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ge-þýwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þýwe, adj.

Customaryusual

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Customary, usual Him geþýwe wæs ðæt he oft ðǽr wunode [other version has his gewuna wæs] sæpius ibidem diverti ac manere consueverat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24. Swá him geþýwe ne wæs as was not usual with him, Beo. Th. 4654; B. 2332

bær-fót

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Nime hé stæf him on hand and gá bærfót, 286, 20. Cume manna gehwilc bærefót tó circan, Wlfst. 181, 1. Bær-fisce (-fót?) nudapes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 19. Add

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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'Ic sette míne hand ofer ðé untrumne' . . . se cyning wearð gehǽled sóna swá hé hine hrepode, 24, 157. Heora handa ástífedon, swá hwá swá hreopode þá róde mid handum, Hml.

for-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceádan, -scádan; p. -sceód, pl. -sceódon; pp. -sceáden, -scáden [sceádan to separate]

To scatterdispersedispergĕre

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Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 25. Gé sind forscádene ye are scattered, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 1; Gú. 449

Linked entry: for-scáden

freóndlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
freóndlíce, adv.

like a friendkindlyămīcebenigne

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like a friend, kindly; ămīce, benigne We ðe freóndlíce wíc getǽhton we kindly assigned to thee a dwelling-place, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 25; Gen. 2686: 76; Th. 95, 16; Gen. 1579: Past. pref; Hat. MS. Freóndlícor more kindly, Beo. Th. 2058; B. 1027

hefe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefe-líce, adv.

Heavilyexceedinglyseriouslywith difficulty

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For ðære ilcan eádmódnesse hé ofermódgaþ innan micle ðý hefelícor de hac ipsa humilitate graviter interius superbitur, Past. 43, 3; Swt. 313, 3; 46, 5; Swt. 351, 6

Linked entry: hefig-líce

láð-spell

(n.)
Grammar
láð-spell, es; n.
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A painful, grievous story Hié ealle ðǽr ofslógon búton ánum se ðæt láðspel æt hám gebodade omnes ibidem trucidati sunt; uno tantum ad enunciandam cladem reservato, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2160; An. 1080: Exon. 52 b; Th. 182, 29; Gú. 1317

ge-mieltan

(v.)

to melt, digest

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to melt, digest Suá suá sió wamb gemielt ðone mete suá gemielt ðæt mód mid ðære gescádwísnesse his geþeahtes his sorga as the belly digests food so does the mind digest its sorrows with wise reflection, Past. 36, 8; Swt. 259, 6; Hat. MS

Linked entry: ge-myltan

sweor-ród

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-ród, e; f.
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Hé becwæð Wulfstáne ærcebiscope áne sweorróde (the Latin version has philacterium; cf. the use of this word for chains and medals worn by gladiators round their necks as tokens of victory), Óðrum litlum silfrenum swurródum

enge

narrowconfinedpainfulgrievouscruel

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Se Hǽlend mé in þám engan hám getýnde, El. 921. painful, grievous, cruel Se enga deáð mors crudelis, Ph. 52. Under enge treówe sub ipso stipite, Germ. 395, 24. Nearusorge dreáh, enge rúne, El. 1262

meduma

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(Wright prints: Tramarium meðema wersa, but the MS. has persa, which is Latin, and belongs to the next word.)

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to clothe.
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Þá þá hé wæs eallinga eft scyrped vestitus, 343, 19. to equip for a journey Hé hine hám wel scyrpan wolde, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 659, 25

tó-tellan

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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add

cnossian

(v.)
Grammar
cnossian, he cnossaþ; p.ode; pp. od

To beatstrikedash; tundiquassariillidi

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To beat, strike, dash; tundi, quassari, illidi Yða gewealc mec oft bigeat, æt nacan stefnan, ðonne he be clifum cnossaþ the rolling of the waves has often caught me, at the vessel's prow, when it strikes on rocks Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Seef. 8

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touchreachattaintangereattingere

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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Cot.] æfst oððe tó hræd ierre lest secret envy or too hasty anger corrupt the calmness of judgment, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 12. Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrnne the dragon darted back to his hoard, his secret hall, Beo.

Linked entries: derne dierne

CLÚS

(n.; part.)
Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
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Ðá hæfdon hý heora clúsan belocene when they had closed their passes, 3, 7; Bos. 60, 4. Annas and Caiphas wǽron forþgangende to ðære clúsan Annas and Caiaphas were going forth to the prison, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 10: 16; Thw. 8, 6, 9

Linked entry: clúse

ge-fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fultuman, -fultumian, -fultmian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To helpassisthelp tosupply

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Nymðe me drihten gefultumede unless the Lord had helped me, Ps. Th. 93, 16. Gefultuma me adjuva me, 69, 6. Ðú gefultuma úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris tu propitiaberis, 64, 3. He wæs godcundlíce gefultumad divinitus adjutus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 41

þæslíce

(adv.)
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þæslíce, adv.
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Hié ðæt gewinn ðá þæslícost angunnan ðe hí hit ǽr ne angunnen they began the contest then just as if they had never begun it before; sic quasi ex integro nova bella nascuntur, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 31. suitably, fitly, meetly Se dǽdbóte þæslíce déþ se

on-innan

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Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25.