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ge-rýnelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rýnelíc, adj.

Mystical ⬩ mysticus

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Ðás gerýnelícan þing hæc mystica, 94, 17: Blickl. Homl. 165, 35

Linked entry: rýne-líc

líhting

Grammar
líhting, shining.
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Ealle þás þing þurh lífes líht-incge gefyllan haec omnia per hanc lucis viam (has vitani been read?), 5, 8. Add

mis-fadian

(v.)
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Se abbod nán þing ne misfadige (miss-, v.l.) ne unrihtlíce ne geendebyrde, swylce hé freólíce dón móte þæt, þæt him lícige nic abbas quasi libera utens potestate injuste disponat aliquid, R. Ben. 113, 25. Add

cote

(n.)
Grammar
cote, an; f.

A cot ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ casa ⬩ domus

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A cot, cottage, house; casa, domus Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám to his cotan bringe if any man bring a stolen thing home to his house L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 18

Linked entry: cete

ge-beorgan

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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.

a pattern, an example, model, resemblance, similitude, parable ⬩ norma, exemplum, modellum, similitudo, parabola ⬩ a command, precept, admonition ⬩ mandatum, præceptum, admonitio

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a pattern, an example, model, resemblance, similitude, parable; norma, exemplum, modellum, similitudo, parabola Ðú bútan býsne, Ælmihtig God, eall geworhtest þing þearle gód [good, MS.] thou, Almighty God, modest all things very good, without a pattern

ge-earnian

(v.)

to deserve, merit. ⬩ to deserve of (tó) a person, ⬩ to earn, gain by labour, acquire

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Þíne heortan tó rǽde gecyr and geearna ꝥ þíne béna sýn Gode andfenge, Bl. H. 113, 27. Geearnian wé ꝥ úre se ýtmesta dæg sý engla gefeá, 101, 34. Þ gé mid eówrum ǽhtum geearnian ꝥ gé þone écan gefeán begytan mótan. 53, 29.

burhrest

(n.)
Grammar
burhrest, = (?) búr-rest
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Cf. búr(I) Ðonne þú burhreste haban wille, þonne wege þú þíne fýst swilce þú wyrta cnocian wille, and lege þínne scytefinger tó þínum welerum. Tech. ii. 125, 23

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

bydel

Grammar
bydel, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> a
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</b> of things :-- Gedreccednyssa . . . synd ðá bydelas (heralds) þæs écan forwyrdes, Hml. Th. i. 4, 12

ǽ-ber

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-ber, ǽ-bær; adj.

Clear and evident by proof ⬩ manifest ⬩ apparent ⬩ notorious ⬩ apricus ⬩ manifestus

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Clear and evident by proof, manifest, apparent, notorious; apricus, manifestus Se ǽbera þeóf the notorious thief, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 22. Ǽbære manslagan notorious homicides, L. Eth. vi. 36; Th. i. 324, 11

Linked entry: ǽ-bær

háligdóm-hús

(n.)
Grammar
háligdóm-hús, es; n.
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A place where holy things are kept, a sacrarium Beón út ágáne diácon and pistelrǽdere of (on, MS. ) hálig*-*dómhúse mid líchaman Drihtnes egrediantur diaconus ac subdiaconus de sacrario cum corpore Domini, Angl. xiii, 422, 818

mán-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-lic, adj.
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Wicked, evil Yrre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda and ealle mánlice þing, Hml. A. 8, 190. Hé ( Christ) ámeldode heora (the Jews' ) mánlice geþóhtas, and heora unrihtwísnysse hé him openlíce sǽde, 76, 75

scǽnan

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Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 14. Add

stéran

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Add: stýran Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 15. Se abbud stére abbas turificet, Angl. xiii. 403, 547. Stérende turificando, 402, 531

ge-mǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽhþ, e; f.

Greediness

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Greediness Ic wolde witan hwæðer ðín ealde gýtsung and seó gemǽhþ eallunga of ðínum móde astýfcod wére I wanted to know whether thine old covetousness and greediness were altogether eradicated from thy mind, Shrn. 184, 2

regn-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
regn-þeóf, -es; m.

An arch-thief

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An arch-thief Regnþeóf ne lǽt [mé] on sceade sceððan, Exon. Th. 453, 14;Hy 4, 14. Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlaþ (cf. regintheoƀos farstelad (Mat. vi. 19). Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538

Linked entry: þeód-

á-gotenness

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For ágotennysse þínes blódes, Hml. Th. i. 594, 17. Mid teára ágotennysse cum lacrymarum effusione , Ll. Th. ii. 136, 20: Lch. iii. 428, 11. Add

for-warnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-warnian, for-warenian; p. ode.

to forewarn

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Ealle þás þing him wǽron ætýwede tó ðám ꝥ hí sceoldon ús forewarnian, ib. to take heed beforehand Forewarna þú uideas, Hpt. 31, 9, 160

un-fæstnian

(v.)
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to unfasten, detach Hæfð þæt dióful geworht bogan and strǽla . . . and ǽlce dæge þæs diófles willa bið ꝥ þissa strǽla nán ne sié geunfæstnod, gif hé findan mæg hwsér hé hié áfæstnian mæge, Verc. Först. 165.] [