eá
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Eálá wuldor þisse worulde, eá! for hwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor?, 30, 1; F. 108, 2. Eálá (eá, v. l. ) mín cild, eá!, 34, 12; F. 154, 9. Add
ge-grínian
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Nis preóstes cwéne ǽnig óðer þing bútan deófles grín, and sé þe mid þám gegrínod byð . . ., hé byð þurh deófol gefangen, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 26
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ge-temprian
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15
þiccian
To thicken (trans. and intrans.) ⬩ to make or to become thick, ⬩ of persons, to throng
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.), to make or to become thick, of persons, to throng Ic ðiccige denso and denseo, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 8. Þiccaþ densescit, spissat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 94. Ðá þiccodan þider semninga þa Ismahéli, Shrn. 38, 4
twǽde
Doubled ⬩ containing two of three parts of a whole ⬩ two thirds, ⬩ two parts of three
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, containing two of three parts of a whole; the word occurs mostly as substantive, two thirds, two parts of three Wylle óþ sié twǽde bewylled ðæs wóses (cf. bewyl óþ þriddan dǽl, 120, 15) boil till two thirds of the juice are boiled away, Lchdm. ii.
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gise
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why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .? Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml. Th. i. 14, 4
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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cyne-gird
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., and add Swíðe ryht is seó cynegyrd þínes ríces virga recta est virga regni tui, Ps. Th. 44, 8. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181
ende-byrdan
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Gif hwám þises sealmsanges endebyrdnes mislícaþ, endebyrde (ordinet) hé sél, R. Ben. 44, 15. Mynster tó endebyrdienne ordinandum monasterium, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 467, 12. Endebyrde digesta, i. ordinata, An. Ox. 185. Add:
ge-metfæstlíce
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Críst ealle þás þing for mancynnes lufan mildheortlíce ábær and gemetfæstlíce áræfnede, 163, 270
ge-þeahting
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Þá þing þe beóð on Godes geþeahtunge (design, cf. ge-þeaht; ) (þá þe beóð Godes geþeahtunge, v. l.) quae Dei sunt, Gr. D. 137, 4
ge-wítan
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Gewíte and beseoh wíngeard þisne vide et visita vineam istam, Ps. Th. 79, 14. with clause Gewíte þǽre cirican ealdor ꝥ him mon on þám fierste mete ne selle, Ll. Th. i. 64, 16
hálwendnes
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Sóðfæstnesse þíne and hálwendnesse ( salutare ) ic gesǽde (Ps. 40, 10), R. Ben. 11, 8. God hálwendnyssa úra Deus salutarium nostrum, Ps. L. 67. 20
hyrd
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Stalder führt die Herde, Härde als ein in berner Ober-lande gebräuchliches Wort für Schaaf- oder Ziegenfell, Grff. iv. 1030) Ic þæt gewrit þisse andweardan hyrde gesette textum praesentis cartulae digessi, Guth. Gr. 103, 53
mere-grot
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Þá betstan meregrotu, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 18. figurative Þás mere*-*grota þám beforan lecgan þe þisra þinga gýman wyllað, Angl. viii. 308, 43
maþelian
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Þás þing þe wé ymbe sýn maðeligende, 307, 31. Add
hwílwend-líc
Temporary
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Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25. Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc the friendship of men lasts but a very short time, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26.
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hwílwend-lic
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Óðer þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit hæfð ordfruman and næfð nénne ende. . . Ðridde þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit næfð náðor ne ordfiumau ne ende, Hml. S. I. 25-31. Án líf is hwílwendlic, óðer éce, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 4.
faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Þenc ǽfre embe God on eallum ðínum wegum, and hé sylf gewissað wel þíne fare in omnibus viis tuis cogita illum, et ipse diriget gressus tuos, Hml.
Babilón
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This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge, Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9 Nimrod [MS.
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