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ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Gl. 251, 35. to maintain the righteousness of a person Gé eów sylfe beforan mannum gerihtwísiaþ, Lk. 16, 15. to exculpate, in theology to declare or make free from the penally of sin Andetnys gerihtwísað, andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð, Scint. 40

Linked entry: rihtwísian

grindan

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Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.

heorr

a hinge

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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35

Linked entry: heorra

rúm-mód

(adj.)
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rúm-mód, adj.

liberalprofusebenignant, gracious, kind

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Th. 106, 30; Gú. 49. too liberal, profuse :-- Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 60; Swt. 453

æg

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æg, l.
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Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon fisces and butran and aegera ðaet mon begeotan maege, C. D. i. 293, 11. Genim nigon ǽgra . . . and nim eall swá fela dropena wínes swá ðǽra ǽgra beó, Lch. i. 380, 1-5. Sellan ǽgra tó súpanne, ii. 220, 7.

or-módness

(n.)
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or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Ðá se earma man ðus mid ormódnesse sprecendé wæs sic loquebatur miser desperans, 5, 13; S. 633, 21. Tó ormódnesse ad desperationem, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 19: 21, 7; Swt. 165, 19.

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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Justicia cognoscentis latronis sua est de homine suo, si captus fuerit super terram suam, L. Ed. C. 22 ; Th. i. 452, 4.

for-stelan

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Gif máran stalan forstele si homo magnum quid furatus fuerit, animal quadrupes ... quod furatus fuerit reddat ... Si majus aliquid furatus fuerit, 33-36. to obtain surreptitiously, take away without the knowledge of another. [Cf. Ger. ver-stohlen.]

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.

síþe

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Ðis synd ðá londgemǽra . . . á be ðan wuda swá sulh and síðe hit gegán mæge (as far as it can be ploughed or mown), C. D. iii. 458, 20. Ðá cóm se Godes wer gesceód mid geclútedum scón and bær his síðe ( falcem fenariam ) on his eaxle, Gr.

dún-lendisc

(adj.)
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dún-lendisc, adj.

Hilly, mountainous land montānus

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Hilly, mountainous land; montānus Sume sind derivatīva, swá dún-lendisc montānus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 10

eored-wered

(n.)
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eored-wered, es; n. [werod, wered a company, multitude]

A band, company, multitude exercĭtus, lĕgio

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A band, company, multitude; exercĭtus, lĕgio Eóredweredu ðara deófla lĕgiōnes sive exercĭtus dæmonum, Greg. Dial. 1, 10

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the foreheadforelocksantiæ frontissive a fronte dependentes

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Hair hanging down the forehead, forelocks; antiæ frontis, sive a fronte dependentes, Cot. 6, Som. Ben. Lye

flóde

(n.)
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flóde, an; f.

A place where anything flowsa channelsinkguttercloācalăcūna

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A place where anything flows, a channel, sink, gutter; cloāca, lăcūna, Cot. 44: 193, Som. Ben. Lye

mód-seóc

(adj.)
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mód-seóc, adj.

Sick at heartwith mind diseaseddistressed

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Sick at heart, with mind diseased, distressed Un*-*rotne, módseócne, Exon. 51a; Th. 177, 30: Gú. 1235

gewit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
gewit-seóc, adj.

Mind-sicklunaticdemoniacenergumenus

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Mind-sick, lunatic, demoniac; energumenus, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 35; Wrt. Voc. 45, 67: 75, 52

Linked entry: wit-seóc

wísere

(n.)
Grammar
wísere, es; m.

sign-post

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A sign-post (?) Tó Afene; on wísere; on ða fúlan lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 301, 36

hlígan

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, for the Latin in the second passage substitute ' scientiae sibi nomen extendunt', and add:

innan-earm

(n.)
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innan-earm, es; m.
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The side of the arm towards the body Lǽt him blód of innanearme, Lch. ii. . 134, 6

Linked entry: earm

ofer-sprǽc

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Hú micel ofersprǽc cymeð of ðǽre oferwiste quanta sibi per esum loquacitas insidietur, Past. 313, 10. Add