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ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, -liéfan; p. de; pp. ed

To believetrustcrēdĕreconfīdĕre

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To believe, trust; crēdĕre, confīdĕre Gif hie willen geliéfan dætte Godes ríce hiera síe if they will believe that God's kingdom is theirs, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 9; Hat. MS. 47 b, 8.

Linked entries: ge-leófan lífan

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo.

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.
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., ðonne wierþ gehnescad ðonone sió ðreáung ðæs anwaldes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 3. whence Wígheard tó Róme wæs onsended, ðonone hí hider onsendon gewritu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 3

Linked entry: þanone

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.
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Sió bót biþ twysceatte (twyggylde, MS. B.) máre the bót shall be twice as much, L. Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31. v. two preceding words

þeód-wrecan

(v.)
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full

un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blamelesswithout reproach

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Sió wiþerweardnes biþ simle untǽlu and wracu áscirred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse videas adversam fortunam sobriam, succintamque, et ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 5. Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo.

wrǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽne, adj.

Lasciviouslibidinoussalaciouswanton

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Gif mon sié tó wrǽne, Lchdm. ii. 144, 19: Prov. Kmbl. 54. Wrǽnre lascivae, Hpt. Gl. 505, 37. Wrénre petu-lantis, 515, 9. Ða wrǽnan lascivam, 463, 71. Tarcuinius wæs ǽgðer ge eargast, ge wrǽnast, ge ofermódgast, Ors. 2, 2 ; Swt. 66, 28

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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Ger. poem, Haupt Zsch. 7, 341, quoted by Leo: Lancvezzel, würfel and hoselín, daz waren diu kleit sín), Exon. Th. 332, 19; Vy. 87

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptibleabjectdespised

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Ðá ungedyrstigan wénað ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlic sié ðætte hié doð vehementer despecta putant esse quae faciunt, Past. 209, 11. Forsewenlicra dispectior, Wrt.

Linked entry: for-sáwenlic

ge-unstillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillan, p. de
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Ne hé ne beó andig and fǽcne, for ðám á byð geunstilled (-od, v. l.) and restleás þe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd byð non sit zelotipus et nimis suspiciosus, quia nunquam requiescit, 120, 14. ꝥ ðá gebróðra ne beóh geunstilde ut non inquietent fratres, 84, 8

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ge-wær

(v.)
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Uuir knadon geuuar uuorden sín, Notker 38, 9) weorþan to become aware of (gen. ) Þá fundon hí óðre flocráde ꝥ rád út wið Lígtúnes; and þá wurdon þá landleóde his gewær ( the natives became aware of it ), Chr. 914; P. 99, 5.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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Lk. 24, 39 under grápian) we sind geleáffulle, Hml. Th. i. 234, 21

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, hæfte, es; n.

A haft, handlemanubriummanubriuma haft or kiltcapulum, manubriumhandle

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Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte síe fealo hryðeres horn take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 22 : 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 21.

créda

(n.)
Grammar
créda, an; m. [Lat. crēdo I believe]

The creedbelief symbolum fidei

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We andettaþ on úrum crédan ðæt Drihten sitt æt his Fæder swiðran we confess in our creed that the Lord sits at the right hand of his Father i. 48, 28; 274, 23.

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.

fearreverence

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Ðætte sió forsewennes him ege and ondrysnu on gebringe ut ostensa desperatio formidinem incutiat, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 265, 19.

á-wyrtwalian

(v.)

to pluck up or out by the rootto extirpateeradicateexterminateto pluckdraw away

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Sió slǽwð ús áwyrtwalað from ǽlcre lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca, Past. 283, 4

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Gif hé secge ðæt hé hæbbe hire freóndscipe ðæt ys be lufe si dicat se amicitiam ejus habere, id est, amatorie, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 17; Th. ii. 230, 17. Hié sceolan lǽran Godes lufan and manna, Blickl. Homl 77, 20.

Linked entry: lufe

sweotole

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.
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Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ, Met. 6, 3. in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly Wǽron heardingas sweotole gesamnod, Elen. Kmbl. 51; El. 26.

Linked entries: swetole swotole

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Ðæt ðære nihte tó láfe sié æfter ðam úhtsange quod restat post vigilias, R. Ben. 32, 17.

ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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L. 54, 22. to weaken, enfeeble, (i) to relax the vigour of Ðonne mon lǽt tóslúpan ðone ege and ðá láre suíður ðonne hit ðearf sié for wácmódnesse, ðonne wierð gehnescad ðonone sió ðreánng ðæs anwaldes, Past. 289, 3. to cause to be yielding (cf. hnesce