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godspellic

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Ox. 1797. Godspellicere sprǽce euangelico oraculo, 3067. belonging to the times of the gospel, belonging to the Christian dispensation Endebrednise ðæs godspellica gesetnise ordo euangelicae dispositionis, Lk. p. 2, 8.

græf

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Ox. 1889. Grafe, screafe eorþenum ( cadavera) in cuniculo subterraneo (humata ), 33, 11. Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú léte þínne líchoman on græf álecgan, Angl. xii. 507, 8. Þeáh þe græf wille golde strégan bróðor his geborenum, Seef. 97

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Ox. 564. Hisses, hosses, Hpt. Gl. 419, 69. Twigu ł hosa ramnos (ramos seems to have been read. Cf. ramus twig, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80: but hosa from its form seems to belong to hosu ), Ps. Cam. 57, 10

leáf

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Ox. 5070

murcnung

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Ox. 624. Mid swá biterum (áfrum) heófum, murcnungum tam rancidis ł amaris questibus, i. querimoniis, 2829. Add

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, adj.
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Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875. On ǽrum tídum, Lch. iii. 432, 21: 442, 22. On ðám twám ǽrrum bócum, Hml. S. pref. 41. Hé bebeád ǽrest monna primus statuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 284, 8: Shrn. 49, 20. Æt ǽrestan, Lch. ii. 118, 19

á-seóþan

to clear from impurityto clear impurity from somethingto tryexamine

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Ox. 4, 5. to clear impurity from something Leahtras áséð ádl uitia exquoquit languor, Scint. 165, 6. Þæt eall ꝥ se ofen þǽre costunge of ásude (excogueret ), Bd. 4, 9;Sch. 393, 16. to try, examine Ásude examinasti, probasti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 57.

Linked entry: á-seódan

á-teorigendlic

getting exhaustedweariedfailingtransitoryperishabledefective

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Ox, 3718. transitory as opposed to eternal,perishable For áteorigendlicere edwiste, Hml. Th. i. 56, 16. Þá ðing ðe wé geseóð on ðisum lífe sind áteorigendlice, 252, 6.

eáþ-mód

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Ox. 4121. Wæs heó on eallum þingum þe eáþmóddre, Bl. H. 13, 3. gracious, gentle, condescending Þú ( the Deity ) eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 57. Leófa Hǽlend, þú eart se miccla and se eádmóda, 3, 39

ge-hirtan

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Ox. 3059. the object a thing. to revive, refresh Se regn þe fullíce mihte þá eorðan wel gehyrtan pluvia quae plene ten-am saliare potuisset . Gr. D. 210, 21. to cherish, shelter Gehertan fouere (excgua tuguria ). An. Ox. II, 14

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ge-leáfful

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Ox. 172. Geleáf[ulra] orthodoxorum, 4574. of the church; substantively in pl., ecclesiastics Ofermódinesse geleáf[ulra] insolentiam ecclesiasticorum, An. Ox. 5302

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Ox. 4013. Geþreáde addicti, 1452

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gearcian

(v.)
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Ox. 4638

hǽr

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Ox. 1214. of animals Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gate hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-6

ilca

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Ox. 5050. Mid þǽre gehrinennesse þára ylcra (ilcena, v. l.) gegyrela (gegyrelena, v. l.) tactu indumetitorum eorundem, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 15

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Ox. 16. where the place of the blow is given:-- Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne Gr. D. 20, 29. of things Beátendes hameres tundentis mallei, An. Ox. 480. Beátendra slecgea tundentium malleorum, Coll.

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Ox. 1149. Þæt beclýsede geat, Hml. Th. i. 194, 5. Beclýsedre dura, ii. 166, 22: i. 230, 12. Þæt cweartern wé fundon fæste beclýsed, 572, 33.

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Ðá hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan, and ða hálgan ðǽron dón, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23

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wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Oxan wæterian, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1. Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.

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ge-férrǽden

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Ox. 223.