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ge-dræg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag, es; n.

A draggingbandmultitudetumulttractusturmatumultus

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Eác ðon breost-ceare sin-sorgna gedreag sý æt him even when care of breast, multitude of constant sorrows be at him, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45. Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.

Linked entries: -dræg ge-dreag

ge-hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreówan, p. -hreáw, pl. -hruwon; pp. -hrowen

To ruerepentgrievepitypœniteredoleremiserere

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Mec æt heortan gehreáw I repented at heart [lit. it repented me at heart ], Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1494 : Cd. 221; Th. 288, 2; Sat. 374

streccan

(v.)
Grammar
streccan, p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (v. strecedness)
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III. to . prostrate He hine wæs on gebed streccende æt líchoman ðæs Codes weres prosternens se ad corpus viri Dei pia intentione, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 29. [O. H. Ger. strecchen extendere, porrigere, prosternere.]

Linked entry: ge-streccan

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan hwæðerne áðreóteþ ǽr when fate and prudence strive, each with its own hard constraint, which of the two tires first? 857; Sal. 428. Nealles sylfes willum ac for þreánédlan, Beo. Th. 4450; B. 2224.

Linked entry: -nídla

un-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sǽlig, adj.

unhappyunblestmiserableunhappybringing misery

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Hí ( the good) fore góddǽdum blissiaþ, ða hý (the wicked ) unsǽlge ǽr forhogdun tó dónne, 79, 9; Cri. 1288. Hæleð unsǽlige ( the unbelieving Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1122; An. 561. of things, unhappy, bringing misery Æppel unsǽlga (cf.

Linked entry: un-gesǽlig

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Ǽlc mon mót onsacan werfǽhðe gif hé mæg oþþe dear, 46; Th. i. 132, 1

bócere

a bookmanan authora scholar

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Hé manige searwa ádreág æt þám unlǽdum bócerum, Bl. H. 85, 1. Mið boecerum (bókerum, R.) cum scribis, Mt. L. 27, 41

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14. Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml. S. 37, 271. Ceoslum glareis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287.

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs bisceopes byrele (byrle, v. l.) the bishop's cupbearer, Gr. D. 186, 22. Be ðám byrle þe ðone apostol eárplætte, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 13. Ǽlcan gesettan discðegne and gesettan biriele, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30.

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

dearnunga

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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

dweorg

(v.)
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)

eald-wita

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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20.

ge-hwearf

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ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Add: — Ðis is biscopes gehwearf and ðára hígna ðára londa æt Beórhám . . . (cf. in the charter so endorsed: Placuit archiepiscopo ejusque familia . . . aliquam vicissitudinem terrarum inter se habere), C. D. B. i. 526, 19.

ge-leáfsum

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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

ge-ligernes

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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,

ge-scildnes

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Ǽfre se deófol winð nú ongeán úrne geleáfan; ac seó gescyldnys is æt úrum Fæder gelang. Hml. Th. i. 252, 3. Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið þone Syriscan here, Hml. A. 107, 70- Gescyldnesse tutamini, i. protectioni, An.

ge-þwǽrnes

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Add concord, peace Ǽlc ðára ðe hine áscádan wille from ðǽre geðwǽrnesse, hé wile forlǽtan ðǽre lufan grénnisse and forseárian on ðǽre ungeðwǽrnesse omnes, qui per discordiam separantur a viriditate dilectionis, arefiunt, Past. 359, 14.

ge-witscipe

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Cf. ge-wita; the condition of being witness of a transaction Sculun of Gallia ríce cuman þá þe æt bysceopes hálgunge on gewitscype standan ( qui in ordinatione episcopi testes adsistant ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 9. witness, personal observation, presence

Linked entry: wit-scipe

hringe

(n.)
Grammar
hringe, an; f.
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'Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh; and gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige . . . Gif seó hringe nele úp . . .' Se smið . . . genam áne hringan . . . Héé Hringan legulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 18