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æþelborenness

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Hé wæs æðelboren, ac hé oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

un-cúþ

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un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov. K. I. Uncúð þæáh mé scamige perhaps I may be ashamed, Solil. H. 49, 7 ; 2 12. IV. add: as an epithet of disease :-- Biðon monncwalmo ł uncúð ádle erunt pestilentiae, Mt. L. 24, 7.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death) 161, 27; Gú. 965. In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52

Linked entry: slíþe

ÆLMESSE

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.

ALMSalmsgivingeleemosyna

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Ðonne he ælmessan dǽleþ when he deals alms, Exon. 62 a; Th. 229, 10; Ph. 453. Syle ælmyssan give alms, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 31; Dan. 587. Ælmessan dǽlan or syllan or dón to give or distribute alms; eleemosynam dare, facere. Mt. Bos. 6, 2, 3

Linked entries: ælmes ælmysse

forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forthdeparturedeathexĭtusŏbĭtusmors

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A going forth, departure, death; exĭtus, ŏbĭtus, mors Forðamðe him cúþ forþfór toweard wǽre eo quod certus sĭbi exĭtus esset, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16.

beó

(v.)
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Genim deáde beón, gebærne tó ahsan, ii. 154, 19. Biá apes, Rtl. 119, 28

delfan

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Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan, Hml. S. 27, 37.

nytan

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Cf. witan ; 7 Wé be him náþor nyton swá hí ðǽr libban, swá hí ðǽr deáde licgon. Hml. S. 23, 306. with gen. Cf. witan; 8 Nát hé þára góda þæt hé mé ongeán sleá, B. 681. Hí ðæs godcundan gesceádes nyston ðurh stemne, Hml. Th. i. 106, 4.

réþe

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Of ðysum réðum deáðe, 22, 114. Roeðo aspera, Lk. L. R. 3, 5. Réþe gáras dira, i. crudelia spicula, An. Ox. 2097. Tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wítu, Hml. S. 24, 21

EÁCA

(n.)
Grammar
EÁCA, an; m.

An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantageadditāmentum

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An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage; additāmentum Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan though my bones and blood both become an increase to the earth, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 10; Gú. 352.

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Ðeáh hé líccete untrymnesse, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Nelle wé mid leásungum ðyllíc líccetan we will not feign such things with falsehoods, Homl. Skt. pref. 49.

Linked entry: líccettan

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Ðeáh willniaþ ealls þurh mistlíce paþas cuman tó anum ende, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 8. Ic ondrǽde ðæt ic ðé lǽðe hidres ðidres on ða paþas of ðínum wege, 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 21. On paþum (semita) beboda ðínra, Ps. Spl. 118, 35.

Linked entry: paþ

ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.

to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted tocum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujusto bring before or refer to any onereferre ad aliquem

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Ðeáh sumum men gesceóte læsse dǽl though a less part be allotted to one man, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-stoten

ge-sib

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sib, -sibb, -syb; adj.

Peaceable, near, related, familiarpācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliārisconsanguineus

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Hý habbaþ freónda ðý má swǽsra and gesibbra they will have more friends dear and near, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 34; Rä. 27, 22: 84 a; Th. 317, 21; Mód. 69.

Linked entry: ge-syb

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Nilt ðú habban yfele sceós, and wylt swá ðeáh habban yfel líf. Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú lǽte ðe ðín líf deórre ðonne ðíne sceós, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 15-18. Habbaþ eówre scós on eówrum fótum, Anglia viii. 322, 29. Scóas (Lind. scóea), Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 12. Se fæder hire sealde áne þeówene ( servam ), Gen. 29, 29. Ðióenne famulam, Rtl. 104, 2: 34, 10 (see Skeat's collation). Ðióen, 25. Sca Affra and hire þreó ðeówena ...

fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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L. 15, 22. speech by the representative of another, what is said by a sponsor Ðeáh þæt cild sprecan ne mage þonne hit man fullað, his freónda foresprǽc (forspǽc, v. l.) forstent him eall þæt ylce þe hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst. 110, 4: 38, 16. what has been

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Ðonne se deáþ cymeþ ásundraþ ðá sibbe ða ðe ǽr somud wǽron líc and sáwle when death comes, it separates then relations, who before were together, body and soul, Exon. Th. 367, 7; Seel. 4.