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hopian

(v.)
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Gehiéren ðá unblíðan ðá leán ðæs gefeán ðe hié tó hopiað tristibus inferenda sunt laela, quae promittuniur Past. 187, 18. Hú sóðlic sió heánes is ðe hié tó hopiað and eác habbað quam sit vera excellentia, quam sperando tenent 299, 5.

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>Ill</b> i. add: — Geoweorða wæs Mecipsuses mǽg, and hé hiene on his geogoðe underféng, and hiene fédan hét and tyhtan mid his twám sunum Jugurtha, Micipsae adoptivus, heresque inter naturales ejus filios factus, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 8.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Homl. 45, 36. song, poetry, Similar entries v.sang-cræft. a song, a poem to be sung or recited Se hálga song gehýred wæs, Exon. Th. 181, 23; Gú. 1297.

Linked entry: song

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Eft on Alexandria on dam sumerlícan sunn- stede on middæge ne byþ nán sceadu on nánre healfe, 258, 12-16. His sceadu gehǽlde ða untruman, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 19. Dagas míne swá swá scadu áhyldon, Ps. Spl. 101, 12: 143, 5.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

BRAND

(n.)
Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.

a BRAND, fire-brand, torch;titio, torris a burning, flame, fire;incendium, flamma, ignisA sword;ensis

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Bronda beorhtost brightest of fires or lights, the sun, 93 b; Th. 350, 170 ; Sch. 65.

Linked entry: brond

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Twégra gebróðra bearn oððe twégea gesweostra sunu and dohtor, Bd. 1, 27; M. 70, 4-5. Ðissa twéga yfela áuþer, Bt. 6; Fox 16, 2. Ys ðeós wyrt twégea (twégra, MSS. B. O.) cynna, Lchdm. i. 204, 9.

Linked entries: tuu twá

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Sylfa sette, ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efeneardigende, Exon. Th. 15, 14; Cri. 236. Ǽ ðú mé sete, Ps. Th. 118, 33.

Linked entry: on-settan

un-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lytel, adj.

not littlegreatnot littlenot few in numbermuchnot littlegreat

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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Proprié pugillares sunt tabulæ, in quibus scribi consuevit, quæ Græcé πινακίδια dicuntur.' In St. Luke i. 63, αἰτήσας πινακίδιον, postulans pugillarem, is in the A. Sax. Gospels, gebedenum wex-brede a waxed tablet being asked for.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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D. 855, ðá féngon Æðelwulfes ii suna to ríce; Æðelbald to Westseaxna ríce; and Æðelbryht to Cantwara ríce, and to Eástseaxena rice, and to Súþrigean, and to Súþseaxena ríce then, A.D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the

Linked entry: Berhte

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Híg synt blinde, and blindra látteówas: se blinda, gyf he blindne lǽt, híg feallaþ begen on ǽnne pytt cæci sunt, et duces cæcorum: cæcus si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt, Mt. Bos. 15, 14: 9, 27: 20, 30: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Ealle heó on áne ídelnesse symle beségan omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt 52, 4. Beseoh tó mé, Ps. Th. 12, 3: 21, 1. Beseoh mé tó fultume intende in adjutorium meum, 37, 21.

ge-déman

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Gedoemendo wéron ꝥ . . . arbitrati sunt quod . . . 20, 10

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Swá micle swá sé bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað sicut assistentibus turbis praelati sunt qui cathedrae honore fulciuntur, Past. 435, 27. S. Iohannes gǽþ be-foran (takes precedence of) eallum óþrum wítgan, Bl.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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I. 1. 3; Si, mortuo marito, uxor ejus remanserit, . . . eam non dabo marito, nisi secundum velle sunm, Th. i. 499, 15), L. C. S. 75; Th. i. 416, 20. a female, v. wer, Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 27.

Linked entry: BRÝD

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Hé nolde þurhwunian on ðære sóðfæstnisse ðæs sóðfæstan Godes sunu, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 41.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Cf. the derivation of slave from the name of a people Mín weal sprecð meum mancipium loquitur, mines weales sunu, mínum weale ic timbrige hús, mínne weal ic beládige, eá lá ðú mín weal, sáw wel, fram mínum weale ic underféng fela gód, mine wealas (mancipia

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Ðǽr wæs án swýna heord (suner berga, Lind. : suner swina, Rush. grex porcorum) . . . Ða deófla hyne bǽdon . . . &#39; Asende us on ðás swína heorde&#39; . . . And hig férdon on ða swín, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30-32.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

GLÆD

(adj.)
Grammar
GLÆD, adj.

shiningbrightgladcheerfuljoyousbrightpleasantkindmildcourteous

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Godes condelle glædum gimme God's candle, the bright jewel [the sun], Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 3; Ph. 92: 64 b; Th. 237, 20; Ph. 593. Glad seolfor shining silver, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 24; Gen. 2719.