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niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Neáh is Drihten niþum eallum ðe hine mid sóþe hige séceaþ prope est Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate, 144, 19. Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne, Cd. Th. 234, 1; Dan. 285

Linked entry: niþ

ge-feá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feá, an; m.

Joy ⬩ gladness ⬩ glory ⬩ favour ⬩ gaudium

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Bodan cýþdon sóþne gefeán messengers announced real joy, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 23; Cri. 451. Se biþ gefeána fægrast that shall be the fairest of joys, 32 b; Th. 102, 1; Cri. 1666 : 15, 11. On gefean with joy, Ps. Spl. 20, 6

Linked entry: feá

ge-sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
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:-- Ðá se wísdóm ðis leóð swiþe lustbǽrlíce and gesceádwíslíce ásungen hæfde haec cum philosophia leniter suaviterque cecinisset, Bt. 36, l ; F. 170, 25. in a way that depends upon reasoning, that affords proof, rationally Eall ðis þú gerehtest tó sóþe

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thought ⬩ cogitation ⬩ meditation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ consultation ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mĕdĭtātio ⬩ consĭlium

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Sete on Drihten ðín sóþ gehygd jacta in Deum cōgĭtātum tuum, Ps. Th. 54, 22. Ne biþ ðǽr wiht forholen monna gehygda there shall be naught of men's cogitations concealed, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 15; Cri. 1055.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

bróþor-rǽden

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Add: fellowship Sóþe lufe bróþerrǽdenne eów betwýnan lufiaþ caritatem fraternitatis diligite. Scint. 1, 7: 14, 3. Bróþorrǽdene, R. Ben. 132, 6. Wunige betwux eów lufu sóðre bróðerrǽdenne let brotherly love continue , Hml. Th. ii. 286, 10.

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-fremedlíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fully ⬩ completely ⬩ perfectly ⬩ perfecte

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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Nán man ne mæg fullfremedlíce secgan embe ðone sóþan God no man is able to speak perfectly about the true God, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 26.

Linked entry: fremedlíce

un-gewitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewitfull, adj.

foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses

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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ, and ðonne hí hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap hí swá ungewitfulle ðæt hí habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum

Linked entry: ge-witfull

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóþ ðe leás utrum vera an falsa sint, Gen. 42, 16. Josep áxode hig hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál oððe hwæðer hé lyfode ille interrogavit eos dicens: Salvusne est pater vester? adhuc vivit? 43, 27.

gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a song ⬩ lay ⬩ poem ⬩ cantus ⬩ cantilena ⬩ carmen ⬩ poema ⬩ A speech ⬩ tale ⬩ sermon ⬩ proverb ⬩ riddle ⬩ sermo ⬩ dictum ⬩ loquela ⬩ proverbium ⬩ ænigma

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Mæg ic be me sylfum sóþ gied wrecan of myself I can relate a true tale, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 2; Seef. 1. On gewunon gyddes gehwyrfed in consuetudinem proverbii versum, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 27. On gydde into a proverb, 3, 12; 537, 30.

Linked entries: gidding gied ged gyd

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Gif wé sóþ and riht on úrum lífe dón willaþ, Blickl. Homl. 129, 32. Hé á tó ǽghwylcum sóþ and riht sprecende wæs and dónde, 223, 30. On riht:-- Healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, a-right, by rights, according to what is just or proper 45, 9, 22.

Linked entries: á-riht a-riht reht ryht

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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Ne meaht ðú nó mid sóþe getǽlan ðíne wyrd for ðám leásum ungesǽlþum (unsǽlþum, Cott. MS.) ðe ðú þrowast, 10; Fox 28, 2. Eall his líf tó ungesǽlðum and tó ermðum wearð, Homl. Ass. 161, 226.

Linked entry: un-sǽlþ

ge-sýne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sýne, -séne, -siéne; adj.

Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain

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Ðǽr wæs gesýne his seó sóþe spéd videbitur in majestate sua, Ps. Th. 101, 14. Wæs gesýne ðæt ... it was evident that...; Blickl. Homl. 207, 11: Beo. Th. 2515; B. 1255: Andr. Kmbl. 1051; An. 526: 1097; An. 549: Elen. Kmbl. 487; El. 244.

Linked entries: ge-séne on-síne ge-síne

bétan

put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for

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Ꝥ wé synna béton mid fæstenum and mid sóþre hreówe. Ꝥ bið seó sóþe hreów ꝥ mon synna andette and georne béte, Bl. H. 25, 16-19. Þæt hé wolde ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014; 145, 7.

nergend

(n.)
Grammar
nergend, nerigend, neriend, es; m.

A saviour ⬩ preserver

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Ealra fǽmnena cwén cende ðone sóþan Scyppend and ealles folces Férfrend, and ealles middangeardes Hǽlend, and ealra gásta Nergend, and ealrasáula Helpend, Blickl. Homl. 105, 18

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

bócere

(n.)
Grammar
bócere, es; m.

A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus

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A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor; scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus Ðá cwæþ se bócere, Láreów, well ðú on sóþe cwǽde then the scribe said, Master, thou in truth hast well said, Mk. Bos. 12, 32.

Linked entry: bécere

folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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Seó sóþe gesǽlþ mæg ǽlcum hire folgera sellan þurhwunigendne welan, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 12. as a legal term, in contrast with heorþfæst man. [v. Andrews' Old English Manor. s.v.]

birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
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Sió birhtu þæs sóþan leóhtes, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 34. Birhtu his splendor ejus, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 189, 19. Ðæt andgit ðǽre incundan byrhto (birhto, v. l.), Past. 69, 22. Hé scínaþ beorhte swíþe mistlice birhtu, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 21.

Linked entry: beorhtu

be-þurfan

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Sé þe micel inerfe ágan wile, hé beþearf micles fultumes, se ealda cwide is swíþe sóþ, ꝥte þá micles beþurfon þe micel ágan willaþ, 14, 2 ; F. 44, 10-13.

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