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hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obedience ⬩ subjection

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Eall Beorcleá hýrnesse hí áwǽston, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 21. From hwǽm ondfóaþ gæfle oððe hérnisse a quibus accipiunt tributum vel censum? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 17, 25

mǽr-díc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-díc, e; f.

A boundary dike

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On ða ealdan mǽrdíc, 449, 10

án-spræce

Grammar
án-spræce, l. -sprǽce
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saying the same, unanimous Worhton hý heora gemót and wǽran ealle ánsprǽce loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7

lǽnend-lic

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Ealle þás lǽnendlican earfeðnessa ende habbað ac þá tóweardan ende nabbaþ, Verc. Först. 141, 7 : 142, 11. Add:

riht-endebyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
riht-endebyrdness, e; f.
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Right order Elles ealle healdon . . . hyra rihtendebyrdnysse reliqui omnes . . . ut ordinati sunt, ordines suos custodiant, Chrd. 9, 23

Linked entry: ende-byrdnes

súþ-mǽgþ

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Ealle ðás mǽgðe and eác óðre súðmǽgðe oð gemǽre Humbre streámes, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 691, 5. Add

swefel

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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211

wiþer-cwiddian

(v.)
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to murmur Ágén mé wiðercwyddedon ealle fýnd míne aduersum me murmurabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. L. 40, 8

un-wrǽstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wrǽstlíce, adv.

Weakly ⬩ absurdly

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Weakly, absurdly Ðys híw ealde úðwitan gesettan ágén ðam þingum ðe Zenodotus unwrǽstlíce gesette, Anglia viii. 334, 17

Linked entries: wrǽstlíce un-wrǽst

ofer-trahtnian

(v.)

to comment upon, expound

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to comment upon, expound Langsum hit biþ ðæt wé ealne ðisne lofsang ofertrahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 202, 28

lissan

(v.)

to soften ⬩ weaken ⬩ tame ⬩ subdue

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to soften, weaken, tame, subdue Yldo beoþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig ... lisseþ eal ðæt heó wile beám heó ábreóteþ ... friteþ wildne fugol ... heó oferwígeþ wulf on earth age has power over everything ... .she subdues all that she will; the tree she destroys

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.

An arch-impostor, ⬩ a great liar

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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé (Simon the sorcerer) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.

Linked entry: loga

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Swá wrixliað ealle þæt hý farað and æft cumað, 62, 30. Add

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, es; n. l. e; f., but also gen. andlifenes, acc. ondlifen,
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Seó eá mǽst eall genom þæt binnan þǽre byrg wæs þǽra monna ondliefene, Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 19. Gode þancie hé his dæghwámlicre ondlyfene, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 7.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

affliction ⬩ labour ⬩ misery ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ disease ⬩ hurt

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Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

for-cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-cwom, pl. -cwómon

came upon ⬩ sŭpervēnit ⬩ sŭpervēnērunt

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came upon; sŭpervēnit, sŭpervēnērunt Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5

for-yrman

(v.)
Grammar
for-yrman, p. de; pp. ed [yrman to afflict]

To afflict greatly ⬩ harass ⬩ vehementer afflīgĕre

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To afflict greatly, harass; vehementer afflīgĕre Hí hí ealle foryrmdon they harassed them all, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 36

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