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ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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Healfnacode on hiora líchaman búton ðæt hig wǽron mid riftum ymbfangene ( but see ymb-hón), Shrn. 38, 7

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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hine gesette in wundorlíce micle cyrcean, Shrn. 121, 3. with verbs Wundurlíce mirabiliter, Ps. Surt. 75, 5. Wundorlíce mire, Hymn. Surt. 70, 5. Drihten hine swá wundorlíce of eallum his earfoþum gefriþode, Ps.

ge-sprec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sprec, es; n.

The power of speech

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The power of speech He him sealde monnes gesprec he should give him human speech, Shrn. 76, 23. Sealde he dumbum gesprec he gave speech to the dumb, Andr. Kmbl. 1153; An. 577

Linked entry: -sprec

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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D. 274, 5. (10) :-- bát his tungan þæt heó on blóde fleów, Hml. Th. i. 312, 25. Wearð ꝥ folc ástyrod on swídlicum hreáme, Hml. S. 31, 281. His geféran fundon hine licgen[d]ne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, 981.

nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
nirwan, nirwian; p. de, ode

To constrainrepressblamethreaten

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fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.

ofer-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-þeón, p. -þáh, -þeáh; pl. -þugon , -þungon; pp. -þogen, -þungen

To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass

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wénþ ðæt hæbbe hié oferþungne on his lífes geearnunge transcendisse se vitae mentis credit, 17, 3; Swt. 111, 15

ÆLMESSE

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.

ALMSalmsgivingeleemosyna

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Hwæt is us to sprecanne heora ælmessan dǽle de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum, 1, 27; S. 489, 25. Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, Mt. Bos. 6, 4.

Linked entries: ælmes ælmysse

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum. dear ǽnig lǽwede man him tó geteón Cristes wícan? Homl. Th. ii. 592, 28. Þonne hig bysega nabbon on heora wícum quando vacant, R. Ben. 84, 19

á-delfan

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Dict. to dig up the ground ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrtgeardes þæs þe þǽr ǽr undolfen wæs cuncta horti illius spatia quae inculta fuerant coluerunt, Gr. D. 202, 3. Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml.

Linked entry: a-dylf

ge-etan

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Swá hwá swá of ðám hláfe geett ( manducat ), Hml. Th. ii. 202, 6. Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt, and sealde hire were and geæt, i. 18, 9. geæt þone forbodenan æppel, ii. 240, 21. Hwí eódest þú tó þám hǽðenum and on heora húse geǽte?

wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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(the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20. Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þeáh seó sáwl and se líchama gedǽlan, Solil. H. 66, 6. of married people Hié be him lifgendum hié gedǽldun, Chr. 718; P. 42, 20. Wer and wíf ðá ðe on hǽmede geþeódde wǽron . . . mid hyra bégra geþafunge hig gedǽlon (separentur). Ll.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Gif wíf self hæbbe gange hió út mid him. Gif se hláford him wíf sealde sié hió ðæs hláfordes if he have a wife that he got himself, let her go out with him. If the lord gave him a wife, she shall be the lord&#39;s, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 4.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

ge-líca

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næfð nǽnne rícran, ne furþum nǽnne gelícan, 42; F. 258, 5. Þæt hié ( the Romans) swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt (the Carthaginians) heora (the Romans ) gelícan wurden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 18. Ládige hine mid .xi. his gelícena, Ll. Th. i. 154, 8.

sele-secg

(n.)
Grammar
sele-secg, es; m.
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A hall-man, a retainer who has a place in his lord's hall Gemon selesecgas and sincþnege, hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste, Exon. Th. 288, 20; Wand. 34. Cf. seld-guma

under-irnan

(v.)

to under-runrun beneathsuccurrere

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to under-run, run beneath underyrnþ ealle ða twelf tácna, Lchdm. iii. 248, 1. Ðonne seó sunne hæfð ealle underurnen, 246, 10. ¶ As a gloss of succurrere : -- Underiorn succurre, Rtl. 43, 17

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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to LET, allow, permit, suffer God lǽt him fyrst ðæt his mándǽda geswíce God allows him time that he may cease from his crimes, Homl. Th. i. 268, 32.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

heáh-deór

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-deór, heá-, es; n.

A stag, deerthe hunting of deer

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A stag, deer Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3

Linked entry: heá-dor

ge-þeón

(v.)
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þǽr geþéh tó gódon men he there developed into a good man, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 11. Gif beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hýred áge ... Gif ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde ( if his property does not exceed half a hide ), Ll. Th. i. 188, 1.

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communionadmission to fellowship with othersparticipation

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Th. ii. 174, 31. participation ús forgeáfe dǽl on his ríce, and mǽnsumunge on his godcundnysse, i. 140, 11

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung