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ge-laþian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 9, 30. to a person Gif hwá geuntrumod beó, þæt hé gelaþige him his sácerd tó si quis infirmatus sit, ut vocet ad se sacerdotem suum, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 24. to a place Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge tó heofonum gelaðod hæfde, Hml.

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of-hreósan

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Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843

réþ-ness

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</b> add Þǽra Langbeardna réðnes ( saevitia ) byð gemetegad þurh his gife, Gr. D. 234, 1. Sealde hé bysne his folgerum ꝥ móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176

Linked entry: hréð-ness

ge-réfa

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Gif gestðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him and his smið, Ll. Th. i. 144, 3 : 280, 14.

hǽþen-scipe

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His fæder wæs . . . on hǽðenscipe wunigende and his gemæcca samod, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 26. Hé áwende his móder of mánfullum hǽðenscipe . . . and his fæder forwearð on fúlum hǽðenscipe, 504, 5-11. Se geréfa þreátode hine tó hǽþenscipe, Shrn. 33, 10.

líc-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
líc-þegnung, -þénung, e; f.

funeralexeguies

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Ðá ðá his frýnd ða lícþénunge gearcodon when his friends were performing the last offices for the dead, ii. 28, 3. Ða fǽmnan dedan hire liicþénunge and lǽddon tó byrgenne, Shrn. 87, 27. Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Adam wæs of eorðan geworht, Gen. 365. to build, construct Þæs wyrhtan þe hié ( a church ) his hand geworhte, Bl. H. 205, 12. Hié weófod wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon, 6. Þæt hié him tó mǽrðe burh geworhte, Gen. 1666.

efesian

(v.)
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Ðá sácerdas ne scoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum, . . . ac hié scoldon hié efsigean (efsian, v. l. ) mid sceárum, 139, 14. with acc. of hair Sé þe on þám dæge hine baðað oððe his fex efesað, Wlfst. 212, 27

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
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healf, adj.

HALF

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Habban ðone brýce healfne and healfne ða munecas let them have half the usufruct, and the monk&#39;s half, Chart. Th. 547, 19. Heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him she half cut through his neck, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 105.

hnescian

(v.)
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hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24. Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian God's warriors began to yield, Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29

stán-clúd

(n.)
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stán-clúd, es; m. A rock
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God him ( the Israelites ) forgeaf wæter of heardum stánclúde, 264, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 6, 279. Stánclúd rupem, Ps. Lamb. 113, 8. Swelce hit sié ongemong miclum and monigum stánclúdum tóbrocen quasi per obviantia saxa frangatur, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 7

swǽrlíce

(adv.)
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swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

á-heáwan

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Ðá hǽðenan áheówon þæt treów þæt hit sáh tó ðám hálgan were, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2. Áhǽwenum absciso , An. Ox. 1552.

Linked entry: heáwan

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
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ge-hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrust

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On his naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nomine ejus gentes sperabunt, Mt. Bos. 12, 21. On hine gehyhtton trusted in him, Blickl. Homl. 103, 12 : 159, 18.

Linked entry: hyhtan

ge-bǽdan

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Þæt hió gebǽdde compellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 16. Gebǽded actus, 89, 69: 5, 50 : compulsus, 14, 55. Ðonne sió sául hire unðonces gebǽdd wierð (urgetur)) Hé wæs gebǽded for neódþearfa swá myccles plyhtes tanta periculi necessitate compulsus, Gr.

deád-bǽrlíc

(adj.)
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deád-bǽrlíc, adj.

Deadly mortĭfer

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Deadly; mortĭfer Him ne deraþ, ðeáh hwæt deádbǽrlíces drincon si mortifĕrum bibĕrint, non eis nocēbit, Mk. Bos. 16, 18

fram-fleón

(v.)
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fram-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; subj. p. -fluge, pl. -flugen; pp. -flogen

To flee fromaufŭgĕre

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To flee from; aufŭgĕre Ðæt him framflugen that they should flee from them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 10

gneáþ

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gneáþ, Add: <b>, gneád</b>
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cwǽdon ꝥ him gneáðe wǽre heora wist and scrúd, Hml. S. 31, 1296. v. gníþe, and two following words

læce-cist

(n.)
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læce-cist, e; f.
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A medicine chest Fundon þá áhýdde mancas in his lǽcecyste aureos invenerunt absconsos in medicamine, Gr. D. 344. 17

of-stǽnan

(v.)
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to stone to death Seó burhwaru gelæhton Stranguilionem and his wíf. . . and ofstǽndon tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 26, 24