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ryðða

(n.)
Grammar
ryðða, an; m.

A large dog, mastiff blood-hound

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Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde, ðæt hé hine ábítan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 372, 34

Linked entries: hryðða roð-hund

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

up-wæstm

(n.)

growth upwards ⬩ stature

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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides

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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.

þurh-gangan

(v.)

to go over or through ⬩ perambulate ⬩ to pierce

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Spl. 90, 6. to pierce Ne forhtast ðú ðé on dæge flán on lyfte, ðæt ðé þuruhgangan gáras on ðeóstrum, Ps. Th. 90, 6. [Goth. þairh-gaggan: O. H. Ger. durh-gangan.]

un-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-georne, adv.

unwillingly ⬩ reluctantly ⬩ without diligence ⬩ negligently

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unwillingly, reluctantly Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors 3, 11; Swt. 146, 24. without diligence, negligently Ðæt hé tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt hé on þeóstrum dyde, Blickl

weorold-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wrenc, es; m.
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A worldly wile, a trick of this world Ða ðe woruldmonnum ðynceaþ dysige, ða geciésð Dryhten, for ðæm ðæt hé ða lytegan, ðe mid ðissum woroldwrencium bióð upáhæfene, gescende quae stulta sunt mundi, elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes, Past. 30; Swt.

on-sǽgan

(v.)

to cause to sink down, to prostrate

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Hú hí ( hell ) bútan ende éce stondeþ, ðæm ðe ðǽr for his synnum onsǽgd weorþeþ, 446, 27; Dóm. 28. Selegesceotu synd onsǽgd (?), Ps. Th. 82, 6

Linked entry: sǽgan

ge-þoftscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þoftscipe, es; m.

Companionship ⬩ society ⬩ consortium

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Companionship, society; consortium Ðýlæs he sié innan asliten from ðæm geþoftscipe ðæs incundan déman lest he be inwardly cut off from the society of the internal judge, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 24; Hat. MS. 67 a, 16, 20: Swt. 353, 3

Linked entry: þoftscipe

sticung

(n.)
Grammar
sticung, e; f.
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Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 12-16

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung

neoþera

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Hit wirð gewundod mid ðǽm hungre ðæs nyðemestan and dæs fúlestan geðóhtes cupiditatis infimae fame sauciatur, Past. 283, 17

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.

Connexion, ⬩ association, ⬩ fellowship.

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Similar entries v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, <b>;
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</b> add Hé his gelaþunge ðæs ful tídlíce of ðǽra gedwolmanna gedreccednysse áhredde, Hml. S. 23, 407

þunor

Grammar
þunor, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneð . . . and se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid dǽre fýrenan æcxe, Sal. K. 148, 4-6. Add

á-feallan

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Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið. Past. 441, 10. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia

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Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride

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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.

Into that place,

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Ic wille ðæt se cyng beó hláford ðæs mynstres and ðære landára ðe ic þyderinn becweden hæbbe (that I have bequeathed to the monastery) 547, 32. His béc ealle hé cwæð þyderin, 550, 23. Ósaníg gange þyderin, 550, 19

ge-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríp, es; n. [ríp harvest]

A reaping, harvest ⬩ messis

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Biddaþ ðæs gerípes hláford, ðæt he asende wyrhtan to his gerípe pray to the lord of the reaping, that he send workmen to his reaping, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 20. On Godes gerípe in God's reaping, 530, 19.