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ge-dafen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dafen, es; n. (or ge-dafenu; f. ?)
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5.

ormǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ormǽtlíce, adv.
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Ðá becóme wit tó ánre dene, seó wæs ormǽtlíce deóp and wíd (deuenimus ad uallem multae latitudinis ac profunditatis, Bd. 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 350, 6. Ormǽtlíc(e) brád, Lch. iii. 242, 24

snide

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Add Ꝥ þǽr ne ætéwde nǽnige swaþe þæs snides ( sectionis) . . . wæs geméted se líchoma swá gesund swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide (incisio ), Gr. D. 199, 1-5. Add Sniþes (for another reading see snáþ) occisionis, An. Ox. 3070.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e; ;f.;

A meal, refection, food

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Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27

ǽmerge

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmerge, an; f.

embers, ashesdustbustaembers

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embers, ashes Se hláf wæs mid ðám glédum and mid ðǽre ǽmyrgan (-yrian, -ergean, v. ll.) (cineribus) bewrigen, Gr. D. 87, 11. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽmyrge

ǽrend-raca

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Hé ðæs ǽrendes ǽrendraca wæs from Alexandre, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 22. Swifte ǽrendracan veltes, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ǽrendracum gerulis, An. Ox. 7, 281. Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39, 3: Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 22. Add

on-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
on-cýðig, adj.

Suffering from the want of something (?), not acquainted with, a stranger to anything (?)

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The term is used of Judas, to whom the previous lines 1392-3 refer :--Méðe and meteleás, mægen wæs geswiðrod

Linked entry: un-cýðig

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan mon, ðe heó ǽr from sended wæs, hé sceát, Blickl. Homl. 199, 17-23.

Linked entry: streál

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Þá þá hé wæs týn wintra, þá wearð hé gecrístnod (cf. þá þá hé wæs eahtatýnewintre, hé wearð gefullod, 90), Hml. S. 31, 23.

Linked entry: crístnian

ge-reordness

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Substitute: refection, refreshment, the taking or giving of food Wæter gereordnysse aquam refectionis, Ps. L. 22, 2. On þá tide his gereordnysse ad horam refectionis illius, Gr. D. 118, 13 : 145, 14. Hé hí in gelaðode tó gereordnesse, 252, 12, 16.

Linked entry: -reordness

ár-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]

Honourablehonestuprightvirtuousgoodpiousdutifulgraciouskindmercifulhonestusprobusbonuspiuspropitiusclemensmisericors

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Ðæt Drihten him árfæst and milde wǽre that the Lord might be to him merciful and mild, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 31

Linked entries: ǽr-fæst ár-fest

ge-útian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-útian, p. ode; pp. od

To ejectbanishalienateejĭcĕreexpellĕre

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Wæs Óslác geútod of Angelcynne Oslac was banished from England, 975; Erl. 127, 8.

Linked entry: útian

ge-miltan

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Hé ádrígþ þá wǽtan, and wirð se swile swá heard swá stán, and ne mæg hine mon gemeltan ne gehnescian, Lch. ii. 212, 22. Gemaelted (liquefacta) is eorðe, Ps. Srt. 74, 4. Healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 5.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Wæs heó. . . on ðam mynstre ðe on Franclande wæs getimbrad fram ðære abbadissan ðe Fara hátte . . . forðon on ða tíd ne wǽron monige mynstra getimbrade on Angelþeóde; forðon monige of Breotone gewunedon sécan Francna mynstro, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 12-17.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé his ágene leóde Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte solebat suam, id est, Nordanhymbrorum provinciam revisere, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 6. Hé wæs ealle ða land and leóde þurhfærende omnia pervagatus, 3, 30; S. 562, 13.

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Hié eal, ðæt tóweard wæs, beforan wítgodan, Blickl. Homl. 161, 15. Se swég wæs þurh wítgan wítgod, 133, 31. Grammar wítegian, with a clause Hé wítgode, ðæt se Hǽlend sceolde sweltan for ðære þeóde, Jn. Skt. 11, 51.

Linked entry: wítgian

æþeling

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Falores ( Phalaris ) wæs háten, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 16. Alcibiades se æðeling, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 19. Odda ( the emperors nephew ) wæs Leódulfes sunu æþelinges, Chr. 982; P. 124, 31.

tunge

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Add: v. hræc-, wǽge-tunge

dógor-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-gerím, es; n. [gerím a number]
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Number of days, allotted time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Wæs eall sceacen dógorgerímes all the number of his days was departed, Beo. Th. 5449; B. 2728.