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be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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Gewende hé tó Róme, þæt hé hine betealde, gif hé mihte. Þa betealde hé hine sweðe geáplíce, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hí hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, Hml. S. 23, 308. Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan, ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre, Hml.

ge-dréfednes

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Gedrǽfednesse, 5, 3; S. 13, Þæt mód bið gebunden mid gedréfednesse nubila mens est, vinctaque frenis, 6; F. 10, 2. Mid his módes gedréfednesse andbisgunga, 35, l; F. 156, 12.

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

hǽþen-scipe

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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25

in-tinga

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Add: a cause from which a result follows. a thing Wæs seó lǽsse synn intinga þǽre máran, Hml. Th. i. 484, 14. Wást þú þone intingan þínre ádle? scisne tuae infirmitatis causam? Guth.

be-hófian

(v.)
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Gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ (-igen, v. l. ), Bt. 17; F. 60, 5. Hé metes behófode, Hml. Th. i. 178, 10. Þá þe þæs behófodon,Hml. S. 30, 10. Ðá ðe gémnisse bihófadun qui cura indigebant, Lk. R. 9, II.

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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Gefylledre þǽre cǽste (ceáste, v. l.) qua increpatione completa, 160, 7

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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Paul) manode þæt hí mid steóre Godes eges heora cild geðeáwodon (cf. patres, educate filios vestros in disciplina et correptione Domini, Eph. 6, 4), Hml. Th. i. 378, 23. ¶ ge-þeáwod. accustomed to a usage, practice, &c.

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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.; vestire ( = aulaeis ornare, Migne) Mid ðám geleáfan he gefrætewad and gewǽdað his hús, þæt is, þæt he gegearwað his heortan Gode on tó wunianne, Wlfst. 35, 10. to furnish a ship with sails, v. ge-wǽde; Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod,

Indéas

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Æfter þǽm hé for on Indie ... hé, geeóde Nisan, India heáfodburg ... Æfter þǽm þe hé hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón ... Hé cóm on India eástgemǽra post haec Indiam petit ... Nyssam urbem adiit ... Perdomita India ...

lustfullung

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I a. pleasure in something (gen. ) :-- Þæt þú on míne heortan getryme þínra beboda lustfullunga, Angl. xi. 101, 28. in an unfavourable sense On þreó wísan bið deófles costnung ; þæt is on tihtinge, on lustfullunge, on geðafunge.

á-solcen

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Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 4. Asolcennys déð þæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 23.

Linked entry: á-seolcan

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Þæs þe ic furðum ǽr ǽfre ǽngum ne wolde monna melda weorðan, Gú. 1201. to a word, phrase or clause expressing time, manner, place, &c. Þæt ic lufige ge furðum on þeófum (þeawum, MS.) quas amo etiam in latronibus, Solil.

á-hwider

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Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton tó Críste sylfum, Wlfst. 303, 15

á-fandung

Grammar
á-fandung, -fandigung.
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Add: trial, probation Seó gedréfednys wyrcð geðyld, and þæt geðyld áfandunge ( probationem , v. Scint. 7, 19),, Seó áfandung eówres geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 554, 25-31.

ange

(adv.)
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

bisceop-ríce

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Gedǽlen hí þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea, C. D. B. iii. 75, 22. Biscopríca parrochias, diocesis, An. Ox. 2033. Add

capian

(v.)
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Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard, Lch. iii. 266, 20-

bróþor-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
bróþor-wíf, es; n.
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18