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for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

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Þú sealdest mannum synna forgifnessa, 87, 12. mildness, lenity, indulgence; in a bad sense, laxity Oft ungemetlico fofgifnes bið gelícet ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, Past. 149, 9.

middel

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Þ híw byð gecíged omoeuteleuton swá oft swá se middel and se ýtemesta dǽl geendað on gelícum stæfgefége, Angl. viii. 332, 13. the position of being among or surrounded by a number of people or within a town, &c. midst of Hé hleóp on ðone mere

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mundthe fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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On Cantwara lage cyning and arcebiscop ágan gelícne and efendýrne mundbryce, L. Eth. vii. 6; Th. i. 330, 18. Myndbræcas and ǽlces wýtes. Chart. Th. 333, 33

týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede
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Ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta týdrige (týdre, Cott. MS.); and hit swá déþ; friþaþ and fyrþraþ swíþe georne, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.

ge-maca

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Add: an equal, a fellow, companion of persons Inpar ungemaca; dispar ungelíc; compar gelíc, gemaca; separ ásyndrod gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, . 1-3. Fædores gimaca Patris compar, Rtl. 165, II. Gimacca ( or under ge-mæcca ?), 164, 3.

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe just as one mows a meadow, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 15.] xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðár tó líþ Ðúnstán gebohte æt Uhtlufe xiiii acres and the meadow pertaining thereto Dunstan bought of Uhtlufu, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 34.

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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Ne mug se unhála ðam hálan gelíce byrðene áhebban, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 8.

ge-sceádwísness

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S. 26, 82. discrimination On eallum mannum behofað gesceádwýsnysse, þeáh ðe hí gelíce fyrene fremmen erga omnes homines discrimine opus est, etsi similia crimina committant, Ll.

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wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis

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heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Deáð þone rícan gelíce and þone heánan ofswelgþ and swá geemnet þá rícan and þá heánan mors involvit humile pariter et celsum caput, aequatque summis infima, Bt. 19; F. 68, 33. Ealle gelíce on woruld cumað, wlance and heáne, Met. 17, 6.

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Þone hé gelíce hléte (hlýte, v. l.) geniðrade and ofslóh Eanfridum simili sorte damnavit 3, l; Sch. 192, 22. Nú syndon gesette þá apostolas in hlét ǽ hié bodian now are the apostles appointed to the task(?) of ever proclaiming her Bl. H. 157, 35.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne, es; [seems to occur only in pl.] n.

What is fitting, decent

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Ðæt heora gerisna nǽre ðæt hý swá heáne hý geþohtan ðæt hý heora gelícan wurdan that it was not fitting for them [the Romans] to think themselves so low as to be their [the Carthaginians'] equals, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 27: Cd. 93; Th. 242, 17; Dan. 420.

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Cnuca tósomne ðám gelíce ðe ðú ánne æppel wyrce, Lch. i. 250, 10. an eye-ball :-- Gif se æppel léf biþ, Bt. 38, 5; F. 204, 29. Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280.

hatung

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Heora gelícan nǽron on þæs cáseres lande, ne him swá leófe, gif hí noldon áwendan þá lufe tó hatunge, Hml. S. 11, 59. Bið rihtwísnys on dóme forhwyrfed for ege and for gýtsunge and for hatunga and for lufe, Hml. A. 148, 108: 113.

sǽd

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Gelíc senepes corne . . . Ðæt is ealra sǽda (séda, R., from allum sédum, L.) lǽst simile grano sinapis . . . Quod minimum est omnibus seminibus, Mt. 13, 32. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Ne becóme hé nó tó ðǽm sǽde ðáre wróhte, Past. 358, 2.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne, Gr.

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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ic ðancige ðé þæt ic ne eom ná swilce óðre menn': ealles tó micel clypung þæt hé nǽre óðrum mannum gelíc . . . Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla geriht*-*wísod, ii. 428, 19-34. Hé clypode tó Gode: 'Þú ælmihtiga God . . .'

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Add: of people. a company Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balancescale

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Gelícere wǽgan in equilibrium, 234, 5: 238, 26. Ǽlc ðæra ðinga ðe man wihð on wǽgan, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 3. Áwegene on ánre wǽgan, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 23: 436, 12. On wǽgum (wégum, Ps. Surt. Spl.) in stateris, Ps. Lamb. 61, 10

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ge-wiht

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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte.