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un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Beweóp se ylca apostol ungemetegodra manna líf, ðus cweðende: 'Heora wamb is heora god,' Homl. Th. i. 604, 27

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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Swá wrǽtlíce weoroda God monna craftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 30; Vy. 93. Mé on gescyldrum scínan mótan ful wrǽtlíce wundtie loccas, 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104. Ða ðe wrǽtlícost wyrcan cúðon stángefógum, Elen. Kmbl. 2037; 1020

yfelsung

(n.)
Grammar
yfelsung, eofulsung, e; f.
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wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33.

Linked entry: eofulsung

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon. Th. 440, 19; Rä. 60, 5. Similar entries v. beáh-, heals- (where misprinted -wiþa) wriþa; wríþan

Linked entry: wríþan

be-habban

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Gl. to hold back, withhold Behæfð God mildheortnysse his?, Ps. Spl. 76, 10

bóc-cræft

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Ðá ðe nellað heora bóccræftas Godes folce nytte gedón those who will not make their learning profitable to God's people, Wlfst. 213, 24. Add

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),

enduranceforbearanceabstention

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Nú wille ic God biddan ꝥ hé þé forgife forebyrd and geþyld, 251. bearing patiently, forbearance.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Genim gósa tungan gebrǽdde, 90, 8. Gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. fig. of fiery trial Se gebrǽdda fisc getácnode þone Hǽlend þe wæs on ðǽre earfoð *-*nysse his ðrowunge gebrǽd, 292, 5-7.

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 436, 23.

Linked entries: ge-wirce wyrce

gyden

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Ꝥ heó þǽre gydenan Diane godes wurffmynt gebude, 2, 385. Hé hyre anícnysse wurðode swá swá hálige gydenan, 115. Hǽþene godas and hǽþene gydena, Wlfst, 107, 19 : Hml. S. 4, 134 : Hml. Th. i. 426, 7.

micel-ness

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</b> a great thing, great deed God worhte mycelnessa ( magnalia ) on Egipta lande, Ps. L. 105. 21

rétan

(v.)
Grammar
rétan, ;p. ; te

To cheer, gladden, comfort

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Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

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God Heáhfæder patriarcha, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 69, 118; Wrt. Voc. 41, 68. Héhfæder patriarcha, Rtl. 195, 10. Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36.

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian God's warriors began to yield, Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29

tíþ

(n.)
Grammar
tíþ, e; f.

Grantcessionconcession

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Hý wǽron ðé biddende mínra góda and ðú him symble tíðe forwyrndest they were asking thee for my goods and thou didst ever refuse them the grant thereof, Wulfst. 259, 11.

Linked entry: tygþ

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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[Goth. halba: O. Sax. halba: O. Frs. halve: Icel. hálfa: O. H. Ger. halb, halba, Grff. iv. 882-6: Ger. halbe.]

Linked entries: healfe half

scearp

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Add Tó þám ꝥ hí þe scearpran on þǽre sóðan Godes lufu hí æteówdon, Hml. S. 23 b, 94. <b>VI a.</b> add :-- Godes word is cucu and scearp innan lǽrende þis mennisce andgyt, Hml. S. 23 b, 595

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mehtiglíce macaþ that is the highest good, which does everything so mightily, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 1. Ne swincaþ á ymbe ǽnige þearfe ac maciaþ eall be luste and be éþnesse ...

girwan

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girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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On þám stedewange girwan Godes tempel, El. 1022. <b>VII a.

mann

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Uneáðelic ꝥ ys mid mannum ; ac ealle þing synt mid Gode eáðelice, Mt. 19, 26.