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un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

gebyrd-boda

(n.)
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one who announces a birth Sé onsended wæs . Summo de throno . and þǽre clǽnan . Clara voce . þe gebyrdboda (þá gebyrd bodade?) . bona voluntate . ꝥ heó sceolde cennan . Christum regem, Dóm. L. 36, 17. (?)

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
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Ióhannes wæs. . . ðæs folces heretoga and hí hlýsfullice geheóld wið þá hǽðenan ðeóda (cf. John . . . and his wars and worthy deeds which he did, i. Macc. 16, 22), Hml. S. 25, 743. Add

þider-weard

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Ðá þá hé þágíta wæs feorron þyderweard adhuc longe positum, Gr. D. 37, 15

seofonteópa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofonteópa, -teogoþa

seventeenth

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seventeenth Se wæs seofonteogeþa fram Agusto, Bd. 1. 5; S. 476, 6. Ðý seofonteóþan dæge, 3, 24; S. 557, 12. On ðone seofenteóþan dæge ðæs mónþes, Gen. 7, 11. Seofontegðan, Shrn. 91, 32

eald-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hláford, es; m. [eald old, ancient; hláford a lord]

An old or ancient lord ⬩ pristĭnus domĭnus

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An old or ancient lord; pristĭnus domĭnus Ecg wæs íren eald-hláfordes the sword of the old lord was iron, Beo. Th. 5550; B. 2778.

mín

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, pron. gen. of ic

Of me

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Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen. Kmbl. 694; El. 347. Mín sylfes gást wæs órmod worden, Ps. Th. 76, 4. Mín sylfes weorc hí gesáwon, 94, 9

ge-dræg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag, es; n.

A dragging ⬩ band ⬩ multitude ⬩ tumult ⬩ tractus ⬩ turma ⬩ tumultus

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Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43. Ðǽr wæs wíde gehýred earmlíc ylda gedræg then was widely heard the wretched tumult of mortals, 3108; An. 1557

Linked entries: -dræg ge-dreag

un-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geára, adv.

not long ago ⬩ lately ⬩ before long ⬩ soon

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of past time, not long ago, lately Ic wæs ungeára on niht ábysgod on wæccum nuper occupatus noctu vigiliis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 39. Ðæt wæs ungeára, ðæt ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, Beo.

neáh-west

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neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, sé wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26.

tó-swellan

(v.)
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tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell out ⬩ grow big

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Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23. Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene lim fram ðære uferan healfe beþe, Lchdm. ii. 68, 13. Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl.

Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, — Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Ðá wæs sionoþlíc gemót on ðære mǽran stówe ðe mon háteþ Clofes hóas then there was a synodal meeting in the famous place which is called Cliff, Th. Diplrn. A. D. 825; 70, II

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

lencten-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-ádl, e; f.

A fever

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Án lytel cniht franc lengtenádle wæs gelácnod ... sum cniht on langre lengtenádle wæs hefiglíce geswenced puerulus e febre curatus sit ... puerulus quidam longo febrium incommodo graviter vexatus fuit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 2-5.

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líce, adv.

With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly ⬩ diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre

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Ðá wæs gegongen earfoþlíce then it befel sorely, Beo. Th. 5636; B. 2822: Andr. Kmbl. 1028; An. 514. Hí óþ-eódon earfoþlíce they hardly escaped, Beo. Th. 5861; B. 2934

ge-martyrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-martyrian, -martirian, -martrian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To martyr ⬩ marty̆rem făcĕre

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He wæs for sóþfæstnysse gemartyrod he was martyred for truth, Homl. Th. i. 484, 33 : Boutr. Scrd. 18, 8, 10. Wæs heáfde beslegen and gemartyrad se mon decollātus est mīles, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 39.

Linked entry: martyrian

wrǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽne, adj.

Lascivious ⬩ libidinous ⬩ salacious ⬩ wanton

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Tarcuinius wæs ǽgðer ge eargast, ge wrǽnast, ge ofermódgast, Ors. 2, 2 ; Swt. 66, 28

bucca

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Hí onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25. Hé wæs on buccan slege getácnod, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 23. Ðár mon ðane chiorl slóh for ðan buccan, C.D. iii. 434, 21.

ge-týd

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Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes, ðæt wæs Sc. Paulus peritus medicinae coeleslis Apostolus, Past. 397, 15. Þæt getydde imbuta, Wülck. Gl. 250, 15. Heó wæs getyddre on þǽre Godes ǽ, Hml. A. 127, 359. On Godes ǽ seó getýdeste fǽmne, 135, 655.

and-weardnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-weardnes, -ness, and-weardnys, and-wardnys, -nyss, e; f.

Presentness ⬩ presence ⬩ present time ⬩ præsentia ⬩ præsens tempus ⬩ præsens

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Presentness, presence, present time; præsentia, præsens tempus, præsens Wæs ic swýðe for his andweardnesse afyrhted ejus præsentia eram exterritus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 42. On andweardnysse in prcesenti, I. I; S. 474, 1

Linked entry: and-wardnys

cwǽn

(n.)

a queen

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a queen Æðelfriþ cwǽn, seó wæs Ælfrédes swuster, forþférde, and hire líc líþ æt Pauian queen Æthelfrith, who was Alfred's sister, died, and her body lies at Pavia, Chr. 888; Erl. 87, 16-18