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feá-sceaft

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-sceaft, adj.

Having few things, poor, naked, destitute mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus

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Wæs bén getiðad feásceaftum men the prayer was granted to the poor man, Beo. Th. 4559; B. 2285: 4775; B. 2393. God eáðe mæg afréfran feásceaftne God may easily comfort the poor [one], Exon. l0 b; Th. 11, 23; Cri. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 733; An. 367.

Linked entry: -sceaft

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trusthopeconfideresperareto make a treatysancire

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Ðú mínum wordum getrúwodest thou host trusted my words, 29; Th. 38, 28; Gen. 613: 33; Th. 44, 9; Gen. 706: Ben. Th. 3071; B. 1533: 5074; B. 2540. Beorges getrúwode wíges and wealles in his hill he trusted, in his war and his wall, 4634; B. 2322.

sealm

(n.)
Grammar
sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.
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Ben. 6, 15. Sealma, 33, 5: 6, 22. Nǽnig mon ne dorste for hine sæalmas ne mæssan singan, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 35. Seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 29

Linked entries: psalm salm

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Ben. 63, 10-15. Ðæt hiae simle ymb xii mónaþ gegeorwien tén hund hláfa and swǽ feola sufla, and ðæt mon gedéle tó ælmessan for míne sáwle, Chart. Th. 461, 11

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

þrafian

(v.)
Grammar
þrafian, p. ode.

to urgepressto reproverebukecorrect

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Ben. 120, 20. Mec mín freá þrafaþ on þýstrum, hætst on enge, Exon. Th. 383, 1; Rä. 4, 4. Se biscop sceal þrafian ða mæssepreóstas mid lufe ge mid láþe, ðæt hié healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 8. to reprove, rebuke, correct.

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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Ben. Interl. 52, 4. Yrnende geond gǽres ymbrene currens per anni circulum Hymn. Surt. 39, 29. Dægena embrynum dierum circulis 27, 1. Embrenum lustris Hpt. Gl. 415, 67. Ymrynum, 493, 62. Ǽfre ymbe geáres ymbrynum, Lchdm .iii. 238, 25.

be-hát

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Ben. 19, 17. Gif hé þis behát ábrycð, 99, 21. Behát ( vota ) wé tólésan þé, Hy. S. 7, 27. Ic ágylde þé behát ( vota ) mín, Ps. Spl. 65, 12. Gode man sceal dón þá betstan behát, Hml.

ge-wéman

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Ben. 99, 20. His leóda tó Gode gewéman, Hml. S. 26, 51. Tó þan sóþan geleáfan gewǽmed, Lch. iii. 442, 6. what is wrong, undesirable Hwí woldest þú ámyrran mín áncennedan sunu þurh þínne drýcræft and tó þínum Críste gewéman, Hml.

hatung

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Ben. 38, 19. Hwí is se deófol swá onweard þám men ? For þǽre hatunge þe hé hæfþ tó his scyppende ( propter odium in creatorem ), Angl. vii. 8, 65.

in-fær

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Ben. 53, 16. Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ... Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Ben. 73, 4-6. Se móna is hwíltídum weaxende, hwíltídum wani-ende, Hml. Th. ii. 214, 32

leáf

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Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Ben. 11, 7: operui, 28, 20. Bedígla hit, Lch. iii. 188, 15. Heó hine bedíglian (celare) ne mihte, Ex. 2, 3: Hml. S. 2, 228. Bedígledes secreti .i. occulti, An. Ox. 1442. with clause Hé ne bedíglode ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, Hml. S. 5, 160.

geornlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willinglydīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter

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Geornlíce Cyriacus on Caluarie hleór onhylde Cyriacus willingly bent down his cheeks on Calvary, Elen. Kmbl. 2192; El. 1097.

Linked entry: eornlíce

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an ; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.
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. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum linguae eius, Mk. Skt. 7, 35. Hé his tungan (tunga, Lind. Rush. ) onhrán, 7, 33. Rómáne ðæm pápan his tungon forcurfon.

gold

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Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 47. Golde siowode segmentata (veste ), ii. 95, 49. Nymað eall eówer gold (cf. gyldene eárhringas, 4), Ex. 32, 24. used to ornament objects Seó cirice nalles on goldes wlite ne scíneþ, Bl. H. 197, 8.

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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Ben. 30, 15. Wita sceal geþyldig, ne sceal nó tó hátheort, ne tó hrædwyrde, Exon. Th. 290, 15; Wand. 65. Ðissere worulde hǽt is ðæt heó witan hæbbe, and swá má witena beóð, swá hit bet færð.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

á-lynian

(v.)
Grammar
á-lynian, -lynnan.
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Eall hit wyrð gebunden, bútan gé þá bendas álynian, Wlfst. 178, 5. Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424. Sí ðú út álened eruere, Kent. Gl. 127. Út áleoned euulsam, An. Ox. 3464.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Ben. 118, 13. with dat. of person Þone þe byð heora leahtrum geþafa and him on gewill gancge consentientem personam, R. Ben. 118, 7.

ge-freógan

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Se pápa Marinus gefreóde Ongelcynnes scóle be Ælfrédes béne, Chr. 885; P. 80, 5. (4 a) to free land from taxes or services :-- Eall ðæt land sý écelíce gefreód ealra þeówdóma, C. D. vi. 202, 18.