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wacol

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Ús gedafenað ꝥ mid wacelum eágum þás ðreó gemetu behealdon, 564, 8. Add

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Add: of action, easily. as being well within one's power Ðæt gedón, swǽ swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . ., Past. 7, 9. Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20.

egþ-wirf

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Add: egþ-weorf (?) A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Ðanca Gode, ðæt he ðé gefultumode, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 8. combining the construction of and Ic þancige Gode and eów eallum ðe me wel fylston, and ðæs friðes ðe nú habbaþ, L. Edm.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Gif willaþ on Drihten gelýfan, þonne beó sittende be ðæm wege, Blickl. Homl. 23, 8: 13, 10: Mt. Kmbl. 24, 50: Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 25. Gif deóplícor ymbe ðis sprecaþ, þonne wéne ðæt hit wile ðincan ðám ungelǽredum tó menigfeald, Homl.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen
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Óþ ðæt up gewát líg and þurh lust geslóh until the flame went up and at will smote, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 19; Dan. 249

Linked entry: ge-slóh

ge-néþan

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. : — Merecondel (the sun) uncúðne weg nihtes genédeð, Met. 13, 59. Ic under wælere weorc genéðde, B. 1656. Ic genéðde fela gúða, 2511. frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes, 959. with clause Ne dorste hé genéðan þæt hé hié mid firde gefóre, Ors.

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. <b>II c.

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.
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Ðé weorð on ðínum breóstum rúm your mind will be freed from the trammels hitherto restricting it, Cd. Th. 33, 13; Gen. 519. not restrained within due limits, lax Rúme regulas, Exon.

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, hreopian; p. ode

To touchtreat

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ne hrepodon ðone traht we did not treat the exposition, i. 104, 6. Ne hrepa ðú ðæs treówes wæstm touch not the fruit of the tree, 14, 1: Homl. Swt. 5, 302.

hyge-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-leást, e; f.

Thoughtlessnessfoolishnessfollyheedlessness

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sceolon blissian on úrum Drihtne ná on higleáste we ought to rejoice in our Lord, not in folly, ii. 292, 32.

templ

(n.)
Grammar
templ, tempel, es; n.
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Templu úre we gehealdan, Scint. 16, 9

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Gif ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21. Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

bróþor-rǽden

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magon cúðlíce tó him ( Christ ) clypian, swá swá tó úrum bréðer, gif ðá bróðerrǽdene swá healdað . . . þæt ne sceolon ná geþafian þæt deófol ús gewéme fram Crístes bróðorrǽdene, 260, 7-11.

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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cweðaþ on gerímcræfte Cathedra Sancti Petri seofon nihton ǽr þám mónðe þe Martius hátað, Hml. S. 10, I. é manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angi. viii. 321, 34

be-hwerfan

(v.)
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Þæt teóðe werod tó áwyrgedum gástum behwyrfede wurdon, Hml. Th. i. 540, 3. to exchange, change for Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 12. Úre unclǽnan weorc sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29

níþ

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Forlǽtan morðor and oferhýdyg and æfeste, . . . níðas and nearoþancas. Verc. Först. 94, 3. Ne morðor tó begangenne, ne níðas tó fremmanne, Wlfst. 253, 7

fæsten-wicu

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-wicu, an; f.
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A week of fasting, a week in Lent On þám drihtenlican dæge þǽre forman fæstenwucan on the Sunday of the first week in Lent, Hml. S. 23 b, 111

ge-tellan

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Ttó ðám ðæt sién geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre ut intus in templum Dei disponamur, 253, 19. Sind getealde deputa[n] tur ( secundo eunuchorum gradui). An.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ben. 72, 12. with clause On ðǽm twǽm wordum hé ús getácnode for hwelcum ðingum sceolden úre gódan weorc helan and for hwelcum hí sceolden cýðan qualiter videnda essent vel qualiter non videnda ex sententiarum fine monstravit, Past. 451, 10.