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bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, (from blédsian, bloedsian).

to hallow ⬩ consecrate ⬩ adore ⬩ to benefit ⬩ prosper

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Wæter gihálsia, bloetsia aquam exorcizare, benedicere, Rtl. 119, 7. to call holy, adore Mec gié bledtsiges, Jn. L. 13, 13. Hé bletsode Drihten, Bl. H. 245, 32. Biedsiað noman his, Ps.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Gif hit swá getímað, hé sceal his ágen líf syllan for ðæs folces hreddinge, Hml. Th. i. 240, 13. Gif hit swá getímað ꝥ ..., R. Ben. 119, 5. Þá getímode hit ... and Ethna úp ábleów, Hml.

á-slídan

to slip ⬩ fall ⬩ to fall ⬩ be removed to an unfavourable place ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ lapse ⬩ relapse ⬩ to fall ⬩ be hurt ⬩ destroyed

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Gif se man æfter his fulluhte áslíde, Hml. Th. i. 292, 23. Gif wé hwǽr áslídon, 170, 18. Þá þe ǽne áslidan, Hml. S. 31, 740. Áslidenum lapsis, Hy. Srt. 7, II: relapsis, An. Ox. 4746:Hml.

ESOL

(n.)
Grammar
ESOL, esul, es; m.

An ass ⬩ ăsĭnus

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Gif ðǽr befeólle on oððe oxa oððe esol if an ox or an ass fell into it, Past. 63; Hat. MS. Ongan ðá his esolas bǽtan began then to bridle [bit] his asses, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 25; Gen. 2866

feorh-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-scyldig, adj.

Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus

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Life-guilty, liable in one's life; vitæ reus, morte dignus Gif feorhscyldig man cyning gesóhte if a man who had forfeited his life sought the king, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 330, 10.

Linked entry: scyldig

HÉLA

(n.)
Grammar
HÉLA, hǽla, an; m.

The HEEL

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Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14

Linked entry: hǽla

in-orf

(n.)
Grammar
in-orf, es ; n.

Household goods

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Gif hit sý innorf if it be goods from a house [that are taken], Lchdm. iii. 286, 5. For hwilcum gylta férdest ðú ðus æfter mé and tówurpe eall mín inorf quam ob culpam meam sic exarsisti post me et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam ? Gen. 31, 36

Linked entries: orf in-irfe

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.

under-licgan

(v.)

to be subject ⬩ submit ⬩ yield

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to be subject, submit, yield Ne mæg se preóst mannum ðingian, gif hé synnum underlíð, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 21: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 155. Ne underlicga wé synnum nec succumbamus vitiis, Rtl. 82, 25. Underlicgge hé þreále discipline subjaceat, R.

undern-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
undern-gereord, es; n.

A morning meal ⬩ breakfast

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Gif wé fæstaþ and ðæt underngereord tó ðam ǽfengifle healdaþ, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii, 436, 28. Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, Blickl. Homl. 99, 22

þurh-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-wunung, e; f.

continued dwelling ⬩ residence ⬩ perseverance ⬩ persistence ⬩ constancy

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Gif hé behǽt staðolfæste þurhwununge si promiserit de stabilitate sua perseuerantiam, R. Ben. 97, 20

un-gewilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewilde, adj.

Not in subjection

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Gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde ðam Cásere, ðonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda ðe mihton gebígan ðæt mennisc him tó, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 35. Hé underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6

Linked entry: un-gewylde

ár-fæst

(adj.)
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Gif Drihten ús árfæst ( propitius ) bið, Num. 14, 8. Þú ǽrfæstosta Hǽlend, Angl. xi. 114, 75

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simply ⬩ innocently ⬩ uprightly ⬩ gently

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Gif hwá gonge bilwitlíce (simpliciter ) treów tó ceorfanne, 165, 25: 167, 6. Bielwitlíce (bile- ?, bil-, v. l.) libban simpliciter vivere, 239, 22.

ge-lǽr

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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1.

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dæftlíce, ge-dæftelíce.
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Add: gently, mildly Gif hé hit gedæftelíce ásægð si molestias tranquille lingua diceret, Past. 273, 20. in a. fitting manner, suitably Secge him mon suíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendi sunt, Past. 185

ge-fædere

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Th. i. 364, 25: Wlfst. 271, 12. of the relation between sponsor and child, a godmother; matrina Gif hwylc man wífige on his gefæderan ( matrinam ), Ll. Th. ii. 188, 17

ge-þyldig

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Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú uþwita wǽre, gif þú gefyldig wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 4. Hé wæs swíðe geþyldig and eáðmód, Bl. H. 213, 7: Hml. Th. i. 472, 7. Giðyldig, Rtl. 102, 15. Gehyldig, Ps. Spl. 7, 12.

lád

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Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý hé emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 251, 1. (mistaken for) accusation Fram þrím ondréd heorte mín. ... láde ( delaturam ) ceastre, Scint. 224, 17

hwelp

(n.)
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Gif þú wille ꝥ wíf cild hæbbe, oþþe tife hwelp, ii. 172, 21 : Rä. 1, 16. Huoelpas (welpas, R. ), Mt. L. 15, 27. Beran ongeányrnan gegripenum hwealpum urso occurrere raptis foetibus, Scint. 95, 5. Hwelpum, Kent. Gl. 607