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tó-gelan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gelan, pp. -golen.
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To diffuse, spread a fluid Se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tðgolen and tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat. Gr. D. 192, 18

Linked entry: gelan

unriht-wilnung

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Add: ambition Þætte nǽnig bisceopa hine óþrum forbere þurh unrihtwillnunge (unrihte willunge, v.l.) nullus episcoporum se praeferat alteri per ambitionem, Bd. 4, 5 ; Sch. 378, 18

wiln

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Hwí dést þú ðé sylfe ðurh wáce þeáwas swilce þú wyln , Hml. S. 8, 44. Seó wyln (cf. án mínra wimmanna, 187), 2, 211. Add: —

fǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: quickly, rapidly Se maessepreóst þe hé tó fundode swá fǽrlíce (cf. ardlíce, 4, 64) mid gange, Hml. S. 3, 467. Cf. fǽr-lic; II a

bryne-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
bryne-hát, adj.

Burning hotardentissimus

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Burning hot; ardentissimus Ǽr se wlonca dæg bodige brynehátne lég ere the awful day proclaim the burning hot flame, Exon. 110b; Th. 448, 9; Dón. 51

gagolbǽr-nes

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ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add

Linked entry: gagol-bǽre

heáðu-sigel

(n.)
Grammar
heáðu-sigel, es; m.

The sun

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The sun [the prefix seems to be used from seeingthe sun rise or set over the sea], Exon. 126 b; Th. 486, 17; Rä. 72, 16

Coshám

(n.)
Grammar
Coshám, es; m.

COSHAM or CORSHAMWilts loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13

spigettan

(v.)
Grammar
spigettan, p. te

To spit

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Ðá ongan se Catulus him spigettan on, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5

ge-lettan

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material object Þá slóh se cwellere mid þám swurde hire tó, ac seó hálige þrynnys ꝥ swurd gelette, Hml.

lof

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Heó nis nánes lofes wyrþe she does not deserve the praise of men, Bt. 20; F. 70, 23 : Víd. 72. Wið þám lofe ðæs folces, 18, 4; F. 66, 21. Hæfde sigora weard wære betolden leódfruman mid lofe sínum God had protected St.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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(See above under III.)

ágend

(n.)
Grammar
ágend, es; m. [part. of ágan to own]

An ownera possessorthe LordpossessorproprietariusDominus

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Se Ágend the Lord; Dominus, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 21; Exod. 295

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglectrejectdespisecondemndespĭcĕrespernĕre

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To neglect, reject, despise, condemn; despĭcĕre, spernĕre Se wæs middangeard forhicgende he was despising the world; cum esset contemptu mundi insignis, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 25. Se ðeme forhigþ qui spernit me, Jn. Bos. 12, 48.

prass

(n.)
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Se cásere fór intó Efese mid ðrymme and mid prasse, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 26. Hí Pantan streám mid prasse bestódon, Eást-Seaxena ord and se æschere they stood by Panta's stream in proud array, the East-Saxon line and the host of the ashen boats, Byrht.

ge-leáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáflíc, adj.

To be believedcrediblefaithfulcrēdĭbĭlis

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To be believed, credible, faithful; crēdĭbĭlis Nis hit ná geleáflíc ðæt se wurm Euan bepǽhte, and se deófol spræc þurh ða næddran it is not to be believed that the serpent deceived Eve, but the devil spoke through the serpent, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 40.

þafetere

(n.)
Grammar
þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá hé ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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Se feórða sinoð wæs six hund biscopa and .xxx. sacerda swýðe wídan gegaderode, L. Ælfc. P. 26, 28; Th. ii. 374, 7, 22. Ðæt wæs háligdóm se mǽsta of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23

fant

a founta font

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S. 2, 90. On þám háligan fante, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 14. Se ængel gehálgode þæt wallende wæter (on þám cytele) tó fonte, Hml. A. 178, 293. Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne hé font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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Fífténe geár, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 19. governing a noun Ymb seofon hund wintra and V-tiéne, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 11. wæs fífténe geára, Shrn. 84, 12