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ofer

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Ofer ꝥ lysteð ꝥ þú secge sum þing be his módes eádmódnysse, Gr. D. 45, 13. Non habeas Deos alienos ; ðæt is, ne lufa ðú óðerne God ofer , Sal. K. 188, 22.

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Ger. egi, agi, m. terror: Goth. agei, f: Dan. ave, m. f: Icel. agi, m. terror, discipline

Linked entries: æge eige

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, reallycertainlyverilyNowthenforautemecceenimergonamvero

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Th. 313, 24; Mód. 5. Se ðe ðé ðyslíce gife and swá mycle sóþlíce (-re, MS.) ðé tówearde forecwyþ is qui tanta taliaque dona veraciter adventura praedixerit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 13: Exon. Th. 9, 19; Cri. 137.

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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Of synnum mínum clǽnsa , Ps. Spl. 50, 3. Sennum, Ps. C. 38. Andettan synna, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 6. Senna, Blickl. Homl. 43, 14

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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one who knows, a person of understanding or learning, a wise man Wita (-e, MS.) sophista, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 41. Fród wita, snottor ár, beorn bóca gleáw, Exon. Th. 313, 16; Mód. 1. Se ðe wita (sapiens ) is, mid feáum wordum geswytelaþ, R.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian christianus

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He forbeád ðæt man nánum cristenum men ne abulge he forbade men to annoy any Christian man Ors. 6, 11; Bos. 121, 10; L. Edm. E. 2; Th. i. 244, 16; Elen. Kmbl. 1974; El. 989.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Siððan mín on Englisc Ælfréd kyning áwende worda gehwelc, and his wríterum sende súð and nord ; héht him swelcra brengan bi ðære bisene, Past. pref. ; Swt. 9, 14. Ðe læs ðe wé þurh gýmeleásum wríterum geleahtrode beón, Homl.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ealle gelíce on woruld cumað, wlance and heáne, Met. 17, 6. Ne mæg ǽnig . . . rícra ne heánra, Gú. 968. Wloncum and heánum.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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gel-yraþ tó wyrceanne ðæs weorc ðe sende, Jn. Skt. 9, 4. to perform a rite, keep a season Mín tíma ys gehende ðæt ic mid ðé wyrce míne Eástro, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 18. Grammar wyrcan, with gen. Ic ðæs wyrce, ðæt ic gange on hús Godes, Ps.

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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Cf. gít; 2 Ðeáh ðú hí nú géta forgiten hæbbe, Met. 24, 46.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ys heora heorte feor fram , Bl. H. 69, 25.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

gleáw

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Ofer feónd míne gleáwne ( prudentem ) dydes, Ps. Srt. 118, 98.

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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Ðú gesetst me on heáfod oððe on fórewearde þeóda constĭtues me in căput gentium, Ps. Lamb. 17, 44

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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Ic wille mid giddum get gecýðan hú I will further make known in songs how..., Bt. Met. Fox 13, 2; Met. 13, 1. Gif giet lǽst mína lára if even now he obey my counsels, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 2; Gen. 618.

Linked entries: giet geot

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Th. 87, 5. heonon Ðá man mæg mid fæstenum heonon ádrífan, Dóm. L. 30, 46. of Hé his bróðer ádráf of éðele, Chr. 380; P. 11, 10: Sat. 201: Bo. 18. Gif man folan of ádrífe, Ll. Th. i. 72, 1. Ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe, Bl. H. 43, 23.

ge-leáfa

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H. 15, 27: Mk. 10, 51: Lk. 18, 41. Þín geleáfa ( belief in thee ) on úrum móde þurhwunige, Hy. 6, 8. Þone gefeán þe þú mid geleáfan tó geearnodest, Bl. H. 63, 28. Heó áhte trumne geleáfan tó þǽm Ælmihtigan, Jud. 6: 345.

eldran

(n.)

elders, parents

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Met. Fox 1, 115; Met. 1, 58: 13, 55; Met. 13, 28

Linked entry: ildra

geóguþ

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ, geógeþ, giógoþ, geógaþ, gígoþ, iúguþ, e; f.

YOUTH, the state of being youngjuventus, juvenilis ætas vel statusthe youth, young personsjuventus, juvenes

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Ic geseah míne gesǽlinesse and mín wuldor and ða fromnisse mínre iúguþe ego respiciens felicitatem meam insigni numero juventutis, Nar. 7, 22

Linked entry: eógoþ

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas, Wlfst. 148, 2. fair, desirable, handsome (of amount) Þín méd is on fæger, Hml. A. 167, 99.

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Ic geteohhode mín líf on mægðháde tó geendigenne. Hml. Th. i. 198, 26. þone hé ǽr geteohhode mid teónan tó forseónne, Hml. S. 31, 677.