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eafoþ

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frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes; úðe ic þæt þú hine selfne geseón móste, 960. Hine God mægenes wynnum, eafedum stépte, 1717. Cf. afol. Add

foran-heáfod

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mearciað eówere foranheáfdum, Hml. Th. ii. 488, I. Add:

Linked entries: heáfod fore-heáfod

helle-wíte

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gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3.

íren-gelóma

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Hé hét weorpan írengelóman (ferramenta) in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá írengelóman hátaþ spadan and spitelas, 201, 19. Írengelóman ferramenta ruralia, Bd. 4, 28 ; Sch. 520, 22. Add: —

of-feallan

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' forceorfað ꝥ tréów, and þú hit feallende underfóh' . . . Hí setton Martinum . . . ꝥ se pínbeám hine offeallan sceolde . . . se beám . . . offeól forneán þæs folces micelne dǽl, Hml.

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj. <b>I a.</b>
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Gif hwelc forworht monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn (apud potentem quempiam virum), Past. 63, 2. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Tuoege scyldgo woeron sume ríce menn (feneratori), Lk. L. 7, 41. Add

self-cwala

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwala, an; m.
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A suicide sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181

Linked entry: cwala

winter-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
winter-lǽcan, p. lǽhte

To draw near to winter

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To draw near to winter Swá seó sunne súðor bið swá hit swíþor winterlǽcð the further south the sun is, the nearer are we to winter, Lchdm. iii. 252, 2. Ðá hit winterlǽhte, ða férde seó fyrd hám, Chr. 1006; Th. i. 256, 15

on-hyring

(n.)
Grammar
on-hyring, e; f.

Imitation, emulation

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Ðonne onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2

Linked entry: hyring

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Gif scomiaþ ðæt tó uncúðum monnum ( men we do not know ) suelc sprecen, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 6.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

ge-writ

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

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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We rǽdaþ on hálgum gewritum we read in holy writings, Homl.Th. ii. 356, 19. On gewritum in scripturis, Ps. Th. 86, 5.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

and-weardnes

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Ox. 3015. temporal Þysses dæges þe nú on andweardnesse ( at the present time ) weorþiað, Bl. H. 115, 30.

Galwalas

(n.)
Grammar
Galwalas, galwealas, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m. [wealh foreign; cf. Bryt-walas]

GaulsFrenchmenpeople of Gaul in a bodyGaulFranceGalliGallia

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D. 650] Ægelbyrht of Gaul received the bishopric of the West Saxons, Chr. 650; Th. 50, 2, col. 1 : 660; Th. 54, 16. He fór in Galwalas he went into Gaul, 380; Erl. 11, 2

áre

(n.)
Grammar
áre, an; f.

Honourhonestyfavourbenefitpitymercyhonorhonestasgratiabeneficiummisericordia

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We ðec árena biddaþ we pray thee for thy mercies, Exon. 53 a ; Th. 186, 6 ; Az. 15

Linked entries: árena árna

andettan

(v.)
Grammar
andettan, andetan, ondettan, ondetan; p. and-ette [and = Lat. re, contra; Grk. ἀντί; hátan to command, promise]

To confessacknowledgegive thanks or praisefatericonfiteri

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Seó andetnes ðe we Gode ánum andettaþ, déþ hió us ðæt to góde the confession that we confess to God alone, it doth this for our good, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33. Drihtne andette confitebatur Domino, Lk. Bos. 2, 38.

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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We gehérdon wuldres swég we heard the sound of glory, 218; Th. 279, 13; Sat. 237. Gehér án spell hear a discourse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1 : 35, 5; Fox 166, 21, note 24.

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Gif we beóþ fram úrum ðwyrnyssum gerihtlǽhte if we be corrected from our perversities, 124, 35

ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities, Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

ge-þeóde

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Ðæt sumæ béc on ðæt geðiode (-ðeóde, v. l. ) wenden ðe ealle gecnáwan mægen, 8. Se þridda dǽl gesæt æt his byrgenne betweoh þá men þe heora geþeóde (geþeódo, v. l. ) ne cúðon, Mart. H. 180, 2. From wiðcwedenisse geðiéda (linguarum), Ps.

gefá

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beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ hé ne feohte ǽr þám þe hé him ryhtes bidde, Ll. Th. i. 90, 2. Ꝥ náðor ne hý ne ne underfón óðres þeóf ne óðres gefán, 288, 5