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ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-halding

(n.)
Grammar
ge-halding, e; f.

A holdingkeepingcustōdia

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A holding, keeping; custōdia On gehaldinge sprǽca ðíne in custōdiendo sermōns tuos, Ps. Spl. C. 118, 9

be-búgan

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Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca ná bebeáh ne ne foreóde ( non declinavit ), Gr. D. 340, 17. Add

á-hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwistlian, p. ode
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To hiss, speak indistinctly Seó tunge áwistlað þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce and geráde, Wlfst. 147, 31

Linked entry: hwistlian

árlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
árlíce, honourably.
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Hé him árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 8. Heó wyllað geunnan healfes ꝥ þý árlícor on þǽre stówe beón mæge, Cht. Th. 137, 19. Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

æ-gype

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-gype, -gipe; adj.

Triflingworthlessnugalis

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Trifling, worthless; nugalis Forðon hí dydan Drihtnes sprǽce ǽghwæs ægype quia exacerbaverunt eloquium Domini, Ps. Th. 106, 10

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, to cleanse.
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Sácerd sé þe þurh unsýfre sprǽce hine besmíteð, and ne gefeormige ( mundet ) hine, Ll. Th. ii. 138, 5. Add

tó-hlystend

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hlystend, es; m.

A listener

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Hé gedéþ ða sprǽce unnytte ðǽm tóhlystendurn. Past. 15; Swt. 96, 8, 18

ful-sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-sméðe, adj.

Full smoothvery smoothlevissĭmus

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Full smooth, very smooth; levissĭmus Ðe fulsméðe spræce habbaþ who have very smooth speech, Frag. Kmbl. 20; Leás. 12

gamnian

(v.)
Grammar
gamnian, part. gamnigende; p. ode; pp. od

To playlūdĕre

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To play; lūdĕre Wæs him geþúht, swilce he gamnigende spræce vīsus est eis quăsi lūdens lŏqui, Gen. 19, 14

sár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
sár-spell, es; n.

A sorrowful speech, a lament

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A sorrowful speech, a lament Ic secge ðissárspell and ymb síþ spræce, Exon. Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96

léc

(n.)
Grammar
léc, es; m.

Looksight

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Look, sight Wé sceolon áwendan úrne léc fram yfelre gesihþe, urne hlyst fram yfelre sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3

maðelian

(v.)
Grammar
maðelian, p. ode

To speakharanguemake a speechdeclaim

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Elene maðelade, and fore eorlum spræc, Elen. Kmbl. 807; El. 404. Wídsíþ maðolade, wordhord onleác, Exon. 84 b; Th. 318, 19: Víd. 1. Maðeliendra concionatorum, rhetorum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 76

Linked entry: mæðlan

swát-lín

(n.)
Grammar
swát-lín, es; n.
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On ðæm swátlíne ( in sudarium) ðe Xrist ymbe spræc on his godspelle. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 13. Ðín pund ðe ic hæfde on swát-lín ( in sudario ) áléd, Lk. Skt. 19, 20

Linked entry: swát-cláþ

un-dígollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dígollíce, adv.

Not secretlyopenlyclearlyplainly

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Þus spræc God gefyrn, hit is swá ðeáh swá gedón swýðe neáh mid ús ... and undígollíce, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 177

wiþ-scorian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scorian, p. ode

To refuse

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MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12

ge-tácnigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-tácnigendlíce, adv.
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Swíðe getácnigendlíce spræc þis wíf. Seó mýse is seó bóclice lár . . . æfter gástlicum andgite þá hwelpas etað ðá cruman, Hml. Th. ii. 114, 23-29

teosu-word

(n.)
Grammar
teosu-word, es; n.
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Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode hé mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39

wamm-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-cwide, es; m.

Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy

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Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7;Gen. 621

deácon

(n.)

a levite, deacon levītes

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a levite, deacon; levītes Aaron ðín bróður, deácon, hæfþ góde spræce Aaron frater tuus, levītes, eloquens est, Ex. 4, 14