ge-célan
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Ðæt ic sié gecoeled ut refrigerer, Ps. Srt. 38, 14. [O.H. Ger. ge-kuolen refrigerare.] See ge-cǽlan. Add
merigen
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Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158
mis-lícian
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Ðý lǽs hé mislícige ðǽm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne sealde ut ei placeat, cut se probavit, Past. 131, 3.
wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Breach of a pledge or engagement Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, and ðæt áleóge . . . béte ðone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 6-21.
seld-hwanne
Seldom ⬩ rarely
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæstendan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6; Swt. 313, 24. Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia, R.
Linked entry: hwanne
sidelíce
In a proper manner ⬩ suitably
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In a proper manner, suitably Monige scylda openlíce witene beóþ tó forberanne ðonne ðæs þinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . .
ge-dúfan
to plunge into sin,
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Ðá ðe gehealdað wið ðá lytlan scylda, and hwílum gedúfað on ðǽm miclan (aliquando in gravibus demerguntur), 437, 33 : 439, 8
GAMEN
GAME ⬩ joy ⬩ pleasure ⬩ mirth ⬩ sport ⬩ pastime ⬩ jŏcus ⬩ oblectāmentum ⬩ gaudium ⬩ jūbĭlum ⬩ lætĭtia ⬩ lūdus
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Næs ðæt hérlíc dǽd, ðæt hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste that was not a glorious deed, that he should wish to boast of such sport, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 37; Met. 9, 19. Him to gamene for his sport, 9, 17; Met. 9, 9 : 9, 91; Met. 9, 46.
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ge-yppan
To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose
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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.
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and-langes
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Andlanges ðǽr(e) eá, vi. 217, 5. Andlangas, iii. 172, 29. Ond*-*longes, 52, 19. Ðanone on andlanges hrycges, vi. 168, 23. Olluncges, iii. 35, 3. adv. Fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan, and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7
fruma
a beginning ⬩ the first part ⬩ the beginning of time ⬩ the first member of a connected series ⬩ the first stage ⬩ source ⬩ origin ⬩ source ⬩ author
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Mid þý þe heó gehýrde þone fruman ðæs godcundan túddres, þá cwæþ heó: 'Hú mæg þis þus geweorþan . . .?,' Bl. H. 7, 20. of a person, source, author Sé sé ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðǽre tówesnesse ( caput jurgiorum ), Past. 279, 13.
un-forworht
Unobstructed ⬩ without hindrance ⬩ free ⬩ immunis
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Unobstructed, without hindrance, free; the term is used of land that after several lives was to revert to the grantor, and seems to render the word immunis in the Latin charters On ða gerád, weorce hé ðæt hé weorce, ðæt ðæt land seó unforworht intó ðære
un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære unwénlícran wyrde ðe oft þriétaþ ða yflan tó wítnianne, hwæðer ðis folc wéne ðæt ðæt gód wyrd sié? quid vero jucunda fortuna, quae in praemium tribuitur bonis, num vulgus malam esse decernit?
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lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ðæt hé ðæs látteówes lárum hýre that he listen to the guide's instructions, Exon. 37 b; Th, 124, 5; Gú. 335: Elen. Kmbl. 2417; El. 1210. Hé sóhte hine him tó látðeówe on ðæm wege ducem requirebat in via, Past. 41, 5; Swt. 305, 5.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Com se biscop tó ðære mynstre (Peterborough) . . . ne fand ðǽr nán þing búton ealde weallas and wilde wuda, 963; Erl. 121, 28. of fire, wild, that spreads over a country (like a prairie fire) [cf.
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be-lífan
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Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26
un-gemenged
Unmixed ⬩ unmingled
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Unmixed, unmingled Hit is gecynd ðære godcundnesse ðæt hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume ea est divinae forma substantiae, ut neque in externa dilabatur, nec in se externum aliquid ipsa suscipiat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox
ymb-bígness
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A bending round, a bend of a river Ðæt mynster is of ðam mǽstan dǽle mid ymbbígnesse (ymbbegange [ymbegang?]
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hád-notu
The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders
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The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders Búton hé forworhte ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste unless he should do amiss so that he might not exercise the office which belongs to his orders, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16
hleóþrung
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Sound, noise of a trumpet: Þæt is bémena dæg and hire leóþringa, Verc. Först. 130, 20. Add