drencan
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God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11. Drynctun mec mid ecede potaverunt me aceto, Ps. Srt. 68, 22.
Linked entry: ge-dryncness
ge-þofta
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God hine ( Abraham ) geceás him tó geþoftan (cf. Abraham amicus Dei appellatus est, James 2, 23), Hml. Th. i. 46, 12.
ge-wǽge
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Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge ( by weight ), Lch. i. 76, 11: 17: 22: 78, 8: 13. an amount determined by weighing. indefinite Gewoege ł gemet gód hiá sellað mensuram bonam dabunt, Lk.
holt
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Seó eorðe sóna swá swá hyre God bebeád stód mid holtum ágrówen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf. too beorh-holt, C. D.
Linked entry: scóm-hylt
ná-hwæþer
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God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne, Ælf. Gr.
manian
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Him fylgð God, ðonne hé hine monað . . . and hine spænð ðæt hé tó him gecierre Deus subsequens monet, qui ad se redire persuadet, 407, 9. Wé maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18.
orf
Cattle, live stock
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Cattle, live stock Ǽlce geáre byþ orf ácenned, and mennisce menn tó mannum ácennede, ða ðe God gewyrcþ swá swá he geworhte ða ǽrran. Hexam. 12 ; Norm. 20, 20. Cuce orf, L. Edg. S. 8 ; Th. i. 274. 25.
sýferness
Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity ⬩ purificatio, purgatio.
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Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15. Sýfernysse ( opposed to druncenscipe, l. 18), 145, 20: Homl.
Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte
forþ-rihte
straight on ⬩ without swerving ⬩ without modification or qualification ⬩ plainly ⬩ simply ⬩ directly
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,
þing-rǽden
Intercession ⬩ advocacy ⬩ pleading ⬩ intervention ⬩ mediation
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God heora synne ðurh his (Job's) ðingrǽdene forgeaf, 458, 4: 292, 1. Gif ðú geþafian nelt þingrǽdenne (pleading on behalf of a lover) Exon. Th. 250, 13; Jul. 126. of intercession to the Deity.
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne every mind wishes to get the true good Bt. 24
á-dílgian
to destroy, &c., obliterate ⬩ to blot out iniquity, &c.
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Nú man ǽlc yfel mæg mid góde ádílgian (-dílegian, Hatt. MS.) cum mala cuncta bonis sequentibus deluantur, 348, 16. Similar entries v. also a-dylegian in Dict
hwæþer
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Áfandað God ... hwæðer hé ánrǽde sý, Hml. Th. i. 268, 16: Gen. 1437. Sorgian hwæðer ..., Met. 9, 34: Sat. 277.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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To turn, change, go, return, depart, go about, wander, roam, hover about Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa tó ealdre I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
ge-gearwian
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Þá mǽrða þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe his willan gewyrcað, Wlfst. 167, 9. ¶ where the purpose for which preparation is made is given :-- Þone sélestan dǽl hiora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25. <b>II a.
ge-cuman
To come ⬩ go ⬩ venire ⬩ ire
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To come, go; venire, ire Seueriana gecom to ðæra hálgena byrgenum Severiana came to the graves of the saints, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 27. Gecum to mínum þeówan Saulum go to my servant Saul, Homl. Th. i. 386, 19.
ǽrend
An ERRAND ⬩ a message ⬩ an embassy ⬩ news ⬩ tidings ⬩ an answer ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ nuntium ⬩ mandatum ⬩ negotium ⬩ cura
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He aboden hæfde Godes ǽrendu he had announced God's messages, Exon. 43a; Th. 145, 17; Gú. 696: 51b; Th. 179, 31; Gú. 1270. Hí lufedon Godes ǽrendo they loved God's errands, 34b; Th. 111, 27; Gú. 133
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teóðung-dagas
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Ús gebyreþ, ðæt wé ǽlces þinges úre teóðunge rihtlíce Gode betǽcan; ðonne syndan ðás dagas ( fast days of Lent ) getealde for teóðingdagas innan geáres fæce, and wé sculan eác ða teóðunge wyrðlíce Gode gelǽstan, Wulfst. 102, 21
ge-hremmed
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Ox. 3675. ꝥ ús s to prevent from reaching an object, keep from Ús nán þingc on worulde fram Gode ne gehremme, Hml. S. 23, 207. ꝥ heora mód fram Drihtne ne sý gehremmed mens impediri non possit R. Ben. 137, 14