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un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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Ðá geseah ealle ða cytan mid heofonlíce leóhte gefylde.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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Gesihþe gehleówende þurhteó ꝥ heó ne ídelnysse hlade visum fovendo contegat ne vanitates hauriat . Hy. S. 9, 14. Fruman gecyrredra geswǽsum gehlýwende ł gehyrtende ( refouenda ) synd gemetum, Scint. 61, 10

Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan

þǽr

Grammar
þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 6. (1 a) used indefinitely :-- getǽhte þá syndrigan stówe hwæt hí þǽr and þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr.

á-wár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wár, adv. [ = á-wǽr = á-hwǽr]

Anywherealicubi

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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19

déman

Grammar
déman, <b>; I 6.</b>
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nánum men ne déme ꝥ nolde ꝥ him démde, gif þone dóm ofer hine sóhte, Ll. Th. i. 56, 31. Add

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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</b> stay, residence :-- On ðæm setle ðe ðǽr sæt during the stay he made there, Chr. 922 ; Erl. 108, 22. <b>IV b.

fyrd-getrum

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-getrum, es; n. [getrum a band]

A martial bandcompany of soldiersagmencŏhors

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Héht his herecist healdan georne, fæst fyrdgetrum he bade his warlike band, the firm company, bear them boldly, 151; Th. 189, 1; Exod. 178

Linked entry: fird-getrum

hellewíte-bróga

(n.)
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terror of hell Þæt man ús foresegð embe hellewíte-brógan (or ? helle wíte-brógan. Similar entries v. wíte-bróga.

Linked entry: helle-wíte

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Ǽr þ ám þe him ryhtes bidde. Ll.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Biddende þæt heom fore gebeden sý postulent pro se orari, R. Ben. 59, 21: 62, 8: 127, 18, 19. bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca ... Ðá spæc ic him fore, Cht. Th. 169, 29.

ann

Grammar
ann, = an; pres. of unnan.

he gives

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he gives Ðé he ann he gives thee, Ps. Th. 74, 7

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Wé hátaþ ǽnne dæg fram sunnan upgang óð ǽfen; ac swá þeáh is on bócum geteald tó ánum dæge fram ðære sunnan upgange óð ðæt heó eft becume ðǽr heó ǽr upstáh, Lchdm. iii. 236, 1-5. Æfter sunnan setlgange, Gen. 28, 11: Ex. 22, 26.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Ðæt is ðæt geðreáge his hiéremenn ... Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne est virga districtionis ... Si est virga districtionis, quae feriat, Past. 124, 22.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

Norweg

(n.)
Grammar
Norweg, es; m. [The plural seems the more usual form.]

Norway

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Hér fór Cnut cyng tó Norwegum (Norwegon, Erl. 162, 37), 1028; Erl. 163, 13. Hér com Ólaf cyng eft intó Norwegum, 1030; Erl. 163, 16. Harold cyng of Norwegon, 1066; Erl. 199, 37. Com Harold of Norwegan, Erl. 200, 12.

be-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sorg, -sorh

Anxious, careful, dear, belovedsollicitus, carus

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Anxious, careful, dear, beloved; sollicitus, carus: Ðǽr wǽron ofslægene hyre þægna feówer ðe hyre besorge wǽron there were slain four of her thanes which were dear to her Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 25.

Linked entries: un-besorh be-sorh

oþ-sacan

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add: to deny a statement put negatively þá oðsóc ꝥ hit nǽre he denied, (saying) that it was not he, Hml. S. 30, 273

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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Þone cwyde ne gespræc ná þý þe hit wolde forðbryngan, ac beótigende (minando), Gr. D. 152, 16. Beótende minax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 43. Wǽran beótende intentarentur, 47, 48. [Yflum onbiótendum malis imminentibus.

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 324, 33. ꝥæt é Ánrǽdlíce gelýfan, 33, 10: H. R. 101, 30. Swíðe ánrǽdlíce heó ætwát ðǽm hǽþnum, Shrn. 57, 33. ꝥ é Of þám dæge hí ánrǽdlíce þóhton ꝥ hí hyne ofslógon, 66, 20

ge-neálǽcan

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Stód se Hǽlend and hét hine, lǽdan tó him. Þá geneálǽhte (geneólécde, L., geneálocade, R., appropinquasset) áhsude hine, Lk. 18, 40. with dative Mid ðý ꝥ fýr him geneálǽcte cum ignes cdpropinquassent, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 279, 10.

betwyx-aworpennyss

(n.)
Grammar
betwyx-aworpennyss, e; f.

An interjectioninterjectio

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Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind. Heu denotes a soreness of mind, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 55