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nón-belle

(n.)
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nón-belle, an ; f.
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34

flint

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Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, wearp þám hálgum, ac hé wand þám heáhgeréfan and his heáfod tóbræc. Hml.

on-þræc

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Tengdon þá hǽþenan mid andþrecum wǽpnum þám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Add

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 178, 24. to a place Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge heofonum gelaðod hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 74, 23. to a condition or action Þá gelaþode hé hié écean lífe, Bl. H. 103, 7.

Linked entry: laþian

be-warian

(v.)

to guardprotect

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Substitute: to guard one's self against (wiþ) Mon hine bewarige wið ðá leohtmódnesse mentis levitas caveatur, Past. 308, 5. to ward off from þ ú inc bám twam meaht wíte bewarigan, Gen. 563. to guard, protect Hé bewarað (but the Latin word thus glossed

Linked entry: be-warenian

ge-lástfull

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Þá Olimpias þæt geáscade, þæt þæs folces wæs swá fela him gecirred, þá ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástful beón, ac hió fleáh ðǽm fæstenne audito aduentu Cassandri, Olympias, diffisa Macedonibus, in urbem concedit, Ors. 3, 11;

á-settan

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</b> with non-material object, to apply :-- Ásete him þá unriht þe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 68, 28. <b>I d.</b> to remove, take away, cf.

líf-leás

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II a. not having animal life: — Þá treówa þe on æppel-túne wexað, þá þe sind llfleáse, sáwulleáse, and andgitleáse, Hml. Th. ii. 406, 11

ǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽfre, ǽfer; adv.

Everalwaysunquamsemper

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Nú ic eóm orwéna ðæt unc seó éðyl-stæf ǽfre weorþe gifede ætgædere now I am hopeless that the staff of our family will ever be given to us two together, 101; Th. 134, 12; Gen. 2223. Ðú ǽfre wǽre tu semper fuisti, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 2; Cri. 111.

fordémed-nes

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Th. ii. 238, 9. Add

fýlan

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Þá þe mid gehwylcum unþeáwum þá stówa þe Godes þeówdóme gehálgode wǽron fýlað and besmýtað, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 34. Fýlde effeminavit, Germ. 393, 190. Hí noldon hí fýlan mid þám fúlan hǽðenscype, Hml. S. 25, 30.

gaful

(n.)
Grammar
gaful, es; n.

Taxtributerentvectīgaltrĭbūtum

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Tax, tribute, rent; vectīgal, trĭbūtum Gaful vectīgal, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 5; Som. 9, 2. Alýfþ gaful to syllanne ðam Cásere lĭcet dări trĭbūtum Cæsări? Mk. Bos. 12, 14 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 27; Jul. 151

grad

Grammar
grad, l. grád,
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Th. ii. 512, 11 with :-- Martinus stáh ánre úpflóra; þá wǽron þǽre hlǽddre stapas áléfede ... ꝥ hé feól ádúne, Hml. S. 31, 601.]

tredan

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add: to press with the foot, hold the foot on something Hé worhte him áne anlícnesse þe ... mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

be-sorgian

(v.)
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to be troubled about. þes man mid tarlicum andwlitan, nát ic hwæt hé besorgað, Ap. Th. 15, 10. Swíðor Drihten besorgade þá heora synna þonne his ágene wunda, Hml. Th. i. 50, 25. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, Bl. H. 171, 18.

Linked entry: sorgian

for-þryccan

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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)

nón-sang

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Sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig mete fóð; ac nis hit náht gelýfedlic ꝥ ꝥ sý medeme fæsten. Ac ꝥ is riht ꝥte æfter nónsange mon mæssan gehýre, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 36. Add

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Þá þe ǽne áslidan, Hml. S. 31, 740. Áslidenum lapsis, Hy. Srt. 7, II: relapsis, An. Ox. 4746:Hml. Th. i. 492, II. to fall, be hurt or destroyed Fram deóflum forbróden hé áslát (cf.occubuit).Ald. 60, 26, Shrn. 56, 12.

gremian

(v.)
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Gremmende lacessiens, 50, 56. to irritate, provoke. the object a person Hý ðé gremiað exacerbaverunt te, Ps. Th. 5, 11: Hml. Th. i. 100, 22. Gremede exacerbauit (neminem sermonum seueritas ), An. Ox. 7, 384: Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 6.

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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ánum' (v.