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ge-dwol-cræft

(n.)
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ge-dwol-cræft, es; m.

A deceptive artdeception

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A deceptive art, deception Mid heora gedwolcræftum with their deceptions, Blickl. Homl. 61, 25. Ða ðe gedwolcræftas begangaþ those who practise divination, 63, 14

-scígan

(suffix)
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in ge-scígan Heora ǽlc sceal án .c. þearfendra manna fédan and ealle ða gescýgean ( provide them all with shoes ), Chart. Th. 616, 26

Linked entries: scógan -scýgean

swegel-bósm

(n.)
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swegel-bósm, es; m.
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The interior of heaven, heaven Hé biþ á ríce ofer heofenstólas ... sweglbósmas heóld; ða wǽron gesette wuldres bearnum. Cd. Th. 1, 18; Gen. 9

swegel-wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-wuldor, es; n.
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Cf. heofon-wuldor

Eáster-gewuna

(n.)
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Eáster-gewuna, an; m.
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643

Linked entry: ge-wuna

heardheortness

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[The Latin of Deut. 31, 27 is cervicem tuam durissimam] Losiað tó fela for heora heardheortnysse wið þone Hǽlend, Hml. S. 25, 529. Add:

weorold-ár

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weorold-ár, <b>. I.</b>
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Men habbaþ ðæs þý lǽssan frýdóm þe hí heora módes willan neár ðisse woruldáre (weoruld-, v.l. ) lǽtaþ, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 27. Add

metsung

(n.)
Grammar
metsung, e; f.

Provisionfood

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Heom man geaf gíslas and metsunga, 1052; Erl. 184, 6

dráf

(n.)
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dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

dwelian

(v.)
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Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ... Heó cwæð mid wóplicre stefne: 'Dweliende, leóf, ic cóm hyder,' Hml. A. 196, 24-29. Dweli(ende) erraneam, ł errantem (ovem ), An.

and-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
and-bídian, p. ode; pp. od

To expectexpectare

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Andbídiaþ wíldeór on þurste heora expectabunt onagri in siti sua, 103, 12

a-rǽrnes

(n.)
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a-rǽrnes, -ness, e; f.

A raisingan exaltationexaltatio

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A raising, an exaltation; exaltatio Heora hrýre wearþ Athénum to arǽrnesse their fall was the raising of the Athenians, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 42

BÆLC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆLC, es; m.

A coveringtegmenperistromatabulatum

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A covering; tegmen, peristroma, tabulatum He bælce oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon he overspread with a covering the burning heaven, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73

ge-talian

(v.)
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Þé bið getalod éce méd of heora hǽle tibi ex illorum salute merces iudicabitur eterna, Chrd. 93, 18

geong-ling

(n.)
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geong-ling, es; m.

A youngling, youthjŭvĕnis

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A youngling, youth; jŭvĕnis Ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum that they teach some prudence to their younglings, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 30

Linked entries: gungling iung-ling

un-bebyriged

(adj.)
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un-bebyriged, adj.

Unburied

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Heora líchaman licgaþ unbebyrgede (-byrigde, MS. F.), Wulfst. 199, 10

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 11. with gen. of pronoun and clause Heó fægnað (fagenaþ, v. l.) þæs þæt heó mót brúcan þæs heofonlican, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 16. Hé fægniaþ þæs ꝥ hé heora wealt, 39, 13; F. 234, 29.

un-fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽle, adj.

Evilillbad

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Ȝef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] applied to inanimate objects Ofet unfǽle ( the forbidden fruit ), Cd. Th. 45, 7; Gen. 723. Unfǽle dira (the passage is: dira vinculorum ligamina, Ald. 44), Anglia xiii. 34, 178

fercian

(v.)

to bringcarryconductto supportTo go

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To go, moke one's way On þám forman geáre gǽð seó sunne on ǽrnemergen on ꝥ tácen þe ys aries genemned . . . þý þriddan heó síhð tó þám tácne oð ǽfen, and on þám feórðan geáre heó ferecað on middre nihte tó þám foresprecenan tácne, Angl. viii. 307, 21

ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Wearð him ðá geðúht swilce heó gewurpan (áwyrpan, v. l. ) mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. reflex.

Linked entry: ge-wyrpan