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leógan

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Ðeáh nyte hwæt sóðes secge, him is ðeáh leófre ðæt leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit bona de se vel falsa jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 217, 16. Heó wolde hire líf forlǽtan ǽr þan þe heó luge, Hml.

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an actionsuitcause

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sette ealle ða litsmen of mále, 1050; Erl. 176, 13. Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte made as hard terms as ever he could, 1086; Erl. 220, 8

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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Hí on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44. Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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Ðá geseah ealle ða cytan mid heofonlíce leóhte gefylde.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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Gesihþe gehleówende þurhteó ꝥ heó ne ídelnysse hlade visum fovendo contegat ne vanitates hauriat . Hy. S. 9, 14. Fruman gecyrredra geswǽsum gehlýwende ł gehyrtende ( refouenda ) synd gemetum, Scint. 61, 10

Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in agreement, with one accord. of persons Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon: 'Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfé,' Hml.

(adj.)
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. :-- For þǽm ne úþe þæt ǽnig má folca for his þingum forwurde þonne self mid his ágenre þeóde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 33. Ge londum ge on má ðára þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, C. D. v. 140, 15.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Th. 97, 9 : 95, 13. rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly Rihte ys genemned Jacob; nu beswác mé, Gen. 27, 36 : Exon. Th. 9, 7; Cri. 139.

beót

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Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:

sǽ-strand

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-strand, es; m.

Sea-shore

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Heo stepen up a sæstrond, Laym. 9235

Linked entry: strand

rícetere

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hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol?

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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hine ǽnne gemétte sittende and rǽdendne ætforan þám mynstergeate, Gr. D. 163, 24. to read aloud, read to others árás ꝥ rǽdde (tó rédanne, L.

be-wuna

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þæt feoh tó sellanne næfde his here swá hié bewuna wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 15. Add

ge-métan

(v.)
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I. trans. to meet with, come upon or across, fall in with -Ðá eóde furþor, oþ gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 24. Se here ætbærst. . . and gemǽtte se here ðá scipu of Eást-Englum, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17.

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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A berry ofslóh heora berig (byrig, Ps. Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Óðer ondréd ðæt forlure sprecende ða gestrión ðe on ðære swígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) geðencan meahte; óðer ondréd ðæt ongeáte on his swýgean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) ðæt sumne hearm geswigode, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 19-22.

bismer-nes

disgracepollutionreproachinsultcontemptiblenesspitifulness

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Similar entries v. bismer-lic, forseah þá deófollican láre, for þám þe ealle þá ýdele ongeat ... þá bysmornysse forhogode heora lára and heora costunga, Guth. 34, 4-12

fót-lǽst

(n.)
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hét hí hine ferian þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, and lecgan his líc æt heora fó;tlǽstum, Hml. S. 5, 467. Geseah león wið þǽre hálgan líchaman standan, and hit his fótlástas (-es, MS., fétlástas, v.l. ) liccode, 23 b, 773

ge-þyncan

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Godwine fór upp, and Harold, and heora lið swá mycel swá heom geþúhte, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 28

furþor

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wolde beón furðor on óðrum earde þonne on his ágenum wǽre, Hml. S. 6, 189. wæs furðor on hlísan and on mihte, Hml. Th. i. 478, 27. Se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, Hex. 38, 5.