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gyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gyrn, es; n.

Grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ calamity ⬩ injury

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Gyldaþ nú mid gyrne ðæt heó goda ussa meaht forhogde requite now with evil her contempt of our gods' might, 74 b.,Th. 279, 25; Jul. 619. Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon for that the children greviously paid, 61 b;Th. 226, 23.

Linked entry: gyr

hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od

To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify ⬩ consecrare

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Ne miht ðú on óðre wísan bisceop hálgian búton óðrum bisceopum ordinare episcopum non aliter nisi sine episcopis potes, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 3. Ðú scealt hálgian híred ðínne thou shalt hallow thy family, Cd. 106; Th. 139, 15; Gen. 2310.

hnutu

(n.)
Grammar
hnutu, e; f.

A nut

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Óðera hnutena cyrnlu kernels of other nuts, iii. 134, 23. Of frencissen hnutu[m] made of French nuts, 122, 28. Cyrnlu of píntrýwenum hnutum kernels out of pine tree nuts, Herb. 134, 2; Lchdm. i. 250, 9.

Linked entry: hnyte

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula

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Homl. 25, 1: Num. 11, 4: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 2

Linked entry: giefernes

þingere

(n.)
Grammar
þingere, es; m.

an advocate ⬩ intercessor ⬩ a priest, who in his office intercedes for the people.

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Ða þingeras (oratores) þingiaþ nú ðǽm ðe læssan þearfe áhton, Fox 208, 25. Þingeras wið Drihten, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 114, 18: Wulfst. 240, 10. a priest, who in his office intercedes for the people.

Linked entries: cyrc-þingere þingian

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.

to get affected by fear, get dismayed ⬩ to get affected by wonder, get amazed, astonished

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Ðá áblicgde Aman unblíþum andwlitan, and ne mihte ná ácuman ðæs cyninges graman, Hml. A. 100, 265. Hé wearð swíðe þearle áblycged vehementer territus, Gr. D. 133, 3. Ic eom áblicged consternor, Ælfc. Gr. 222, 9.

á-spyrian

(v.)

to track ⬩ reach by following the track ⬩ to investigate ⬩ examine so as to get knowledge of a subject ⬩ to find out

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Ne magon ðǽre tungan mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Sal. K. 150, 4. Ðæt nǽre nǽnig manna ðæt mihte ðǽra twégra tweón áspyrian that there was no man could settle by his investigations the doubt about the two(subst. this for trans. in Dict.), Sal. 434.

fyrenian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrenian, fyrnian; p. ede; pp. ed

To sin ⬩ commit adultery ⬩ peccāre ⬩ mœchāri

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Ne fyrena ðú non mœchābĕris, Lk. Bos. 18, 20

ge-ortréwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortréwan, p. de; pp. ed [tréwan to trust]

To despair ⬩ dēspērāre

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To despair; dēspērāre Ða þreó ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan he ðam écan lífe these three suffer thee not to despair of the everlasting life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 9

stæððan

(v.)
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to make staid, to stay Saga hwá mec rǽre, ðonne ic restan ne mót, oþþe hwá mec stæðþe, ðonne ic stille beóm, Exon. Th. 387, 4; Rä. 4, 74

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

weorold-camp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-camp, es; m.
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Worldly warfare Godes þeówas nágon mid wígge ne mid worldcampe tó faren[n]e, ac mid gástlícan wǽpnan campian wíð deófol, L. Ælfc. P. 51 ; Th. ii. 388, 4

fillen

(n.)
Grammar
fillen, (?), e;

A dropping

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A dropping Biþ se þost hwít and micel gif þú hine nimest and gaderast æt fylne, þonne ne biþ h;é tó unswéte to gestincanne, Lch. ii. 48, 14

Linked entry: fylne

fóre-þencan

Grammar
fóre-þencan, l. fore-þencan,
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Ne gié foreðencgæ non praemeditari, Lk. L. 21, 14. Nælle gié foreðence nolite praecogitare, Mk. L. 13, 11. and add

orf-cynn

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Secgað sume gedwǽsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt hí þurh bletsunge misfarað, and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 30. Add

under-gitan

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Þeán ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðám Fæder and tó ðám Suna, swá ðeáh hé byð symle ðǽrtó undergyten, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 30. Add

un-fægerness

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Ꝥ hálige wîf ne ondréd hire náht þǽre útran scame and unfægernesse sancta mulier nihil exterioris deformitatis (cf. valde ignea conspersio corporis inerat) timuit, Gr. D. 379, 15. Add

ýtera

Grammar
ýtera, <b>. II.</b>
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Þá þe in him sylfum ne magon oferswíðan þá lytlan and þá ýtemestan uncyste qui in semetipsis vincere parva vitia atque extrema non possunt, Gr. D. 204, 9. Add

ge-þæf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þæf, adj. [geþafian to agree, consent]

Agreeing ⬩ content ⬩ consentiens

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Agreeing, content; consentiens He his nó geþæf wæs he was not a consenting party to it, Cod. Dipl. 183; A. D. 803; Kmbl. i. 222, 35: R. Ben. 7

Linked entries: ge-þafa ge-dæf

týtan

(v.)
Grammar
týtan, p. te

To stand out ⬩ be conspicuous

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Ne týtaþ hér tungul ac biþ týr scæcen stars shall not shine forth, but glory shall have departed, Exon. Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45