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innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Þurh ða twá pund wæs getácnod ǽgðer ge ðæt ýttre andgit ge ðæt inre by the two pounds was signified both the external and the internal sense, 554, 34. Se leó gewát on ðæt inre wésten the lion departed into the interior of the desert, Glostr.

Linked entries: inra útera

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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Gif leornere geþéh þurh láre ðæt hé hád hæfde and þénode Criste if a scholar succeeded by learning so that he had holy orders and served Christ, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 12.

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity Hé nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hé hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.

ge-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destinetribuere, providere, ordinare, destinareto number, reckonnumerareto ordain, arrange

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Ic wéne ðæt ðǽr screoda wǽre gescyred ríme siexhundreda I believe that there were six hundred chariots reckoned by number, 122 a; Th. 468, 10; Phar. 5

Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

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Ða wurdon mid manegum tácnum geséððe which were proved by many miracles, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 11

ge-mynan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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Ðæt he mec bí noman mínum gemyne that he remember me by name, Exon. 76 a; Th. 215, 28; Jul. 721. Gie gemynan reminiscamini, Jn. Skt. Lind. 16, 4. Gemyne ðú ðæt ðú ðisne ele send on ða sǽ tu memento ut hoc oleum mittas in mare, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 33.

ge-néðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néðan, p. de; pp. ed

To venture, attempt, strive

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Sió sunne uncúðne weg nihtes genéðeþ the sun ventures on an unknown way by night, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 117; Met. 13, 59: Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 1; Seel. 119. He genéðde under ánne elpend he ventured under an elephant, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 20: 8; 90, 8.

Linked entry: néðan

regnian

(v.)
Grammar
regnian, p.ode

To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate

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: the later MSS. have reniende, renigende; the Lindisfarne MS. glosses reficientes by geboeton ł gestricedon) hyra nett, Mt. Kmbl, 4, 21

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, ðonne fullie hé hit sóna, and for nǽnigum unǽmtan ne forlǽte [ðæt] hé hit ne fullie if any sick child be brought to a priest, let him baptize it at once, and do not let him be prevented by any occupation

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ge-hwider

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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.

ge-feccan

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Hé wolde þæs beornes beágas gefecgan, By. 160

hamer

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Wé þæt deór uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum and slecgum ( malleis ) ofbeóton, Nar. 21, 5. a hammer used by the master of the rowers to give signals for the stroke; portisculus, porticulus Hamere portisculo (crepante naucleri portisculo, Ald. 3, 3), Wrt.

ram-hund

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Liebermann suggests that the correct form would be hrán-hund, a reindeer-hound, but as in the same passage the payment for a slain greyhound is lxxx d. it seems hardly likely that any kind of deerhound could be compensated for by so small a sum as xii

BRYCE

(n.)
Grammar
BRYCE, brice, es; m. [brycst, bricst, pres. of brúcan
to use, enjoy
]

to use, enjoyUse, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruitusus, ministerium, commodum

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Ealle werþeóde lifgaþ bí ðám lissum, ðe éce Dryhten gesette sínum bearnum to brice all tribes of men live by the blessings, which the eternal Lord bestowed on his children for their use, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 3; Az. 116.

Linked entries: brice bríce bróce

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

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to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay Ic ofsleah wildeór ego jugulo feras. Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 19. Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Byþ hǽl þár þár fela geþeahtu synd, Scint. 199, 15. Ic ne gýmde þára nytlicra geþeahta mínra freónda, Nar. 6, 26.

heán-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-líc, adj.

Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poorinfamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor

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Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle, Byrht. Th. 133, 25.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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</b> to swear by or on :-- Swá hwylc swá swereþ on temple . . . swá hwá swá swereþ on ðæs temples golde, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 16, 18, 20, 21. Swá swá ðú swóre on sóðfæstnysse ðíne, Ps. Spl. 88, 48. Ic swerige ðurh God juro per Deum, Ælfc.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

hwæþere

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Th. i. 78, 6. by a particle expressing time Syþþan hié ðæt feoh onféngon, ne mihtan hié hweðre forswígian, Bl. H. 177, 31.