earnian
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Þæt wé geornlíce earnian þæt wé Godes miltse habban móton, Wlfst. 180, 20. to deserve as the reward of labour [Ear]naþ merebitur, An. Ox. 1338.
ge-girela
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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)
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byht
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Eall ðæt sculon ágan eaforan ðíne, þeódlanda gehwilc, folcmægþa byht thy sons shall own all that, each country, the dwelling of nations, Cd. 100; Th. 133, 20; Gen. 2213.
fóre-cweðan
To foresay ⬩ predict ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ propōnĕre
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Sume men eác swylce sægdon, ðæt heó, þurh witedómes gást, ða ádle fórecwǽde [MS. -cwede], ðe heó on forþferde sunt ĕtiam qui dicant, quia per prophētīæ spīrĭtum, pestĭlentiam qua ipsa esset mŏrĭtūra, prædixĕrat, 4, 19; S. 588, 15.
eácen
Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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Eald sweord eácen an old, powerful sword, Beo. Th. 3330; B. 1663: 4286; B. 2140. Eácne eardas the vast dwellings, 3246; B. 1621. Insende eácne egesan he sent in mighty terror, Salm. Kmbl. 947; Sal. 473.
hýðan
To despoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ lay waste ⬩ pillage ⬩ ravage
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Cwæþ ðæt hé mid his gesíðum wolde hýðan eal heofona ríce said that with his comrades he would ravage all the kingdom of heaven, Salm. Kmbl. 909; Sal. 454.
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ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Nys eác mid ídele tó forlǽtenne ðæt wundor ðæt þurh wítedómes cræft hé wiste nor is the miracle, that he knew things by prophetic power, to be lightly dismissed, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 2 [cf. 76, 10]. Ða ídlo vanitates, Rtl. 162. 32
gomel
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Se gomola eald úþwíta the ancient old sage, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 5; Fä. 65
ge-edniwian
To restore ⬩ renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ change ⬩ restĭtuĕre ⬩ renŏvāre ⬩ innŏvāre
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Geedniwod eald hrægel renovāta antīqua vestis, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 105. Se móna biþ þreottyne síðon geedniwod [MS. geedniwad] the moon is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 24.
ge-hwǽr
On every side ⬩ everywhere ⬩ undique ⬩ ubique
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Gehwár hí syn hefige gehwár eác medeme in some places they are heavy, in others moderate, Th. Ll. i. 434, 4
stǽr
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ...
þearllíce
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severely Ðonne sint eác ðǽm ilcan monnum suíðe ðearllíce (ðearlíce, Cott. MSS.) tó recceanne ða godcundan cwidas districte itaque contra illos divinae, sententiae proferendae sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 22.
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yrfe
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Ðonnæ is ðǽr nú irfæs (pecuniae ) ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð nigon ealð hríðru, and feówer and hundændlæftig ealdra swína, Chart. Th. 162, 26-163, 4
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æt-gædere
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Se cyning lýhte of his horse ... ðá lyhte se biscop eac somod ætgædere, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 34. Búton hé bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, P. 457, 15
be-héfe
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15.
ge-irman
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Th. ii. 320, 3. the object a thing Byð his eard geyrmed ǽgðer ge on heregunge ge on hungre . . ., O. E. Hml. i. 303, 14. to make poor Geyrmde exsumptuavit, pauperavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 37
ge-broc
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Eác swylce hé bróhte eft on óðre dæge þám wyrhtum tó gereordnesse, ac ꝥ þǽr wæs tó láfe of þám gebrocum wæs þá gyt máre þonne þá gebrocu ǽr wǽron . . . efne swylce þá gebrocu þæs hláfes þurh þone ǽt weóxon, Gr.
wealh-wyrt
Wall-wort ⬩ dwarf elder ⬩ the word glosses ebulum and intula
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man ebulum and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ, i. 202, 3-6. Uualhwyrt intula, Txts. 69, 1075. Wealewyrt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 71. Walwyrt, Wülck.
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æfter-genga
one living at a later time ⬩ a descendant ⬩ one coming after in an office, a successor ⬩ a follower of a creed, &c.
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Ðá apostolas . . . eác heora æftergengan, Hml. A. 56, 146. a follower of a creed, &c. Æftergengum sequipedes, sequaces (catolicae fidei), An. Ox. 1957
ofer-híran
not to listen to, to disregard, disobey ⬩ to overhear, hear
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Gé sylfe swutele gesáwon, and eác oferhýrdan ða bletsunge, Wulfst. 176, 4
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