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éþel

fatherland

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Þæs heofonlican éþles, Bl. H. 81, 30: 131, 15. Wé sculon cuman of þisse worolde tó úres fæder oeðle, ꝥ is tó heofonríce, Ors. 5, 14: S. 248, 28.

on-weald

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Wé witon þæt ealle onwealdas from Gode sindon; wé witon eác þæt ealle rícu sint from him, for þon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon si potestates a Deo sunt, quanto magis regna, a quibus reliquae potestates progrediuntur, 2, 1; S. 58, 23-25.

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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Hé hý hálsode (the accent is in the MS.) þæt hý nánuht þǽra ǽrenda ne underféngon, Ors. 4, 6; Bos 86, 25.

cunnan

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L. 86, 4. with acc. and predicate genitive Hwá hine þæs wurð*-*scipes cúðe who knew him (to be) of that dignity, Angl. viii. 308, 22. with gen. To know of Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda the people knew not of those benefits, Hml.

deáþ

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Voc. ii. 64, 69. state of being dead Seó hefige byrþen siteþ on þǽm deádan líchoman þǽre byrgenne and þæs deáþes, Bl. H. 75, 8. Hé of deáþe áríseþ, 15, 12: 67, 25. Swylce wé on deáðe lágon, Hml. S. 11, 240. <b>II a.

ge-þolian

(v.)
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Þæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne þæt hé þá menigeo geseah hweorfan fram helltrafum. An. 1691. to suffer the doing or happening of something, allow to take place Unáscendedo uosa giðolaðes inlesos esse patiaris, Rtl. 114, 7.

hǽlend

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Næs þá monna gemet. . . þæt eów mihte helpan, nimðe Hǽlend God, sé þæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, férde tó foldan', Sat. 470-95. of the Deity in Christian times, denoting a saviour, used of Christ Þú hǽlend eart middangeardes, El. 809.

ge-wemman

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Heora yrmð áfeormað þæt þæt seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys gewemð, Hml. Th. i. 332, 14. Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfdan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse pulchram copulae speciem admixtis voluptatibus foedant, Past. 397, 13.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 440, 2. in a way that imparts knowledge, so as to give information, clearly, explicitly Gif hit gylt nǽre, þonne ne geswutulode þæt hálige godspel swá gewislíce be ðám rícan þæt hé wǽre mid purpuran and mid godewebbe, geglencged, Hml.

of-þyncan

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of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8. <b>I c</b> :-- Hé cwræð þæt him ofþúhte þæt hé ǽfre mancynn gesceóp, Hml. Th. i. 20, 25.

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Þæt hé wolde ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014; 145, 7.

cweþan

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Sýn hý þæs wyrðe þe on þám canone cwæð, Ll. Th. i. 244, 13. Þæs ylcan scyldige þe hit hér beforan cwæð, 248, 18. Æt þám táum . . . ealswá æt þám fingrum ys cwiden, 20, 4.

efen-blissian

(v.)
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Is sǽd þæt se cining wǽre swá efenblissiende (efnblissende, v. l.) ita congratulatus esse rex perhibetur, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 59, 4. Efenblissiende hyre wuldres ejus gloriae congaudens, Gr. D. 169, 10. Add

fetels

(n.)
Grammar
fetels, es; m.

A belt

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Ic gean þæs swurdes mid þám sylfrenan hylte . . . and þone gyldenan fetels, 558, 12

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ge-fégednes

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Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28

ge-byrdlic

(adj.)
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ge-byrdlic, adj.
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13

ge-clips

(n.)
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Ne wend þú þé on þæs folces unrǽd ..., on heora sprǽce and geclysp (-clæsp, -clebs, -cleps, v.ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 54, 7. Geclibs forlǽtan, Past. 222, 13

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heáh-altar

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-altar, es ; m.
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A high altar Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod

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heáh-sunne

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sunne, (?), an; f.
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The arch-sun, the Deity Wǽre þú forinwordlíce dysig ðá þú wilnodest þæt þú scoldest myd swilcum æágum þá heáhsunnan (heán sunnan ?) and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l