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wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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mé ða bóc ágeaf swá mé on ðon wedde ǽr geseald hæfde then I said that I would help him on condition that he would make a grant of the land to me, awd he engaged to do that . .

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

grim

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fǽhðo wið God grimme gefremede, An. 1389. Grim gárgewinn, 960. Grimra geþonca, Jul. 367. Ic má fremede grimra gylta, Hy. 4, 27. Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum, B. 1542. flýhð grimme gieltas, Ph. 461.

frófor

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Wæs him frófra mǽst heofonríces weard, El. 196. aid, succour Gode þancigende þe him ne forwyrnde frófres, Ap. Th. 18, 26. Hié him frófre and fultomes wilnodan, ꝥ hié móston ðǽra feónda searo ofercuman, Bl. H. 201, 28.

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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hider becom of his Fæder ríce, Bl. H. 203, 2. temporal tó þám seofoþan dæge ne becymð he will not live till the seventh day, Lch. iii. 76, 23.

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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ðæt eal for Godes wræce fordyde, Blickl. Homl. 79, 26. Hwæt him se Waldend tó wrace sette, Exon. Th. 98, 4; Cri. 1602. Tó wræce, Cd. Th. 156, 6; Gen. 2584. bæd þrymcyning, ðæt him ða weádǽd tó wræce ne sette, Elen. Kmbl. 988; El. 495.

liss

(n.)
Grammar
liss, e; f.

Mildnesslenitymercykindnessfavourgracedelightjoy

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Mildness, lenity, mercy, kindness, favour, grace, delight, joy bæd ðæt Lazarus móste his tungan drýpan ac him næs getíðod ðære lytlan lisse he prayed that Lazarus might put a drop of water on his tongue; but that little favour was not granted to him

Linked entries: lissan líðs

meld

(n.)
Grammar
meld, e; f.
[
O. H. Ger. melda; f. delatura, delatio, proditio
]

Declarationproclamation

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Declaration, proclamation wíde beád Metodes mihte ðǽr meld áhte he declared the Lord's power widely, where he could proclaim it, Cd. 208; Th. 256, 30; Dan. 648

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Ðá getiohchod æfde ðæt him ondettan sceolde, Past. 419, 9. with gerundial infin. Ic geteohhode mín líf on mægðháde tó geendigenne. Hml. Th. i. 198, 26. þone ǽr geteohhode mid teónan tó forseónne, Hml. S. 31, 677.

mis-bysnian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-bysnian, p. ode

To set a bad example

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To set a bad example Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ and wel bysniaþ ðonne beóþ gehealdene; gif mistǽcaþ, oððe misbysniaþ, forpǽraþ sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 3-5

óleccere

(n.)
Grammar
óleccere, es; m.

A flatterer

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geliéfþ ðæt suelc síe suelce gehiérþ ðæt his ólicceras secgaþ ðæt síe, Past. 17, 3; Swt. 111. ll

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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mé (St. Paul) tó bodunga sende, Bl. H, 185, 33. Críst clypode on his bodunge, Hml. S. 16, 130. Se cyning gerehte his witum þæs bisceopes bodunge, 26, 66. Þurh Paules bodunga. Bl. H. 173, 18. Bodunge, R. Ben. 4, 5: Hml. Th. i. 58, 30.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 141, 44. to arrange, set in order material objects Án geteld ( the tabernacle ) mid wunderlicum dihte gefadod, Hml. Th. ii. 198, 23. gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml.

ge-biddan

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Gebide þe þriwa eást, Lch. iii. 60, 15. ꝥ é Mid þám paternostre sceal hine gebiddan, Hml. S. 12, 262. Heó wæs hié gebiddende, Bl. H. 137, 23 : Hml. S. 7, 224. to pray to an object Andreas gebæd tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 247, 23.

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Care, guarding, custody út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28

un-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scógan, un-scógian;

to unshoetake off the shoes

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wæs gelǽded and ungyred and unscód, Shrn. 85, 32. Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16

frec

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mettas him on múð bestingon on swilcum fæstendagum mid fræcere gýfernysse. Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Ðǽm frecum ambronibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 33: 4, 69: 1, 23. Add

frécen-lic

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frécenlic ðæt is quam perniciosa sintea. Past. 441, 8. Froecenlic dearfscip periculosa praesumtio, Mt. p. 1, 4. Hit ús is frécenlic, ꝥ wé hit eów ne cýðen, Hml. A. 139, 24.

glædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22.