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nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Nales ðæt án ðæt ... ac eác swelce not only ... but also, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27: 1, 7; Swt. 40, 4. Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ... ac swylce eác, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 4 : 1, 14; S. 482, 24 : 4, 29; S. 608, 17. Nalæs ðæt án ... ac eác, 2, 12; S. 514, 8.

Linked entry: nalas

masc

(n.)
Grammar
masc, max, es; n.

A mesha nettoil

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A mesh, a net, toil Ic wyrpe max míne on pono retia mea in amne, Coll. Monast, Th. 23, 9: 21, 13. On ðám maxum in retibus, 21, 19

Linked entries: mæscre max

wan-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
wan-spéd, e; f.

Povertyindigence

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On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 34

Linked entry: wan-ǽht

nicor

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In l. 2 read niccres, and add In þǽre áweóllon swá ǽmettan þá nicras (printed þam cras) hypopotami ueluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11. 13. [The form crás should be deleted.]

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

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Ðæt seó cycene [MS. kycene] eal forburne that the kitchen was all burning, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 5, 11. Wurpon hí ða anlícnysse inn to heora cycenan [MS. kycenan] they cast the image into their kitchen, ii. 166, 3.

Linked entry: cicene

DÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DÓR, es; pl. nom. acc. dór, dóru, dúru; n.

A large door porta

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Forðon he ǽren dór eáðe gescéneþ [MS. gesceeneþ] quia contrīvit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15. Dúru doors, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29

Linked entry: dýr

Éste

(n.)
Grammar
Éste, Éstas; nom. acc: gen. Ésta; dat. éstum; pl. m.
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Ne biþ nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Éstum, ac ðǽr biþ medo genóh no ale is brewed by the Esthonians, but there is mead enough. Bos. 22, 17, 19: 23, 3

ge-leáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfsum, adj.

Faithfulcrediblecredulousfĭdēliscredĭbĭlis

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Seó ætýwnys heofonlíces wundres geopnode hú árwyrþlíce hí wǽron to onfónne eallum geleáfsumum mirācŭli cælestis ostensio, quam revĕrenter suscĭpĭendæ a cunctis fidēlĭbus essent, patĕfēcit, 3, 11; S. 535, 34, note : 5, 24; S. 646, 32

un-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífed, adj.

Not possessed of beliefunbelievinginfidel

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Paulus spræc swíðe egeslíce be ungelýfedum mannum: hé cwæð: 'Ða ðe Godes ǽ ne cunnon, and búton Godes ǽ syngiaþ, hí eác búton Godes ǽ losiaþ,' 52, 22: i. 460, 26: Blickl Homl. 63, 22. Ungelýfdum, 55, 32

Linked entry: ge-lífan

wiþ-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-lǽdan, p. de

To lead awaycarry off take away

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Wiðlaedde eam ablatus sum, 108, 23: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22

weorold-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gilp, es; m.
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Wé ðurh ða ne wilniaþ woruldgielpes per eam humanas laudes assequi minime ambimus, 48; Swt. 375, 11. Largitas . . . ðæt is ðæt man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, ná for woruld-gylpe, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 327, 330

ent

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On hlǽwe hord, eald enta geweorc, B. 2774. ¶ in local names: Ænta díc, C. D. iv. 34 11. On enta (entan, v. 265, 20) hléwe, 49, 4. Add

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, l. ge-losian,
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L. 15, 24. trans. to lose Sé ðe gelosas sául his fore mec, infindes hiá qui perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam, Mt. L. 16, 25. to destroy Sóhton hine gelosage ł tó spillanne quaerebant eum perdere, Jn. L. 10, 59

ge-mǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrian, p. ode
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Þú hæfst ǽgþer gedón ge ðá gesceafta gemǽrsode (-mǽrode 1: the corresponding metre has: Ðú þǽm gesceaftum mearce gesettest, Met. 20, 89) betwux him ge eác gemengde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, I

Linked entries: mǽran ge-mǽran

hrægel-hús

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Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12

lád-teów

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Add: [from lád-þeów]. a leader, guide Ne forlǽt ús, ac beó úre láðeów ( ductor ), ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon, Past. 304, 15. a military leader, general Marcellinus, Iuliuses ládteów. Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 24.

rudu

(n.)
Grammar
rudu, e; f.

Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance

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Ðá geseah se cyngc ðæt Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. Gezabel gehiwode hire eágan and hire neb mid rude, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 342. The rude of monnes nebbe þet seið ariht his sunnen, A. R. 330, 29.

hláford-swice

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swice, es; m.

Treachery to a lord, treason

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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against

collen-ferhtan

(v.)
Grammar
collen-ferhtan, p. -ferhte; pp. -ferhted

To make empty or voidrender desolate exinanire

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To make empty or void, render desolate; exinanire Ða ðe cweðaþ, ge collenferhtaþ oððe aídliaþ óþ grundweal oððe to staðolfæstnunga on hire qui dicunt, exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea Ps. Lamb. 136, 7

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec; adj.

strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hardrigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistentviolent, using force, uncompromising, vehement

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Eal cristen folc sceal mid neádunge and strecum móde ðæt heofonlíce ríce geearnian, Homl. Th. i. 358, 25-35.

Linked entry: strec