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geómor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
geómor-líce, adv.

Sadly ⬩ lūgubre

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Sadly; lūgubre He gilleþ geómorlíce he yelleth sadly, Salm. Kmbl. 535; Sal. 267

on-beslagen

(adj.)
Grammar
on-beslagen, adj.
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Inflicted Swilce hí mid onbeslagenre wunde hí geblódigian, Hml. Th. ii. 88, 23

Bryttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Bryttisc, Brittisc; adj.

British ⬩ Britannicus

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British; Britannicus He wæs Bryttisc he was British, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 3

Linked entry: Brittisc

bygest

(v.)
Grammar
bygest, 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bycgan.
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he bygeþ buyest, he buys, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 14; Gn. Ex. 111

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--

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Hí áþenedon up heora handa tó Gode, Hml. S. 30, 425. Án fýren swer stód up áþenod oð heofonan, 3, 500. Mid áðenedum earmum, Hml.

Linked entry: on-þenian

ge-neahhe

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Se deácon hæfde him tó þeáwe ꝥ hé cóm geneahhe tó Benedicte, and hé geneahhe (gelómlíce, v.l.) geneósode (frequentabat) his mynstres, 170, 1-4. Hé geneahhe férde tó heora húse, 154, 12: Angl. xi. 99, 70: Sal. 378.

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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Ðonne wile hé onfón rihtre ondetnesse true confession, Blickl. Homl. 155, 1. Mid rihtum ondgite, 63, 29. Hé ongon hí lǽran ðæt hí rihte sibbe betwih him hæfdon . . .

fore-secgan

to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ proclaim ⬩ pronounce ⬩ declare ⬩ to preach

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Add: with reference to the past Hé hí gefréfrode swá swá wé hér foresǽdon (as we have already mentioned in this narrative), Hml. A. 78, 138: Hml. S. 26, 169. Þæs Cýres sunu þe wé ǽr foresǽdon, Hml. A. 103, 24.

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ bend or bow down ⬩ procumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

ge-dyrst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To dare ⬩ audere

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To dare; audere He ne gedyrstlǽcþ ðæt he furðon orðige oððe sprece he dare not even breathe or speak, Homl. Th. i. 456, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 29

un-geworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geworht, adj.

not made ⬩ not finished

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not made Gif Hé geworht wǽre, ne wurde Hé nǽfre ælmihtig God ... Hé wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrcan

doxian

(v.)
Grammar
doxian, p. ode
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To become dark-coloured Hwílum hé ( the dead body ) bið swíðe láðlicum men gelíc; þonne wannað hé and doxaþ; óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, Verc. fol. 23 b

lár-bóc

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Hé áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add

un-gyrdan

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Gif hé ǽnigne þearfan nacodne gemétte, þonne wæs hé hine sylfne ungyrdende ( se exspolians), and mid his hrægle hé þone þearfan gescrýdde, Gr. D. 68, II. Cf. on-gyrdan. Add

fæst-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423

mid-weg

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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth Hé wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac hé gewát sóna swá hé ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDE ⬩ conceal

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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25. Hýt abscondit, Swt. 187, 9. Se ðe his hwǽte hýtt qui abscondit frumenta, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 13.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Heó nele ábúgan fram hyre Drihtne áhwár, Hml. A. 28, 100: Hml. S. 16, 93. Gif hé ðé áhwár geyfelode, þæt ðú scealt forgifan, Hml. Th. i. 54, 25. Áwár, ii. 100, 33: i. 484, 7: 500, 5. Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweð, B. 1737