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glig

(n.)
Grammar
glig, gligg, es; n.

Gleemusicminstrelsyjestingsportgaudiummusicafacetiæludibrium

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Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8. Hí hæfdon him to glige his hálwende mynegunge habebant inter se ludibrio salutarem ejus admonitionem, Basil. admn. 9; Norm. 54, 20

ge-beterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beterian, -betrian; p. ode; pp. od [ge-, beterian to make better, betera better]

To bettermake bettermeliōrāreemendāre

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Past. 31, 1; Swt. 205, 23; Hat. MS. 39 b, 5

Linked entry: beterian

ge-híwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwian, -hiewian; p. ode; pp. od

To marry

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To marry Forðæm hit is awriten ðæt hit síe betere ðæt mon gehiewige ðonne he birne, forðæm bútan synne he mæg gehíwian for it is written that it is better to marry than to burn, because a man may marry without sin, Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 33; Hat. MS

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5; Swt. 43, 14

Linked entry: be

un-áberendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áberendlíce, adv.

Unbearablyintolerably

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Unbearably, intolerably Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó suíðe and tó ungemetlíce and tó unáberendlíce ne bodige ne recta nimie et inordinate proferantur, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 18. Ðæt hí tó unáberendlíce ne beóden ne plus justo jubeant, 28; Swt. 189, 19.

un-sceaþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfulness, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence Se ðe gehielt his unsceaðfulnesse and his gódan willan si mentis innocentia custoditur, Past. 34; Swt. 234, 22. Ðý læs hí forlǽtan hiora uusceaþfulnesse (-sceð-, Cott. MS.) desinet colere forsitan innocentiam, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 5.

ge-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scúfan, p. <b>ge-sceáf;</b> pp. <b>ge-scofen, ge-scyfen.</b>
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eject, expel Gescyfen diúbol ejecto daemone, Mt. p. 16, 4. to cause action, to impel, drive Ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre, and ðeáh for hiora hrædwilnesse beóð tó gescofene quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past

Linked entry: scúfan

rǽd-lic

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Nis ðæt rǽdlic ðing, gif hlútor wæter hlúd and undióp tóflóweð æfter feldum, oð hit tó fenne werð, Past. 469, 6. Þonne cymð óðer ðing þe mé þincð rihtlicre and rǽdlicre, ðonne forlét ic þæt þæt ic ǽr genóh hæfde, Solil.

ænbręce

(n.)
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If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

ǽrend-raca

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Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39, 3: Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 22. Add

will-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
will-weorþung, e; f.

Worship paid to springs

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Worship paid to springs Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwæsce, and forbeóde wilweorðunga (cf. Hǽðenscipe biþ... ðæt man weorðige hǽiene godas, and sunnan oþþe mónan, fýr oþþe flód, wæterwyllas oþþe stánas, C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 20.

ofer-búgan

(v.)

to avoid, shun

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MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21. [Ofer is probably a mistake for fer. v. note on this passage, and for-búgan.]

Linked entry: búgan

smícan

(v.)
Grammar
smícan, smécan; p. te

to smoke, emit smoketo smoke, fumigate

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[Wicklif has a wk. past smekide]

Linked entries: smécan smeócan

á-wyrgan

(v.)

to strangle.

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Hé forgiet ðæt grin ðæt hé mid áwierged (stranguletur), wirð Past. 331, 19. Fugelas and óðre nýtenu þá þe on nette beóð áwyrgede (strangulantur), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 18. Add

á-rásian

(v.)
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Past. 39, 21. Hé árásode heora deófles cræft, Hml. Th. ii. 472, 15. Se man sé ꝥ árásie, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2. Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.

Linked entry: rásian

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Ðreáta ðæt hié wieten ðæt gé sume anwald habbað ofer hié argue cum omni imperio, Past. 291, 19. Hé ꝥ anweald (þone anwald, v.l.) þæs ríces forlét regni sceptra reliquit, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 653, 1. Potestates sind anwealdu. Hml.

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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Geǽm-tigeað inc tó gebedum, Past. 399, 35. On tídum þám hí geǽmtian [gebróðru?]

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatmentflattery, fawning, adulationcharm, allurement

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MSS.) ðe him underþiédde beóþ, Past. 17, 3; Swt. 111, 7. Ne wilna nanes monnes ólæcunga, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men þurh leáse ólecunga onbúgan nolde, Blickl. Homl. 223, 28.

steám

(n.)
Grammar
steám, stém, stiém, es; m.
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Th. 358, 14; Pa. 45. Man píntreów bærne tó glédum ... wende his neb tó and onfó ðam stéme ( the heat proceeding from the embers ), Lchdm. ii. 284, 16. Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.

Linked entries: stém stiém

el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Hé dǽlde þǽre cyrcan máðmas ælðeódigun ðearfum, i. 418, 17. ¶ figuratively: Swelce hé sié elðiédig (æl-, v. l.) on ðissum middangearde, Past. 140, 20. Wé synd on þisse worlde ælþeódige, Bl.