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á-spendan

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Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 428, 29

GEARO

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
GEARO, gearu; gen. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; def. se gearwa; adj.

YAREreadypreparedequippedcompletepromptuspărātusinstructusperfectus

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Ic beó gearo sóna I shall be ready at once, Beo. Th. 3655; B. 1825 : 6202; B. 3106. Ðá wæs gearo gyrnwræce Grendeles módor then was Grendel's mother ready with vengeance for wrongs, 4242; B. 2118. Swá gearwe swá seó leó sīcut leo părātus, Ps.

á-cunnian

(v.)
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Be his regolum ácunnod tried by its rules, Lch. iii. 250, 7. to experience, ascertain by trial Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24.

Linked entry: accutian

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Ne gedafenaþ ús ðæt wé symle hnesce beón on úrum geleáfan swá swá ðás merwan cild, Homl. Th. i. 602, 13. Þurh ða myrwan per tenera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 23. Hí ( the leaves ) beóþ mearwran (MS. H. mearuwran), Herb. 153, 1; Lchdm. i. 278, 15.

Linked entry: myrwa

bén-yrþ

(n.)
Grammar
bén-yrþ, e; f.

Ploughed landprecum aratura

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Ploughed land; precum aratura Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntatis domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam

for-gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýmeleásian, -gímeleásian, -giémeleásian, -gémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, gýmeleásian to neglect]

To neglect entirelyomnīno neglĭgĕre

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Forgýmeleásod beón neglectus esse, neglĭgi, R. Ben. 36

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.

méðig

(adj.)
Grammar
méðig, adj.

Wearyexhausted

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Ða ðe tó láfe beón móston wǽron tó ðæm méðie ðæt hié ne mehton ða gefarenan tó eorþan bringan the survivors (of the pestilence) were exhausted to such a degree, that they could not inter the dead, 2, 6; Swt. 86, 28

níwness

(n.)
Grammar
níwness, e; f.

Newnessnovelty

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Newness, novelty Ne sceal him mon ánne mete gebeódan, ac missenlíce, ðæt seó niównes ðara metta mǽge him góde beón, Lchdm. ii. 240, 15. Ðæs mónan níwnys, Anglia viii. 310, 38.

ge-hýrsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsum, -hiérsum; adj.

Obedientobligingready to serveobĕdiensoffĭciōsus

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H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6

Linked entries: hýr- ge-hiérsum

stirne

(adj.)
Grammar
stirne, adj.
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Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3. [God] hæfde styrne mód, gegremed grymme, Cd. Th. 4, 28 ; Gen. 60

Linked entry: styrne

un-áteorigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteorigendlíc, adj.

indefatigableunweariedthat shall not failunendingimperishable

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Wé ðe sind éce on úrum sáwlum, and eác beóð on líchaman unáteorigendlíce æfter ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste, ii. 462, 30

crísten

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Hé bæd hine crístenne beón . . . bæd ꝥ hé ðurh his bebod crístene gefremed wǽre, Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 3, 16. Crístenum þénungum þeówian, 1, 7; Sch. 22, 6. Se crístenesta (crístena, v. l. ) cyning, Ors. 6, 38; S. 296, 30. Add

efen-wiht

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Hí woldon efenwihte (-wyhton, -wyrhtan, v. ll. ) beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11

ge-hala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hala, an; m.
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Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne gehalan and þíne midspecan, ne wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, ꝥ hit nán man ne þearf geáxian búton ús sylfum, Hml. S. 23, 590

Linked entry: -hala

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, a troop.
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Beorg ymbstódan hwearfum wrǽcmæcgas (cf. thin menigí stód aftar themu hoƀe hwarbón, Hél. 5180), Gú. 234. [He þer wærf makede he made an assembly there (cf. oƀarmódie man ( the chief priests and Pharisees, v.

riht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wíf, es; n.
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A lawful wife Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440.

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Hé nát hú smeálíce his dǽde sceolon beón gedémde beforan Godes eágum facta illius quam subtiliter judicentur ignorat, 337, 16. subtlely, craftily Oððe hé mid geámeleáste ús gebysgað, oþþe mid smeágungum smeálíce ús hremð, Hml. S. 13, 59

beadu-lác

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-lác, es; n.

Play of battlebattlewarstragis actiopugna

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Play of battle, battle, war; stragis actio, pugna Ǽnig mon to beaduláce ætberan meahte any man might bear forth to the play of battle, Beo. Th. 3126; B. 1561. To ðam beaduláce to the battle-play, Andr. Kmbl. 2238; An. 1120

ed-wenden

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wenden, e; f.

A reverse, alteration, end mūtātio, āversio, cessātio

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A reverse, alteration, end; mūtātio, āversio, cessātio Edwenden cwom a reverse came, Beo. Th. 4383, note; B. 2188. Ǽr ðon edwenden worulde geweorþe ere that an end shall be to the world, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 14; Ph. 40

Linked entry: -wenden