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ge-healdsumnes

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Tó gehealdsumnesse gemǽnre sibbe and sóþre lufe propter pacis karitatisque custodiam 125, 5. charge, custody Ðá þá hé heóld þá gehealdsumnysse regollices lífes cum regularis vitae custodiam teneret Gr. D. 104, 3

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mann

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(b β) tó mannum cuman (cf. tó túne cuman) to happen, take place, of a season, begin :-- Gyf þú wylt witan ǽniges mónðes gesceád, hwylce dæge hé cume tó mannum, Angl. viii. 304, 8. of a child Unc næs gemǽne man (cf. habban bearn gemǽne. v. gemǽne; ¶ 1

gráf

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Seó wudung on gemǽnan gráfe tó Ðorndúne, 463, 10. On Cynæbeorhtæs gráf súðæwæardnæ; fram gráfæ, v. 255, 31: iii. 302, 1: 427, 19: 81, 6. In Æðelstánes gráf; of gráue, 80, 19. Of þǽre brádon strǽt be þám gráfe innan ðá portstrǽt, Cht. E. 239, 6.

ge-reord

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Ðæs abbodes mýse sceal á beón gemǽne þearfum of the food at the abbot's table. The abbot's table must ever be shared by the needy, R. Ben. 93, 2.

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
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úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. Similar entries v. úser

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 29. Ymb twéntig . . . and fíf nihtum, Menol. Fox 371; Men. 187. used substantively, alone Gif ðǽr beóþ twéntig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 31.

gærs

herbagea herb, plant the bladepasture, grazing the grass-covered ground

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Hiora gemǽnan æceras oððe gærs, Ll. Th. i. 128, 8: 434, 17. the grass-covered ground Ofer groenum grese (groene gers, L.), Mk. R. 6, 39: Mt. L. 14, 19

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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27, 13: 82, 63. the art of exposition, rhetoric Swá gedéþ se dreámcræft ðæt se mon biþ dreámere and seó racu déþ ðæt hé biþ reccere sic musica musicos, rhetorica rhetores facit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 32. an account, reckoning Ðǽr wæs uneten racu unc gemǽne

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tó-twǽman

(v.)
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tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Th. 138, 57; By. 241. where the object is abstract Beó dám hálgan tídan eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed let every cause of strife be removed, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 29: L. C.

ge-maca

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Wolde gé nú ðæt gé næfden nánne gemacan on ðys gemǽnan middan-gearde habere in communi mundo consortes minime potestis ?, Past. 331, 2.

brýce

(n.)
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Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml. S. 2, 283. <b></b> usufruct :-- Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas, Cht.

ge-rǽdnes

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Salomon gedyde ofer eall gemǽne-líce þás gerǽdnesse mid þysum wordum spiritus hominum atque jumentorum tanta distinctione discernis. . . quibus verbis generalem definitionem subinfert, Gr. D. 264, 13 — 22.

synder-líc

(adj.)
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synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Heora nán næfde siððan nán þingc sinderlíces, ac didon him eal gemǽne, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 36. For synderlícum wurðmente privilegium, singularem honorem, Hpt. Gl. 411, 30.

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æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs, Ll. Th. i. 128, 7. the crop raised on the land (cf. Icel. akr crop) :-- Ðá ðá ðæt án corn feóll, ðǽr árás þicce æcer (seges), Gr. D. 240, 3. Ne þolie hé ðára æcra (æcera, v. 1.) Ll.

open-líce

(adv.)
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open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne, búton wé of óðrum bócum ðis openlícor secgan ( give a fuller account), Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27. Ðás þing wé willaþ openlícor gecýðan ðonne ðæt lýden dó, Anglia viii. 298, 25: Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 35

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta, wróht gemǽne, Beo.

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hreám

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Add: cry, clamour Hwæt gemǽnð ꝥ word: 'Þára Sodomotiscra hreám ( clamor) ástáh úp tó heofenum.'

eádig

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Eallum gemǽne, earmum and eádigum, Hml. Th. i. 64, 33. On óðre wísan mon sceal manian earme, on óðre eádige (locupletes = ðá welegan divites, 181, 3), Past. 175, 14.

earm

(adj.)
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Eallum gemǽne, earmum and eádigum, Hml. Th. i. 64, 32. Þǽm earmestum mannum, Bl. H. 53, 19. <b>II a.</b> poor in something, destitute of (with gen.) :-- Hú earme wé bióð ðára écena ðinga ab aeternis nos miseros cernimus, Past. 389, 8

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mindrecallto bring to another's mindto remindto bring a duty to the mindto admonishexhortto remind of a debtto ask for paymentto have in the mindto purposeintenddetermine

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Ǽnne hyndenman, ðe ða . x. mynige tó úre ealre gemǽne þearfe, L. Æðelst. v.3; Th. i. 232, 2. Wé willaþ myngian freónda gehwilcne, ðæt gehwá hine sylfne beþence, L.