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tál

(n.)
Grammar
tál, e; f.: es; n. (?)

evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detractionevil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemyscorn, mock, derision, reproachblame, censure, reproof

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Skt. 3, 14, Ðurh ðis beóþ áwecte saca and tála hinc suscitantur rixe, detractiones, R. Ben. 124, 18, Módignys ácenþ yfelsacunge, ceorunge, and gelómlíce tála, Homl.

Linked entry: tǽl

wórian

(v.)
Grammar
wórian, p. ode

To wander aboutto wander aboutramblebe a vagabond

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Seó rípung ðæs geatweardes gestæþþignesse sý swylc dæt hine ne wórian ne scríðan ne lyste (eitin non sinat uagari), R. Ben. 126, 17. Ðú færsð wórigende (vagus), Gen. 4, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 43: 19, 2.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Wé sculon geleornian ðæt wé suíðe wærlíce gecópe tiid áredigen, and ðonne sió stemn gesceádwíslíce ðone múð ontýne, and eác ðá tíd gesceádwíslíce áredigen ðe sió suíge hine betýnan scyle nobis caute discendum est quatenus os discretum et congruo tempore

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Pilatus geþafode ðám ðegene ( Joseph ) þæt hé hine behwurfe. Hml. Th. ii. 260, 33. Hí móston his líc mid heora ðénungum behwurfan, i. 564, 13. <b>Ib.

ge-samnung

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Heó hine geþeódde tó gesomnunge (-sam-, v.l.) þára Godes þeówa illum fratrum cohorti adsociauit, Bd. 4 24; Sch. 486, 9. Mid þǽm ieldestum witum and eác micelre gesomnunge Godes þeówa, Ll. Th. i. 102, 6.

ge-sceádwís

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Se engel hine cýdde þám gesceádwísum Iudéiscum ðe Godes ǽcúðon, Hml. Th. i. 106, 2. ¶ applied to superhuman beings :-- Ðonne se gesceádwísa God hwæt wyrcþ þæs ðe wé ne wénaþ cum ab sciente geritur, quod stupeant ignorantes, Bt. 39, 10; F. 226, 24.

ge-swincfull

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Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his, ac swýþe geswincful ys forlǽtan hine sylfne laboriosum non est homini relinquere sua, sed ualde laboriosum esi relinquere semetipsum, Scint. 60, 12. Geswincfulles gewinnes laboriosi certaminis, An.

ge-frédan

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Him bið ðæt sár ðe gefrédre, gif sió wund bið tó ungemetlíce fæste gewriðen ita ut gravius scissuram sentiat, si hanc immoderatius ligamenta constringant, Past. 123, 19. with acc. and complement, io feel a thing so and so Hé hine selfne untrumran gefréd

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Hié hine bǽdon ꝥ ...; and hé him þæs getygðade, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 20. Hé him þǽre béne getygðade, 4, 10; S. 200, 32. Hié him þæs getygðedon, 2, 2; S. 64, 30: 3, 10; S. 140, 18. Ic bidde ꝥ þú me ánre lytelre béne getýðige, Hml. S. 23 b, 712.

ge-wiht

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Gedríge hine, cnuca donne tó duste ánre tremese gewihte, Lch. i. 110, 9. Genim þysse wyrte twégea trymesa gewihte and twégen scenceas wínes, 130, 18. Genim of ǽgþerre handa þreóra penega gewihte, 246, 24 : 136, 15.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Ox. 961. a noose Hé ácwealde hine sylfne on heálicum grine, Hml. S. 19, 212

hæleþ

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(l a) transferred to Christ :-- Ongyrede hine geong hæleð, þæt wæs God ælmihtig, strang and stíðmód, gestáh hé on galgan, módig on manigra gesyhðe, Kr. 39. in spiritual matters Ióhannis hæleð helwarum spr. ec, Hö. 24. Wís hæleð (St.

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and hine sylfne áhýdde, 293, 14. On þone holan æsc, C. D. B. ii. 247, 4. Leápas hole (c?)orbes cauatos Germ. 396, 146. having a cavity or depression in the surface Holan beorges burna, C. D. i. 317, 19.

in-geþanc

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Ne gehwyrfde hine nǽfre ðæt unryhtwíse ingeðonc (intentio perversa) tó ðǽm wón andgiete, 365, 18. On swelcum . . . ǽlces mennisces módes ingeþanc bið geswenced in talibus humanorum actuum volorumque versatar intentio.

líc

(adj.)
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Hine lyst bet þaccian and cyssan ðone óðerne on bær líc, Solil. H. 42, 4. Þa men forbrédan and weorpan hi an wildedeora lie, Bt. 38, I ; F. 194, 31. <b>I a.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Add Openlíce ( as all might see ) Godes englas lǽddon hine tó heofonum, Shrn. 59, 15. Man cíde him openlíce publica obiurgatione corripietur, Chrd. 61, 16: Hml. S. 31, 187. Sé þe þýfðe oft ǽr forworht wǽre openlíce, Ll. Th. i. 228, 25.

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

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Hé ús gelǽde tó his Fæder, ðe hine sealde for úrum synnum tó deáðe. Sý him wuldor and lof ðære weldǽde Homl. Th. ii. 282, 27. Weldǽdum beneficiis Scint. 16, 5. Uton brúcan godcundum weldǽdum 133, 6: Anglia xiii. 370, 74: Homl. Th. i. 562, 7.

ǽlc

allany

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Ǽlces mé þincþ ðæt hé sié wyrþe . . . þone weorþscipe hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðára ðe hine lufað, Bt. 27, 2; F. 96, 29-32. Hira geféra ælces ðára ðe wel doo, Past. 75, 12.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott.

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Hé ongeat ðæt hé oferstág hine selfne semetipsum noverat transcendere Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 13. Oforstág, Blickl. Homl. 163, 28. Oferstáh, Homl. Th. i. 70, 11. Hí swíðra oferstág weard a stronger guard overcame them. Exon. Th. 116, 3; Gú. 201.