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ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, l. -swician,
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Ealle gé mé ǽswiciað, 244, 33. to be apostate Ǽswician apostatare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 2. to offend Gif honde ðíne ǽswicæþ ðec . . gif eágan ðín ǽswiceþ ðec, Mt. R. 18, 8, 9. Sé ǽswicað óðrum ðc hine on Godes dǽle beswícð, Hml. Th. i. 514, 18.

dihtian

(v.)
Grammar
dihtian, p. ode
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Se Hálga Gást dihtode ealle þá þing þe hálige men writon, Bl. H. 133, 1. Dihtade instigavit, Lk. p. 2, 6

Linked entries: dihtan dihtere

fágung

a diversity

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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.

ge-sweltan

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Ic sóna wæs geswolten and mín gewit and ealle míne styrenesse forleás mox uelut emoriens sensum penitus motumque omnem perdidi, Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 577, 8

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon, Wlfst. 244, 4.

hád-bryce

Grammar
hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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In 1. 4 after mǽðe add, swá be were swá be wíte swá be lahslite swá be ealre are (secundum omnia quę habet malefactor.

gold-hord

Grammar
gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron, and sume on eorþan áhýddon and sume mid him on Gallia lǽddon, Chr. 418; P. 10, 17: Shrn. 115, 32.

ofer-seón

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Þonne miht ðú ofersión ealle þás eorþlican þing mens terras despicit, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 7. add v. ofer-sewenness Hí mé forlétan and swýdeforsáwan ipsi spreuerunt me, Wlfst. 45, 3.

séþung

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Se apostol áýdlode ealle þæs drýes séðunge, and geswutelode ðurh wítegena séðunge þæt Críst is sóð Godes sunu, 412, 29-414, 2: 420, 5. Add

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde hé syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe hé libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

hnipian

(v.)
Grammar
hnipian, p. ode

To bow the head

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To bow the head: Biþ wuhta gehwilc onhnigen tó hrusan hnipaþ of dúne on weoruld wlítaþ wilnaþ tó eorþan [cf. in the prose version, Fox 254, 28, ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorðan] prona tamen facies hebetes valet ingravare sensus, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: hnipend

fót-þweál

the washing of the feet of the poor

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Féde man Godes þearfena swá fela swá man mǽst mæge, and ... baðige man ealle ... and sylf se dǽdbéta beó ymbe heora fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 8. Add:

sellend

(n.)
Grammar
sellend, es; m.

a giver ⬩ a betrayer

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Drihten se is ordfruma and syllend (largitor) ealra eádignesse, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 17. Hihton hí on God, ðæra góda syllend. Homl. Th. ii. 328, Hé lufaþ ðone glædan syllend, 212, 9. a betrayer Se sellend his traditor ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 44

Linked entry: syllend

ge-wítendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wítendlíc, adj.

Transitory ⬩ transitorius

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Mín mód forhogode ealle ðás gewítendlícan þing my mind despised all these transitory things, Greg. Dial. Hat. MS. fol. 1 b, 14. Ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce this poor and transitory life, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9.

þeóster-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-full, (þístre-), (þrýstre-); adj.

Full of darkness ⬩ dark, obscure

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Se engel mé lǽdde tó ánre þeóstorfulre stówe ... ealle ða ðeóstorfullan stówe, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 15-26. Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, 338, 5. Ðeósterfulle wununga, i. 68, 4. Þésterfulle dimhoua latebrosa latibula, Hpt. Gl, 446, 5

bæc-ern

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Ꝥ ealle neódbehéfness, ꝥ is wæter, myll, orceard, bæcern (pistrinum), oððe mistlice cræftas wiðinnan minstre beón gegánne, R. Ben. I. 112, 15.

fore

before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of

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Ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 36. Þý lǽs fore þǽre mǽrðe him mód ástíge, Crä. 101.

I

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Thus the mutation of the breaking ea is written i, e. g. ildu, irmþu from eald, earm; and the mutations of eó, eá are written í, e. g. onlíhtan, híran.