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an-gin

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Seó wyrt gehnǽceþ ðá anginnu (the beginnings of the disease) þám wæterseócum, Lch. i. 272, 15. an enterprise, undertaking, attempt ꝥ angin (building a fleet] wearð tídlice þurhtogen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 3. ꝥ ꝥ angin (a war ) nǽre gestilled, 6, 4; S.

ealdor

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Th. i. 76, 4. of things, the chief, principal of its kind, head Seó Níl is ealdor fallicra (ful- ?) eá Nilus est capud fluuiorum. Nar. 35, 19. a parent, v. ealdor-leás orphan Cóm ǽrest Cam in síðian, eafora Nóes, þǽr his aldor læg, Gen. 1578.

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Ox. 2, 252. else, under other conditions Ne mæg ðæt scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. else, as an alternative Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran oþþe

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Seó sealf wile ꝥ deáde flǽsc of etan, Lch. ii. 332, 25. where it is rapid Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ and hié (hit?) æt manna líchaman, and hit ácwealde heora bearn . . . Þæt wæter weóx, and swíþe hit æt hyra líchaman, Bl.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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D. iv. 202, 8. an outcast, wretch Ðá cwæþ seó hell tó Satane: ' Lá ðú ordfruma ealra yfela, and lá þú fæder ealra flýmena' (O Satan, thou prince of all the wicked, father of the impious and abandoned, Nic. H. 18, 7), Nic. 17, 5

Linked entry: flýma

ge-swinc

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Ne beheóld hit nán. þing seó scipfyrding búton folces geswinc, feós spilling, and heora feónda forðbylding, Chr. 999; P. 133, 10. Hé geendode his dagas æfter mycclum geswince and earfoðnissum his lífes, 1016 ; P. 148, 17 : Bl. H. 59, 25.

ge-freógan

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Of seáde gefreód de puteo liberatum, Lk. p. 8, 9. (2 a) figuratively Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóð ǽlc þára þe hió tó geþiéð, Bt. 20; F. 72, 2. to free from obligation, work, & c. Gefreód feriatus Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 55.

hǽl

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hǽl, health.
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<b>II a</b>. with gen. of person 'Gehǽle ðe Críst' . . .Þá gelýfde seó burhwaru þurh þæs bæddrydan hǽle, Hml.

uppe

(adv.)
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uppe, adv.

upaboveon highup

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up, above, on high Ðǽh hé uppe seó, Cal. Th. 281, 2; Sat. 265. Salte sǽstreámas and swegl uppe, Andr. Kmbl. 1498; An. 750. Hræfn uppe gól, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52. Uppe ofer rodere (cf. bufan ðam rodore Bt. 33. 4; Fox 130, 15), Met. 20, 124.

Linked entry: up

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poorneedyindigentwantingdeficient inpoor inbeggingpoorneedya poor, needy persona poor, needy persona beggar

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Wurdon menn wǽdlan hláfes, 104, 14. of things, deficient in, poor in Wæs seó stów ge wæteres wǽdla ge eorþwæstma erat locus et aquae et frugis inops, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 18.

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Ða seofon hlyðran ear septem spicæ tenues, Gen. 41, 27. Óðre lyðre cynn cetera adulterina genera, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 31; Wrt. Voc. 55, 36. Lyðra bearn filii excussorum, Ps. Th. 126, 5.

á-meldian

(v.)
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Wurdon ámeldode seofon hálige men, Hml. S. 23, 119. about things Ǽnig þára þe ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað any one that gives information about stolen cattle, Ll. Th. i. 276, 33. Heó hyt ámeldode and þus cwæð: 'Hyt is belocen on mýnre bedcofan,' Hml.

ge-rýne

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H. 17, 9. what is beyond ordinary knowledge, an obscure subject Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þæs geáres þurh seofon, and swá wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes (y is written over the second e), Angl. viii. 302, 39.

Linked entry: rún

híwan

(n.)
Grammar
híwan, hígan; pl.

Members of a household, of a religious house, a family

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Búton Noe and his seofan híwon except Noah and the seven members of his family, Homl. Th. ii. 58, 34: i. 20, 34. On middum hire ðinum in media eorum [the members of the monastery ], Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 20: Chart. Th. 468, 19: L.

feor

(adv.)
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feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ðeáh seó godcunde sibb him feorr (fior, v. l.) sié, Past. 363, 19. Ys heora heorte feor fram mé, Bl. H. 69, 25.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Þám gelamp seó áwyrigung . . . 'Wá þám þe wítegað . . .,' Hml. S. 15, 115. the subject a pronoun, indefinite Anbídende hwæt him gelimpan scolde, Bl.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Seó geleáffulle gelaðung is gelógod on Críste, Hml. S. 15, 123. Hé understód on hwilcum gedeorfum þis mennisce líf is gelógod, Hml.

hwǽr

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Hwǽr cóm seó frætwodnes heora húsa? ... oþþe hwǽr cóm heora snyttro?, Bl. H. 99, 27-31: Sat. 36. Se pytt héh is; huona ł huǽr (hwér, R. unde ) hæfis ðú uætter?, Jn.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Seó þrág gewát, swá heó nó wǽre, Exon. Th. 292, 9; Wand. 96. Hé him tó frófre lét forð wesan hyrstedne hróf, Cd.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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</b> to correct :-- Seó cyrice sum þing þurh wælm receþ (corrigit ), 1, 27; S. 491,30