dimnes
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DIMNESS, darkness, obscurity; cālīgo, obscūrĭtas Dimnes cālīgo, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 120; Wrt. Voc. 53, 1. Ðis biþ gód lǽcedóm wið eágna dimnesse this is a good remedy for dimness of eyes, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 9.
Linked entry: dymnys
dim-nes
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Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml. A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus, An. Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt.
dim-hús
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A prison, dungeon Dimhúses lautumiae, i. carceris, An. Ox. 3774. Dimhús latibula (ergastuli ), 4993
an-spilde
Anti-destructive ⬩ salutary ⬩ salutaris
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Anti-destructive, salutary; salutaris Ðæt biþ anspilde lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a salutary medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. I, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14
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fleó
A white speck ⬩ disease of the eye ⬩ albūgo
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A white speck, disease of the eye; albūgo Ðæs eágan wǽron mid fleó and mid dimnesse twelf mónþ ofergán whose eyes had been for a twelvemonth overspread with the white speck and with dimness, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 96, 14
eáh-mist
Eye-mist or dimness ⬩ ocŭlōrum calīgātio
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Eye-mist or dimness; ocŭlōrum calīgātio Som. Ben. Lye
dymnys
dimness, darkness
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dimness, darkness Dymnys cālīgo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 56
eág-mist
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Dimness of the eye Wið eágna miste ... þis tódrífþ þá eáhmistas þeáh þe hié þicce synd, Lch. ii. 30, 9
lybb
Medicine ⬩ drug ⬩ simple ⬩ poison
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Ðæt biþ lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14. Oxna lyb green or black hellebore, Lchdm. ii. 34, 28. Ðis ðé lib be cyrneles this may be a medicine for thee for churnel, iii. 62, 21
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dim-scúa
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Dimness, darkness; tenēbræ Oft hira mód onwód under dimscúan deófles lárum their mind often went under darkness by the devil's lore, Andr. Kmbl. 281; An. 141
mist
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Mid þý miste (nebula) þæs fúlan stences. . . seó fýlnes þæs reócendan mistes, 319, 10-11. dimness of eyesight Wiþ eágna miste . . . ꝥ bið lyb wiþ eágena dimnesse, Lch. ii. 30, 11-15, Wurdon his eágan yfele gehefegode mid tóswollenum breáwum m what obscures
dréfan
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Hé sceal dréfan dimne and deópne hellewítes grund he shall be plunged into hell's dim and deep abyss, Wlfst. 48, 2: Ll. Th. ii. 320, 5. Dréfende turbulentus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6: R. Ben. 120, 12. Dréfende turbida (aequora turgida, Ald.), Wrt.
un-gehírness
Hardness of hearing ⬩ deafness
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Wið eágena dimnessa, wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse, iii. 70, 23
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mist
Mist ⬩ dimness
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Dimness (of sight) :-- Lǽcedómas wið eágna miste, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 6. Of wlǽtan cymþ eágna mist, Lchdm. ii. 28, 1. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wið ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon ... wið mist, Lchdm. iii. 292, 2
dim
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Dimne and deópne hellewítes grund, Wlfst. 48, 2. Of dymmum díglum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt.
DIM
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Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan the Lord gave them death's shadow, dim and dark, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 14, note; Sat. 455.
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan the Lord gave him death's shadow dim and dark, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 14; Sat. 455: Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 2; Ph. 383. Ðú dæg settest, and deorce niht tuus est dies, et tua est nox, Ps. Th. 73, 16: 142, 4.
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þeóstru
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.); dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.); like the Latin tenebrae, which it translates, it is often used in the plural Ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, Ps. Th. 87, 6. Leóht and þeóstro, Cd. Th. 239, 27; Dan. 376. Þióstro, Met. 21, 41.