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faðu

(n.)
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Sc̃e Emeliana wæs sc̃e Gregorius faðe, Shrn. 48, 6. Faðu oððe módrige, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 14. Be Tassillan mínre faðan de Tharsilla amita mea, Gr. D. 286, 8. Dele e ; f. : and add

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541. Add

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ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

ge-bréman

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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

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Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

portic

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Hí gesáwon án lang portic on ðám norðdǽle . . . on ðám eástdǽle wæs gesewen micel cyrce . . . Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna befón on hire rýmette, Hml. Th. i. 508, 9-14. v. eást-, hálig-portic

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

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cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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D. 329, 18. an agreement Hé ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs hé gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

út-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lende, adj.

Foreignstrangenot native

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Iacob útlænde (accola) wæs on eorðan Cham, 104, 21. Hé mǽnde be his feóndum ǽgðer ge inlendum ge útlendum, Ps. Th. 2, arg

Linked entry: út-lenda

ǽr-dæg

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Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

gyfu

(n.)
Grammar
gyfu, e; gen. pl. -ena; f.

A giftgracedonumgratia

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Godes gyfu wæs on him gratia Dei erat in illo, Lk. Bos. 2, 40; Cd. 212; Th. 262, 5; Dan. 739

ge-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styltan, p. te

To be astonishedto be silent from astonishment

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Folc gestylte [gistylted wæs, Rush.] populus stupefactus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 15. Gestyldon aldro stupuerunt parentes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 56

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende.... Seó wǽte wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse, Blickl. Homl. 209, 2-9. Hé ys Drihtne wynsum onsægednys oblatio est Domino odor suavissimus, Ex. 29, 18. Wynsum stenc, Exon. Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54.

fǽmne

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. ¶ referring to the Virgin Mary: Heó is seó clǽneste fǽmne, and heó wæs fǽmne ǽr hire beorþre and heó wunaþ fǽmne æfter hire beorþre, Bl. H. 155, 33.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hé hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2. Hé forgeaf . . . hreóflium sméðnysse heora líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 26, 11. Hí reóflige geclǽnsodon, ii. 490, 23. Hreóflige, Hml.

tó-wesness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-wesness, -wesenness, -wisness, e; f.

separationdissolutiondivorcedifferencedisagreementdiscorddissension

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Se se ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðære tówesnesse seminantur stimuli, oriuntur rixae, accenduntur faces odiorum . . . Qui dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum. Past. 38; Swt. 279, 9-13.

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ge-síþ

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Martin) wæs betǽht tó þám gewinne mid ánum his þeówan þe his gesíðe (gesíða, v.l. ) wæs (cf. Ǽnne cniht hé hæfde tó his ðénungum forð, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 8), Hml. S. 31. 37. a follower, retainer of a great man, king, &amp;c.

mód-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
mód-cearu, e; f.

Sorrow of heartgrief

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Hygesorge wæg, micle módceare, 47 b; Th. 162, 29; Gú. 983: 52 a; Th. 182, 26; Gú. 1316: Beo. Th. 3560; B. 1778: 3989; B. 1992.

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B.

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristanecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

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