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wine-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-geómor, adj.

Sad for the loss of friends

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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239

bannan

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Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wígge expeditio praeparabatur per omnem Cantiam, Cht. Th. 201, 20. Hét se cyning bannan út here, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 22. Add

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Ús biþ ðonne leófre ðonne eal eorþan wela gif hé ús miltsian wile if he will shew us mercy, shall we not prefer that to all the wealth of earth? 51, 29.

Linked entry: leóf

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 6. faulty, incorrect, false (as in false quantity) Solocismus bið sum leás word on ðám ferse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 10

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Geeácnode ic hig ealle oððe ácende ic hig, Num. 11, 12. Hwá geworhte mannes múþ oððe hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne and blindne oððe geseóndne? Ex. 4, 11.

Linked entry: eðða

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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to gather, collect; congrĕgāre, collĭgĕre Se áncenneda ealle gesamnaþ the only begotten one shall gather all, Soul Kmbl. 102; Seel. 51. Valentinianus gesamnode weorod Valentinian gathered an army, Chr. 380; Erl. 11, 4: Cd. 174; Th. 219, 9; Dan. 52.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Beó him gesǽd eall seó stíðnys and earfoðnys ðe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 96, 19. Ne hý mid weorces stíðnesse ofsette sýn ut . . . ne violentia laboris opprimantur, 75, 9.

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Hé untýnde ealle ða bernu, Gen. 41, 56. Hí untýndon heora goldhordas ( apertis thesauris ), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Hí maciaþ eall be luste, woriaþ and wandriaþ, and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, L.I.P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 24. Hræfen wandrode, Fins. Th. 69; Fin. 34.

feórþa

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Eall moncynn and ealle nétenu ne notigað náwer neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan þæs þe men gefaran magon . . . Dó nú of ðám feórþan dǽle . . . hujus in mundo regionis quarta fere portio est, . . . quae a nobis cognitis animantibus incolatur.

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Mid ealdan spice oþþe mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Gemelte eald spic, 52, 20. Nim clǽne spic, iii. 40, 26. Ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfþ when he has attended to the bacon, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 23. Etan spice, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 111.

Linked entry: spec

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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The body [generally of a living person], the corporeal, in contrast to the spiritual, part of man Se líchoma biþ líchoma ða hwile ðe hé his lima ealle hæfþ, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 148, 6.

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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Ofer ealle werþeóde inter gentes, Ps. Th. 104, 1. men, the world, cf. weorold, <b>VI a</b> Hú mihte ðæt gewyrðan in werþeóde (how in the world did it happen?), ðæt ðú ne gehýrde Hǽlendes miht? Andr.

of-geótan

(v.)

to moisten by pouring, souse, soakto put out a fire by pouring water on it

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to moisten by pouring, souse, soak Ofgeót mid ealaþ moisten the plants by pouring ale on them, Lchdm. ii. 140, 15: iii. 28, 16. Ofgeót mid wætere, 48, 5.

hell-ware

(n.)
Grammar
hell-ware, -wara; pl.

The inhabitants of hell

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The inhabitants of hell Ealle gesceafta heofonwara eorþwara helwara onbúgaþ Criste all creatures, those in heaven, those on earth, those in hell, bow to Christ, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 1: i. 36 26. Ealle hellwara all the inmates of hell, Exon.

Linked entry: hell-waran

for-hínan

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Hé Sc̃e Petres mynster tó bysmere macede, and ealle þá óðre forhergode a nd forhýnde, Chr. 1068; P. 203, 28.

Linked entry: for-hýnan

fóre-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-gleáw, adj.

Very prudentprovĭduspræ aliis săpiens

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Fóregleáwe ealde úþwitan very prudent ancient philosophers, Menol. Fox 328; Men. 165

ge-orettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-orettan, -oretan, -orrettan; p. te; pp. ted

To disturb, confoundperturbare, confundere

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To disturb, confound; perturbare, confundere Ealle beóþ georette eác gescende omnes confundantur et conturbentur, Ps. Th. 82, 13. Georetan confundere, conturbare, Gl. Prud. 735. Georrettan infamare, Cot. 111

Linked entry: orrettan

cól-pyt

Grammar
cól-pyt, l. col-pyt a place where charcoal is made [v. N. E. D. coal-pit]
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On þone ealdan collpytt þǽr þá þreó gemǽru tógædere gáþ, Cht. E. 206, 23

friþsumian

(v.)
Grammar
friþsumian, p. ode
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To make peaceable, reconcile Ealle friðsumaþ God (cf. ? per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, Col. I, 20) on eallum his mhtum, Hpt. 21, 189, 28. Cf. ge-sibsumian