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gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst, es; m.

The soulspiritmindspīrĭtusanĭmus

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The soul, spirit, mind; spīrĭtus, anĭmus Him wæs gǽst geseald a spirit was given to him, Cd. 201; Th. 249, 21; Dan. 533.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Hit him wyrþ tó teónan it will turn to his hurt, 51, 9. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, Exon. Th. 127, 36; Gú. 397: 269, 30; Jul. 458.

Linked entry: teóne

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac þǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme, þonne wǽre hit weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 28-30. with hit as subject, and a clause following the verb Gif hit ǽfre gebyreþ ꝥ heó blódes onbirigð, Bt. 25

ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt baldlíce getrúwien ðæt ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe wilniað, ðý lǽs tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae

á-bítan

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gecynd is ðæt ǽlc uht ðæs ðe hió ábítt scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; S. 246, 24-27. to eat up, devour Se wulf cymð tó ðám sceápum, sume hé ábítt, sume hé tóstencð, Hml.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32. Þe lǽs þe hyt beó ǽþryt gelǽredum preóstum, Angl. viii. 333, 13. Him ðincð ǽðryt tó gehýrenne ymbe ðá clǽnnesse, Hml.

earn

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'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . . Syle swáðeáh sumne dǽl ðám earne tó edleáne his geswinces, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 30-140, 8. Þonne him þynce ꝥ his earn éhte, þæt bið deáð, Lch. iii. 168, 20.

þeáh

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Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. (2 a) add :-- Genóh wǽre þám wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeáh þe hé wiste hæfde; and eft him wǽre genóh his hafenleást, ðeáh ðe hé gesundful wiére, Hml.

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

wareawarehaving knowledge of something which is to be guarded againstwareprepared foron guard against something that might be hurtfulwarecareful to avoid somethingon guard against doing somethingwareobservant ofattentive to a warning warycautioussagaciousprudentcunning

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Hig sint wære and cunnon þénunga, and hig cennaþ ǽr ðam ðe wyt cumon tó him ipsae obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas pariunt, Ex. i. 19. Se wísdóm gedéþ his lufiendas wíse and wære, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 1.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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His wiðerwinna wæs on eallum his færelde sum drý, 370, 32.

ge-fetian

(v.)
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gefetedon his sáule and mid him genámon and hwurfon tó þám heofonlican ríce adstimta secum anima ejus, ad caelestia regna redierunt, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 364, 19.

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrust

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On his naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nomine ejus gentes sperabunt, Mt. Bos. 12, 21. On hine gehyhtton trusted in him, Blickl. Homl. 103, 12 : 159, 18.

Linked entry: hyhtan

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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Hie hrúron gáre wunde they fell wounded by the spear, 2153; B. 1074. Hruron him teáras tears fell from him, 3749; B. 1872.

un-dígollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dígollíce, adv.

Not secretlyopenlyclearlyplainly

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Not secretly, openly, clearly, plainly Se dígla Déma him swíðe undígellíce (-deógollíce, Hatt. MS.) ( aperte ) geondwyrde, Past. 4; Swt. 38; 19. Þus spræc God gefyrn, hit is swá ðeáh swá gedón swýðe neáh mid ús ... and undígollíce, Homl.

full-cúþ

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Cf. seld-cúþ Hé him ealdor gesette ús eallum fulcúðne, Brihtnóð geháten, Cht. Th. 242, 3. Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

fultuman

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Ne fultumað hé nóht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime concurrunt, Past. 136, 3. Hé tiohchode him tó fultemanne ( ut solatium daret ), 305, 4. Fultemendum adsessore, Txts. 42, 95: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 34. Add

hláf-brytta

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-brytta, an; m.

a steward

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One who distributes food to a household, a steward, [cf. gleáw þeów þone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híred, ðæt hé him on tíde mete sylle, Mt. 24, 45] Eádgifu gefreóde Ælfgiðe Birhsies dohtor hláfbryttan, C.D.B. iii. 537, 10; Cht. E. 255, 18

leornesse

(n.)
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Learning Hé monige him tó discipulum genam, and þá æfter fæce tó sácerdháde þurh his leornesse getýde and gelǽrde multos suos discipulos fecit, atque ad sacerdotalem usque gradum erudiendo atque instituendo prouexit, Bd. 3, 5: Sch. 205, 13. (?)

réceleásness

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Án manricynn wunað . . . under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse, gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et nosti, quad non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml.

un-gestæððiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gestæððiglíce, adv.

Unsteadilywithout stability

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Hié beóð suá micle ungestæððelícor tóflówene on hiera móde suá hié wénaþ ðæt hié stilran and orsorgran beón mægen quae tanto latius diffluunt, quanto se esse securius aestimant, 38; Swt. 271, 17