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or-lege

(adj.)
Grammar
or-lege, adj.

Hostile

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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697

ge-stióran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stióran, p. de; pp. ed

To correctrestraindirectguidecorrĭgĕre

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To correct, restrain, direct, guide; corrĭgĕre Wénst ðú ðæt se anwald eáðe ne meahte Godes Ælmihtiges him his yfeles gestióran thinkest thou that the power of Almighty God could not keep him from his evil, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 104; Met. 9, 52

ge-sittan

(v.)
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L. 23, 2. to settle. of persons, of individuals, to dwell, reside Hé fór tó Róme and þǽr gesæt (wunode eal tó his lífes ende, v.l. ), Chr. 874 ; P. 72, 27.

a-ferscean

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]

To freshento become freshsalsuginem deponere

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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18

deád-bǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deád-bǽrende, part.

Death-bearing, deadly mortĭfer

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Death-bearing, deadly; mortĭfer Se Arrianisca gedwola ðæt deádbǽrende áttor his getreówleásnysse on eellum middangeardes cyricum strégde the Arian heresy spread the death-bearing venom of its truthlessness in all the churches of the earth, Bd. 1, 8;

eówer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
eówer, YOUR; vester, vestra, vestrum ὑμέτερ-ος adj.
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Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885

éðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
éðelíce, adv.

Easilyfacĭlĭter

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Easily; facĭlĭter Ðú eall þing birest éðelíce búton geswince thou bearest all things easily without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17

ge-æhtle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-æhtle, an; f. [æht valuation, estimation]

Estimationconsiderationæstĭmātiodelībĕrātio

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Estimation, consideration; æstĭmātio, delībĕrātio Hý, on wíggetawum, wyrðe þinceaþ eorla geæhtlan, they, in their war-equipments, appear of the estimation of earls, Beo. Th. 743; B. 369.

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

To pertainbelong

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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9

nafu

(n.)
Grammar
nafu, e; f. : nafa (?), an; m.

A nave

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Sió nafa (nafu, Cott.) néhst ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Sió nafu, Fox 222, 1. Se nafa, 222, 12. Fæst on ðære nafe, 222, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12

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ge-hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlystan, p. -hlyste; pp. -hlysted.

to listenhearauscultareaudireto obeyobedire

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Th. 134, 31; By. 92. to obey; obedire On hlyste eáran gehlyste me in auditu auris obediunt mihi, Ps. Spl. 17, 46

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úht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úht-tíd, e; f.

Early morning timethe time before daybreak

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Early morning time, the time before daybreak Úhttíd vel beforan dæge matutinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 64. On úhttíde in matutino, Ps. Spl. 48, 15. Moyses bebeád eorlas on úhttíd folc somnigean, frecan árísan, Cd. Th. 191, 17; Exod. 216

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heálicness

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Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281

moþþe

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Swá swá on reáf moþþe ( tinea ), and wyrm forswylhð treów, eall swá unrótnyss derað heortan, Scint. 168, 7. Ne behýde gé eówerne goldhord ... þǽr ðǽr moððan hit áwéstað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Mohþ[um] tineis, An. Ox. 50, 37. Add

portic

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Th. i. 508, 9-14. v. eást-, hálig-portic

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

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ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Ðæt is se teóða æcer, eal swá seó sulh hit gegá that is the tenth acre, all as the plough goes over it, L. C. E. 8; Th. i. 366, 6. Æceras jugera, Cot. 109

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous, though any one eat

ge-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiht, -wyht, -wihte, es; n.

Weightpondus

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Gé etaþ hláf be gewihte ye shall eat bread by weight, Lev. 26, 26. Mid twám hundred mancosan goldes be gewihte and mid v. pundan be gewihte seolfres for two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver, Th.

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ge-laðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-laðian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To invitebidcallsummonassemblecongregateinvītārevŏcārearcessĕrecierecongrĕgāre

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Gelaðede se gesíþ hine to his háme the earl invited him to his home, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 29. Ðonne ðú byst to gyftum gelaðod cum invītātus fuĕris ad nuptias, Lk. Bos. 14, 8.

Linked entries: ge-hlaðen ge-leaðian