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giddian

(v.)
Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To singrecitespeak

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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728

bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.

to hold by or near, guard, observe, preservetenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservareto see, look on, beholdvidere, intueri, aspicere

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Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan he shall observe the sun's course, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 27; Ph. 90 : 57 b; Th. 205, 17; Ph. 114.

Linked entry: be-healden

þrafian

(v.)
Grammar
þrafian, p. ode.

to urgepressto reproverebukecorrect

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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.

un-gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelíce, adv.

Not in like mannerdifferentlydiversely

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Ða strengas se hearpere suíðe ungelíce styreþ, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðæm sóne ne singaþ ðe hé wilnaþ.

be-leán

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Ðǽm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce, ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése in hebetibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, Past. 203, 9.

efesian

(v.)
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Seó wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct, Hml. S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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S. 26, 856. ꝥte hé é in a local sense, an exit, a passage (of part of the body) Him eóde se innoð út æt his forðgange, Hml. S. 16, 207.

god-fæder

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Add: a godfather Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17: 52, 4-15. Godfæder his godbearn lufie, Wlfst. 74, 13. Petrus wæs his ( St.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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S. 36, 420. at times, at intervals, as opposed to always or continuously Cwyst þú hwæþer hittó gelýfenne ꝥ þysum Godes þeówan mihte symble æt beón se wíte-dómes gást, hwæþer be hwíltídum ( per intervalla temporum ) his mód gefylde þæs wítedómes gást

leáf

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</b> an artificial leaf :-- Gylden is se Godes cwide gimmum ástǽned, hafað silfren leáf, Sal. 64. a leaf of a book Hér on þysan óþran leáfe onginð seó æftere bóc, Gr. D. 92, 2. Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc.

óga

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S. 130, 5. For hellewítes ógan, Lch. iii. 440, 33. Add Ꝥ se rénboga tó ógan mid þæs fýres híwe, ꝥ eall middaneard bið mid fýre forswǽled, Angl. vii. 38, 365. Hí gesáwon swá mænigfealde ógan on mistlicum wítum, Hml. S. 23, 61

Linked entry: on-égan

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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Nánwuht ne byð yfel, ǽr mon wéne ðæt hit yfel seó, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 30. with the verb to be inferred Ðæt se Fæder wǽre ǽr se Sunu, Hml. Th. i. 290, 7. Nán þing næs ǽr hé, Hml. S. 1, 65.

Linked entry: ǽr

west-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
west-dǽl, es; m.
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</b> </b> Se ðe ástáh ofer westdǽl ( super occe um ), Ps. Spl. 67, 4

Linked entry: eást-dǽl

DUBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
DUBBAN, p. ade; pp. ad

To strike, DUB, createpercŭtĕre, creāre

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To strike, DUB, create; percŭtĕre, creāre Se cyng dubbade his sunu Henric to rídere the king dubbed [or created] his son Henry a knight, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 1

flǽsc-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-lícnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss. e; f.

Fleshlinessincarnationincarnātio

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Fleshliness, incarnation; incarnātio Se ðe wile smeágan ymbe ða gerýnu Cristes flǽsclícnysse he who will inquire about the mystery of Christ's incarnation, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 35: 280, 22

full-cáflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-cáflíce, adv.

Full quicklyvery eagerlyvelocissĭme

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Full quickly, very eagerly; velocissĭme Se fullcáflíce bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he very eagerly plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht. Th. 136, 19; By. 153

Linked entry: ful-cáflíce

eág-þyrl

(n.)
Grammar
eág-þyrl, ég-þyrl, éh-þyrl, es; n.

An eye-hole, a window fenestra

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An eye-hole, a window; fenestra Ontýnde se bisceop ðaet eág-þyrl ðære cyricean apĕruit episcŏpus fenestram oratōrii, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 6: 5, 12; S. 629, 15

pípere

(n.)
Grammar
pípere, es; m.
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Se Hǽlend geseah hwistleras (píperas, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23

streám-faru

(n.)
Grammar
streám-faru, e; f.
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The going or flowing of a stream of water, a current: — -Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan the prince bade the rush of waters cease, Andr. Kmbl. 3150; An. 1578

twi-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gilde, adj.
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Ethb. 1; Th. i. 2, 6. ii-gelde seó mund , 76; Th. i. 20, 13