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ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From above ⬩ Above ⬩ besides

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Hé ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart. Th. 203, 1. ¶ Þǽr on ufenan thereupon : -- Hé cwæð, ðæt án culfre him fluge wið ðæt heáfod, swilce heó ðær on ufenan settan wolde, Homl. Ass. 198, 112

Linked entries: þǽr-onufenan þǽr-onufenan

wearg-cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg-cwedol, -cwidol; adj.
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Ðæt hí nó áfyrhte ðæt gewin ðæs síþfætes ne wyrigcwydolra (wyrgcweodulra, Bd. M. 56, 14) manna tungan ne brégde nec labor vos itineris nec maledicorum hominum linguae deterreant, 1, 23; S. 486, 1

æftemest

(adj.)
Grammar
æftemest, -myst, -most; adj. superlative of æfter,—

After-most ⬩ last ⬩ postremus ⬩ novissimus

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Ðonne he sylf mid ðam fyrmestan dǽle wið ðæs æftemestan flúge when he himself with the first part should flee towards the hindermost, Ors. 4, 6 ; Bos. 85, 20: Mk. Bos. 12, 22: Jn. Bos. 7, 37

tó-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton ; pp. -hloten
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Hié ( the apostles ) ðysne middangeard on twelf tánum tóhluton, and ǽghwylc ánra heora in ðærn dǽle ðe hé mid tán geeode manige þeóde úrum Drihtne gestreónde, Blickl. Homl. 121, 8

Linked entry: hleótan

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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Ðæt ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe (-lépe, Cott.

Linked entries: án-lépe ǽn-lípe synder-lípe

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen
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On ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 10. Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd, Cd. Th. 43, 2; Gen. 684. Hé mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht, 37, 12; Gen. 588.

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.
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Ðǽr mon ðæt godspel sægþ maniges mannes heorte biþ onbryrded, Blickl. Homl. 47, 32

Linked entries: an-bryrdan á-bryrdan in-bryrdan

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22. Wé mágon beón nyttran æt him, Past. 32; Swt. 211, 21. Rǽd biþ nyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 1; Gn. Ex. 119

cnyttan

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Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13. Tó cnyttende annectens, Angl. xiii. 406, 588. Add

ge-þwǽnan

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Sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð and gelecð ( rigat ) ðá breóst ðæs gehiérendes, Past. 137, 8.

gilpen

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Ðǽm gielpnan (gilpnan, v. l.) bið leófre ðæt hé secge on hine selfne gif hé hwæt gódes wát eligit arrogans bona de se jactari 217, 14

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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God wolde stýran ðære nytennyse Cúðberhtes, and ásende án cild, ðæt hit his dyslícan plegan wíslíce ðreáde, Homl.

Linked entries: steórend stiéran stíran stýran

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian ðæt mon for his unwísdóme and for his suongornesse ne mǽge ongietan ða unðeáwas ðara ðe him underðiédde beóþ.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)

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Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30. Þrittig fæðma biþ se arc on heáhnisse, 6, 15: Jn. Skt. 6, 19. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ymb þrítig wintergerímes, Met. 28, 25.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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an earl; cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis. This title, which was introduced by the Jutes of Kent, occurs frequently in the laws of the kings of that district, the first mention of it being Gif on eorles túne man mannan ofslæhþ xii scillinga gebéte if a man

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Th. ii. 138, 33. marking condition, when, if Ðæt hit wǽre geðúht ðæs ðe máre gemynd ðæs fæder, ðá ðá se sunu, his yrfenuma, wæs gecíged ðæs fæder naman, Homl.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wǽre ðǽr hé wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 9, 10: Elen. Kmbl. 317; El. 159. Gelimplíc wæs ðæt ða ætgædere wǽron on écre stówe, Blickl. Homl. 133, 24. Ðæt hié ongieton mín mægen on ðé wesan, 241, 15.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

þýle

(n.)
Grammar
þýle, Thíla

Thule

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Thule, some island in the north-west of Europe Be westannorðan Iberuia is ðæt ýtemeste land ðæt man hǽt Thíla ( insula Thule ), and hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20.

Linked entry: Týle

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon

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Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan, 248, 25-26

for-helan

(v.)
Grammar
for-helan, he -hilþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; subj. p. -hǽle, pl. -hǽlen; pp. -holen

To cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ celāre ⬩ occultāre ⬩ abscondĕre

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Ne biþ ðǽr wiht forholen there shall be naught concealed, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 14; Cri. 1054. Ðæt he ðæs hálgan hǽse forhǽle his hláforde that he should conceal the saint's command from his Lord, Glostr. Frag. 4, 20.

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