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clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastityemundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

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A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity; emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas Ðú towurpe hine fram clǽnsunge destruxisti eum ab emundatione, Ps. Lamb. 88, 45: Mk. Bos. 1, 44.

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, pl. f.

ClothingattireGEARadornmentarmsarmourvestītushăbĭtusarma

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Clothing, attire, GEAR, adornment, arms, armour; vestītus, hăbĭtus, arma Enoch cwic gewát mid Cyning engla of ðyssum lǽnan lífe, on ðám gearwum ðe his gást onféng, ǽr hine to monnum módor brohte Enoch alive departed with the King of angels from this

húru-þinga

(adv.)
Grammar
húru-þinga, adv.

Especiallyat leastat any rate

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Hú ne scolde hine húruþinga sceamian seofon dagas nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Num. 12, 14. Hyne bǽdon ðæt hig húruþinga his reáfes fnæd æthrinon rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti ejus tangerent, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 36.

hwósta

(n.)
Grammar
hwósta, an; m.

A cough

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Hine dreceþ þyrre hwóstan and him on ðam hwóstan hwílum losaþ sió stemn he is troubled with a dry cough and at times during the cough he loses his voice, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.

meagol

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol, <b>, megol;</b> adj.

Earneststrenuousfirm

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Fugla cyn hine weorþedon meaglum stefnum, 46 a; Th. 157, 13; Gú. 892: 60 b; Th. 221, 22; Ph. 338

næs

(v.)
Grammar
næs, = ne wæs

was not

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Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde, ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede Blickl. Homl, 93, 28

racent-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
racent-teáh, gen. -teáge ; f.
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Hine nán man mid racenteágum (raceteágum, MS. A.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4.

Linked entry: raceteáh

ge-welgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-welgian, -welegian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To enrichmake wealthyendowdītāredōtāre

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To enrich, make wealthy, endow; dītāre, dōtāre Ðú gemænifyldest gewelgian hine multĭplĭcasti lŏcuplētāre eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9.

Linked entry: weligian

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, p. -wrégde; pp. -wréged, -wréht [wrégan to accuse] .

to accuseaccūsāreto stirripexciteimpelconcĭtāre

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Ðæt hí hine gewrégdon ut accūsārent illum, Mk. Bos. 3, 2. Secgaþ wyrdwríteras ðæt Herodes wearþ gewréged to ðam Rómániscan cásere historians say that Herod was accused to the Roman emperor, Homl. Th. i. 80, 6.

Linked entry: wrégan

ge-trýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trýwan, p. de

To trusthope

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To trust, hope Ða ðe noldan on hine getrýwan those who would not trust in him, Blickl. Homl. 159, 11. Ic getrýwe in ðone torhtestan þrýnesse þrym I believe in the most glorious virtue of the Trinity, Exon. 42 a; Th. 140, 28; Gú. 617.

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clotheobvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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His cempan mid wolcnreádum wǽfelse hine bewǽfdon his soldiers clothed him in a scarlet robe, ii. 252, 25. Ic eom réáde bewǽfed I am clothed with red, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484. 2; Rä. 70, 1: Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 19

Linked entry: wǽfan

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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Se yfela gást hine drehte mid deófollícum sticelsum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 10. Sticelsas rhamnos, Ps. Spl. 57, 9

Linked entry: sticel

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde ( malefactor ), ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl.

á-bisgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-bisgung, e; f.
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P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 20. trouble, disturbance. v. á-bisgian, II Hit is cúð ðætte sió úterre ábisgung ðissa worold-ðinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfð and hine scofett hidres ðædres, oð ðæt hé áfielð of his ágnum willan constet, quod cor externis occupationum

be-rídan

to surroundinvestto seizearrest

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Substitute: to surround, invest Hé hine þǽr berád, Chr. 755 ; P. 46, 29. Gif hé mægnes hæbbe, þæt hé his gefán beríde and inne besitte si vim habeat, ut hostem suum circumveniat et obsideat, Ll. Th. i. 90, 4.

fore-stæppan

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Forestæpe hine praeueni eum, 16, 13. Steorran folgiende forestæppendne stellam sequentes previam, Hy. S. 51, 36. Of wiðmetennysse forestæppendra gódra wera ex praecedentium comparatione, Gr. D. 8, 20.

Linked entry: fore-steppan

for-gitan

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Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34. Ꝥ hié forgeátan þára útera gefeohta, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 24. Forgeotta oblivisci, Rtl. 169, 25. Tó forgitenne praetereundum, An.

ge-blissian

(v.)
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Heó férde hál tó hire fæder and hine geblyssode . . . and ealle for hire hǽle blyssodon, Hml. S. 7, 280. Geblisgende letificantes, Ps. Rdr. 18, 9

ge-háthirtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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</b> reflexive, to become angry (v. háthirtan) :-- Se Godes wiðersaca hine ðá geháthyrte he worked himself into a fury, Hml. Th. i. 450, 9. to be angry Ðá ðe on cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortað ( exarserint ), R. Ben. 130, 7

ge-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hón, ge-hongian.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hón</b> to hang (trans. ). to fasten to an object above Genim þás wyrte, and gehóh hý tó ðǽre hýfe, Lch. i. 98, i. to fasten to a cross, crucify Gehéngon hine crucifixerunt eum Mt.