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hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 56, 321: B. 963. immediately after a point of time fixed by the occurrence of an action or defined by an adverb, directly, straightway, at once Ðá ætsóc hé . . .

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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God wile ðæt wé mid gemáglícum bénum his mildheortnesse ofgán God wishes us to seek for his mercy by importunate prayers, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 5.

Linked entry: of-eode

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
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tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Wé geseóþ þurh úre eágan and ealle ðing tócnáwaþ by means of our eyes we see and distinguish all things, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 27.

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.

(one's) own; propriusdearwith a development of meaning similar to that in kind or gentle; gracious, kind, agreeable, pleasant (used of persons or things).subst. property: near, relatedfamiliaris, domesticusbeloved, dear; pleasant.

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Th. 90, 29 ; Cri. 1481. the word, which occurs rarely in prose (see, however, the first passage cited), is used mostly in reference to the connection that belongs to relationship by blood or by marriage, or to dear companionship, and so often has the

Linked entries: swáse swés

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Th. 467, 18 ; Alm. 3. honour, glory, fame Byð ðé weorðmynd (wurðmynt, v. l.) beforan midsittendum erit tibi gloria coram simul discumbentibus Lk. Skt. 14, 10.

Linked entry: wirþu

lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leaveto remain

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Án byþ genumen and óðer byþ lǽfed, 24, 41. Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs their landed property that was left them, Homl. Skt. 4, 82. Ná lǽfedum sǽde non relicto semine, Mk. Skt. 12, 20. Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L.

Linked entry: be-lǽfan

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310. metaphorically, of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness Gif ðín eáge byþ deorc, eall ðín líchama byþ þýstre (ðióstor, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 11, 34. Biþ seáð ðam fyrenfullan deóp ádolfen, deorc and ðýstre, Ps.

niman

(v.)
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Add Nómun, naamun, noumun (h)auserunt, Txts. 43, 247. to seize, grasp, capture, catch. to get into one's hands by force or artifice, by war, robbery, legal process, &c. Yfelra geréfena þeáw ys ꝥ hí nymað ǽlc wiht, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 9.

fram

away fromapart fromabsent fromfromalien frombybecause ofon account ofas a result ofofde

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Fram ic ne wille, By. 317. Similar entries ee also verbs given in Dict. as compounds with fram, from

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Aprl. hwǽr beó se móna feówertýne nihta eald, and wite eác ꝥ hé byð ꝥ gemǽre þæs termenes pasche, Angl. viii. 322, 34.

hand

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its metaphorical use in: Úre hand ys heáh Deut. 32, 27 ; and for the idea of force suggested by the position of the hand cf. : Hé his handa ál óf and hí wolde wíde tódrífan, Ps. Th. 105, 21), Ll. Th. i. 18, 1.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.

Linked entry: bisleásung

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Th. 134, 9; By. 81. Hí woldon hyra Eástron gewyrcan they would celebrate Easter, Lk. Bos. 22, 7. God wille ðisse worlde ende gewyricean God will put an end to this world, Blickl. Homl. 109, 33.

Linked entry: ge-worht

ge-þanc

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Hé hæfde gód geþanc, By. 13. Beóð tóstencte geþancu (cogitationes) þár þár nys geþeaht without counsel purposes are disappointed (A. V.) Prov. 15,22), Scint. 199, 11: (A. V. Prov. 20, 18.), 13. Geðancas, Ps.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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S. 25, 784. to obtain favour by intercession, intercede successfully for a person Fram úrum æfterran mǽge ðe ús eft geðingode, Past. 313, 17. Ne mæg eal middaneard ánum ðǽra geðingian þe Críst þus tó cweð, 'Discedite a me, maledicti,' Hml.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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On ðone Drihten ðe ðes háligdóm is fore hálig by the Lord, before whom these relics are holy, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 3, 12. Wé sceolon on ðissum dagum fyligan úrum háligdóme út and inn on these days we ought to follow our relics out and in, Homl.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Fram ðam biscope ðære Rómániscan cyricean by the bishop of the Roman church, 1, 13; S. 481, 38. On Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican in the nation and church of the Northumbrians, 2, 20; S. 521, 19.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

ge-hátan

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H. 181, 26. to undertake that something shall (or shall not) be done by another. with simple object Hé him ðæs Hálgan Gástes cyme tóweardne gehét, Bl. H. 117, 14.

ge-reccan

(v.)
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ge-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; imp. -rece; p. -reahte, -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translateexponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddereto set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjectionexponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere

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Gif hiora mód-sefa meahte weorþan staðol-fæst, gereaht þurh ða strongan meaht if their mind might become stable, ruled by strong might, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 197; Met. 11, 99.

Linked entry: ge-hræcan

æðele

(n.; adj.)
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æðele, eðele; comp. -ra; sup. -ast, -est, -use; adj.

nobleeminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mindexcellentfamoussingularnobilisgenerosuspræstabilisegregiusexcellensnoblevigorousyoungnobilisnovellus

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noble, eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind, excellent, famous, singular; nobilis, generosus, præstabilis, egregius, excellens Se eorl wæs æðele the earl was noble, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182.

Linked entry: eðele