ge-cwémnes
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Gode tó gecwémnysse and earmum and eádigum tó þearfe and tó friðe. Ll. Th. i. 272, 15. Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34. On gecwémnessum
for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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To lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder; vastāre, devastāre, depŏpŭlāre Ne wile he ealle ða rícu forsleán and forheregian will he not slay and destroy all the kingdoms? Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3. Mid ðý se ylca cyning gedyrstelíce here lǽdde to
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ge-siftan
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Dele the passage, and add Genim gréne rúdan leáf, scearfa smale and cnuca swíðe, and beren meala gesift dó þǽrtó, Lch. iii. 8, 15. Þæt folc nam gesyft melu (conspersam farinam), Ex. 12, 34
ge-drorenlic
Perishable, transitory, frail
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Perishable, transitory, frail Drihten, þú wást ꝥ ic eom gedrorenlic dúst. Nap. 29. Þeós world is eall forwordenlic and gedrorenlic (printed gedrofenlic, but see ge-hrorenlic) and gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, Bl. H. 115, 3
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ge-fleard
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Hí gímað untídǽta and druncennysse and óðra geflearda ( ceteris suis uoluptatibus dediti ), Chrd. 10, 32. Add
ge-blǽdfæst
Fruitful ⬩ fertĭlis
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Fruitful; fertĭlis Beorht and ge-blǽdfæst bright and fruitful, Cd. 5 ; Th. 6, 15; Gen. 89
efen-hérian
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and add Hergað Dryhten alle ðióde and efenhergað ( conlaudate ) hine alle folc, Ps. Srt. 116, 1
eorþ-gráp
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After wyrhtan add: forweorene, geleorene, heard gripe hrúsan, and for ' mighty workmen ' substitute ' masters and (?) makers. '
loppe
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Dele 'flea (?), ' and the query after ' spider, ' and add: [v. N. E. D. lop.] Cf. lobbe
rihtfæsten-dæg
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Ordél and áðas syndon tócwedene freólsdagum and rihtfæstendagum, Ll. Th. i. 172, 10: 370, 3. Add
tæflung
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Gambling Ús syndon synderlíce on þisum dagum forbodene ... ídele sprǽca and tæflunga and beórscypas, Nap. 61
cniht-iugoþ
Youth ⬩ boyhood ⬩ juventus
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Youth, boyhood; juventus Cnihtiugoþ and sumor beóþ gelíce youth and summer are alike Bridf. 11: 12
fracoþ-dǽd
A foul deed
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A foul deed Uton mán and morðor forbúgan, and ealle fracoddǽda swíðe áscunian, Wlfst. 188, 15
freóls-bryce
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Syndan freólsbrycas (-bricas, v.l.) and fæsten-brycas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme. Wulfst. 164, 9. Add
bearn-myrþra
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Ðider sculan wiccan and bearnmyrðran, Wlfst. 115, 1. Hér syndan myltestran and bearnmyrðran, 165, 33. Add
Eald-Seaxe
The Old-Saxons ⬩ antīqui Saxŏnes
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The Old-Saxons; antīqui Saxŏnes; the German or continental Saxons occupying the territory between the Eyder and the Weser Hér Eald-Seaxe [Ald-Seaxe, Th. 92, 29, col. 1] and Francan gefuhton in this year [A.D. 779] the Old-Saxons and the Franks fought
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hǽwen
Blue, azure, purple, discoloured
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Blue, azure, purple, discoloured Hǽwen glaucus, Cot. 96 : jacinthina, 185 : fulvus, Lye. Ádó in ǽren fæt lǽt ðǽr in óð ðæt hit hǽwen sý put into a brazen vessel, leave it therein until it be turned colour, Lchdm. iii. 20, 18. Gyf dæt húsl byþ fynig oððe
ge-met-fæstnys
Moderation, modesty ⬩ moderatio, moderamen, modestia
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Moderation, modesty; moderatio, moderamen, modestia Mycelre monþwǽrnysse and ǽrfæstnysse and gemetfæstnysse mon summæ mansuetudinis et pietatis ac moderaminis vir. Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 32: 3, 14; S. 540, 13. Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and
sac-leás
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Add Æilsig, ðe ðá men bohte, nam hig and freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés, C. D. iv. 313, 11. Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, 314, 8. Her kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Gesfræg gebohte Gidið . . . tó .x. sciłł freoh and saclés
breóst-geþanc
the heart, mind ⬩ thought ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio
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[breóst the heart, mind, geþanc thought] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Annanias ðec, and Adzarias and Misaél, Metod, dómige breóstgeþancum Hananiah and Azariah and Mishael glorify thee, O God, in their
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