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godcundlíce

(adv.)
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wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe, þeáh godcundlíce habban hálgunge gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 340, 27: 360, 17

hand-preóst

(n.)
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V. has 'chief about the king') Þrengde his handpreóstas and eác sume of his túnpreóstan ꝥ scoldan helpan þan feáwan munecan precepit capellanis clericis suis, ut essent cum monachis, Chr. 870; P. 284, 1. Cf. hand-þegn, hand-gesella

heáfod-bend

(n.)
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heáfod-bend, es; m.
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sóna tóbærst swá hine gebæd, Hml.

hirtan

to refreshrevivecomfort

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to refresh, revive, comfort ongan mid his geháte hyrtan (sublevare), Gr. D. 145, 19. Earme men þú scealt hyrtan, Angl. xii. 516, 21. Hyrttende refocilando, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 43.

Linked entries: hyrtan heortian

-mǽre

(suffix)
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beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21.

norþ-dǽl

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Add Hér oðeówdon fýrena leóman on norðdǽle þǽre lyfte, Chr. 926; P. 107, 19. wæs þes middaneard tódǽled æfter þám flóde ? Sem . . . þone eástdǽl middaneardes þe is geháten Asia . . . Cham þone súðdǽl. . . Affrica, . . .

riht-ryne

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his ágnum rihtryne, 194, 4. Add

under-standan

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under-standan, <b>.
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it

á-þindan

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áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17. On oferméttum áðunden, 25, 6: III, l. wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
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ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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empty Tó hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús gif hit ýdel stent? Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

rídan

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H. 30, 1

GÁT

(n.)
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GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOATcapra

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Drihten toscǽt on twá, swá swá scéphyrde toscǽt scép fram gátum : gelogaþ he ða scép on his swíðran hand, and ða gǽt on his wynstran the Lord will part them into two, as a shepherd parts sheep from goats : he will place the sheep on his right hand,

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
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un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ða hwíle ðe ǽnige ungeþwǽrnysse hæbbe on his heortan wið his ðone néhstan quamdiu simultatem ullam in corde suo cum proximo suo habet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27; Th. ii. 192, 28. Bilewite cild ne hylt langsume ungeþwǽrnysse tó ðam ðe him derode, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

ge-bígan

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Gif mihte gebígan tó his synscipe, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21. Gyf þú Godes folc gebígean ne miht tó rihte. Wlfst. 7, 8. wolde gebígan his leóda tó geleáfan and tó þám lifigendan Gode, Hml. S. 26, 46. Hine gebégean tó beteran wege.

ge-wilnung

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micele gewilnunge hæfde Crístes tócymes, Hml.

scyldig

(adj.)
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scyldig, adj.
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Gif hwelc gód lǽce gesihþ, ðæt his hwam þearf biþ, and ðonne for his slǽwþe ágiémeleásaþ ðæt his helpe, ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáþes scyldig, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 21.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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H. 227, 4

restan

(v.)
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restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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On ðæt hús ðe heó hié inne reste, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Ðonne reste hine, ðonne wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Cd. Th. 95, 25; Gen. 1584

Linked entry: ræstan

heán

(adj.)
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heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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uncúþ biþ ǽghwylcum ánum men his lífes tíd ǽghweðer ge rícum ge heánum ge geongum ge ealdum how unknown to every single man is the period of his life, both to the rich man and to the poor, to the young and to the old, Blickl. Homl. 125, 8.

efne

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Hié bǽdon þæt hié ymb þæt ríce gesémde, and on þǽre gewitnesse wǽre þæt hit emne gedǽled wǽre, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 18. equally. v. efen, Emne unwemme, Ll.