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girnan

(v.)
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Gif hí on écnesse nǽren, ðonne nǽre hiora swá swíðe tó girnanne, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 25. <b>I a.

lócian

(v.)
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Sume swíðe scearpe lóciað; sume uneáðe áwiht geseóð. Solil. H. 44, 22. Sé ðe ealra scearpost lócian mæg, ne mæg þeáh þá sunnan selfe geseón swilce swilce heó ys, 43, 21.

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Ðanun mæg áspringan seó mǽste sacu and se mǽsta swice ealra ungeþwǽrnessa exinde grauissima occasio scandalorum oriri potest, R. Ben. 129, 8. Drihten cwæð : 'Ðonne gé gehýraþ on middangearde gefeoht and sace ne beó gé áfyrhte.'

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Twá ðúsendu swína, Chart. Th. 481, 5. Twá þúsenda, 471, 22: Jos. 7, 3. Ðá férdon þreó þúsenda feohtendra wera, 7, 4. iii þúsendo (-a, MS. E.) londes, Chr. 648; Erl. 26, 16. Ágefe hé feówer ðúsendo, Chart.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd hú gesǽliglíce tída wǽron giond Angelcynn it has often come into my mind what happy times there were in England, Past. Pref. Swt. 3, 4.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Oft biþ swíðe íðel and unnyt ðara yfelena manna hreówsung plerumque mali inutiliter compunguntur, Past. 54, 4; Swt. 431, 1. Ðes wída grund stód ídel and unnyt, Cd. 5; Th. 7, 14; Gen. 106 : Beo. Th. 830; B. 413 : 293; B. 145.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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MS.) ðæt him sié betst ... ðonne hé ðæt begiten hæfþ ðonne tihhaþ hé ðæt hé mǽge beón swíðe gesǽlig quod quisque prae ceteris petit, id summum esse judicat bonum ... beatum esse judicat statum, quem prae ceteris quisque desiderat, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 11

þeód

(n.)
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þeód, e; f.
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David wæs swíðe geðancol tó ðingienne þiódum sínum wið ðane Sceppend, Ps. C. 7. in a local sense, the district occupied by a people, a country Án hearpere wæs on ðære þeóde ðe Thracia hátte, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 28.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Hí druncennesse and oferhýdo ... wǽron heora swiran underðeóddende ( subdentes ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 27. Reogollícum ðeódscipum underþeóded regularibus disciplinis subditus, 4, 24; S. 598, 21. His anwealde underþeóded, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Swíðe fæste gesoden ǽgra very hard-boiled eggs, Lch. ii. 194, 5. Fæste geþúf luxoriante (prosperitate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 76: 52, 28. Beóð Godes streámas góde wætere fæste gefylde flumen Dei repletum est aqua, Ps. Th. 64, 10.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, 614. Hwæt begytst þú of þínum cræfte? Scrúd and feoh (pecuniam), Coll. M. 23, 5. Feóna sestertiorum, Germ. 395, 76

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht and swíðe deópe spǽce wið his witan, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 15. Geþancu mid geþeahtum beóð gestrangude, Scint. 199, 13. Þá þe ongynnað gesibbe geþeahtu qui ineunt pacts consilia, 9. Geðeaht, Kent. Gl. 421. <b>I a.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Ðis folc nis nó gewend tó ðǽm ðe hié swingð, Past. 267, 6. Gewoendet tó ðé, Lk. L. 17, 4. of condition On hine seolfne gewoende in se reuersus, Lk. L. 17, 4.

hwæþere

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Þá hǽþenan men tó lócodan, ah hié hweþre wǽron tó ðæs swíðe gefyrhte þæt heora nǽnig him wiþstandan ne dorste, Bl. H. 221, 34. Ah miltsa þú hweþre ús, 225, 20. Ac hé him tó frófre lét hwæðere forð wesan ..., Gen. 955. v. ge-hwæþere, sóþ-hwæþere

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Ðæt se werewulf tó swíðe ne tóslíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31. Ðe læs hig (porci) eów tóslýton (-slítas, Lind.) ne dirumpant vos, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 6. Tóslítan (-en, MS.). discerpere, dilaniare. Hpt.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe wundorlíce . . . nánwuht eorþlíces hí ne healt, ðæt hió ne síge, and nis hire éðre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 130, 37. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan, Met. 20, 165.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Drihten is swíðe mildheort, se us trymede and lǽrde; hé cwæþ: 'Nelle ic ðæs synfullon mannes deáð, ' Blickl. Homl. 97, 32 : Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 39: Andr. Kmbl. 927; An. 463. Heáhcyning sprǽce trymede tilmódigne, Cd. Th. 130, 27; Gen. 2166.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Wæs hé strang on gefeohte, swá ꝥ þá hǽþenan wǽron fram him swíðe gewylde, 30, 16. ¶ of the Harrowing of Hell :-- Se Álýsend cóm þe ðone ealdan deófol gewylde and his gecorenan tó heofenan ríce gelǽdde, Hml.

god-cund

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., belonging to the church. of persons Godcunde hádas wǽron nú lange swíðe forsawene those in holy orders have now for long been despised, Wlfst. 158, 9.

Linked entry: god-lic

hát

(adj.)
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hát, adj.
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Sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19. Swegl byð hátost, Gn. C. 7. of fire, or anything burning or glowing Líg . . . hát ofer helle, Gen. 377. Bryne . . . hát, Cri. 1060. Þone deópan grund þæs hátan léges, Bl. 103, 15.