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un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.

á-fyrhtan

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Bd. I. 23; S. 486, 1. Hiora rýung þá elpendas meahte áfyrhton, Nar. 21, 26. Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred, Lch. iii. 424, 36. Áfyrhted, Bl. H. 185, 36. Woeron áfryhtad periclitabantur , Lk. L. 8, 23. Áfyrhte altoniti , Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 19.

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
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brægden, bregden.
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(The passage to which all these refer is glossed by swicfulles, An. Ox. 732.) Þǽr man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregden bið (that there has been fraud), Ll. Th. i. 390, 13.

eáþe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþe, adj.
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H. 21, 23. of persons, easy to be entreated, gentle Þú eart eáðe God . . . þú eart sóð Metod . . . þú eart Hǽlend God, Hy. 3, 4-9

elcra

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
elcra, adj.
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Gif hié þonne cumað of óþrum biterum and yfelum wǽtum, þá þe wyrceað óman, þonne beóþ þá elcran tó stillanne the inflammations are to be reduced by other means (than emetics ), Lch. ii. 178, 14

tó-foran

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Þá þe þenceað ꝥ hí beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25

healtian

(v.)
Grammar
healtian, p. ode; pp. od

To halt, limp, be lame

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To halt, limp, be lame Ic healtige claudico, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 27. Hí nú gyt heora ealdan gewunon healdaþ and from rihtum stígum healtiaþ ipsi adhuc inveterati et claudicantes a semitis suis, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 19.

of-irnan

(v.)

to overtaketo tire with running

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to overtake (by running) Færþ hé (the evening star) æfter ðære sunnan, óþ hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. Ðæs wítegan cnapa, Gyezi, ofarn Naaman, Homl. Th. i. 400, 17.

hláford-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-leás, adj.

Lordless, not having a lord

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Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405. Be hláfordleásum mannum concerning men who have no lord, L. Ath. 1. 2; Th. i. 200, 4

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

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Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.

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gold-blóma

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(It is the same homily in Bl. H. and Wlfst.) See next word

á-brecan

(v.)
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Goth. us-bruknan to be broken off]

gást

breathspirit, ghost, principle of lifespiritthe immaterial part of mana personsoulan incorporeal thingan incorporeal being, a spirit,divine spiritthe soul of a deceased person

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S. 23 b, 576. Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæð, hé his gást onsende, Bl. H. 191, 29. Heó ágeaf hire gást, Shrn. 72, 13. spirit in contrast with body, the immaterial part of man Seoþþan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Bl. 111, 30.

ge-wuna

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Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon, Bl.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hwæt biþ hit lá elles búton flǽsc seoddan se écea dǽl of biþ hwæt biþ lá elles seó láf búton wvrma mete why, what else is it but flesh when the eternal part is away? what else then is the remnant but worms food? Blickl. Homl. 111, 31.

ge-dón

(v.)
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, Bl. H. 69, 7. Tó náuhte gedóne, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Uncúð bið þé tó hwan þé þín Drihten gedón wille, Dóm. L. 32, 60: Seef. 43.

á-weorpan

to throwcastcause rapidviolent movement of a body,to throw awayto throw upfoodto throw offfree one's self fromto cast out expelto rejectcast away or offrenounce,to cost downtrouble

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Bið áworpen dejicitur (spiritus), 518. Áworpenra dejectior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 3

gód

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Ben. 16, 14. (b β) brave (deed), cf. II. 1 ¶ α Weorða ðé selfne gódum dǽdum, Vald. 1, 23. as an epithet of the Deity God simle biþ full gód, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 20.

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRANDa messagean embassynewstidingsan answerbusinesscarenuntiummandatumnegotiumcura

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He sent on his ǽrenda he sends on his errands, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25. Híg lægdon ǽrende they imposed an errand, Chr. 1065; Th. 332, 25, col. 2.

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FIRAS

(n.)
Grammar
FIRAS, fyras; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Living beingsthe chief of living beingsmenmankindhŏmĭnesvĭrigĕnus hūmānum

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Me wítan ne þearf Waldend fira the Ruler of men need not upbraid me, Beo. Th. 5476; B. 2741: 182; B. 91: Andr. Kmbl. 581; An. 291: 1840; An. 922: Elen. Kmbl. 2153; El. 1078: 2343; El. 1173.

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