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of-sníðan

(v.)
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to kill by cutting, to slaughter (an animal) Ðæt lamb ðe se ealda Israhel ofsnáð, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 28 : Gen. 22, 13. Ðá námon hig ân biccen and ofsnidon hit, 37, 31. Swilce se sunu wǽre geoffrod and se ramm ofsniden, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 27

un-gímende

(adj.)
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un-gímende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Carelessnegligent

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Careless, negligent Ða ðing ðe se Dryhtnes wer geseah nales eallum monnum suongrum and heora liifes ungémendum [ungemyndum for(?) ungýmendum, Bd.

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up

(adj.)
Grammar
up, upp; adj.
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v. up-godu), ealle upheá and æðele bearn dii estis et filii excelsi omnes, Ps. Th. 81, 6

wín-sæd

(adj.)
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wín-sæd, adj.
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Weras wínsade (cf. hé oferdrencte his duguðe ealle, 21, 22; Jud. 31; and the Latin c. 13, 2 : Erant omnes fatigati a vino), Judth. Thw. 22, 21; Jud. 71

ár-weorþnes

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Mid ealre árwurðnisse, Chr. 1012; P. 143, 2: 1054; P. 184, 20. Ðá árwyrðnesse ǽfestnesse reverentia religionis, Past. 132, 15. Add

ge-birhtan

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L. 16, 14. to become bright, to shine Ic áhyrde míne sunnan, and heó gebyrhteð ; þonne forbærned heó ealle þíne æceras, Wlfst. 260, 8. [Goth. ga-bairhtjan.] Cf. Beorhtian

sprǽce

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽce, an; f.
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26

mægen-þrymm

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A. 2, 25. in a personal sense, a mighty host Þurh þá twelf apostolas, and þurh ealle andetteras and hálige fǽmnan, and þurh ealle þá heofonlican mægenþrymmas. Ll.

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.

leás

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leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 6. faulty, incorrect, false (as in false quantity) Solocismus bið sum leás word on ðám ferse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 10

wiþ-cweþan

(v.)
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wiþ-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp.-cweden.

to replyto gainsaycontradict maintain an opposite opinionto contradictopposeresistto refuserejectnot to allow

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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person to whom a refusal is given Hé wolde ðæt hé ána wǽre heora cyning, ac ealle ða leódscipas ánmódlíce him wiðcwǽdon, Homl. Ass. 103, 34.

ge-défe

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In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.

ge-búan

(v.)
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Swelce gé áne willen gebúgean ealle ðás eorðan numquid habitabitis soli vos in medio terrae? Past. 329, 25. Hié ne dorston forþ bí þǽre eá siglan for unfriþe, for þǽm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe þǽre eás. Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land ...

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Heora (the Apostles') bodunge swég swégde geond eall, and heora word be*-*cómon tó eorþan gemǽrum, Hml. A. 56, 144. Hé mé (St. Paul) tó bodunga sende, Bl. H, 185, 33. Críst clypode on his bodunge, Hml. S. 16, 130.

ge-sceádwísness

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Ðá men habbaþ eall ꝥ wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon, and eác tó eácon ðǽm micle gife gesceádwísnesse, 41, 5 ; F. 252, 29: 18, 4 ; F. 66, 24.

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gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n.
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Ealne his gærsuman and his orf, 1078; P. 213, 28.

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Eall þú gefremest tu perfecisti eam, Ps. Th. 67, 10. Gefremeþ committat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 37 : efficit, i. perficit, 142, 58. Hí gylt gefremmað, Ps. C. 14. Gefremode transegit (anachareseos vitam), An.

medume

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Se God hæfð ealle creftas on hym gesunde and ful medeme, Solil. H. 52, 14

drý-cræftig

(adj.)
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drý-cræftig, drí-cræfteg; adj. [cræftig crafty, skilful]

Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magicalmagĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus

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Pharaon gegaderude ealle ða drícræftegustan men vocāvit Pharao sapientes et malĕfĭcos, Ex. 7, 11

Linked entries: drí-cræfteg cræftig

ferh

(n.)
Grammar
ferh, gen. fetes; dat. inst. fere; n. m.

Lifevīta

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Ealne wídan ferh to all eternity, Exon, 44 b; Th. 151, 3; Gú. 789