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ge-cyndelic

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Ic wát ꝥ gé wénaþ þæt gé nán gecyndelic gód ne gesǽlþa on innan eów selfum nabbaþ itane nullum est proprium vobis atque insitum bonum?

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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P. 293, 23. caring, being anxious Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefigien eówre heortan mid monigfaldre giéminge ðisse worolde attendite ut non graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitae Past. 129, 20

hǽþen-gild

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</b> a particular form of idolatry :-- Tó manega of þám folce . . . tó þám hǽðengilde bugon fliae Moab vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua. At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. <b>I b.

hwý

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Hwí eów? á lyste?, 10, 18. used interjectionally to introduce a question, cf. hú ; <b>I. 2,</b> hwá, Hý cweðað : 'Hwí! ne synt wé múðfreó ? hú ne móton wé sprecan þæt wé willað ? hwæt !

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Ða stǽnenan bredu, on ðám wæs ðæt wedd ðe Drihten wið eów gecwaeð tabulis pacti, quod pepigit vobiscum Domimts, Deut. 9, 9. Ðis ys ðæt wedd (pactum), ðæt gé healdan sceolon betwux mé and eów, Gen. 17, 10.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

DWELIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To be led into error, errin errōrem dūci, errāreTo lead into error, mislead, deceive in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre

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To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and ná on wege errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via, Ps. Lamb. 106, 40.

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Ne þincþ eów nó ðý raðor ( none the sooner ) heora genóh, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 31 : 30, 1; Fox 108, 9. Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13.

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Gif ge habbaþ lufe eów betwynan si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem, Jn. Bos. 13, 35.

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, bismor, bysmer, bysmor; gen. bismeres, bysmres; n.

Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumnyludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumniaopprobrium

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Ðú hí, Drihten, dést deópe to bysmre tu, Domine, deridebis eos, Ps. Th. 58, 8. He hálge láre brygdeþ on bysmer he turneth holy lore into mockery, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 14; Dóm. 71.

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Gif eówre bearn eów befrínaþ eft on uferum dagum quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, Jos. 4, 6. On uferan dagum, Wulfst. 88, 20: Chart. Th. 356, 7. Uferan dógrum, Beo. Th. 4407; B. 2200: 4773; B. 2392. On uferum tídum, Lchdm. iii. 438, 15.

ést

favourluxuries

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Ic eów góda gehwæs ést áhwette, An. 339. Mé þis hildesceorp Hróðgár sealde, hét þæt ic his ǽrest þé ést gesægde (that I should describe to thee his gracious gift), cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogár cyning, B. 2157.

fremian

(v.)
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Hwæt eów betst fremige, 11, 35. Him sylfum fremian sibi prodesse, R. Ben. I. 107, 17. Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan, R. Ben. 120, 9: Hml. Th. i. 62, 8.

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished

glídan

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Se steorra glád him beforan (cf. se steorra him beforan férde stella antecedebat eos, Mt. 2, 9), Hml. Th. i. 78, 23. On ðám earde ðe se tungel ofer glád, 106, 28.

hwǽte

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Ꝥ hé eów hrídrude swá swá hwǽte, Lk. 22, 31. the grain separated from the chaff Corn huǽtes granum frumenti, Jn. L. 12, 24. Wæs hwǽtes wana tríticum deerat, Gr. D. 145, 9. Seó earc wæs hwǽtes full ( frumento plena ), 158, 14.

weás

(adv.)
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weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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MS.) gebyrige oððe ungewealdes, ðæt hé on ðæs hwæt befoo, ðe wið his willan sié siquando contra eos lingua labitur, Past. 28; Swt. 198, 22

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Getréwlíce ic dóm in hine fiducialiter agam in eo, Ps. Srt. 11, 6. Gitríwalíce fideliter, Rtl. 30, 19.

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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furiosus, iracundus, fervens Gif hwylc man tó ðam hátheort sig and strangmód ðæt hé tó nánum worldrihte and sybbe fón nelle wið ðæne ðe wið hine ágylt si homo quis adeo furiosus et duro corde sit, ut nullum sæculare jus et pacem admittere velit cum eo

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

meahte-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meahte-líce, <b>meaht-líce;</b> adv.

Mightilypowerfullywith powerin power

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Sǽ oncneów ðá Cristofer here ýða mihtelíce eode the sea acknowledged him, when Christ in his might walked over the waves, Homl. Th. i. 108, 17. Mid ðám hé ðý mihtlícor wiðscúfan mihte quibus potentias confutare posset, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 39.

Linked entry: meahtig-líce