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be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care ofhospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821.

Linked entry: be-þénede

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, -drync, es; n.

A drinkingcompotatioconvivium

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A drinking; compotatio, convivium We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking nor any vanity, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 27; Vy. 57 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25

Linked entry: ge-drync

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to place.
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Substitute: ge-fæstan; p. te. to make fast, make steadfast, confirm wurðiað þone gefæstan heáp Godes cýðera we honour the steadfast band of God's martyrs, Hml.

ge-cope

Grammar
ge-cope, l. ge-cóp,
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For ðǽm ðonne forsláwiað ðone gecópustan tíman, ðætte ðonne ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo feruore non accenditur, Past. 283, 2

ofer-swíðrian

(v.)

to prevail, conquer

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oferswíðredon (-swíðdon MS. F.) on ðysum eallum þurh ðone ðe us lufode ' in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us ' (Rom. 8, 37), R. Ben. 27, 12

Linked entry: swíðrian

níw-bacen

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-bacen, adj.

New-baked

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New-baked mid ús námon nígbacene hláfas panes calidos sumpsimus, Jos. 9, 12

un-geférendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geférendlíc, (?); adj.

Inaccessibledifficult of access

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Inaccessible, difficult of access Fóran þurh ða ungeférenlícan (-férend-?) eorþan, Nap. 17, 7

un-gemédness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemédness, e; f.

Adversitycalamity

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Adversity, calamity From ungimoednisum ðætte sié álésado ab adversitatibus liberari, Rtl. 63, 29

Linked entry: ge-médness

lár-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lár-sum, adj.
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Ready to learn, docile Sién snotre . . . and lár*-*sume, Verc. Först. 95, 23

un-forwirded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forwirded, un-forwird; adj.
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Unspoilt, undecayed: — Þonne magon Drihtne bringan unforwyrdne wæst(m) gódra weorca, Nap. 87

Linked entry: for-wirdan

-dysig-ness

(suffix)
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Add: a foolish, irrational, erroneous practice Forlǽtan ... dysinessa and gedwolcræftas, Nap. 36, 25

Candelmæsse-dæg

(n.)
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Candelmasday On ðám feówerteogoðan dæge fram his ácennednesse þe cweþað Candelmæssedæg, Nap. 12

traht

(n.)
Grammar
traht, tract, es; m. : e; f.

a textpassagetextustractusa treating of a subjectan expositiona commentary

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We oferrǽddon ðis godspel . . . ac ne hrepodon ðone traht ná swíðor ðonne tó ðæs dæges wurðmynte belamp we read the gospel, but we did not further touch the exposition (or text, under I?) than pertained to the honour of the day, Homl.

Linked entry: tract

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Tiles and tomes meares, Exon. Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142.

Linked entries: teoma tom

fadian

(v.)
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Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

ge-rýnelic

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H. 165, 35. mystic, allegorical, figurative p swíðe wel in þám hálgan stære mid gerýnelicre gesægene (figurata narratione) is awriten, Gr. D. 245, 15. Gerýnelice smeáunge íypicum (i. mysticum) scrutinium, An.

smiðian

(v.)
Grammar
smiðian, p. ode

To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge fabricare, cudere

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Gl. 418, 3. [ Brien enne smið funde þe wel cuðe smiðie . . . þe smið gon to smiðeȝe ane pic Laym. 30742-9. Ofte a ful hawur smið smeoðið a ful woc knif A. R. 52, 8. A smith that in his forge smithed plowharneis Chauc. C. T. 3760.

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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The people of a country Se wer gebiraþ mágum, and seó cynebót ðám leódum; other reading:-- Ðam were habbaþ ða mǽgas and ðam cynebót se [seó?] landleód, L. Wg; Th. i. 190, 9, and note 14.

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron ( ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via ).

ge-sceapennys

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Seó ðridde gesceapennys is þæt men beóð gestrýnede þurh wer and þurh wíf, Seó feórðe gesceapennys wæs swá þæt Críst wearð ácenned of mǽdene búton were, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22-30. Genesis ne spricð ná be þǽra engla gesceapenisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 8.