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bóc-rǽding

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He his eágan upp áhóf fram þǽre bócrǽdinge, Gr. D. 164, 7. Add

cræftig

(n.)
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cræftig, es; n.
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Strength Drihten is mægen and cræftig ǽlces þǽra þe hine ondrǽt firmamentum est Dominus timentibus eum, Ps. Th. 24, 12

eáht-ness

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eáht-ness, l. eaht-ness,
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and add Þæt wé mid geþylde earfeþa and eahtnesse (eht-, v. l. ) þolien, R. Ben. 6, 2. Cf. éht-ness

geolo-reád

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Add: red with a tinge of yellow Þæt giolureáde lutea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 8. Þá giolureádan crocata, 20, 19

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

ge-dæft

(n.; adj.)
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ge-dæft, ge-dæftu; f.
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Gentleness, meekness Gáð tó þæs wyrtgeardes geate and mid gedæftum (tranquille) biddaþ and mid bletsunge nimaþ, Gr. D. 202, 12

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þrowung

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Add: . passion, strong feeling Þ ic þe má emwyrhtena on þǽre þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Hml. S. 23 h, 359

wiþ-westan

(n.; adv.)
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to the west of Þonne wiþwestan Alexandria þǽre byrig Asia and Affrica tógædere licgeað, Ors. l, I; S. 8, 12

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Þæt hé ðá deádan fram mé ne áteó. Nic. 14, 23. Sió scyld hine suíðe feorr of ealra háligra ríme átuge. Past. 37, 9. Ic wille áteón fram ðám þone intingan ǽlcre tweónge, Gr. D. 9, 5. Ealle þás gód beóð átogen of þǽm mægene þǽre Hálgan Þtynesse, Bl.

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, 5, 3. figurative. of persons Cwæþ úre Drihten tó þǽre eádigan Marian líchoman, 'Ne forlǽte ic þé nǽfre

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
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ge-hende, prep.
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Ús þincð þæt hit sý þám tíman swýðe gehende, 79, 12. marking kinship, association, &c. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor ðurh cýððe. þǽre ealdan ǽ. Hml. Th. i. 106, 19

ge-rýnu

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Hé þigde þá gerýnu (sacramentum) þæs drihten-lican líchaman and blades, Gr. D. 275, 12. Ill a. the consecrated elements of the Eucharist : — Sacerdas cóman and hi gehusloden mid háligre gerýnu, Hml. S. 9, 148

ge-sibsum

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Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume þæt hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Gesibsume pacatos. Wrt.

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Ástrehtne hneccan erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 18. of time to extend:-- Seó fífte yld stód ástreht oð þæt Críst sylf com, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 31 : 19, 41. to prostrate, of a person's posture, lit. or fig.

æþele

(adj.)
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Þæs æþelan fausta, 33, 76. Þá æþelan emeritos, 32, 73. of persons Æþel gnartis (cultor) , An. Ox. 2637. On þære stówe wunode swýþe æþel wer (sum æðele wer, v. l.) quo in loco vir nobilis manebat, Gr. D. 61, 30.

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be-ginnan

(v.)
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</b> to attack :-- Ymbe þreó mónað þæs þe hié mon ǽr ongon (began, v.l. ), Ors. 5, II; S. 238, II

crísten-dóm

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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Cf. fédan; III Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symble gemacan, þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón (cf. ut salvetur semen super faciem terrae, Gen. 7, 3), Hml. Th. i. 20, 35

ge-scildan

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Fram þǽre deádlicnesse gescylde beón a mortalitate defendi, 3, 30; Sch. 331, 20. with wiþ, and dat. Hé ús gescildað wið earhfarum, Cri. 761. Þæt þec hálig gǽst wið earfeðum gescilde, Gú. 428. acc.

lettan

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Ox. 8b, 6. the action from which one is hindered given in genitive Wé þé þæs nú nellað lettan þæs þú ǽr geþóht hæfdest propositi tui ortnonomias dirumpere nolumus, Guth. Gr. 123, 20