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sǽ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-healf, e; f.
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The seaside Bæd hé hí ánre sylle, þæt hé mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. Hé lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13

spendan

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Th. ii. 256, 32. Add

brant

(adj.)
Grammar
brant, bront; adj.

High, deep, steep, difficult;altus, arduus

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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr.

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ge-beran

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Th. i. 174, 15. þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.

cwén

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Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén

hefig-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-tíme, -týme; adj.

Grievouswearisometedioustroublesome

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Th. ii. 374, 2. Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan if it is productive of trouble in this world, it attains to a great reward in that which is to come, i. 56, 4:Ælfc. Gen. Thw. p. 1, 6.

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fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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already said, the contents of a document Ðeós forespréc and þás gewriotu ðe hér beufan áwreotene stondaþ (the reference is to the provisions of a will), Cht.

deófol-gylda

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gylda, an; m. [gild = gyld a worship, with -a a worshipper]

A worshipper of the devil, an idolater idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs

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A worshipper of the devil, an idolater; idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs Ða deófolgyldan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters said that they would force the apostle to their heathenship, Homl. Th. i. 70, 23

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Th. i. 346, 14. Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.

wód

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Þá cóm þǽr fǽrlíce yrnan án þearle wód cú . . . þá geseah se hálga wer ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml. S. 31, 1040

lystan

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Ne lyst mé þeáh nánes þinges swíðor tó witanne þonne þises there is nothing I desire more to be known than this, Solil. H. 14, 22. with dat. of person [Hml. Th. ii. 220, 22, in Dict. ].

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Þǽr stent cwén þé on þá swýðran hand mid golde getúcode (after hand on girelan might have been expected rendering in vestitu, and then mid golde getúcode (inst.) would = deaurato) and mid ǽlcere mislicre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis

here-gild

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Þá gerǽdde se cyng and his witan ꝥ him man gafol behéte . . . wið þon þe hí þǽre hergunge geswicon . . . him man geald .xvi, þúsend punda, 994; P. 129, 10-15. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesedde þám here wið friðe.

ge-fetian

(v.)
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Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml. Th. i. 248, 24: ii. 368, 33.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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bodily or mental oppression Þonne is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ꝥ mon mid þý þá wambe clǽnsige, ꝥ hió þý þe leóhtre sié, Lch. ii. 218, 1.

on-sendan

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Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.</b> of a thing, to have issuing forth: :-- Þæt þû (a stone pillar) on þis folc onsende wæter, An. 1508. <b>IIb.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Þæt wé gefyllan swá mycele mænegu ut saturemus turbam tantam, Mt. 15, 33. Þás woruldsǽlþa ne magon ðone earman gefyllan, for þam þe hé simle wilnað hwæshwugu þæs þe hé næft, Bt. 11, 1; F. 34, 1. Bið gefyld sáwl mín, Cant.

gár-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
gár-mitting, -mittung, e; f.

A meeting of spears or javelinsa battle

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A meeting of spears or javelins, a battle Ðæt hí beadoweorca beteran wurdon, on campstede, cumbolgehnástes, gármittinge [gármittunge, Th. 207, 3, col. 2] that they were the better [the victors] in works of war, on the battle-field, at the conflict of

níd-micel

(adj.)
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The poem seems to support the idea contained in nédmicel, that of urgency: Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce micel módes hiht, An. 286. In support, too, of nédmicel is the accent in the MS. Moreover St.

on-ǽlan

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Þára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá man (is an ; ma, MSS. ) micel blácern onǽle ( this is seems a better reading than that taken under ǽl) on þýstre nihte quorum oculi sicut lucerna lucent, Nar. 37, 18. Fýr wæs onǽld ignis accensus est, Ps.