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gamen

amusement, mirthjest, gamegamea game, pastime

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Þæt hí him tó gamene gedydon what they made a jest of Hml. Th. ii. 254, 4. Þæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillað swá fela swá gé reccað. Wlfst. 132, 20. a game, pastime Sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen (dancing and tumbling?

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go onproceedto farego onsucceedto comebe derived

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Litel rihtwísnesse wæs . . . búton mid munecan áne þǽr þǽr hí wæll férdon, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 9. to fare, go on, succeed. of persons Hí swuncon on ídel and earmlíce férdon, Hml.

félan

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Gif se maga þæs ne féle, 192, 21. Nédmægn ǽc stences ðínes ł mægn hiá foele vimque odoris tui vel virtutem sentiant, Rtl. 117, 27. Add

ge-brosnung

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L. 15, 10. in a moral sense Heó bútan gebrosnunga wæs geeácnod, and on þǽm cnihtge-beorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode, Bl. H. 3, 17

sliht

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Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

sóþsecgendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþsecgendlíce, adv.
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Truly Þá þá þǽr wæs án geleáffull man sóðsecgendlíce (sóðsecgende, v. l.) in gangende, hræðe se leása gást onweg gewát dum domum unus veraciter fidelis ingressus est, ab ea protinus mendax spiritus abscessit, Gr. D. 185, 17

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Past. 261, 6. þætþæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27. Add Hé syþþan þá bletsungan underféng, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 18.

list-wrenc

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Þá þæ yfel cunnon híwian tó góde and unsóð tó sóðe þurh lytigne listwrencg, 81, 37

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, 5, 3. figurative. of persons Cwæþ úre Drihten tó þǽre eádigan Marian líchoman, 'Ne forlǽte ic þé nǽfre

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Micel tódál ys betweohx þǽre ealdan ǽ and þǽre níwan, Ælfc.

lengu

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Cf. lang; 3a Ǽr þon ðe seó sunne cyrre hig tó þæs dæges lenge ere the sun turn herself (before the winter solstice) and as an effect the length of the day increases, Shrn. 153, 28.

elcian

(v.)
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ne sceal elcian þæt hé his synna gebéte, Hml.

ge-smiten

(v.)
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Blód gesmiten on þæs seócan mannes wambe, 236, 17

ge-flítan

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Paul ) wiþ Simone þǽm drý fæstlíce gefliton and gewunnon, Bl. H. 173, 2. Seó mǽtingc bið ge-cornes and geflitnes (disputed matter) and eall costunge full, Lch. iii. 156, 7. Add

ifig

Grammar
ifig, l. ífig, and add: [íf-ig if-hég. Cf. O. H. Ger. eba-hęwi]
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Þæs blacan ífiges croppan, Lch. ii. 248, 21: 268, 3. Hifia crop hederarum corimbos, An. Ox. 115. Íuia, 7, 17

ofer-sáwan

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Dict. to sow seed over other seed Cuóm feónd his and oferseów (ofergeseáw, L. ) weód in midle þæs hwǽtes, Mt. R. !3. 25

tǽlness

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Gelustfullod mid tǽlnysse þæs biscopes delectatus episcopi derogatione, Gr. D. 76, 17. Heora lár bið eall tó tǽlnesse geþeóded, Verc. Först. 118, 9. Forlǽtan wé tǽlnessa nnd twysprǽcnessa, 94, 3: Ll. Th. ii. 262, 26. Add

á-temian

(v.)
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Þæs átemedan edomiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 19. Wudufuglas wel átemede, Bt. 25; F. 88, 16. Add

ge-leáfa

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Heó áhte trumne geleáfan tó þǽm Ælmihtigan, Jud. 6: 345. Hé getrymede heora geleáfan, Bl. H. 17, 8. Gif wé willaþ on Drihten gelýfan . . . wé sceolon þone geleáfan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, 23, 10.

sceacan

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Ox. 14, 4. to put into a quaking motion Þurh þæs windes blǽs þe swýðlíce þá heánnyssa þæs roderes seceð mid his þodenum, Angl. 320, 34. add: The passage to which belongs the gloss in Wrt.