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efen-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-meahtig, adj.
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Of equal might Ðeáh him efnmihtig (emmniehtig, v. l.) sié on his godháde quamvis divinitate esset aequalis, Past. 260, 16. Habban geleáfan on God ælmihtigne. . . . wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and gyt is, and á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7

hád-notu

(n.)
Grammar
hád-notu, e; f.

The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders

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The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders Búton forworhte ðæt ðære hádnote notian ne móste unless he should do amiss so that he might not exercise the office which belongs to his orders, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Wé rǽdað . . . þæt Drihten héte tuwa áwurpan net on fixnoðe, ǽne ǽr his ðrowunge, and óðre síðe æfter his ǽriste . . .

ge-beorgan

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Gyf for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, 440, 16 : Dan. 436. to protect an object (acc.) from (wiþ ) wið cyle and wið hǽton sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 420.

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Sona ðæs ðe gelíhte tó ðam hearge ðá sceát mid his spere ðæt hit sticode fæste on ðam hearge nec distulit ille, mox ut propiabat fanum, profanare illud, injecta in eo lancea quam tenebat, 13; S. 517, 11.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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He oferfór ðone ford transīvit vădum, Gen. 32, 22. He mihte fordas oferrídan, ðonne he to hwylcere eá cóme he might ride over the fords, when he came to any river, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17

Linked entry: fyrd

gewrixlian

(v.)
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; gif þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian ( commutare ), dó ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda, Ll.

hwíl

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heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 219. Tó hwíl ( ad tempus ) geléfað, Lk. L. 8, 13. Þá wæs ymb hwíle ðá gefelde . . . Bl. H. 217, 30.

lǽfan

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Þæt feoh ꝥ ǽr lǽfdon ( had not spent before ) mid heom tó þám scræfe hæfdon, Hml. S. 23, 198-213.

mǽl

(n.)
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Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318. Þonne etað tó ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15, 7. Be hyre ( St.

on-munan

(v.)

to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of)denoting worthalone

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Ðá cuǽdon hié ðæt hié hié ðæs ne onmunden ðon má ðe eówre geféran then they said, that they did not consider themselves entitled to accept the offer, any more than your comrades did, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 24.

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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To rid, liberate, set free, deliver, rescue; liberare, eripere, eruere Ðæt he sceolde his folc ahreddan that he should deliver his people, Jud. 6, 14. Ðæt ðú us ahredde that thou deliver us, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 25; Cri. 374.

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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ne biþ swelce sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hús brece, and hine man gewundie, se slaga biþ unscildig, Ex. 22, 2.

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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richly, sumptuously, splendidly, gloriously Ꝥ mann his godas deórwurðlíce frætewode, Hml. S. 14, 129. geseah ðone rícan deórweorðlíce geglencgedne. Hml. Th. i. 330, 14. geseah Drihtnes ródetácn deórwurðlíce scínan, ii. 304, 11 ; Hml.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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hreóflig wunode oð ðæt weard deád ( fuit rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suae, 2 Chr. 26, 21), Hml. A. 59, 187. His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2.

fyrst

Grammar
fyrst, adj.

first, foremost in positionforemost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence

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Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum

þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
þæslícness, e; f.
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Fitness, meetness, agreement with what is right Ða hláfordas manode ðæt milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum mid þæslícnysse (v. Col. 4, 1 : Domini, quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate), Homl. Th. ii. 326, 27

bísting

(n.)
Grammar
bísting, e; f.

Beestings

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Cúhyrde gebyreð, ꝥ hæbbe ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, and frymetlinge býstinge .xiiii. niht, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19

Linked entry: býsting

ge-frécnod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frécnod, <b>ge-frécnian</b>; p. ode.
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Substitute: to endanger, imperil: — Gif on sǽ oððe on lande gefrécnode beón, Hml. S. 30, 436. to make or become fierce Hyra aldor máne gemenged, móde gefrécnod (cf. wæs réðe and rǽdleás, 177), Dan. 184

rúmmód-ness

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Add Þám hér byþ forgifen seó rúmmódnes and árfæstnes þára ælmæssylena and gódra weorca, Gr. D. 321, 23. Nolde nó ðá rúmmódnesse hátan mildheortness, ac ryhtwísnes non largitatem vocare misericordiam, sed justitiam maluit, Past. 337, 1