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dagung

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Ǽr þæs uppcumendan leóhtes dagunge ante exsurgentis lucis crepusculum, Gr. D. 84, 29

ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant. M. ad fol. 31

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

ofer-drenc

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Wá eów þé ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógað vae qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam (Is. 5, 11), Wlfst. 46, 15. Add

riht-weg

(n.)
Grammar
riht-weg, es; m.

A right way

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Gebringan on rihtwege ða ðe ǽr dweledan, 75, 2 : 49, 19

hátheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hátheort-líce, adv.

Furiously, ardently, fervently

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Furiously, ardently, fervently Ða ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode which he before ardently loved, Blickl. Homl. 59, 9: 17.

on-hupian

(v.)

to draw back, recoil

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to draw back, recoil Ðonne ðæt mód ongit hine selfne on swelcne spild forlǽd ðonne wiðtremþ hé and onhupaþ and ondrǽt him ðæt ðæt hé ǽr lufode dum mens sese in praecipitium pervenisse deprehendit, gressum post terga revocet, pertimescens quae amaverat

Linked entry: -hupian

ge-þeófian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeófian, p. ode, ade: pp. od, ad

To steal ⬩ thieve ⬩ furāri

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Ðæt he hæbbe ǽr geþeófad that he had before thieved, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 8, MSS. B. H

Linked entries: ge-þiéfian þeófian

á-screopan

Grammar
á-screopan, l. á-screpan,

to clear off

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Áscrepan (-screfan, Erf.) egerere, áscrepen (-aen,Erf.; -anWrt. Voc. ii. 39, 17) egesta, Txts. 59, 730-1: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 16: 142, 68

wiþ-feohtan

(v.)

to fight against ⬩ contend with

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to fight against, contend with Hé gefeaht mid ða ǽ ðæs módes, ðære wiþfeaht (wiðflát, v. l.) seó ǽ ðe on his limum wæs pugnabat legi mentis, cui lex, quae in membris est, repugnabat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 39. Wiðfeohtan certare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 17

Linked entry: wiþ-flítan

healh

a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay

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Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1. Andlang eá tó healhwere, v. 392, 33. Of ðǽre syrfan tó healwícum, 262, 14

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.

Outer: outmost, extreme ⬩ later, lower; last, lowest ⬩ external

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Æt ðám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum usque ad ultimum terrae, Blickl. Homl. 119, 25: 133, 35.

Linked entry: ýtmest

ceorian

(v.)
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Add: to murmur, complain without just cause. absolute Ic swíþor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, þá ðá ic ǽhta forleás, Angl. xi. 113, 40. Manega ceorodon and fandoden Godes, Hml. S. 13, 230. Hý ná ne ceorien (cyrian, R. Ben.

un-leahtorwirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leahtorwirþe, adj.

Unblameable

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Unblameable Godes ǽ is swíðe unleahtorwyrðe lex Domini inreprehensibilis, Ps. Th. 18, 7

fahame

(n.)
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Fahame (-ae, Ep. Gl. ) polentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 68: pullentum, 118, 42. (?)

or-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
or-firmþa, pl.
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Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)

Linked entry: -firmþa

ge-siníg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siníg, [ = sin-híg, -híw?], e; f.

Marriage; ⬩ connubium

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Marriage; connubium Fore hálgum gesiníge ǽ pro sacra connubii lege, Rtl. 108, 14

Linked entry: ge-sinígan

á-blǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
á-blǽcung, e; f.

Pallor

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Pallor Áblǽcungum (ǽ-, An. Ox. 4897, q. v.) palloribus, Hpt. Gl. 518, 62

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽcung

eorþe

the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust

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Mé is geseald ǽlc anweald on heofonan and on eorþan (eorðo, L., eorþe, R.), Mt. 28, 18: Bl. H. 49, 16.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

be-settan

to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege

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L. 61, 11. to surround: þ ǽt. líc læg mid mannum besett. Hml. Th. ii. 346, 5. His líc læg ealle þá niht inne beset, 348, 19.

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome

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Hwílon ǽr wé wǽron hér and bohton ús hwǽte jam ante descendimus, ut emeremus escas, Gen. 43, 20. Ic secge ðæt ic hwílon ǽr forsúwode I say what I sometime before passed over in silence, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27. Hwílan ǽr, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon