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ege-full

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Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme tremendo judicio Dei, R. Ben. 31, 10. Þone egefullan cwide terribilem sententiam, 49, 19. fearful, timorous. feeling fear, cf. ege-leás Egefulle tremebundos, Hpt.

sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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Rush. 15, 25. free from charge or contention, unmolested, secure On ðæt gerád ðæt ðes cynges men sacleás beón móston on ðám castelan ðe hí ǽr þes eorles unþances begiten hæfdon, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 9.

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)

to do an erranda businessto obtain by negotiationintercessionto goand obtainapplyand obtain

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Add: to do an errand or a business Se man þe bringð médsceat þám geréfan, sé geǽrendað bet (does his business better) þonne sé ðe nǽnne ne bringð, Wlfst. 238, 9.

heáh-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-setl, es; n.

A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justicethronethronus, solium, tricliniuma high seat (at table)

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Forðon héhseðil godes is quia thronus Dei est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 34. Ðonne crist siteþ on his cynestóle on heáhsetle when Christ sitteth on his royal seat, on his throne, Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 7; Cri. 1218: Lchdnt. iii. 426, 6.

Linked entry: heáh-seld

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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חַישִׁמָ Messiah Se Hǽlend, ðe is genemned Crist Iesus, qui vocatur Christus ᏸεσοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός Mt. Bos. 1, 16. Crist wæs acenned, Hǽlend geháten Christ was born, called Jesus [Saviour] Menol. Fox 1-7.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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Se weg is rúm and forðheald, ðedeáðe lǽt; se is neara and sticol, ðe tó lífe lǽt, R. Ben. 5, 21: Shrn. 12, 19. On wyrmes líc sticoles ( rough, scaly ), Salm. Kmbl. 307; Sal. 153. Be westan róde óð sticelan stíg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29.

Linked entry: sticel

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron ( ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via ).

dígle

(n.)
Grammar
dígle, dígol, es; n.
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a secret place Of þám þýstorfullon díglum de latebrosis recessibus, An. Ox. 4, 23: Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. Of heolhstrum, of díglum de recessibus, i. de occultis vel de secretis, 139, 5. On deóhlum in secretioribus (ventris), Kent.

mere-streám

(n.)
Grammar
mere-streám, es; m.

A sea-streamthe seawater of the sea

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Manegum merestreámum de aquis multis, Ps. Th. 143, 12

un-andergilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andergilde, adj.

Not to be paid back(?)that may be retained(?)

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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?

Linked entry: ander-gilde

smeoru-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru-wyrt, e; f.

Smer-wort. Aristolochia rotunda

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man aristolochiam and óðrum naman smerowyrt nemneþ Lchdm. i. 114, 9-11. Smeruwyrt ii. 338, 13. Smerewyrt 128, 15

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Eallum ðe unriht wyrceaþ omnibus, qui operantur iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 58, 5. Tó mannum ðe mildheortnesse wyrceaþ, Blickl. Homl. 169, 21. Ðære scame ðe ðú worhtes, Past. 31 ; Swt. 207, 11. Ða hand ðe hé ðæt fúl mid worhte, L.

bul

(n.)
Grammar
bul, bula; m.
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ðe wæs hire ealdermóder, Cht. Th. 548, 17. Bulum bullis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 4. Bulas gyldenno gidóe wé ðé murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, Rtl. 4, 3

forod

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Ðeðe ǽnig fugel his flyhtes gewylt, gif his óðer fiðere forod bið, Hml. Th. ii. 318, 29. Heora fæder feóll foredum swyran, 326, 7. Man hine foredum sceancum intó þǽre eá wurpe, Hml. S. 27, 58. Add

hlóþian

(v.)
Grammar
hlóþian, p. ede

To take booty, rob, spoil

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Ða ðe monige geár ǽr hí onhergedon and hlóþedon qui per multos annos prædas in terra agebant, 1, 14; S. 482, 19

Linked entry: hleóþian

for-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grówan, p. -greów, pl. -greówon; pp. -grówen [for-, grówan to grow]

To grow upgrow intoincrescĕre

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To grow up, grow into; increscĕre Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up in the hearts, Exon. 94

be-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To slit, tearfindere, lacerare

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To slit, tear; findere, lacerare Ðec sculon moldwyrmas monige seonowum beslítan many mould-worms shall tear thee from thy sinews, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 9; Seel. 73.

morþ

Grammar
morþ, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 17, 154. add: a very evil deed, mortal wrong Heora nán ne mihte ꝥ morð gefremman, Hml. S. 32, 209. Add Wíte ræfnian for þám gylte swá myceles morðes poenas pro illa tanti homicidii culpa tolerare Gr. D. 186, 27

of-linnan

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Oflinnað, lá, ǽr eów se deáð ofercume, Verc. Först. 143, 7. to desist from (gen.) Uton oflinnan þára unárímedra metta . . . Uton eác oflinnan þára tǽlnessa, and uton ús on gebedu gelómlǽcan, 148, 4-7

wæfþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæfþ, wæft, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis potest admirari, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 14