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CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the funeral pile, Beo. Th. 5629; B. 2818: Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 20; Seel. 157. Ðæt hí him cyning curan ut regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22.

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlookdespisecontemnscornbe ashamed ofneglectrejectrenouncedespĭcĕretemnĕrecontemnĕrespernĕreerŭbescĕreneglĭgĕreposthăbērerejĭcĕre

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Ne forseoh ǽfre, ðæt ðú sylfa ǽr, mid ðínum handum her geworhtest ŏpĕra manuum tuārum ne despĭcias, Ps. Th. 137. 8: 54, 1: Ps. Lamb. 26, 9. Gif preóst óðerne forseó oððe gebismirige if a priest despise or insult another, L. N. P.

Linked entry: for-sión

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Ǽr ðon wé tó londe geliden hæfdon ofer breóne hrycg ere to land we came across the rough sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Rídan ýða hrycgum to ride on the crests of the waves, 101 b; Th. 384, 25; Rä. 4, 33

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Nǽnig efenlíc ðam ǽr ne siððan, Exon. Th. 3, 21 ; Cri. 39. conj. where the tense of the verb in the clause introduced by siððan is past, in the other clause present, since Ðé is ungelíc wlite, siððdan ðú lǽstes míne láre, Cd.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Íne ǽr timbrede, Chr. 722; P. 42, 23. where and = þæt Þá getímode hit ymbe twelf mónað æfter Agathes þrowunge, and Ethna up ábleów, Hml.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Th. ii. 36, 29. þonne wé sceolan habban ánfeald leán þæs þe wé on lífe ǽr geworhtan, Ll. Th. i. 370, 21: Wlfst. 209, 13: 208, 33. Fela árison mid Críste ðe wǽron ánfealde men, ðeáh ðe Críst God sý, Hml.

ge-gaderung

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Gegaderunga copulas, 23, 59. a joining together to form a whole Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderinge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he received the mysterious joining together and compacting of the body (cf.

ge-girela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-girela, an; m.: <b>ge-girelu,</b> e; pl. n. ge-girele, ge-girela; gen. ge-girela; f.
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Hé náht elles næfde búton his ánfealdne gegyrelan ( nothing but the clothes he was wearing ), ah eall ꝥ hé máre hæfde, eal hé ꝥ ǽr . . . for Gode gesealde, 215, 4, 10. a garment, an article of clothing Gegerla vel godweb (cf. goduuebbe toga, 122, 55)

Linked entry: ge-gerela

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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ǽr Gode fylgan nolde in gehælde (on gehyldo, v. l.) þæs biscopes lífes Deum sequi prius in custodienda vita episcopi noluit, Gr. D. 195, 12. te of ðǽra tóweardurn ué hæbbe gihæld ut de futuris malis nostris habeamus custodiam, Rtl. 123, 31.

godcundnys

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Add: the quality of being divine. in a general sense Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereaht ꝥ ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre?

rím

(adj.)
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Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. the particular mark or symbol, having an arithmetical value, by which anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt.

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Ðá heretohan ðe hí ǽr út ádrifon, hí woldon eft út ádrifan for hiora oferméttum, Bt. 16, 2; F. 50, 11. Ýð út feor ádráf on Wendelsǽ wígendra scola, Met. 26, 30. Ðæt Egypti ádrifen Moyses út, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 16. Út ádrífende explodens, An.

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Ǽr ðú gúþe fremme before thou do battle, 2708; An. 1356: Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 5; Rä. 21, 25. Se ða gúþe genæc he had come safe out of the battle, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 33; Gen. 2019. Ðe ða gúþe forbeáh who turned aside from the battle, Byrht.

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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Ǽr hí tó mycelne hearm gedydon before they did too much harm, 1004; Erl. 139, 20: Cd. 196; Th. 245, 6; Dan. 458. Ealle synt uncre hearmas gewrecene all our injuries are avenged, 35; Th. 47, 12; Gen. 759.

Linked entry: hearm-heort

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Ic eom geþafa ðæt ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 16. Sóþ is ðæt ic eów secgge, Blickl. Homl. 53, 2. Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Th. 218, 24; Dan. 44. work, what is done, effect produced Ða flǽsclícan willan cumaþ oft þurh deófles sceónessa ǽr tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte Blickl.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Hit máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde, 5, 2; Swt. 220, 16. Ðæt hí þurh ðæt mǽge mǽst bearna begitan, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 25. Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Se ðissum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, Andr.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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<b></b> a sign of anything future, a prognostic :-- Ealle ða tácno and ða forebeácno ða ðe úre Drihten ǽr tóweard sægde, ðæt ǽr dómes dæge geweorþan sceoldan, Blickl. Homl. 117, 30.

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, well, wyll, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)

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Ðæt is ðætte se láreów ǽrest sceal self drincan of ðam wille his ágenre láre deriventur fontes tui foras . . . Rectum est, ut ipse prius bibat 48 ; Swt. 373, 14. Of ðam geate tó wille; fram ðan wille, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 172, 37.

Linked entry: well

Gúþ-lác

(n.)
Grammar
Gúþ-lác, es; m.

The hermitsaint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714

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Hæfde Gúþlác ðá on ylde six and twentig wintra ðá he ǽrest on ðam wéstene [Crúlande] gesæt then Guthlac was six and twenty years of age when he first settled in the desert [Crowland ], Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 3.

Linked entry: Crúland