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forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Ben. 41, 7-16. Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum directo a puero prolato, Angl. xiii. 429, 914

ge-mǽnnes

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Ben. 49, 2. Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé ná wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.

ge-staþelfæstan

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Ben. I. 103, 2. to fix in condition so that there is no falling away God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 6, 8.

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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Ben. 47, 9. a thing Gif gers God swǽ geuoedes ( vestit ), Mt.

gyrdel

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Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Ben I. 26, 10. Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 11. Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . .

láreów-dóm

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Ben. 133, 2. Ongunnon hí him tó befæstenne heora cild tó Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2.

mægen

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mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Ben. 138, 17, Ic sylle Wulfsige mínum geréfan wið his holdum mægene ( for his loyal and able service ) ánes hídes lond, Cht. E. 161, 27. Be sáre þæs magan. Gif se man ꝥ mægen hæbbe lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 180, 31.

weg-nest

(n.)
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weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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Ben. 103, 21.

Linked entry: nest

ǽ-fæst

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ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Ben. 119, 7. married Yfel ǽwbryce bið ðæt ǽwfæst (eáw-, v. l.) man mid ǽmtige forlicge, Ll. Th. i. 404, 21. Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27

wórian

(v.)
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wórian, p. ode

To wander aboutto wander aboutramblebe a vagabond

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Ben. 126, 17. Ðú færsð wórigende (vagus), Gen. 4, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 43: 19, 2. Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple, Homl. Th. i. 148, 3: ii. 160, 21. Wórigende geond wudas and feldas, 188, 14.

be-lífan

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Ben. 1. 87, 9. Hig ealle in on þá burh fóron þæt ðǽr nánþyng þæs folces wyðútan belyfen næs, St. And. 34, 14. to be left, not to be taken away, to survive Hyt tófléwð swá ðæt þǽr nán­wiht belífeð búton þá bán, Lch. i. 242, 27.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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Ben. 16, 19. <b>I a.</b> to delight in, rejoice over :-- Hió gelustfullað ofor hálwendan hire, Ps. L. 34, 9. Wéstensetlan on wéstenes wununge gelustfulliað, R. Ben. 134, 16. Ne gelustfulla ðú ne delecteris (in semitis impiorum), Kent.

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Ben. 13, 16. with clause: ꝥ hí híwion ꝥ hí ingehýd habban, Angl. xi. 109, 56. to dissemble Ne híwige synna neque dissimulet peccata, R. Ben. S. 15, 5. to show figuratively Gástlíce híwedon typice obumbrabant (septenos vitiorum cuneos), An.

hlinian

(v.)
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hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest Ic hlinige cubo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 55. Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht nor does aught unsmooth rest there, Exod. 56 a; Th. 199, 14; Ph. 25.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

nón

(n.)
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nón, es; n.

the ninth hourhora nonathe service held at the ninth hournones

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Ben. 40, 13. Ða nigoþan tíde ðe wé nón hátaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 35. Ðá com nón dæges, Beo. Th. 3204; B. 1600. Hí him tó gewunon náman ðæt hí fæston tó nónes ( ad horam nonam ), Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Tó huíl nónes ad horam nonam, Mt. Kmbl.

á-faran

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Ben. I. 86, 9. Add:

bile-wit

(v.)
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bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.

plausible

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Ben. I. 13, 5. Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63

Dryhten-lic

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Ben. 41, 13. Þysses drihtenlican þeówdómes dominici servitii, 5, 11. Lǽran mid ðǽre drihtenlican láre, Hml. A. 12, 298. Dón æfter þǽre drihtenlican bisene, 160, 198. 'Þú eart Críst, þæs lifigendon Godes suna.'

fore-mǽre

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fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Ben. 137, 25. of things, material On þǽre dúne wæs gefyrn foremǽre templ, Hml. S. 3, 236. Þæt wæs foremǽrost receda, B. 309. non-material Is ꝥ seó foremǽre gebyrd Sancte Ióhannes, Bl. H. 161, 6. Foremǽran (foræmeran, MS.; fore mǽran ?)