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ge-wissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wissian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To make or cause to knowto instructinformdirectcommandgoverndocereedocereregerepræciperedirigere

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Gif ðú nelt beón gewissod if thou wilt not be directed, Ælfc. T. Lisle, 40, 12

Linked entry: wísian

ge-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen.

To turnconvertereTo turngo awaydepartdiepass as propertyfall as a lotvertiabireredireexcidere

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Ǽr ic of ðysum lífe gehweorfe ere I depart from this life, Hy. 3, 53; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 53. Hit on ǽht gehwearf Denigea freán it passed into the possession of the Danes' lord, Beo. Th. 3363; B. 1679 : 2424; B. 1210 : 4422; B. 2208.

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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Fæstaþ ða feówer ymbrenu on twelf mónðum, ðe eów rihtlíce ásette synd, Wulfst. 136, 17. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

ende-dæg

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Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35. Heó becóm tó hire ændedæge (ende-, v. l.) ad diem pervenit extremum, Gr. D. 286, 17.

feorh

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Uneáðe ic mihte begytan æt Gode ꝥ mé wǽron befæste of þǽre stówe þá feorh þára gebróðra vix obtinere potui, ut mihi ex hoc loco animae concederentur, Gr. D. 140, 29. Add

ge-dréfednes

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Syle ús fultum on úre gedréfednisse (tribulatione), Ælfc. T. Grn. 11. 40. 'Þú mé hæfst áirétne on ðám tweón and on þǽre gedréfednesse þe ic ǽr on wæs be þám freódóme. Ac ic eom nú get on micle máran gedréfednesse geunrótsod, fulneáh oþ ormódnesse.'

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

hǽþen-scipe

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Ǽghwylcne hǽðenscype wordes and weorces forhogie man ǽfre, id est idolatria et ueneficia, . . .

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Softly, gently Sófte suaviter Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 6: gradatim Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 37: pedetemtim 81, 39: sensim 120, 41. Ðone sófte langan morosam 32, 6. of sleep, rest, etc., softly, quietly, without disturbance Hé sófte swæf Cd.

Linked entry: sófte

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1. Andlang eá tó healhwere, v. 392, 33. Of ðǽre syrfan tó healwícum, 262, 14

eáþe-lic

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Add Eáðelic facilis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 5. easy, presenting little difficulty Gif hé ðæt eáðelice bebod geheólde, Hex. 24, 16. Seó ealde ǽ wæs eáðelicre þonne Crístes gesetnys sý, Hml.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-tácnung

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Seó bóc ys, . . . mid deópum andgitte on díglum getácnungum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 42. of words, signification Significatio ys getácnung, hwæt þæt word getácnige, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 120, 1: 223, 1. 16.

be-híring

(n.)

a hiring

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a hiring Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 123

Linked entry: ge-hýran

cyfys

(n.)

pellex

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pellex, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 1

bróðor-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-rǽden, bróðer-rǽdenn, e; f.

Brotherhoodfraternitas

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Brotherhood; fraternitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 21

brýd-gifa

(n.)

espousalssponsalia

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espousals; sponsalia, Ǽlfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 53

Linked entries: bríd-gifu brýtofta

a-fýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýsan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hastenfestinaretendereto hasten awayimpelaccelerateinciteexcitemake readyincitareaccelerareparaturn vel prornptum reddere

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Swá ǽr wæter fleówan, flódas afýsde as the waters flowed before, the excited floods, 22 b; Th. 61, 17; Cri. 986

be-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dǽlan, -délan, bi-dǽlan; p. -dǽlde, -délde; pp. -dǽled, -déled

To deprivebereave of anythingto deliverreleasefree from anythingprivareorbaresejungereliberareexpertem reddere

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Nele hí God ǽfre góde bedǽlan Dominus non privabit eos bonis, Ps. Th. 83, 13. Be ðære lyfte bedǽled aere privatus, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. scienc. 17, 11.

Linked entries: be-délan bi-dǽlan

Cerdices óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices óra, Certices óra. an; m.

Cerdic's shoreCerdăci lítus

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Cerdic's shore, on the south of Dorsetshire, ; Cerdăci lítus Ðá Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu cwom up æt Cerdices óran mid v scipum then, A. D. 495, Cerdic and Cynric his son came up to Cerdic's shore with five ships, Chr. Erl. 2, 3.

Linked entry: Certices óra

Dægsan stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]

DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberlandagro Cumbriæ

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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A.