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cneów-gebed

(n.)
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cneów-gebed, es; n.
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Prayer on bended knees Ꝥ heó móste be leáfe gán on hyre gebedum tó gebiddenne hire Drihten on hire cneów*-*gebedum ut daretur ei copia egrediendi ad orationem et deprecandi Dominum, Hml. A. 110, 277. Ealle feóllan heom on cneówgebedum, 179, 328.

mearu-lic

(adj.)
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mearu-lic, adj.
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Soft, easy, luxurious Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare

sácerd-lic

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Hé hine hálsode þæt hé þurh hine sácerdlice þénunge onféngce, þæt hé hine móste gehádigan tó mæssepreóste and tó þénunge Drihtnes weófodes adjurare coepit eum, ut sacerdotale officium per eum susciperet, Guth. Gr. 156, 40.

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

hold-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hold-líce, adv.

Graciously, with kindness or friendliness, with devotion or attachment, faithfully, loyally

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Ðæt Drihtne ful holdlíce hýran ut serviant Domino, Ps. Th. 101, 20

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Th. i. 184, 22. bringing up, fostering. Cf. fédan; I. 5 Wǽron þá æþelingas befæste Egcbrihte tó fóstre, Lch. iii. 424, 12. Hé eftwunade from his fóstre (?

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, -ligr, -lír, es; m.

A fornicatoradultererfornĭcātorădulter

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-ligr] geteald ut Abraham non computātus ădulter esset, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 21. v. hor-cwén an adulteress. Forligr adulter, Wrt. Voc. 86, 68. He is forlír he is an adulterer, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 17.

óst

(n.)
Grammar
óst, es; m. (?)
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Of ðǽm óstum ðæs treówes flóweþ út swétes stences wǽte, Shrn. 67, 29

be-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrwan, -syrewian, -syrian, -serian; p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed

To ensnare, deceivecircumvenire, decipere, machinari

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To ensnare, deceive; circumvenire, decipere, machinari Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend mid fácne besyrwan ut Iesum dolo tenerent, Mt. Bos. 26, 4.

ge-célan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-célan, p. de; pp. ed.

To make coldto coolallayrefrigerareTo become coldto be refreshedrefrigerari

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To become cold, to be refreshed; refrigerari Forlǽt me ðæt ic gecéle ǽrðam ðe ic gang remitte mihi ut refrigerer priusquam abeam, Ps. Spl. 38, 18

Linked entries: célan ge-ceolan

self-líce

(adj.; adv.)
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self-líce, adj.
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit

wiþ-steall

(n.)
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wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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Th. 266, 20; Jul. 401. an obstruction, obstacle Wiðsteallas obstacula (nimborum obstacula rupit, ut fluerent imbres, Ald. 143), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 71: 64, 39

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

ymb-haga

(n.)
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ymb-haga, an; m.
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, and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint. There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. v. ymbe a swarm of bees

ge-læswian

(v.)
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ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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Ꝥte gelésuade ł gefoede ðá bergas ut pasceret porcos, 15, 15. Hú is nú gelǽswod seó heord Crístes gesamnunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 254

ge-líþian

(v.)
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., and add Þæt yrre wédendra gelíþige ut iram saeuientium mitiget, Scint. 121, I.

ge-bǽte

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ge-bǽte, ge-bǽtel.
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Hé hét þǽm þearfan ꝥ hors syllan mid þám cynelican gebǽtum (gerǽdum, v.l.) praecepit equum, ita ut erat stratus regaliter pauperi dari, 3, 14; Sch. 257, 14. v. preceding word

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hé wǽre áfandod and gerihtwísod and gewuldorbeágod ut probaretur, justificaretur, coronaretur, Angl. vii. 52, 498. Gewuldorbeágode laureati, Hy. S. 105, 34: Hml. S. 11, 128. Add

ígeoþ

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Út ongeán streám tó snítan-íge, on norðhealfe þæs ígeðes,C. D. B. ii. 374, 15. Ofer ðonæ ígað, C. D. v. 173, 23. Andlang eaxan oþ focgan ígeþas, of focgan ígeþum, Cht. Crw. 3, 3; C. D. B. iii. 667, 2-3

prician

(v.)
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Pricigende eáge út gelǽt teáras and sé þe pricaþ heortan forþbringð andgyt punguens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum (Ecclus. 22, 19), Scint. 188, 13. intrans.

cristnian

(v.)
Grammar
cristnian, p. ode; pp. od

To christianizecatechize catechizare

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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus