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ge-hlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
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Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29

ge-þweran

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Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt, geþwere þonne and þicge, and gemenge ǽr wið flétan, Lch. ii. 264, 25. Geþworen (printed -þroren) flýte lectidiclatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactudiclum, 52, 6.

sangere

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Bútan Iácóbe ðám songere, be þám wé ǽr sǽdon, wæs hé sanges mágister Norðhymbra cyricum, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 21

wígbed-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-steall, es; n.

The part of the church where the altar stands

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The part of the church where the altar stands Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weófodstealle búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9 note

ofer-flítan

(v.)

to overcome in a contest, to confute

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to overcome in a contest, to confute Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát, hæfde máre mægen, Beo. Th. 1039; B. 517. Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne to confute Arius Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml. S. 25, 86, 95. Tó forgǽgenne, 113. Forgǽgende (cf. oferliórende, Ps. Srt.) ic talode þá árleásan praeuaricantes reputaui peccatores, Ps.

á-rísan

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Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh þone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde (cf. ꝥ hé his teóðunge á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá rihtlíce gelǽste, Ll. Th. i. 342, 12), 310, 24. Gif ús feoh áríse æt úrum gemǽnum sprǽcum, Ll. Th. i. 232, 5.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Æt þǽm stillan and æt þǽm gestæþþigan and æt þǽm ánfealdan Gode ex divinae mentis stabilitate, 39, 5; F. 218, 15: 39, 6; F. 220, 25

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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. ¶ perhaps the word is found in the place name occurring in the following :-- Uno in eo loco cui uocabulum est æt Griman laeg . . . Tertio æt Wican, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii, 407, 22 (cf. Ðis syndon ðara halfe híde londgemǽru æt Wican, iii. 464, 2).

Linked entry: wic

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Hǽlde sécan æt unálýfedum tilungum oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǽnigum wiccecræfte Hml. Th. i. 474, 21. the sound of a trumpet. Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es;
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Voc. i. 72, 76. mostly used of the councils of the Christian Church Seonod (sinoþ) wæs æt Ácleá, Chr. 782 ; Erl. 57, 6. Wæs senoþ (sinoþ, MS. E.) æt Heorotforda, 673; Erl. ; 36, 2 : 822; Erl. 62, 13.

Linked entries: seuoþ sinoþ synoþ

ærne-weg

(n.)
Grammar
ærne-weg, es; m. [ærnan to run, weg a way]

A running-waya way fit for running ona broad roadvia cursui aptaplatea

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A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41

bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
bǽtan, p. bǽtte; pp. bǽted; v. a.

To bridlerein inrestraincurbbitfrenum equo vel asino injicerefrenarecohibere

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Gif he ǽr þweores windes bǽtte if he first restrained the perverse wind, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 16

Linked entries: bǽtte béting boeting

Cúþ-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cúþ-wulf, es; m.
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Hér DLXXI Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas æt Bedcan forda in this year, A. D. 571, Cuthwulf fought with the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 25, col. 1

ge-hléða

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hléða, an; m. [hlóþ]

A companioncomradesŏcius

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Se ðe ǽr bær wulfes gehléðan who ere bore the wolf's companion, Exon. 130 b; Th. 499, 30; Rä. 88, 23

steóres-mann

(n.)
Grammar
steóres-mann, es; m.
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Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman ða ǽhta

Linked entry: steór-mann

swelan

(v.)
Grammar
swelan, p. swæl, pl. swǽlon.
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Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. to burn (of a hot sensation) Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713

Linked entry: swyld

féðan

(v.)
Grammar
féðan, féþan; p. de

walk

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Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:

Linked entry: féþa

here-strǽt

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Innan þone wege; þonne of þám wege út æt norðgæte on þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ innan þá herestrét; þonne andlang þǽre herestrét, C. D. B. iii. 468, 14-16. Tó ðǽre wîde herestrǽt; ætter ðǽre herestrǽt, C. D. iii. 73, 19. Add

hnol

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Men gesáwon scínan æt his hnolle (cf. bufan his heáfde, Hml. S. 3, 937) swilce fýren clýwen, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 2. Hnoll gygram Lch. i. lxix, 9. Hé forcyrfð hnollas (ceruices) synfulra, Ps. L. 128, 4. Add