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glæd-scipe

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Þæt magon cuman tó þám eásterlican dæge þe aa byð mid fullum glædscipe and wynsumnysse and écere blisse, Angl. viii. 323, 40. Add

ge-ǽsce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ǽsce, [an; f. ?]

Inquiry

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Inquiry witon swíþe lytel þæs þe ǽr ús wæs búton be gemynde and be geáscunge (geǽscum, v. l.), Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 26

Linked entry: ǽsce

tó-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To forbid,prohibit

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To forbid, prohibit nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24,7

fulloc

(n.)
Grammar
fulloc, ful-loc (ful loc?), es; n.

A fullfinal agreement

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A full, final agreement willað ꝥ . . . getrýwe gewitnes and riht dóm and fulloc (ful loc?) . . . fæste stande, Ll. Th. ii. 302, 6. Substitute:

þeorfness

(n.)
Grammar
þeorfness, e; f.
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Unleavenedness; metaphorically, freedom from impurity, purity Ðonne búton yfelnysse beorman on ðeorfnysse sýfernysse and sóðfæstnysse faraþ, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 1. On ðeorfnyssum sýfernysse and sóðfæstnysse, 278, 25

un-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihte, adv.

Not rightlyunjustly

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Not rightly, unjustly Unrihte dydon injuste egimus, Ps. Spl. 105, 6: 118, 78. Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 12

cnáwan

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(cneów), cnéw (v. oncnéw, Past. 295, 8) Ꝥ cnáwan wæg ðínne ut cognoscamus viam tuam, Ps. Spl. 66, 2. Þá beóð cnáwene noscuntur, An. Ox. 76

declínian

(v.)
Grammar
declínian, pp. od
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habbað nú declínod þá eahta frumcennedan pronomina, 100, 6

líf-leást

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synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —

tó-sceádedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceádedness, e; f.
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Separation Þæt sién gemyndige ... þǽre tósceádednesse úre sáwle, þonne hió of ðám líchoman gelǽdd bið (cf. þæs gedáles líchoman and sáule, Wlfst. 225, 15), Verc. Först. 101, 1

ge-faran

(v.)
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Gif áht gefaran scylan, Wlfst. 121, 14: 282, 10. Bið æt Gode gelang eal hwæt gefaran scylan, 122, 9. Se cásere is nú gyt smeágende hwæt gefaran habban ( what has happened to us ), Hml. S. 23, 452.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Fela þing wiste se hálga wer on ǽr, lange ǽr hí gelumpon, Hml.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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On sceortne -as geendiaþ grécisce naman ac we ne grétaþ nú ða Greek nouns end in short -as, but we shall not treat them now, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 24; Som. 10, 57. Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte the part that the water did not touch, 1, 3; Bos. 27, 29.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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ús nytan witod líf óð ǽfen we are not sure of life until the evening, Wulfst. 241, 16: 240, 18: 151, 17. Nú hæbbe ic ðíne hyldo mé witode geworhte, Cd. Th. 45, 15; Gen. 727. Weotude, Andr. Kmbl. 2149; An. 1076.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

ge-myndig

Grammar
ge-myndig, <b>; I a.</b>
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., is implied Swá úrra synna gemyndigran beóð ( memores sumus ), swá hí swíðor God ofergyt, Chrd. 106, 34

un-geféle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféle, adj.

Without feelingwithout sensationinsensible

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Without feeling, without sensation, insensible Ða lǽcedómas ðe lǽrdon ðæt mon dyde tó ðære ungefélan heardnesse ongunnenre on ðære lifre, Lchdm. ii. 212, 15

Linked entry: ge-féle

ge-beterian

(v.)
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úre líf and úre þeáwas gebeterian, Hml. A. 149, 136. Þæt hý for ðǽre scame gebeterede sýn (emendentur), R. Ben. 68, 18. Add

ge-cwealmbǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwealmbǽran, ge-cwylmbǽran.
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synt gecwylmbérode mortificamur, Ps. L. 43, 22

Linked entry: ge-cwelmbǽran

gyltend

(n.)
Grammar
gyltend, es; m.

A debtoran offenderdebitor

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Swá swá we forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, Mt. Bos. 6, 12

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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Here sandes feórden betwyx heom and hí togædere cómen and wurðe sæhte their envoys went between them, and they came together and were reconciled, 1135; Erl. 261, 20. Sonden commen betwenen ðe soðe word me seiden, Laym. 4651.

Linked entries: sand sond