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ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Ðæt hé gesette óðre for hine tó démenne betweox ðám folce ymbe hira geflita (-o, v.l.) ut pro se alios adjurgia dirimenda constituat, Past. 131, 16. (5 a) figurative :-- In þám freóndlican geflite (contentione) þǽre wrixiendlican eádmódnesse þǽr eóde

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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I. 5) Se leg ongan sleán and brecan ongeán þone wind, and efne swá se wind swíþor slóg on þone lég swá bræc hé swíþor ongeán þǽm winde, efne þǽm gelícost swylce ðá gesceafta twá him betweónan gefeohtan sceoldan, Bl. H. 221, 12-15.

Linked entry: bracan

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Se biscop beweddade Eadwulfe þæs áðæs. Cht. Th. 71, 3. Siþþan hé weres beweddod hæbbe. Ll. Th. i. 174, 16: 250, 18. with clause Ðá beweddode mé Eádnóð and Ælfstán, þæt hió óðer þára dydon, Cht, Th. 167, 20

gelimplic

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</b> in grammar translating accidens. v. ge-limp; Sume naman synd accidentia, þæt synd gelimplice, þe gelimpað ánum gehwylcum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 12, 13.

hýd

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</b> in n], Wlfst. 172, 1 [and note], Gebéte hé þæt swá swá hit gelagod is, . . . þǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 9

lencten

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The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28.

á-hwǽnan

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Þæt hí wydewan and steópcild tó oft ne áhwǽnan, ac georne hý gladian, 309, 3: Ll. Th. i. 326, 25. For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and hé his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . .

Linked entry: hwǽnan

beór

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Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. Ne dranc hé beór ne ealu ne nán ðǽra wǽtan ðe menn of druncniað, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 6. Biór siceram, Knt. Gl. 1128. Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

dys-lic

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Dyslic bið þæt hwá woruldlice spéda forhogige for manna herunge and beó on Godes dóme geniðerod, Hml. Th. i. 60, 32: Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 28. Dys(e)lic dyrstignes. v. dyrstignes. Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35.

ge-brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
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., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe; gebrosnod, Past. 249, 14: 251, 9. Míewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode, Bl.

ge-þyldigian

(v.)
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To be patient, have patience Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe þæt mon geðyldgode sume hwíle, Wlfst. 100, 8. Bisceopum gebyrað, gyf ǽnig óðrum ábelge, ꝥ man geþyldige oð geférena sóme, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 34

hwéne

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Þæt is tó heriaune hwéne rihtlícor, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 13. Hwéne æfter hé cuið, Past. 99, 14. Hwéne æfter þon hé cwæð, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 86, 2. with verb (ptcpl.) Hwéne pusillum (progressus inde pusillum (hwón, W. S. lytel hwón, R.

mǽst

(adv.)
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mǽst, adv.
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add: very much Þæt orþancum ealde reccað, þá þe mǽgburge mǽst gefrúnon, Exod. 360. Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost.

mis-lic

Grammar
mis-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt synt mistlice geearnunga fulfremedra manna, Ps. Th. 44, 15. Gode tó þancunga his mislicra and manigfealdra gesceafta, 18, arg. Þá wyrtgemang tácniað mistlicu mægen Crístes, 44, 10

ná-hwǽr

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ná-hwǽr, <b>. I.</b>
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Hié ne dorston þæt land náwér (náwǽrn, -wérn, v. ll. ) gesécan on þá healfe, Chr. 918; P. 98, 26. Hé of mynstere nolde náwár beón gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 4. <b>I a.

dreám

Grammar
dreám, <b>; II a.</b>
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þǽra hlystendra eáran of þám dreáme ( psalmorum pronuntiationi ) beón ábryrde. Chrd. 57, 16. Add

fell-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
fell-stycce, es; n.
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A piece of skin Hafa þǽre hýde fellsticceo on þínum sceón, Lch. i. 330, 5

leáh-tric

Grammar
leáh-tric, l. leahtric, take here <b>leác-tric</b>
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., and add Be þǽre nunfǽmnan þe bát þone leahtric, Gr. D. 30, 33

middan-sumor

Grammar
middan-sumor, middan-winter.
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Ingang þǽre middanwintres (this seems certainly a compound) tídæ, Chr. 1016 ; P. 147, 19. Add

midde

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On middan þǽre flóre his botles in medio tuguriunculi, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3. Add