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ge-sprǽc

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Gecýþed mid ealdorlicnesse þæs hálgan gespreces (þǽre hálgan spræce, v.l.) auctoritate sacri eloquii, Gr. D. 323, 13. Efter gesprece ðínum secundum eloquium tuum, Ps. Srt. 118, 41. Gesprec ðín (ðíne gesprecu, Ps.

cearcian

(v.)
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Þá téð, þe nú on oferǽte blissiað, sceolon þǽr cearcian on pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 530, 32. Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes, Lch. iii. 430, 33. Cearciendum crepante i. sonante (naucleri portisculo ), An. Ox, 31: 3, 20.

eág-sealf

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Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18. Éhsealfe malagma, i. colirium, An. Ox. 3051. Éhsealue, 2, 141. Heáhsealuæ, 7, 224. Eágsealfe colliria, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 24. Add

æt

(prep.)
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Th. i. 52, 32. implying adhesion Ealle ðá men þe æt þǽre láre wǽron þæt mon Pompeius ofslóg omnes interfectores Pompeii, Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 23.

á-léfedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-léfedness, e; f.
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Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99

Linked entry: -léfedness

ár-weorþlíce

(adv.)
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Swá þæt wé on dæge árwurðlíce ( honeste ) faron, Hml. Th. i. 604, 6. Add

be-wépendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wépendlic, adj.

Lamentabledeplorable

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Hú earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66

cild-lic

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Se cildlica heáp wolde þæs ánes cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Add

eall-wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
eall-wealdend, es; m.
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Gif hé gewilnaþ þæs eallwealdendes miltsunge, 19, 187

Linked entries: wealdend æle-wealdend

eást-healf

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On eásthealfe þæs landes líþ gársecg, S. 14, 2. Add

eáþ-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-cnǽwe, -cnáwe; adj.
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.), for ðan ðe ǽlc ðára worda þe geendað on eo, and se óðer hád on es, ys þǽre óðre geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 8

foran-niht

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Hit gelamp on þǽre nihte ꝥ se cyning læg wæccende lange on forannihte, Hml. A. 98, 209. De completorio (Forannihtsang) On foranniht wé sculon God herian ǽr wé tó bedde gán, Btwk. 218, 34: 194, 14. Add

Linked entry: foranniht-sang

flocc-mǽlum

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Hié wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard þǽm óþrum tó fultume they were flocking to the place to the help of the others, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 19. Hí nocmǽlum fécdon mid heora híwum, Hml. S. 25, 235. Add

ge-niþerung

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L. 89, 3. condemnation Þǽre sáwle is micel genyðrung ꝥ mon þá wuldorfæstan Godes weorc bedíglige, Hml. S. 23b, 11

Linked entry: niþerung

-líc

(adj.; suffix)
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Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36

mirran

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Add Hú ðonne gyf ðé myrrað and lettað þæs líchoman mettrimnysse dolor corporis te fortasse vi sua commovet, Solil. H. 40, 6. Ælfere ealdorman and óþre manega munucregol myrdon, Chr. 975 ; P. 121, 26. add : v. mirrend

ofer-módian

(v.)
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to be proud Þæt þurh eádmódnysse ná ofermódige ut per humilitatem non superbiat, Scint. 19, 20. Náteshwón framað on héhnysse eádmódnysse leornian sé þe on neowlum gesett ná geswícð ofermódian (superbire ), 84, 8. Ofermódigende superbiendo, 230, 3

Linked entry: -módian

on-sundrum

Grammar
on-sundrum, <b>. I.</b>
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þæt cildra inngân þâ cyrcean ân on-sundron sê gehringed belle ( let a bell be rung without the accompaniment of any other? ; but the Latin is: Unum continuatim pulsetur tintinnabu-lum), Angl. xiii. 380, 211. Add

or-met

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or-met, or-mett.
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Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

sumer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-hús, a
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summer-hause Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde wyrcan þá healle ǽrest on eástdǽle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan and winterhús and sumerhús and wynsume búras twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 98