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þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Swýðe manega synt þe þurh ðone weg faraþ,... Swýðe feáwa synt þe ðone weg findon, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13, 14. Gé þe yfle synt cunnun góde sylena syllan, 7, 11.

Linked entry: þý

DEÓRE

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓRE, dióre; adj.

DEAR, belovedcārus, dilectus, familiāris dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris

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Ða me synd golde deórran they are dearer to me than gold, Ps. Th. 118, 127. Sinc biþ deórost treasure is most precious, Menol. Fox 480; Gn. C. 10. Hwæt ðé deórast [diórust MS. Cot.] þince: hwæðer ðe gold ðe hwæt?

Linked entries: dýre dióre

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Fægere word ðis synd . . . ac forðon hí níwe syndon and uncúþe, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 9. Lyt swígode níwra spella, se ðe næs gerád, Beo. Th. 5788; B. 2898. Hí sprecaþ níwum tungum, Mk. Skt. 16, 17.

Linked entry: níwung

FÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁH, fág; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. fára; dat. fáum; adj.

Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostilesons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus

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Synnum fáh guilty of sins, Frag. Kmbl. 28; Leás. 16: Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 9; Hy. 4, 64. Mid synnum fáh, Cd. 217; Th. 275, 32; Sat. 180. Weorcum fáh guilty of [wicked] works, Elen. Kmbl. 2484; El. 1243.

ge-munan

(v.)
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Ðínra synna ne weorðe ic gemunende, ac gemun ðú hiora, Past. 413, 22. with clause Gif þú gemanst þæt bróþor þín hæfð ǽnig þincg ongeán þé, Scint. 23, 14. Gemunst, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 22.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Gesunde úp ástandan synd rǽdde sospites emersisse leguntur, An.

ge-tríwe

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Syxa sum ... þe getrýwe sýn, 352, 12. Nime se hláford twégen getrýwe men, 392, 26: 394, 8. Ðá getriéwan friénd, Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 27. of things, material, genuine Þǽre getrýwan elesealfe nardi pistici, Wrt.

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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A.: ðreó, Lind.: þreó, Rush.) synt gegaderode, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 20. Beóð fífe on ánum húse tódǽlede, þrý (ðrió, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) on twégen and twégen on þrý (þreó, MS. A.: ðrió, Lind., Rush.), Lk. Skt. 12, 52.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Hé ealle þing swá gefadige þæt þá sáwla gehealdene sýn, R. Ben. 66, 2. Swylc notu on mynstre sý gefadod and geendebyrd, 125, 9. (3 a) to arrange the order of procedure :-- Þus gefadodre endebyrdnesse þæs dæglican sealmsanges, R.

DÓM

(n.)
Grammar
DÓM, es; m.

Doom, judgment, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law jūdĭcium, sententia, decrētum, jus, lex a ruling, governing, commandrectio, gubernātio, impĕrium might, power, dominion, majesty, glory, magnificence, honour, praise, dignity, authority potentia, potestas, majestas, glōria, splendor, honor, laus, dignĭtas, auctōrĭtas will, free will, choice, option arbitrium, optiosense, meaning, interpretationsignifĭcātio, interprĕtātio

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Sýn hí bisceopes dóme scyldig let them be liable to the bishop's sentence, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 1. Ðone ryhtan dóm the righteous sentence, Exon. 27 b; Th. 84, 6; Cri. 1369: 42 a; Th. 142, 8; Gú. 641.

leornian

(v.)
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Syndon þrý deáðas leornode on bócum, Verc. Först. 102, 15.

rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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Ben. 62, 2-15. a reader, scholar Swá swá ða geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton, Lchdm. iii. 256, 21. a reader, lector, the second of the seven orders Seofon hádas syndon gesette on cyrcan . . . óðer is lector ....

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Ende becwom, swylt æfter synnum, Beo. Th. 2514; B. 1255. On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34. Deáðberende gyfl ( the forbidden fruit ) ða sinhíwan tó swylte geteáh, 153, 10; Gú. 823.

Linked entry: swilt

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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Ðis syndon ðara halfe híde londgemǽru æt Wican, iii. 464, 2). Ad villam quae uocatur Uuican, i. 153, 27 (cf, Ðissynd ða langemǽra intó Wican, iii. 382, 4.)

Linked entry: wic

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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Wræclíce syndon wǽgea gangas mirabiles elationes maris, 92, 5. Weorca wræclícra mirabilium, 76, 9: 105, Æðele cyningas, weras wræclíce reges mirabiles, 135, 19. Wundur wræclícu magnolia, 70, 18 : mirabilia, 118, 18. Wolcen wræclícu, 134, 7.

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Sweotollíce wé magon ongeotan ꝥ þá syndon heówcúðe (there are those belonging to the household, i. e. good or evil spirits?) þe wé geseón ne magon, Bl. H. 97, 23. of things Híwcúþ carfulnys domestica sollicitudo, An. Ox. 4183.

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Gif þú (cf. se mæssepreóst, 18) wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian, geoffra þysne hláf þám ælmihtigan Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan. tó þon ꝥ þú geþingie mínum synnum. Gr. D. 348, 28. <b>I a.

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hé wát hine sylfne on synnum tó fúlne, Wlfst. 38, 15. Mid þý þá heó þone munuc þǽr wiste, Hml. S. 33, 62. Ánne cniht þone þe heó getreówost wiste, 94. Se mon sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, Ll.

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, suspend, crucify

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Ðǽr wǽron gelǽdde twegen sceaþan for heora synnum tó hónne there were brought two thieves to be crucified for their sins, 254, 22. Tó hóanne ad crucifigendum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 19. Ic hæbbe mihte ðé tó hónne, Jn. Skt. 19, 10.

here-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
here-strǽt, e; f.

A military roadone allowing the passage of an armyhighwayhigh road

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Wegas syndon drýge herestrǽta the ways [through the Red Sea] are dry, the roads for the host, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 29; Exod. 284. Ne mé herestrǽta ofer cald wæter cúþe sindon nor are the highways over the cold water known to me, Andr.

Linked entry: fird-strǽt