. 2911. Fela ic gúþrǽsa genæs, orleghwíla, 4845; B. 2427

un-geférlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geférlíce, adv.

In civil war

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In civil war Hé .v. gefeoht ungeférlíce (wel cynelíce gefeaht and, MS. C.) þurhteáh bella civilia quinque gessit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt, 244, 25

bed

(n.)
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a prayer Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum (bénum, v. l. ) ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne, Gr. D. 156, 2

áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oathsacred pledgean oathsacramentum

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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed

brýd-ealoþ

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-ealoþ, indecl. n. [ealaþ ale]
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A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Hiî wǽron æt ðam brýdealoþ they were at the marriage feast, Chr. 1075 ; Erl. 214, 15

ceorf-æx

(n.)
Grammar
ceorf-æx, e; f.

A cutting axe, executioner's axesecuris

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A cutting axe, executioner's axe; securis Wǽran ða heáfda mid ceorfæxum ofacorfena their heads were cut off with axes, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7

Linked entry: æx

ge-men

(n.)
Grammar
ge-men, nom.
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-manna Men Wǽron ðǽrin gemanna hand twelftig ðúsenda there were therein a hundred and twenty thousand men, Salm. and Sat. Kmbl. 186, 1

Linked entry: ge-manna

mód-swíð

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-swíð, adj.

Strong of mind or soul

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Strong of mind or soul Wec ðú in mé módswíðne geþanc crea in me spiritum rectum, Ps. C. 50, 89; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89

of-slítan

(v.)
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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron ( the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents), Num. 21, 9

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24

linian

(v.)
Grammar
linian, leonian

to leave

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greater than all other kings that ever were in the world, Nar. 33, 2

Linked entry: leonian

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen, -sceopen, -sceapen
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Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

bí-swícol

(adj.)
Grammar
bí-swícol, adj. [bí-swíc deceit; dolus]
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Deceitful; dolosus We sculon geþencean ðæt ðís líf, ðæt we nú onlibbaþ, is bíswícol eallum ðǽm ðe hit lufiaþ we ought to think that this life, in which we now live, is deceitful to all those who love it, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 16

Linked entry: be-swicol

réceleást

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Ðonne hwæthwugu steórweorðes ongietað . . . and gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe (reccelíste, v. l.) swelce hit nyten cum cogitationes nostrae ea, quae . . . arguenda cognoscunt, pigredine deprimente dissimulant, Past. 195, 4. Add

cum-líþe

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sýn gemingode ꝥ cumlíðe beón instruimur in colligendis hospitibus, Chrd. 51, 6. Add