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ge-redian

(v.)
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. ; eáðe gerædað God ðæt hé wile be ðé, ðeáh hé hit iíé ǽr ne secge, Prov. K. 32. to find out, hit upon Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þe him geredað ǽfre hwæt him tó dónne sý and hvvæt tó forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 57, 15. Gerædað, 51, 19

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.

hǽþen-nes

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Hé monige wæs gecígende fram hǽþenesse (hǽðennesse, v. l.) and fram gedwolan heora lífes multos ab errore reuocans, 5, 11; Sch. 611, 5. people among whom (or district in which) heathenism prevails: — Wit begétan ðás béc æt haeðnum herge mid uncre claene

Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.

of-spring

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Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt.

sceacan

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Add Hý mé underféngon ǽr ðám ic sceóc (the first c is written over e; but cf. Angl. xii. 511, 26 which has sceóc) fram ðé tó hym isti me quando a te fugiebam acceperunt alienum, Solil. H. 12, 9. add: to brandish Sceóc uibrabat (macheram), An.

secgan

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Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10. Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3.

spornan

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Th. i. 386, 9. to strike against with the foot, stumble upon Hí spurnon mid hyra fótum æt (on, v. l.) þám hálgan were in ipso impingebat, Gr. D. 16, 22. (2 a) to stumble, totter :-- Spurnende lapsanti, titubanti, An. Ox. 50, 7

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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</b> of people, uncivilized, uncultivated :-- Ær hé hét faran tó strǽtum and tó wícum, getácnigende ꝥ Iúdéa folc þe . . . on gehendnysse wǽron.

weard-setl

(n.)
Grammar
weard-setl, es; n.

A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard

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Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11. Hí ofereodon ða twá weardsetl tranteuntes primam et secundam custodiam (Acts 12, 10), Homl. Th. ii. 382, 11

ǽfen-sang

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Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml. Th. i. 202, 26. Sé ðe . . . dæghwámlíce his circan gesécan ne mæge, hé húru ðinga on ðám sunnandagnm . . . þider cume tó . . . Ǽfensange, Hml. A. 144, ii.

hám-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-fæst, adj.

Resident, dwelling at home

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Gif mon becume on his gefán and hé hine ǽr hámfæstne ne wite si quis superveniat in hostem suum, et eum antea residentem nesciat, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 15

hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hefe, es; m.

Weight

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Hé micelne hefe gefrét æt hys heortan he feels a great weight at his heart, Lchdm. iii. 126, 10. Áwend hefas leahtra evente moles criminum, Hymn. Surt. 23, 7

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

Windingwrapping

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Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4) let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an ; m.

A border, edge, margin, bank

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Æt Cerdices óran, Erl. 2, 3. Ðonan on ðone óran foran wið-eástan Ecgulfes setl west be ðatn óran eft tóweard setle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 2-3. Siððan dú gehýrde on hliþes óran galan geác on bearwe. Exon. Th. 473, 28; Bo. 21.

Linked entries: íre óre

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

ÍSEN

(n.)
Grammar
ÍSEN, es ; n.

Ironsteel

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Voc. 85, 13 : Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 58. Ðis ýsen hic calibs, 9 ; Som. 13, 18. Eorþe swilce ísen terra ferrea, Deut. 28, 23.

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

NotnonnenonayNorneithernenequenec

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Ne him eác nǽfre genóg ne þincþ ǽr hé hæbbe eall ðæt hine lyst, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 6.

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ang-set

(n.)
Grammar
ang-set, es; m ? ang-seta, an; m ?

A disease with eruptionsa carbunclepimplepustulean eruptionSt. Anthony's firecarbunculus

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Anthony's fire; carbunculus Angset vel spring carbunculus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 9; Wrt. Voc. 19, 19. Angseta furunculus vel anthrax, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 69; Wrt. Voc. 20, 12: Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 19; Wrt. Voc. 40, 51

metgung

(n.)
Grammar
metgung, metegung, e; f.

moderationtemperancemeditation

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moderation, temperance Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer óðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34. meditation Mé is metegung hú ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio

Linked entry: ge-metgung