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hand-full

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Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128, 7. Genim þreó handfulla mucwyrte, þreó sealtes. Lch. ii. 38, 10

hól

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Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396. Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode, Wlfst, 193, 13

Wæwærðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
Wæwærðlíce, adv.

Well, successfully (?)

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Of ðissum syx tídum wihst se quadrans swýðe wæwerðlíce, and forð stæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34.

Linked entry: wæwærð-líc

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.

Toll

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Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle scipen eorum est navicula ... et theloneum omnium navium, 318, 1

Linked entry: tolnere

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Seó ilce burg Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú lǽst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 23.

mótan

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þæt hý móston dón swá good swá yfel. swædðer hý woldon, Solil.

dóere

(n.)
Grammar
dóere, es; m.
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A doer, worker; opĭfex Dóere, ðæt is Gást se hálga opĭfex, id est Spīrĭtus sanctus, Rtl. 198, 13

ellen-gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-gǽst, es; m.

A bold or powerful spirit pŏtens spīrĭtus

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A bold or powerful spirit; pŏtens spīrĭtus Se ellengǽst the powerful spirit [Grendel ], Beo. Th. 172; B. 86

fór-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run beforepræcurrĕre

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To run before; præcurrĕre Se óðer leorningcniht fórarn Petrus ille ălius discĭpŭlus præcŭcurrit Petro, Jn. Bos. 20, 4

gál-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-mód, adj.

Light-mindedlicentiouslibīdĭnōsæ mentislascīvus

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Light-minded, licentious; libīdĭnōsæ mentis, lascīvus Se galmóda the licentious [Holofernes], Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 12; Jud. 256

líciend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líciend-líc, adj.

Pleasingpleasant

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Pleasing, pleasant Se is Gode wel líciendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, Ps. Th. 67, 16. Teala líciendlíc, 68. 13

Linked entry: lícend-líc

ge-séclod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séclod, part.

Taken sick, illægrōtus

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Taken sick, ill; ægrōtus Warþ se cyng geséclod the king was taken sick, Chr. 1093; Erl. 228, 22

ge-met-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstlíce, adv.

Modestlymodeste

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Modestly; modeste He swá gemetfæstlíce hine sylfne beheóld ita se modeste gerebat, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 4

swóte

(adv.)
Grammar
swóte, adv.
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Se líchoma stanc swóte, Shrn. 143, 29

súþ-eástende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
súþ-eástende, es; m.
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The south-east end Ðæt ( India ) is se súþ*-*eástende ðisses middangeardes, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 22

un-áteald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteald, adj.

Uncounted

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Uncounted Gif se dæg bið forlǽten unáteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eal ðæs geáres ymbrene ðwyres, Boutr. Scrd. 28, 32

Linked entry: á-tellan

wirnung

(n.)
Grammar
wirnung, e; f.

Refusaldenial

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Se hláford ðe ryhtes wyrne, L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 13

Linked entry: wærnung

án-méde

(n.)
Grammar
án-méde, es; n.
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Unanimity Þú eart se man þe mé wære on ánméde tu vero, homo unanimis, Ps. Th. 54, 13