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stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Ðá stód seó sunne on ðam stede, Jos. 10, 12, 13. standing as opposed to moving, stopping, standing still. v. sunn-stede Hwæt is ðæs Hǽlendes stede oððe hwæt is his fær? Homl. Th. i. 156, 33. <b>IV a.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

god-gild

(n.)
Grammar
god-gild, -gield, -geld, -gyld, gode-gild, es; n.
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An idol He hét wyrcan gyldeno godgeld and seolfrene ... ðá abræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold and ðæt seolfor of ðǽm godgeldum he bade make golden idols and silver ... then the maiden broke the gold and the silver off the idols, Shrn. 106, 2-4: 122, 9: L.

Linked entry: god-gyld

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Nis ðæt nó be eallum démum gelíce to secgenne that is not to be said of all judges alike, 63, 16. Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3.

lystan

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Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste ut habere propria concupiscant, Past. 229, 14. Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín, Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1. acc. of thing desired ? Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste, Past. 459, 3.

þearllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þearllíce, adv.
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severely Ðonne sint eác ðǽm ilcan monnum suíðe ðearllíce (ðearlíce, Cott. MSS.) tó recceanne ða godcundan cwidas districte itaque contra illos divinae, sententiae proferendae sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 22.

Linked entry: þeaclíce

un-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wís, adj.

unwisefoolishstupidignorantignorant of something

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Unwíse láreówas cumaþ for ðæs folces synnum. Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn, and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum bið geborgen.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Manegra wíta hié gewildnodon wið ðan éce lífe multos scimus beatitudinis fructum suppliciis quaesisse, Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 4. Ne gewilna ( concupisces ) þú þínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte, Ll. Th. i. 44, 21. with dat.

sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sinscipe, es ; m.
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Mé nú ne lyst nánes synscipes ac ðæs Hǽlendes geþeódnysse mid gehealdenre clénnisse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 37. Heó wunode twelf geár on ðæs cynincges synscype, 20, 16. Hú miht ðú ðam Ælmihtigan his brýde beniman and ðínum sinscipe geþeódan, Homl.

ǽg-þer

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Hit willnaþ ðára ǽgþres, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 9. Ǽgðrum emnneáh, 39, 7; F. 222, 8. Of ǽgðrum his ríca, Ps. Th. 9, 36. Ðá dyde hé him ǽgþer tó gewealdon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 25. Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre?

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

ofer-faran

(v.)

To pass, go offto pass, crossto pass through, traverseto pass throughto pass through, penetrateto come upon, come across, meet with

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Moyses oferfór ða Reádan Sǽ, Wulfst. 210, 12. Oferfóren egrederentur, Hpt. Gl. 464, 64. Ðá gebeótode án his þegna ðæt hé mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29: Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 9.

Linked entry: ofer-féran

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj. generally indeclinable. I.
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II. wanting, destitute of, without something :-- Se ne ongyteþ ða þeóstra his ágenra synna, wite hé ðæt hé bið wana ðæs écan leóhtes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 36.

for-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
for-feallan, p. -feóll

overwhelm

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To destroy by falling, overwhelm Ðá cwóm micel snáw . . . Ðá ic þá unmǽtnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ðá þúhte mé ꝥ ic wiste ꝥ hé wolde þá wícstówe forfeallan cadere immense ceperunt niues, quarum aggregationem metuens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 16

Wiltún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Wiltún-scír, (Wiltúnes-), e; f.

Wiltshire

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Féng Ælfríc Wiltúnscíre bisceop tó ðam arcebiscopríce, 994; Erl. 134, 2. Ánes scipes Ælfríc arcebisceop geúðe ðam folce tó Cent and óðres tó Wiltúnesscíre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 352, 18.

haga

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Inn on bróc; of ðám bróke inn on ðone hagan: æfter ðám hagan, iii. 382, 14.

Linked entry: hecge

ge-leórnes

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Ðæs giliórnise ( depositionem ) wé gimérsia, Rtl. 89, 14. Giliórnise hiora exitus illorum 86, 16. the anniversary of a person's death On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sc̃e Pegean geleórnes, Shrn. 48, 38: 51, 28: 52 15, and often

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n. <b>I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ðonne bið ðæt ríce wel gereht, ðonne sé ðe ðǽr fore bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 9.

wincian

(v.)
Grammar
wincian, p. ode

to winkmake a signto close the eyesblink

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Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum qui negligit considerando praevidere, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit, Past. 39; Past. 39Past. 39.

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather to draw together, join, uniteto get materials together for a poem to composeto collect, assemble, come togetherto draw together, join, uniteto glean

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Nát hwam hit gaderaþ ł somnaj ða, Ps. Spl. 38, 10. Hé ðyder folc samnode, Cd. Th. 230, 5 ; Dan. 228 Hié here samnodon, Andr. Kmbl. 2250 ; An. 1126. Wé somnadon ł geadredon ða colligimus ea, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 28.

Linked entry: samode

æ-leng

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-leng, adj.

Longprotractedlengthytroublesomelongusmolestus

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Long, protracted, lengthy, troublesome; longus, molestus Me þincþ ðæt ðé þincen tó ǽlenge ðás langan spell methinks that these long discourses appear to thee too lengthy. Bt. 39,4; Fox 218, 6

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

Pudendaingnen

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Pudenda, ingnen Neáh ðam gewealde prope inguinem, Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 23: 5, 5; Lchdm. i. 94, 22, 24. Ðæt geweald, Lchdm. ii. 388, 9. v. ge-weald power