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á-belgan

(v.)
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Gif ús hwá ábylgþ, ðonne beó wé sóna yrre, Bl. H. 33, 26. Ðone mon eft lufian ðe him ǽr ábealg, Past. 220, 26, Hwí irsast ðú wiþ ús ? on hwám ábulgon wé ðé? Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, l. Gif hé hwám ábulge, Wlfst. 180, 10: Ors. 6, 11; S. 266, 10. with acc.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

ymb-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scrýdan, p. de
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Mid hwam gé sýn ymbscrýdde quid induamini Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Hwá aríst elles of Syon bútan ðú who else shall arise out of Sion but thou? Ps. Th. 13, 11. Hwæt elles is quid est ăliud? Bd. 1. 27; S. 494, 15. Nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon they know not what else they speak, Ps. Th. 43, 16.

Linked entry: el

sǽdere

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Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt áh ꝥ corn geweald ( how can the corn help) ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere mid unclǽnum handum on ðá clǽnan moldan ?

ge-weald

Grammar
ge-weald, <b>; I 7.</b>
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Add Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt, áh ꝥ corn geweald, ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere on moldan?, Hml.

hordian

(v.)
Grammar
hordian, p.ode

To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store

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To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store Ðæt hé for gýtsunge uncyste nánum óðrum syllan ne mæg ðæt hé hordaþ and nát hwam swá swá se wítega cwæþ 'on ídel biþ ǽlc man gedréfed se ðe hordaþ nát hwam hé hit gegaderaþ' what he from the vice of avarice can give

ge-belg

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Add: — Gif hwám fram his ealdore geboden sý to ðigene, and hé hit mid gebelge forsace (and he angrily, resentfully, refuse), R. Ben. 69, 20. Lá leófan men . . . bútan gebelge hlystað (listen without taking offence), Wlfst. 178, 30

fóster-leán

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-leán, fóstor-leán, es; n.

Foster-loanremuneration for rearing a foster-childeducatiōnis præmiumnutrīcii merces

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Foster-loan, remuneration for rearing a foster-child; educatiōnis præmium, nutrīcii merces Is to witanne hwám ðæt fósterleán gebýrige it is to be known to whom the remuneration for fostering belongs, L. Edm. B. 2; Th. i. 254, 8

Linked entry: fóstor-leán

ge-wealdes

(adv.)
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Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan þurh searwa si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one

ende-byrdan

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ende-byrdan, -byrdian
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Gif hwám þises sealmsanges endebyrdnes mislícaþ, endebyrde (ordinet) hé sél, R. Ben. 44, 15. Mynster tó endebyrdienne ordinandum monasterium, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 467, 12. Endebyrde digesta, i. ordinata, An. Ox. 185. Add:

á-ríman

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Hwá is þætte áríman mæge hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 13: Bl. H. 59, 33: 63, 1. Manige óþre þe is lang tó árímenne, Gr. D. 266, 18. Árímende enumerans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94 32. Add

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ, oþþe on wífunge, oððe on wadunge, oððe on brýwláce, oððe gif man hwæs bitt, íonne hí hwæt onginnaþ, oþþe him hwæt bið ácenned, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 88-104.

Linked entry: wílung

eorl-gebyrd

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Ðeáh hwa æþele sié eorlgebyrdum (cf. þeáh hwá wexe mid micelre æþelcundnesse his gebyrda, Bt. 19; F. 68, 31), Met. 10, 27. Add

gegnum

(adv.)
Grammar
gegnum, adv.

Forwardobviam

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Forward; obviam For hwam ne móton we ðonne gegnum gangan why then may we not go forward? Salm. Kmbl. 705; Sal. 352. Eódon ðú gegnum ðanonne they thence went on forward, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132 : Beo. Th. 633; B. 314 : 2813; B. 1404

scín-feld

(n.)
Grammar
scín-feld, dat. a; m.
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The beautiful, Elysîan field, applied to Tempe Hwæt synt ða twegen men on neorxna wange? Enoch and Helias. Hwǽr wuniaþ hý? Malifica and Intimphonis (in Ternpis?), ðæt is on sunfelda and on sceánfelda (sceón-?), Salm. Kmbl. 202, 2.

Linked entries: sceán-feld scén-feld

ge-myntan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myntan, p. -mynte; pp. -mynted, -mynt

To determine, resolvestătuĕre, decernĕre

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To determine, resolve; stătuĕre, decernĕre Gregorius gemunde hwæt he gefyrn Angel-cynne gemynte Gregory remembered what he of old had determined for the English race, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 25. He befran hwam ða gebytlu gemynte wǽron.

Linked entry: myntan

for-lidennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-lidennes, -ness, e; f.

Shipwrecknaufrăgium

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Shipwreck; naufrăgium Hwár gefóre ðú forlidennesse where hast thou suffered shipwreck? Apol. Th. 21, 19

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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, 160, 19. with a preposition Gif hwam twýnige be ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste, Homl. i. 132, 27. wiih a gerundial infinitive Hwæt twýnaþ ðé, oþþe hwæt ondrǽst ðú ðé, ðone Hǽlend tó onfónne?

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

stán

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D. iii. 382, 22. v. byrþen-, cealc-, cynning-, fót-, fýr-, gagat-, gemǽr-, gicel-, heal-, hróf-, hwam-, marmel-, mealm-, sinc-, spær-, windel-stán

stæððan

(v.)
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to make staid, to stay Saga hwá mec rǽre, ðonne ic restan ne mót, oþþe hwá mec stæðþe, ðonne ic stille beóm, Exon. Th. 387, 4; Rä. 4, 74