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ge-sceádlic

(adj.)
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ge-sceádlic, adj.
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Ðæt áhrérede mód mid ðǽre gesceádlican andsuare bið getǽsed commotae mentes responsorum ratione tanguntur, Past. 297, 17. rational, based on reason or argument Is þis wundorlic and winsum and ge-sceádlic (gesceádwíslic, v.l.) spell fulcrum hoc atque

Linked entry: -sceádlic

Angel-þeód

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Bryttas ǽrest on Angelðeóde sige genáman, 1, 16; Sch. 44, 4. of the northern English Monige Ongelþeóde, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 507, 8. ꝥ spell ꝥ ic áwrát be Angelþeóde and Seaxum historiam gentis Anglorum quam edideram, pref.; Sch. 1, 5

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustusthe month of Augustmensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

hlútor-líce

(adv.)

clearlyplainlysimply

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Similar entries Cf hlútor; IV Ðis spell ic for þǽra hǽlo þe hit leornade oððe gehýrde hlúttorlíce áwrát and sǽde hanc historiam simpliciter ob salutem legentium siue audientium narrandam esse putaui, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 643, 5.

fǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽr, adj.

Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus

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Used in the compounds,-Fǽr-bifongen, -bryne, -cóðu, -cwealm, -cýle, -deáþ, -dryre, -fyll, -gripe, -gryre, -haga, -inga, -líc, -líce, -níþ, -sceaða, -scyte, -searo, -slide, -spel, -unga, -wundor, -wyrd

godspellic

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Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b> :-- Ióhannes wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic John belonged both to the Law and to the Gospel, Hml. S. 16, 101

ge-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spreca, an; m.

One who talks with anothera counsellor

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Ðú dé ánne genim to gesprecan symle spella and lára rǽd-hycgende always take as thy counsellor one sagacious in discourses and doctrines, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 26; Fä. 25

Linked entry: ge-speca

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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A kind of corn, spelt. In C. D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld.

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessenabbreviare, minuereto become short, be lessened, fail

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to shorten, contract, lessen; abbreviare, minuere Ða spell ic sceal gescyrtan I must shorten the stories, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 29. Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38.

Linked entries: scyrtan ge-scert

ge-mearr

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

A hindrance, errora stumbling-block

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Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ on mislícum gewiglungum the erroneous practices which are carried on with various spells, L. Can. Edg. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4. Gemear nugæ, errores, Gl. Prud. 662

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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Gehér án spell hear a discourse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1 : 35, 5; Fox 166, 21, note 24. Ðá sió stefn gewearþ gehéred of heofenum then the voice was heard out of heaven, Andr. Kmbl. 335; An. 168

ribb-spácan

(n.)
Grammar
ribb-spácan, pl. n.

Rib-spokesthe brisket

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Icel. bring-spelir 'breast-rails,' the brisket or part where the lower ribs are joined with the cartilago ensiformis] Ribbspácan radiolus, Wrt. i. 283. 47

biblioþéce

Grammar
biblioþéce, bibliþéca.

a librarythe bible

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Ben. 74, 13. the bible þis spel (Judith) nis on ð ǽre bibliothécan, Hml. A. 114, 405. Gyf þú biblio-ðécan habban wille, Tech. ii. 120, 26

þroc

(n.)
Grammar
þroc, es; n.

a throcka table

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Also spelt thruck) Dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua uomer inducitur quasi dens sule reóst vel þroc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72. (v. Wülck. Gl. 219, 4.) a table Mynetera þrocu hé tóbræc mensas nummulariorum euertit, Mk. Skt. 11, 15

écan

(v.)
Grammar
écan, ǽcan, ícan, iécan, ýcan, ýcean, ic éce, ðú écest, he écþ, pl. écaþ; p. écte, pl. écton, éhton; pp. éced [eáca an addition]

EKE, increase, prolong, addaugēre, appōnĕre

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Écte ðæt spell mid leóþe he prolonged the speech with verse, 12; Fox 36, 6: Ps. Th. 104, 20. Hí hira firena furður éhton appŏsuērunt adhuc peccāre ei, 77, 19.

Linked entries: ǽcan ge-ícan

steor-wigle

(n.)
Grammar
steor-wigle, -wigl (?), es; n.
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Prognostication by the stars, astrology Stiorwigle ł mearcunge constellationem (cf. constellatio leáses spelles talu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 68; and Span, constelacion prognostication of the stars), stiorwiglu constellationes, Hpt. Gl. 467, 78.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.

wend

(n.)

a coursean alternativea case

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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;

un-mennisclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mennisclíc, adj.

Inhuman

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Inhuman Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Gescádlíce, 328, 18. rationally, in accordance with reason Ic þé náuht ne dwelode, ac sǽde ðé swiþe lang spell swiþe gesceádlíce be Gode, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 166, 2