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ge-leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfa, an; m. [leáfa belief]

Belieffaithconfidencetrustfĭdesfĭdūcia

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Ic hæbbe me fæstne geleáfan up to ðam ælmihtegan Gode I have firm trust in the Almighty God above, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 26; Gen. 543 : 205; Th. 256, 19; Dan. 643 : Andr. Kmbl. 670; An. 335.

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Gregorius Gode þancode ðæt Angelcynne swá gelumpen wæs, swá swa he sylf geornlíce gewilnode Gregory thanked God that it had so happened to the English nation, as he himself had earnestly desired, Homl. Th ii. 130, 28 : Beo. Th. 1653; B. 824

dǽd-bétan

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Gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé Gode on his gebedhúse þe hit þurh his gýmeleste gelamp si contigerit, satisfaciat Deo in oratorio per cujus evenerit neglectum, R. Ben. 36, 6.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Hí sweltan woldon, ǽr ðan ðe hí wiðsócon Gode, and heora líf áléton ǽr ðan ðe heora geleáfan, 19, 102-3. with acc. :-- God ǽr ealle worulda, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 13: 596, 28. Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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[Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

neádian

(v.)
Grammar
neádian, p. ode (v. níd, VI)

To forcecompelconstrain

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God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, ac lét hine habban his ágene cyre, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 30. Ne neádige hine man tó fæstene ne cogatur ad jejunium, L. Ecg. P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 5 : L. Ælfc. C. 29; Th. ii. 352, 29. Neádede cogeret, Hpt.

Linked entry: neódian

óþ-sacan

(v.)
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Nán mon ne mæg óþsacan ðæt sum gód ne síe ðæt héhste, 34, l; Fox 134, 9. to deny (an obligation, a charge, etc. ) Gange feówra sum tó and óþsace ( deny a charge of robbing), L. Eth. ii. 4; Th. i. 286, 18.

godcundnys

(n.)
Grammar
godcundnys, se; f.

Divine natureDeityDivinityGodheaddivine service

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Divine nature, Deity, Divinity, Godhead, divine service Se God wunaþ on þrýnnysse untodǽledlíc and on ánnysse ánre Godcundnysse the Deity exists in Trinity indivisible, and in unity of one Godhead, Homl. Th. i. 276, 24.

un-tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweólíce, adv.

undoubtedlyindubitablycertainlywithout feeling doubtwith certainty

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Ða ungeleáffullan untwýlíce forwurðaþ on écnesse, ii. 60, 15: 110, 27: Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 12: 5; Norm. 46, 18. without feeling doubt, with certainty Ealle ða geleáffullan fæderas sǽdon untwýlíce and geþwǽrlehton on ðam ánum, ðæt God gescypð ǽlces

Linked entries: tweólíce un-twílíce

weorold-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesceaft, e; f.
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Th. 7, 23 ; Gen. 110. created things, creatures God wolde ðæt him eorðe and uproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceafte on wráðra gield, Cd.

Linked entry: weorold-sceaft

and-feng

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God seolfa wæs eallum andfeng, Sat. 245. sumtus Hé teleð þá andfengas ( sumtus ) þe him behéfe synt, Lk. 14, 28

hǽþen-dóm

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Ǽnne God lufian and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áscunian, 316, 19. people among whom (or district in which) paganism prevails. v.

Linked entry: hǽþen-nes

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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Eofor lic scionon [o]fer hleor beran gehroden golde fat [and] fyr heard feth wearde heold. Beo. Th. 612-6; B. 303-5. Grein and Heyne take hleor beran as a compound, the former explaining 'was auf dem Gesicht getragen wird, Helmvisier?

fyllan

(v.)

to fillto fill to fulfil

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Ðá fyllennda willo Godes implentes voluntatem Dei, p. 15, 11

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Gold-órum ł-wecgum auri metallum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 14. [Cf. golt, seluer, stel, irn, copper, mestling breas : al is icleopet or, A. R. 284, note b.]

mis-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tímian, p. ode

To happen amissto do amiss

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To happen amiss, to do amiss (with dat. of person) Gif ðú hwene gesihst geþeón on góde blissa on his dǽdum and gif him hwæt mistímaþ besárga his unrótnysse if you see any one flourish in goodness, rejoice at his deeds, and if any mischance befall him

lyre

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Hé þolode lyre (jacturam) eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron, 141, 13. loss of a living creature by death Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre, Hml. S. 16, 48.

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Add: of wrong done, to go beyond due bounds, exceed, transgress Gecyndes gemet ic forgǽgde naturae modum excessi, Angl. xi. 116, 20. Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú, Scint. 81, 13. Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml.

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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a DAY; dies Se dæg segþ ðam óðrum dæge Godes wundru one day to another tells of God's wonders, Ps. Th. 18, 2. God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13.

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, fleese flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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Him beág gód dǽl ðæs folces a good part of the people submitted to him, Chr. 913; Erl. 102, 7: 921; Erl. 108, 1. He to fulluhte beáh he submitted to baptism, Homl. Th. i. 386, 32: Ex. 32, 26.

Linked entries: beág beáh