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grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, grǽtan; p. grét, pl. gréton; pp. gréten, grǽten
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ða womsceaðan hyra eald-gestreón gréten how the wicked doers shall bewail their works of old, Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 10; Cri. 1572

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.

Linked entry: loga

un-álífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíc, adj.

Not allowableunlawfulillicit

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Not allowable, unlawful, illicit Unálýfedlíc þing hoc nefas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 51, 2. Swýnen flǽsc Iudéum unálýfedlíc ys tó etanne, Ps. Th. 16, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11.

un-geþwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrian, p. ode

To disagreebe at variancediffer

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ongeat ðæt on monegum ðingum Godes cyricean ungeþwǽredon vitam ac professionem minus ecclesiasticam in multis esse cognovit, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 22. Ungeþwǽrudon discordarent, Anglia xiii. 367, 34

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrian

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4.

earce

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Add: a chest Sum ceorl ásette his earcan ( arcam ) mid hwǽte gefylde ofer þæs hálgan mannes byrgene . . . Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, ꝥ áhóf upp þá earcan and forð áwearp, Gr.

forþ-fór

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H. 211, 14: Gr. D. 20, 20. bodode hire forðfóre ( obitum ), 169, 14: Guth. 94, 3. ¶ where death is commemorated On ðone endlyftan dæg þæs mónðes bið þǽre hálgan abbodissan forðfór, Shrn. 137, 32. mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml.

heáfod-hebba

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hebba

on-riht

(adv.)
Grammar
on-riht, adv.
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Sé ána þé áriht sécð þe ðú onriht lérst þæt ðé sécan omnis recte quaesivit, quem tu recte quaerere fecisti, Solil. 13, 8. ne gelýfdan onriht on Críst, Hml. S. 3, 356: 309. See, too, riht; <b>III. VI.</b>

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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mandryhtne bær fǽted wǽge, 4553; B. 2282

æ-fæstnes

Grammar
æ-fæstnes, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest-, -feast-).
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áxode hine hwylcere eáwfæstnysse wǽre, Hml. S. 22, 204. Eáwfæstnysse (regularis) discipline, Hpt. Gl. 403, 16. Mid ǽfæsnesse, R. Ben. 139, 7. Add

ge-ambehtan

Grammar
ge-ambehtan, ge-embehtan, ge-embehtian.

to minister

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Ne cuóm ꝥte geembehta (giembihte, R.) him ah ꝥte geembehtade óðrum, Mk. L. 10, 45

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

be-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
be-wreón, p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon; pp. -wrogen

To cover, cover over, protect, clothetegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare

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He wolcne bewreáh he protected them with a cloud, Ps. Th, 104, 34. Ic wæs nacod, and ge me noldon bewreón I was naked, and ye would not clothe me, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62 b, 21

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunicationepiscopi judicium, excommunicatiothe province of a bishop, a bishopricepiscopi provincia, episcopatus

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, a bishopric; episcopi provincia, episcopatus He onféng biscopdóm Parisiace hátte he received the bishopric called Paris; accepto episcopatu Parisiacæ civitatis, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, note 10.

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

ge-rúm

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rúm, es; n. [rúm space]

Room, spacespătium

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Room, space; spătium náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8.

Linked entry: rúm

under-þeódness

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeódness, e; f.

Subjectionsubmission

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Wite ðæt míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Ðæt mæge fordón ða unsceðþendan ut interficiat innocentem, Ps. Th. 9. 28

wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
wrigels, es; m. n.

a coveringa garmentveil

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Ðú onwendest swá man wrigels (operlorium) déð. Ps. Th. Surt. 101, 23. his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56

Linked entry: wyrgels

fágettan

to quibble

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Se cýðere him andwyrde: "On Godes ðearfum ic áspende, and sind ðá écan mádmas." Se geféfa cwæð: "Hwæt fágettest ðú mid wordum ?" (why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian