seolh-ýða
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The waves where the seal swims Oferswam ðá sioleða (siolýða ? cf. flóda, holma begang. Or (?) sioleþ still water. Cf. Goth. ana-silan : Swed. dial. sil still water. v. Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367
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betst
Best, most ⬩ optime
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Best, most; optime Ðæt betst lícaþ that pleases best, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 23. Ic him betst truwode I most trusted them, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 12. Albínus wæs betst gelǽred Albinus was most learned, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23
bót-leás
BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated ⬩ inexpiabilis
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BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated; inexpiabilis Ðonne síg ðæt bótleás then is that unpardonable, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 24. Húsbryce is bótleás housebreaking is unpardonable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 6
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ge-feaxode
Having hair ⬩ haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða wǽron hwítes líchoman and fægres andwlitan men, and æðelíce gefeaxode [gefexode, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1
ge-fyrht
Terrified ⬩ affrighted
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Terrified, affrighted Ðá wæs se déma swýðe gedréfed and gefyrhted then was the judge very much troubled and frightened, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 44. Hie wǽron to ðæs swýðe gefyrhte they were so greatly terrified, Blickl. Homl. 221, 34
ge-rihtnes
A setting right, correction ⬩ correctio
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A setting right, correction; correctio Be heora gerihtnesse de illōrum correctiōne Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 45. He wæs firena forgifnes and gerihtnes hǽþenra þeóda he was forgiveness of sins and the setting right of heathen peoples, Blickl. Homl. 163, 23
ge-sénian
to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless
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to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 18; Sat 615: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 25: L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 22; Cri. 1342
Súþ-Gyrwas
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The southern division of the Gyrwas Súþ-Gyrwa syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 18. Súþ-Gyrwa ealdormon princeps Australium Gyruiorum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 21. Súð-Gerwa, Shrn. 94, 20. Súð-Gyrwena, Lchdm. iii. 430, 14
un-fulfremed
Imperfect
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Imperfect Praeteritum imperfectum, ðæt is unfulfremed forðgewiten, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Zup. 124, 3. Ðæt hí didon unfulfremed ( inperfectum ) forlǽtende, R. Ben. lnterl. 24, 1. Ða ðing ðe hé unfullfremed gemétte ea quae minus perfecta reperit, Bd. 4, 2; S.
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un-gewǽpnod
Unarmed
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Unarmed Ungewǽpnad inermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 13. Ðá hét se cyning healdan Martinum, ðæt hé wurde áworpen ungewǽpnod ðam here, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 14. Ðá geseah Æþelfrið heora sacerdas sundor stondon ungewǽpnade, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39
wrégend
An accuser ⬩ a denouncer
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An accuser, a denouncer Wrégend accussator, Scine. 39, 14 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 71 : 72, 57. His wrégend and gesacan accusatores ejus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 13. Hyra wiégendras, Scint. 29, 4. Wrégendum delatoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii.28, 13
á-feohtan
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Add: trans. To fight against Áfeht ðú ( expugna ) ðá onfehtendo mé, Rtl. 167, 39. intrans. To Fight one's way, make one's way by fighting Þæt sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, gif hié mehten, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 21
á-fremdan
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to alienate, estrange a person Ic wolde þæt hý þé áfremdedon, Wlfst. 255, 13. Áfremðæ sind ðá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores , Ps. Srt. 57, 4. to alienate, deprive a person of something Swá rihtwíslícre gesihðe áfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676
be-werigend
a protector
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a protector. Hé sceal been be-wergend wydewena, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 34. Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt gé sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add
brǽc
Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction
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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292
feald
fold
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fold (as a multiplicative) Þæt man ǽlcne ceáp mihte be twám fealdum (be twiefealdan, S. 248, 2) bet geceápian þonne man ǽr mihte ut duplicia quam usque ad id fuerant rerum venalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 37
fore-wítegian
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Stephanus . . . wé cweðað on Englisc, Gewuldorbeágod; for ðan ðe hé hæfð þone écan wuldorbeáh, swá swá his nama him forewítegode, Hml. Th. i. 50, 13. Heortan forewítegendra corde presago, Hy. S. 104, 1. Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541. Add
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ge-íwian
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Take here <b>ge-ýwan</b> in Dict., and add Hé hí gehýt . . . and eft geéwð, Bt. 39, 8; S. 131, 7. Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18
ge-wyrdelic
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Add: fortuitous Gewyrdelicumgelimpe fortuitu casu An. Ox. 3792. Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028. Hyra óðer áwrát
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heálicness
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Add: in a local sense Heálicnysse conum (ut pyrae cacumina sphaerae apicem triginta cubitis in conum praecellerent, Ald. 48, 26), An. Ox. 3529. of rank, dignity, etc. Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281