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riht-líc

(adj.)
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riht-líc, adj.

right, just right, fitting, adapted to due requirements adapted, fitted, entitled right, in accordance with reason right as regards conduct,righteous

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gesceapene wǽron, ðæt ðonne wǽron fram him éce méde tó onfónne, merito intelligendum Bd. 3, 22;S. 552, 21. right as regards conduct, righteous Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf, ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige, L.

secgan

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Add Secge him mon swíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendus est, Past. 185, 12. Add Ic nǽfre gít ne gemétte goldhord swá swá gé mé on secgað, Hml. S. 23, 668. v. full-, wiþ-secgan; un-sægd

á-cwellan

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Ðý lǽs hié hié selfe ácwellen ne moriantur, Past. 370, 11. Neron wolde hátan his fósterfæder ácwellan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 19. Wilde deór willnaþ óþer tó ácwellenne, 39, 1; F. 212, 3. Tó áccuellanne interficere, Jn. L. 8, 37. Ácweald peremptus, Wrt.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Hæbbe hé hit ... bútan hé hit forwyrce, Cht. E. 238, 24. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé on sæt, hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan, C. D. ii. 134, 35. Heó hit náge mid nánon þinge tó forwyrcenne, ac hæbbe heó ðone bryce, vi. 147, 35.

on-sprecend

(n.)
Grammar
on-sprecend, es; m.

An accuser, plaintiff

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An accuser, plaintiff Ðá ongon Higa him specan on mid óðran onspecendan, Chart. Th. 169, 22

Linked entry: sprecend

wiþ-cwedenness

(n.)
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wiþ-cwedenness, e; f.

Gainsayingcontradictionopposition

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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.

Linked entry: cwedenness

á-sécan

to seek outsearch forto search throughexplore

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Add: to seek out, search for Ácsa hine his wísena and áséc his dǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21. Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note

Linked entry: on-sécan

ge-wildan

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ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Gewilde man tó rihte þances oþþe unþances, 348, 28. For neóde gewildan tó rihte, 16. Hé hit ne mæge tó his willan geweldan, Past. 118, 17. v. un-gewild, and next word

pleó-líc

(adj.)
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pleó-líc, adj.
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Gif hié (seó menigo ðínra monna) yfele sint ðonne sint hié ðé pleólícran and geswincfulran gehæfd ðonne genæfd si vitiosi moribus sunt, perniciosa domus sarcina, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 22.

ge-metan

(v.)
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ge-metan, p. -mæt and -mette , pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans.

to measure, measure back or againmetiri, remetirito measure by traversing or going overmetiri transeundo

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And. 47, 2. to measure by traversing or going over; metiri transeundo And his cwén mid him medo-stíg gemæt and his queen with him measured the mead way [way to the mead-hall], Beo. Th. 1852; B. 924

gise

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Hwí wolde God swá lytles þinges him forwyrnan . . .? Gyse hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, búton hé wǽre gehýrsum on sumum þince his Hláforde? why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .?

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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Add: to put to death because of religious belief heafdon þone arcb. mid him oð þone tíman þe hi hine gemartyredon (cf. God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, 1012 ; P. 143, 4), Chr. 1011; P. 142, ii. Se cásere hió héht gemartyrian.

fúslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúslíce, adv.

Readilypromptlygladlypromptelĭbenter

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Readily, promptly, gladly; prompte, lĭbenter Ðæt , fúslíce gehýrdon, ða ðe him gelǽrde wǽron ut lĭbenter ea, quæ dīcĕrentur, audīrent, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, note 17, MS. T

here-hýþ

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here-hýþ, here-húþe. l. here-húþ,
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læddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30, 390. Sé þe fint here-húða manige qui inuenit spolia multa, Ps. L. 118, 162. and add

earg

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Þonan ðe teohhiaþ ꝥ scylan eádigran weorþan, ꝥ weorþan ðonan earmran and eargran, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 27. vicious, profligate, prodigal. v. earg-ness, -scipe Geddung from ðǽm argæ sune parabola de luxurioso filio, Lk. p. 8, 18

á-lecgan

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Add: to lay down, deposit Hié hié selfe álecgeað on eorðan, Past. 157, 9. Hé þá mancessas álegde in his ágene cyste, Gr. D. 63, 27. Swá hwæt swá þǽr man on álegde, Bl. H. 127, 1. Men feówer stánas on þǽre ilcan stówe álegdon, 189, 15.

Linked entry: á-licgan

for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down uponcontemptcontemptusdespectio

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For his forsewennesse out of contempt for him, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 13. Forsewennyss contemptus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17

efen-meahtig

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

lǽwe

(n.)
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lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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A betrayer Him wǽre betere ꝥ hé geboren nǽre þonne hé his lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l.) wǽre. Nǽron þa Iúdéiscan ne se dyrna lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l. ) þurh God geneádode, Hml. S. 27, 163-166. Cf. (?) ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

or-wénness

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Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47, 11