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lah-riht

(n.)
Grammar
lah-riht, es; n.

Legal right

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I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 19. Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oþþe cyninges gewyrce if any one act in open contradiction to the legal right of Crist or of the king, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 9

lád-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lád-leás, adj.

Innocentharmless

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H. ladleas] beó séce swylcne hláford swylcne hé wille forðý ðe ic an ðæt ǽlc ðara ðe láðleás [MS. H. ladleas] beó folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum hé wille, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. 1, 220, 24-222, 1. Láðleáse immunes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 68

namcúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
namcúþlíce, adv.

By name

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By name Úre mǽþ nis ðæt wé ealle Godes gecorenan eów namcúðlíce gereccan it is not within our power to recount to you by name all God's elect, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 2. Hé gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, i. 558, 25.

sundor-land

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-land, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 3, 51. Sundorland predia, 66, 75. The word occurs in an enumeration of boundaries, and Kemble explains it there as 'land set apart for special purposes' Æfter ðære strǽte be ðære wællan on Sunderlond, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 118, 20

brosniend-lic

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ꝥ flǽsc is brosnigendlic and deádlic, Hml. S. 17, 13. Se heofonlica mete wæs gesewenlic and brosniendlic, Hml. Th. ii. 274, 29. Þis brosniendlice corruptibile hoc , An. Ox. 1250.

ceddran

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Ic hopige ꝥ cherubin se mǽra wylle ... mid his gyldenan tange þǽre glédan spearcan tó mínre tungan gebringan, and þæs dumbes múðes ceddran æthrínan ( the passage seems based on Is. 6. 6, 7: Unus de seraphim, et in manu ejus calculus, quem forcipe tulerat

Linked entry: ǽeder

ge-wyrtrumian

(v.)
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Þæt gé beón on sóðre lufe ge-wyrtrumode ( in charitate radicati et fundati Eph. 3, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 408, 19. to root up Ic gewyrtrumade eradicavi Rtl. 65, 25

ides

(n.)
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It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An. Ox. 15, 5; 17, 59; 18, 29

lógian

(v.)
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add

mid-dæg

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Th. ii. 74, 19. Seó tíd middæges, Hml. S. 23 b, 160. Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde ? what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590. Fram middæge oð nón a sexta hora usque ad horam nonam, 27, 188. Add

mid-gesíþ

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But if the construction with verbs similar to emhlenned is noted (e. g. ymb-gyrdan, -habban, -hegian, -hípan) it will be seen that (?)

on-unwísdóm

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Probably this word should be rejected, for the passage in which it occurs seems corrupt Ic wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden. Ac þu Drihten scyld mínre iugoþe and mín onunwísdómes ne wes þú gemyndig (= ?

ge-stician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stician, -sticcian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [stician to stick]

To stickpiercetransfix

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Gebýreþ ðæt ðæt mód wierþ gesticced mid ðære scylde gielpes it happens that the mind is pierced by the sin of boasting, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 6; Hat. MS. 41 b, 1

heort-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
heort-wærc, es; m.

Pain in the heart

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Pain in the heart Wið heortwærce for pain in the heart, L. M. 1, 17; Lchdm. ii. 60, 4

clengan

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Substitute: To adhere, remain Dreám bið in innan, clengeð, lengeð joy is within, remains, is prolonged, Rä. 29, 8

éce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce, adv.
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Ic éce gewéne on milde mód mínes Drihtnes speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum, Ps. Th. 51, 7. Add

Angel

(n.)
Grammar
Angel, gen. dat. acc. Angle; f.

Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into BritainAngulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt

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Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain; Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt Of Angle cómon Eást-Engle from Anglen came the East-Angles, Chr. 449; Ing.

CWELAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELAN, ic cwele, ðú cwilst, he cwelþ, cwilþ, cwylþ, pl. cwelaþ; p. cwæl, pl. cwælon; pp. cwolen

To die mori

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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36

ge-gódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gódian, p. ode; pp. od

To bestow goods uponenrich

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Th. ii. 118, 30 : H. R. 105, 6 : Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 39. Ðonne ðú Hiernsalem gegódie in die Hierusalem, Ps. Th. 136, 7. Apollonius ðe ðurh us gegódod is Apollonius who is enriched by us, Th. Ap. 18, 20. Ða sín gegóded utuntur, Hpt. Gl. 447, 494.

Linked entries: gódian ge-góded

GE-NÓG

(adv.)
Grammar
GE-NÓG, -nóh; adv.

Sufficiently, abundantly, ENOUGHsatis, abunde

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Sufficiently, abundantly, ENOUGH; satis, abunde Genóg sweotol hit is it is sufficiently manifest, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 27. Genóg riht ðú segst rightly enough thou sayest, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 17.