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bógan

(v.)
Grammar
bógan, bógian, bón; p. bóe
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Þæt nán þing flǽsclices beforan Gode mid getote ne bógie ut non glorietur omnis caro coram Deo, 139, 2. Add:

dún-land

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Genim swínes scearn þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62, 28. Ðeós wyrt ( betony ) biþ cenned on mǽdum and on clǽnum dúnlandum, i. 70, 2. Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add

eald-spræc

(n.)
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An old form of words, a proverb, byword þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus, Ps. Th. 43, 16

exe

(n.)
Grammar
exe, an: ex (?), e; f.

The brain

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Exon þǽre ðryfealdan (brægene þám þryfealdan, v. l.) cerebro triformi, Lor. H. 183, 1. Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70, 21

Linked entry: ex

folc-toga

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Þæs folctogan (Holofernes') bed. Jud. 47. Þám folctogan, Jul. 225. of a spiritual leader Dryhtnes cempa, from folctoga (Guthlac), Gú. 874

frægning

(n.)
Grammar
frægning, e; f.
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Asking, enquiry, questioning Mé náht nú tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frægninge and ácsunge be þám wísum, in þám ic wæs tweógende ǽr de his in quibus dubius fui nihil mihi quaestionis remansit, Gr. D. 323, 23. Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19

ge-inseglian

(v.)
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þæt fæt myd hys hringe geinseglode, Hml. A. 190, 253. Hí ðá ðrúh geinnseglodon ( signanles lapidem, Mt. 27, 66), Hml. Th. ii. 262, 11. Seó teág wæs geinsæglod mid twám sylfrenan insæglan, Hml. S. 23, 756. Geinseigled armatam, i. signatam, An.

ge-brýdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brýdian, p. od
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Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21

Linked entry: brýdian

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

send

(n.)
Grammar
send, e; f.
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A present Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oþþe sende oðþe lác from hyra mágum oþþe from ǽnigum óþrum men underfón nullatenus liceat monacho neque a parentibus suis neque quoquam hominum litteras, eulogias, vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R.

úp-lic

Grammar
úp-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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add: Se deáð is for þám úplic; þeáh se man ástíge ofer þone yfemystan dǽl þæs hýhstan holtes, swáþeáhhwzðere hiene se deáð geséceð, Verc. Först. 103, 13. On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404.

úp-weardes

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D. 286, 21. with the face turned upwards, cf. úp-riht Se líchama þæs abbudes læg úpweardes abbatis corpus supinum jacebat, Gr. D. 226, 21

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Ac ic wundrige þá stihtunge þǽre godcundan mildheortnesse ofer ús unweorðe sed super indignos nos divinae misericordiae dispensationem miror, Gr. D. 233, 28.

bóc-land

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. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add

for-sceamian

(v.)
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Eall þæt hé forsceamode þæt hé ǽnigum men gecýdde, Wlfst. 138, 1. with infin. Wé forsceamiað dǽdbóte dón erubescimus paenitentiam agere, Scint. 49, 10: 19, 18. with dat. infin. Ic forsceamige tó secganne míne ungeleáffulnesse, Hml.

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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Eph. 2, 12-14), þæt is engla werod and mancynn tó ánum werode, Hml. Th. ii. 580, 2. Gesybbode confederantur, Germ. 397, 437. Tóscereð gesibbade separat federates, Kent. Gl. 604

ge-dafenlic

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Hit is nú swýþe gedafenlic tíma, þæt wé ús sylfe clǽnsian, Wlfst. 103, 17. Mid gedæfenlice conpetenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 70. Of gedafenlicum rǽdelse congrua conjectura, An. Ox. 7, 84.

Linked entry: ge-défelic

hǽre

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Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf, 109, 228. sackcloth used to lie on Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra, Hml. S. 31, 853. On stíþre hǽran licgende, 1351 : Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
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I. 73, 1. ¶ to urge an animal :-- Nimað þás swipan þæt gé magan þis hors mid mynegian and drífan (minare ), Gr. D. 14, 21