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a-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rétan, ic -réte, he -réteþ, -rét; p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét; v. trans. [a, rétan to comfort]

To exhilaratecomfortdelightrestorerefreshset rightexhilararelætificarereficere

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Ðæt ge bróðor míne wel arétten that ye should well cherish my brethren, Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 33; Cri. 1501. Ǽghwylcum wearþ mód aréted every one's mind was delighted, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 2; Jud. 167.

GRAMA

(n.)
Grammar
GRAMA, an; m.
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Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 35: 124, 9. Se upplíca grama the wrath of heaven, 538, 28.

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Similar entries v. weód-hóc; hóc-ísern. bent timber used in shipbuilding (?) [v. N. E. D. hook; 8] Hócas uncini, spreotas trudes Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 15. Þoll scalmus, bord tabule, hócas uncinos (v. Wülck.

sogoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sogoþa, an; m.

hiccough, heartburngastric juice

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Gyf men sý sogoþa getenge oððe hwylc innan-gundbryne . . . ðonne wéne ic ðæt hyt him wel fremie ge wið sogoðan ge wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoðnyssum Lchdm. i. 196, 16-21.

ge-défe

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In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.

nyllan

(v.)
Grammar
nyllan, = ne willan
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Sam willan, sam nyllan, Bt. 35, 12; Fox 154, 7. Nyllan gé nolite, Ps. Th. 61, 11. Nellaþ, 61, 10. Bútan nellendes andsware, R. Ben. 20, 19

Linked entries: willan nillan

steorra

(n.)
Grammar
steorra, an; m.
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Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe hátaþ morgensteorra; ðone ilcan hátaþ óþre naman ǽfensteorra, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 2-4. Tácna on steorrum, Lk. Skt. 21, 25

ǽ-bylgþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylgþ, ǽ-byl(i)gþ(u); f. (but n. in El. 401).

angerwhat causes anger, offence, injuryira

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ðæt ǽbylgð nyton ðe gefremedon wið ðec, El. 401. Þeáh ǽbylgð wið hine oft gewyrcen, synna wunde, 513

se

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. ; ðí we hit lǽtað unsǽd, ii. 466, 24. For ðon ðiss feáwum wordum sǽdon, ðý woldon gecýðan hú . . . Past. 33, 6.

óþ-wítan

(v.)
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sindon cumen tó ðǽm gódan tídun ðe ús Rómáne óþwítaþ we are come to the good times that the Romans taunt us with, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 15. Óþwát improperavit, Ps. Spl. M. 73, 19. Óþwiton exprobaverunt, 88, 11.

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

ge-myndig

Grammar
ge-myndig, <b>; I a.</b>
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., is implied Swá úrra synna gemyndigran beóð ( memores sumus ), swá hí swíðor God ofergyt, Chrd. 106, 34

un-geféle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféle, adj.

Without feelingwithout sensationinsensible

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Without feeling, without sensation, insensible Ða lǽcedómas ðe lǽrdon ðæt mon dyde tó ðære ungefélan heardnesse ongunnenre on ðære lifre, Lchdm. ii. 212, 15

Linked entry: ge-féle

ge-beterian

(v.)
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úre líf and úre þeáwas gebeterian, Hml. A. 149, 136. Þæt hý for ðǽre scame gebeterede sýn (emendentur), R. Ben. 68, 18. Add

ge-cwealmbǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwealmbǽran, ge-cwylmbǽran.
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synt gecwylmbérode mortificamur, Ps. L. 43, 22

Linked entry: ge-cwelmbǽran

gyltend

(n.)
Grammar
gyltend, es; m.

A debtoran offenderdebitor

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Swá swá we forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, Mt. Bos. 6, 12

ge-feálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-feálíce, adv.
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Joyously, in joy Þæt ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16

ge-dafenlicness

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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add

sóft-ness

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Gif lufiað þá sceortan sóftnysse and þá hwílwendlican lustas tó ðan swíðe þæt hí ús gebringan tó ðám écan pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 164, 10. Add

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcerywitchcraft

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cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác