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cú-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
cú-hyrde, es; m. [hyrde a keeper, guardian]

A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows vaccarius, bubulcus

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ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat lac vaccæ veteris vii noctibus, postquam enixa erit, et primitivarum bistinguium xiv noctibus; el eat

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Broken, weakened, void; fractus, lăbĕfactus Gif se earm biþ forad bufan elmbogan if. the orm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24: 62, 63; Th. i. 96, 14, 17.

lár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
lár-spell, es; n.

A discoursesermonhomilytreatise

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Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell [the epistles] tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3

ge-cwylman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwylman, p. de; pp. ed [cwelman, cwylman to torment]

To afflicttormentpunishdestroykillpūnīretrucīdāremortĭfĭcāre

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To afflict, torment, punish, destroy, kill; pūnīre, trucīdāre, mortĭfĭcāre Ná ðæt án me, ac eác swylce míne geféran mid ánum slege he mæg gecwylman non sōlum me, sed etiam meos sŏcios ūno ictu pŏlĕrat mortĭfĭcāre, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33.

Linked entry: gw-cwelman

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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eác earfeþa and teónrǽdena (injurias ) forberaþ, R. Ben. 27, 1, 21

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habitvicious custommal-practice

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Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1

á-flówan

Grammar
á-flówan, Add: pp. -flówen (-flógen?)
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Eal his mód bioð áflówen (áflógen [or? -flogen from -fleón or -fleógan], Hatt. MS.) tó gæglbǽrnesse ad lasciviam defluens , Past. 72, 12. Genim eoferes blǽdran mid þám micgan, áhefe upp, and ábíd oþ ꝥ se wǽta of áflógen (-flówen, v. l. ) sý.

dwolma

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Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst 137, 10. Dwolma cahus ( = chaos, Lk. 16, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 65: 17, 56. Dwolman (in antiquum) chaos, An.

ge-rádlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rádlic, adj.
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Reasonable, proper, appropriate Nú wé ealles ymbe þás þing geornlíce smeágeað, . . . wel gerádlic hyt eác þingð ús wé her tó gecnytton þá epactas . . Nú hit gerfist wé þissa epacta ápinsiun, Angl. viii. 300, 44.

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt hé strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

siþþan

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Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas ofercóm, siþþan hé hæfde eác raðe þæt óþer folc gefliémed Metellus prius belluas vel in fugam vel in mortem egit, et sic magnam vim hostium superavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 2-

són

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Add: ¶ be sóne loudly, aloud Hlúddre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . mid swéglicre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . nihtsang eác be sóne alta uoce . . . cetera silenter. . . sonora uoce . . . cetera silenter . . .

tó-cwísan

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Dele ¶, and add Hé his heáfod tóbræc and eác his bán tócwýsde, Hml. S. 5, 358. Se áwyrgeda gást tówearp þone wáh, and mid þæs wáges hryre of þryccende tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan ( unum puerulum monachum opprimens ruina contrivit ), Gr. D. 125, 6.

máþum

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Hé hí hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add

út-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lendisc, adj.

Outlandishforeigna stranger

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Hig noldon ðæt útlendiscum þeódum wǽre ðes eard þurh ðæt ðe swíðor gerýmed ðe hí heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 31. Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3

on-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-líc, adj.

Like, similar

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Eal hé ǽr on onlíc weorc áteáh, 215, 5. Manigfeald onlíc wundor ðysum ðǽr wǽrom æteówed, 209, 14. Monige sindon mé suíðe onlíce on ungelǽrednesse, Past. proem.; Swt. 25, 7. Se is lyfte onlícusð on hiwe, 14; Swt. 85, 5.

biscop-seld

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seld, es; n.

A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal seesedes episcopalis

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[seld a seat, residence] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see; sedes episcopalis Se cyning sealde him stówe and biscopseld on Lindesfearona rex locum sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi tribuit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 35

Linked entry: bisceop-seld

súþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-weard, adv.
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Southward, in a southerly direction, towards the south Wilþ seó súþweard Eufrates fluvius Euphrates tendens in meridiem, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 14, 10. Heó ( the sun ) cyrþ eft súðweard, Lchdm. iii. 250, 22: 258, 13: 252, 1

Linked entry: súþe-weard

hwá

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Cf. 1 B iii a ; hwilc; Eála!

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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Eall Italia ríce ðæt is betwux ðám muntum and Sicilia ðam eálonde, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 4. Ðá férde ðeós spǽc embe eall ðæt ríce (regionem), Lk. Skt. 7, 17. Hé wealdeþ sídum rícum, Ps. Th. 71, 8. Of rícum (regionibus) hé gaderode hig, Ps. Spl. 106, 2.