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ge-híredlic

(adj.)
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ge-híredlic, adj.
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That is heard, audible Lá hwá sprecð myhta Drihtnes gehéredlice ealle herunga his quis loquetur potentias Domini?auditas faciet omnes laudes eius? Ps. L. 105, 2

mund-bryce

(n.)
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mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mundthe fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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a breach of mund (v. mund, ) Wé cwǽdon be mundbrice, se ðe hit , ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 250, 9. Gif hwá cynges mundbrice gewyrce, gebéte ðæt mid v. pundum, L. Eth. vii. II; Th. i. 330, 29.

ge-fultuman

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. ) Wé gefultumað úrum ondgite, Past. 69, 13. to help to something, help in getting Ne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédþearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime concurrunt, Past. 137, 2. (3 a) to help a person (dat. ) to get something :-- Ðone

ge-manian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge a person to do something Sticelse ábryrdnesse gemanod ł getiht stimulo conpunctionis instigatus, i. praemonitus. An. Ox. 602.

á-stellan

To set up,to set an exampleto do something firstto found a placeinstitute an officeto establish a practice doctrine,to establishconfirm

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Th. ii. 40, 23. of initial action, to do something first Stephanus ðone martyrdom æfter Gode ástealde Stephen was the first to suffer martyrdom after Christ, Hml. Th. i. 50, 2.

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Ðonne gé geseóþ ða lyfte cumende on westdǽle cum videritis nubem orientem ab occasu, Lk. Skt. 12, 54. Hibernia on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 30.

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tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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MS.) ðe ic ða gehére cum tuas rationes considero, nihil dici verius puto, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 23. a time when a thing can or ought to be done, a proper time, opportunity Ðonne ðæs ðinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . . ac ðonne se

Linked entries: týma tíme

here-wæsmun

(n.; adv.)
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Nó ic méan herewæsmun hnágran talige gúþgeweorca ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1358; B. 677. Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.'

Linked entry: wǽsma

swyle

(n.)
Grammar
swyle, es; m.
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Unwlitig swile . . . ðone ungeþwǽran swyle tumor deformis . . . tumorem illum infestum, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, 41.

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sáwan

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'Sé ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwð tó seldon'. . . hé cwǽdon ðæt sé sceolde lytel sáwan, sé ðe him ðone wind ondréde, Past. 285, 17-24. Add Hé sǽwð ðone sticel ðæs andan, Past. 279, 9. Ðá ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14: 361, 6.

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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ðone gársecg usque ad oceanum Aeihiopicum S. 26, 10, 16, 24, 26

heáhþu

(n.)
Grammar
heáhþu, héhþo, hiéhþo; generally indecl; f.

Height, high place, gloryheight, loftiness, exaltationaltitudo, culmen

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Heofona heáhþu gereccan to tell the glory of the heavens, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 33; Dóm. 31. Heofona heáhþu gestígan to mount to the heights of heaven, 117 a; Th. 451, 2; Dóm. 97.

BERA

(n.)
Grammar
BERA, an; m.

A BEARursus

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A BEAR; ursus Dauid gewylde ðone wíldan beran David subdued the wild bear, Ælfc. T. 13, 26. Eofor oððe beran onginnan to attack a boar or bear, Exon. 92 a; Th. 344, 21; Gn. Ex. 177.

Linked entries: bar byrene bere

dǽd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-hwæt, pl. ; adj.

Deed quick or active, strenuous, boldpromptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus

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Ða dǽdhwatan geond ðone ofen eódon the bold of deed went through the oven, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 12; Dan. 353

forþ-steppan

(v.)
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forþ-steppan, -stæppan; part. -stæppende: p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept?

To step or go forthproceedprogrĕdiprōdīreprocēdĕre

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To step or go forth, proceed; progrĕdi, prōdīre, procēdĕre Of ansýne ðínre dóm mín forþsteppe de vultu tuo judĭcium meum prōdeat, Ps. Lamb. 16, 2.

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franca

(n.)
Grammar
franca, an; m.

A javelinlancelanceafrămeahasta

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He ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát he shot the foremost man with his javelin, 134, 1; By. 77. Francan wǽron hlúde the javelins were loud, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982 v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. p. 359

pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Weallendes pices, 252, 1 : Dóm. L. 14, 199. Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and scipteoran and pic, Shrn. 91, 7 : Lchdm. ii. 318. 4

rǽdness

(n.)
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rǽdness, es; f.
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Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.

bismor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bismor-líce, bysmor-líce, bysmer-líce; adv.

Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfullyprobrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose

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Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge bismorlíce the devil shall cast him down contemptuously in the day of judgment, Salm. Kmbl. 53; Sal. 27

ge-reónian

(v.)
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ge-reónian, p. ode; pp. od

To conspire, ordain, frame, deviseconspirare, concinnare

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Æfter manegum dagum gereónodon ða Iudeiscan hú hí done Godes cempan acwellan sceoldon after many days the Jews conspired how they were to kill that champion of God, Homl. Th. i. 388, 5

Linked entry: reónian