líð-ness
Softness ⬩ gentleness ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ kindness
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Softness, gentleness, mildness, lenity, kindness Hí sind gesewene mid líðnysse ac heora líðnys is sóðlíce ásolcennys they appear with gentleness, but their gentleness is really sluggishness, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 11.
næs
was not
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Ðú nǽre mildsiend ofer heora cild, Blickl. Homl. 249, 6. Man næs, ðe ða eorþan worhte, Gen. 2, 5. Nǽron ðá welige hámas, ne diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, forðam hí ðá git nǽran, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4-6.
níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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ðeáhhwæðere sindon gesette tíman synderlíce tó ðam ánum, ðæt gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mǽge, ðæt hé húru ðæt niédriht dæghwamlíce gefylle, Btwk. 194, 3-8. a due, what must be paid Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreþ midwintres feorm and Eástorfeorm ... tóeácan heora
nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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Is eallum mannum nytlíc, ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26. Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19
gítsere
An avaricious, a covetous person ⬩ miser
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Gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ covetous men who take their property from men wrongfully, 61, 21
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ge-fyllednes
A fulness ⬩ satiety ⬩ completion ⬩ finishing ⬩ end ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ sătĭrĭtas ⬩ consummātio
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He asende gefyllednysse on sáwlum heora mīsit sătŭrĭtātem in anĭmas eōrum, Ps. Spl. 105, 15. Óþ ðissere worulde gefyllednysse until the end of the world, Homl. Th. i. 600, 18
ge-rihtan
To set right or straight, to direct, correct ⬩ dirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre
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Ða þing ðe he unfullfremed gemétte, mid heora fultume he ða gerihte and bétte ea quæ mĭnus perfecta repĕrit, his quoque juvantĭbus corrĭgēbat, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 3. Gerihtaþ Drihtnes weg dirĭgĭte viam Dŏmĭni, Jn. Bos. 1, 23.
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swiftness
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Da óðre deór ðe mihton hire ætfleón þurh heora fóta swiftnysse, Homl. Ass. 63, 280. Þurh ða swiftnysse ( the rapidity of the moon's motion ), Lchdm. iii. 248, 4.
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swealwe
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Twá swalewan heora sang up áhófon and hí setton on ða sculdra ðæs hálgan weres Gúðláces, Guthl. 10; Gdwin. 52, 3-10. For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338
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þeáwfæstness
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Ða cild mid steóre and þeáwfæstnysse ( cum disciplina ) heora endebyrdoysse healdon, 116, 9: R. Ben. Interl. 106, 12. On háligre þeáwfæstnesse, Homl. Ass. 40, 406, 404: Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 138.
weorold-gestreón
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Eádge eorðwelan . . . and heora woruldgestreón, 112, 32; Gen. 1879: Exon. Th. 215, 18; Ph. 255. Feor lá sí ðæt Godes cyrice . . . weoruldgestreón séce ( lucra quaerere ), Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 26
á-fandian
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Þ;us áfandode God his gecorenan, ná swylce hé nyte heora ingehýd, Angl. vii. 52, 500. Iób wearð áfandod þurh þone deófol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 44.
cyne-cyn
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Hí gecuron heora kynecinn aa on þá wífhealfa, Chr. p. 3, 16. Hire fæder wæs Eádward æþeling, Eádmundes sunu kynges, Eádmund Æþelreding . . . and swá forð on ꝥ cynecynn, 1067; P. 202, 21. v. riht-cynecyn, and cf. cyning-cyn. Add
clerc
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Wolde ic ꝥ þá ǽðela(n) clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, Angl. viii. 301, 4. Ús þingð tó langsum ꝥ wé ealne þisne cwide on Englisc clericum geswutelion, 300, 7.
eald-hláford
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Hé gemunde þára ealdrihta ðe hí under ðám Cáserum hæfdon heora ealdhláfordum, Bt. 1; F. 2, 17: Met. 1, 63
feónd-scipe
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Brutus gecwæð ánwíg wið þone cyning ymb heora feóndscipe, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 16. Tówurpende ðá ǽrran feóndscipas (inimicitias), Hml. Th. i. 106, 18. Add
hrǽcan
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Gif heora ǽnegum for unhǽle hráca of breóste derige, hrǽce bæftan him ( post dorsum flegma proiciat ), and þæt fortrede, Chrd. 23, 8. <b>I a.</b> with dat. of what is expectorated :--- trans.
or-mǽte
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Add: of material things Þá æteówde án ormǽte heort, Hml. S. 30, 29. Ormǽte ent, 25, 280. Se ormǽta gigas, Ps. L. 32, 16. Cóm Timotheus mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 432.
rǽsan
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Án ormǽte heort . . . gewende fram þám flocce, and rǽsde intó þám wudu, 30, 30. Rǽsde án nǽddre of holum treówe . . . and hyne tóslát, Shrn. 144, 27.
sceáþ
A sheath
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Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a. Brugdon scealcas of sceáþum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230. Scǽþum, Cd. Th. 120, 9; Gen. 1992. Hé áwende his swurd intó ðære sceáþe, Homl.
Linked entry: scéþ