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ge-gladian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gladian, p. ode; pp. od

To make glad ⬩ gladden ⬩ appease ⬩ lætĭfĭcāre ⬩ exhĭlărāre ⬩ plăcāre

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Cúþbertus hit mid cossum gegladode Cuthbert gladdened it with kisses, ii. 134, 21. Ðæt he gegladie anséne on ele ut exhĭlăret făciem in ŏleo, 103, 15. Ðæt he ðé mid his lácum gegladige that he appease thee with his gifts, Gen. 32, 20.

Linked entry: gladian

á-flówan

Grammar
á-flówan, Add: pp. -flówen (-flógen?)
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Genim eoferes blǽdran mid þám micgan, áhefe upp, and ábíd oþ ꝥ se wǽta of áflógen (-flówen, v. l. ) sý. Lch. i. 360, 6

ceorung

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Mid wóplicre ceorunge with lamentable complaint, Hml. S. 2, 355. Ceorunge (cear-, Hpt. Gl. 514, 67) querimoniam, An. Ox. 4692. Gif ǽnig ongeán sumne hæfð ceorunge ( querelam ), Scint. 24, 3. Add

for-hínan

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Hé hí miclum tintrade and bismrade, oþ hié mid ealle wǽron fordón and forhiéned cruentissimam victoriam in eos exercuit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 26.

Linked entry: for-hýnan

hád-bót

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Tó hád-bðte, gif líflyre wurþe . . . þone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte þingige georne, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6-13 : 14. Tó hád-bðte, gif fulbryce (plena infractio, 549, § 5) wyrðe, 20: 23.

hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)

munuc

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Hér drǽfde Eádgar cyng þá preóstas (þa canonicas canonici, v. ll. ) of Ealdan mynstre . . . and sette hý mid munecan, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3.

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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If mid be put for and the inflexion is accounted for.]

són

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Ǽlcne ðǽra hé sancg be sóne mid weorode, Ps. Th. 4, arg

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificent ⬩ untroubled

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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

ofer-flówendness

Grammar
ofer-flówendness, , , e; f.

Superfluity, exuberance

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Mid heora ouerflówednesse ne gedrífen ða gebróðru, 60, 17: 108, 5. Gif hit gelimpþ for oferflówennysse metes ex superfluitate cibi L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30. Hé ne dranc mid oferflówendnysse, Homl. Th. i. 168, 12: ii. 218, 30.

ofer-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fylgan, -fylgean; p. de

To pursue, persecute, attack

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Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde þreátode and him oferfylgde hunc (Abner) cum Asael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret, Swt. 295, 14

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.

Linked entry: scyte

slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.

A dormitory

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On slǽperne (dormitorio) mid gebrð-þrum. Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 25: Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 39. Canonicas, ðǽr seó ár sí, ðæt hí beóddern and slǽpern habban mágan, healdan heora mynster mid rihte, L. Eth. v. 7; Th. i. 306, 12.

Linked entry: sláp-ern

þoterung

(n.)
Grammar
þoterung, e; f.

Howling ⬩ wailing ⬩ crying

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Hé weóp swíðe biterlíce and hé feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12

ge-dwimorlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwimorlic, adj.

Illusory, existing only apparently

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Ðá gebróðra wǽron mid ðám gedwymorlicum fýre gebysgode, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 4-11

for-lor

(n.)
Grammar
for-lor, es; m.

Destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ loss ⬩ perdĭtio

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Mid hæleða forlore with men's perdition, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 8; Gen. 757. Ðéh ðe he hý mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21

lysu

(n.)
Grammar
lysu, wes; n.
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Lot sceal mid lyswe, list mid gedéfum [v. list], Exon. 92 a; Th. 345. 16; Gn. Ex. 189