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ge-réfa

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Be þsém démum Críst sylf wæs spre-cende . . . Se yfela déma onféhþ feó. Bl. H. 61, 25-31. foreign Se árleása geréfa ( he is called se ealderman þára sácerda, 153, l), Bl.

scop

(n.)
Grammar
scop, sceop, es; m.
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Be ðam wæs singende sum sceop ude tragicus exclamat, Bt. 30, l Fox 106, 31. Swá Parmenides se sceop geddode, 35, 5 ; Fox 166, 8. Omerus se góda sceop on his leóþum swíðe herede ðære sunnan gecynd, 41, 1 ; Fox 244, 4.

Linked entry: sceop

medume

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Se ðeóda láreów lǽrde ðá rícan . . . Se ylca apostol manode eác ðá medeman . . . þearfan hé lǽrde, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 14. Add Hé ðúhte him sylfum suíðe unlytel and suíðe medeme se parvulum non videbat. Past. 113, 12.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Swá hwilc ðissa (various punishments) swá man gerǽde; swá man mæg stýran, and eác ðære sáwle gebeorgan, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 16.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Hé mycelne dǽl ðæs landes on anweald onféng, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 12. Mód Bryttas onféngon they took courage, 1, 16; S. 484, 19. Se Ælmihtiga onféng ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Hú lange bysmraþ se wiðerwearda naman ðínne usquequo irritat adversarius nomen tuum? Ps. Spl. 73, 11. Se ðe eardaþ on heofonum bysmeraþ hý qui habitat in cœlis irridebit eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 4.

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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Non erit hic heres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis heredem, Gen. 15. 3-4 : 21, 10. Ðes ys yrfenuma hic est heres, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 38 : Mk. Skt. 12, 7.

Linked entry: -numa

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.
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Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen ut digesti surgant, R. Ben. 32, 14. Ne him nánre óðere þigene getíðod let him have no other food given him, 69, 21. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Swá swá se weg líþ, wé faraþ, Num. 21, 22. Tó ðam wege ðǽr eást ligþ ... on ðone wege ðe líþ tó Stánleáge ... ðam wege ðe tó Stanleáge ligþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 409, 2-17. Sió stów ðe se weg tó ligþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 37.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

fóre-þonc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þonc, -þanc, es; m.

Fore-thoughtprovidenceprovĭdentia

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Se fóreþonc is sió godcunde gesceádwísnes, sió ðe eall fórewát providence is the divine intelligence, which foreknows all, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 26.

Linked entry: fóre-þanc

nam-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
nam-cúþ, adj.

Having the name well-knowncelebratedfamousof noteof renown

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Se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa the name of the rich man is better known in his country than that of the poor man, Homl. Th. i. 330, 5. [Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes (famous cities ), A. R. 334, 25

and-wyrdan

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Ðá andwearde se Hǽlend and cwæð, Hml. Th. i. 166, 14. Onduearde (onwyrde, R. ), Mt. L. 15, 26. Onduarde, 12, 39. Onduorde, 24, 2. Ondearde, Mk. L. 10, 24. ꝥ ic þé andwyrdan scyle, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 16: Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 30.

Cásere

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Gaius Iulius se Cásere (Kásere, v. l. ). Chr. P. p. 4, 23. Lóthwí se cásere, 840; P. 64, note 3. Odda Rómána cásere, 982; P. 124, 24. Þíne godas, cásere, synd manna handgeweorc, Hml. S. 14, 20.

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Tó hwý gedréfest þú þíne geþóhtas tó geǽswicianne on mé swylce ic hwylc gást syrwiende gebedu fremme scandalizabatur in mente putans ne spiritus esset, qui se fingeret orare Hml. S. 23 b, 283. Ic swýðe geǽswicod (ashamed.

be-witan

watch over

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S. 26, 91. Se munuc þe þæs mynstres geat bewiste, 23 b, 66. Hé ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde he managed his business carelessly. Bl. H. 183, 23.

Linked entry: be-witian

ge-sceapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceapennys, -sceapenys, -scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio

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Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, ná þurh gecynd oððe þurh gesceapenysse, ac þurh ða geefenlǽcunge and yfele geearnunga the man who imitates the devil is a child of the devil, not by nature nor by creation, but by that imitation and evil

Linked entry: ge-scapennys

un-deádlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deádlíc, adj.

Immortalundyingimperishableendless

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Hé wunaþ undeádlíc, se ðe wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 22. Se mann wǽre ǽfre undeádlíc, gif hé his Drihtne gehýrsumode, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 27. Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385.

bera

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Hét ꝥ hine man wurpe berum tó fretanne . . . and þǽr wæs begyten se mǽsta and se réþesta bera, Gr. D. 194, 20-25. Fearres gelícnysse and beran ansýne, Guth. 48, 2. Wilde beran and wulfas, Hml. Th. i. 244, 18 : Nar. 12, 3.

camp

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Se camp (certamen) in þæs mannes breóste, Gr. D. 18, 3. Se stranga wiga, S. Paulus, sóhte þone feld þæs campes (certaminis campum), 110, 16. Fulfremede campe (compe) perfecto agone, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 27, 22.

chor

(n.)
Grammar
chor, es; m.
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Gelamp ꝥ þá Frencisce men brǽcen þone chor, Chr. 1083; P. 215, 8. personal Tó þǽre mæssan offrige se swíþra chor ( dexter chorus ), se wynstra tó heáhmæssan, Angl. xiii. 384, 278. Andswarige eall chor, 410, 644. Oþ þæt chor endige, 646.