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hæleþ

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(l a) transferred to Christ :-- Ongyrede hine geong hæleð, þæt wæs God ælmihtig, strang and stíðmód, gestáh hé on galgan, módig on manigra gesyhðe, Kr. 39. in spiritual matters Ióhannis hæleð helwarum spr. ec, Hö. 24. Wís hæleð (St.

in-geþanc

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Add: the seat of thought, intellect, mind, heart, spirit, breast Ðæt hé selle Gode his ágne breósð, ðæt is his inngeðonc (ingeðanc, v.l. ), Past. 83, 1.

líc-hama

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God ús gesceóp on sáwle and on lichaman, Hml. A. n, 289. Ic. the material body with its properties, corporeal nature :-- Swyltendes líchaman gewǽht tídder[nes] moribundç carnis fessa fragilitas, An. Ox. 1275.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7

or-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.

Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art

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Hwá is ðæt ðe cunne orþonc clǽne ( the creation ) nymðe éce God ? Cd. Th. 266, 6 ; Sat. 18. Orþancas argumenta, commenta, Hpt. Gl. 479, 68.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritance ⬩ property

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Nelle ic from mínum hláforde ne from mínum wífe ne from mínum bearne ne from mínum ierfe I will not go from my lord, nor from my wife, nor from my child, nor from my goods, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 9.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hie on God ǽnne heora hyht gesetton they should put their trust in God alone, Blickl. Homl. 185, 15. Naman gesettan to give a name, 197, 29. He wæs to bóclícre láre gesett he was put to book-learning, Shrn. 12, 16.

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim

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Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur, et poenitentiam usque agat, quamdiu vivet, L. M. I. 44; Th. ii. 276, 31.

ǽsce

question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle

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S. 23 b, 495. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll. Th. i. 234, 17: 238, 9. Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

brant

(adj.)
Grammar
brant, bront; adj.

High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus

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Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþísan they let the high ships go over the ocean-wave, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238

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þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag

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Áne feorme swá góde swá hí bezte þurhteón magon a refection as good as ever they can afford, Chart. Th. 531, 15.

mǽdwe-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽdwe-land, es; n.

Meadow-land ⬩ land where grass that is to be mown grows

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Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3

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ge-swic

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Voc. ii. 97, 4. cessation Sý hé betáht Satane meó helle grunde and ðǽr á cwylmie mid Godes wiðsacum búte geswice, C. D. iv. 107, 17

hígung

(n.)
Grammar
hígung, e; f.

Striving ⬩ endeavour ⬩ effort

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Striving, endeavour, effort Se flǽscbana hæfde ꝥ getogene sweord on his handa and mid stranglice hígunge (nisu forti) áhóf þone earm upp in heánesse and mynte sleán þone Godes wer, Gr. D. 254, 34

hnæpf

Grammar
hnæpf, hnæpp. l. hnæpp, hnæpf (??),
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Se cyning genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem) . . . þá se Godes wer onféng þám hnæppe (steápe, v. l.), Gr. D. 186, 7-11. and add

húsel

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Twégen munecas bǽdon æt Gode sume swutelunge be ðám hálgan húsle, and æfter ðǽre béne gestódon him mæssan.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Nis nán wyrse yfel . . . þonne þæt gehíwode yfel ( evil that is made to appear good ), for ðám deófol sylf hit gefadað and gehýwað tó þám þæt þæt þincð ǽrest gód þe wyrð yfel on ende, Wlfst. 54, 4-11. to assume an appearance or character not belonging

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

in-irfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-irfe, es ; n.
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Household stuff or goods Se ðe micel inerfa [MS.Cott. innierfe] and mislíc ágan wile hé beþearf eác micles fultumes pluribus adminiculis opus est ad tuendam pretiosæ supellectilis varietatem, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 10

Linked entries: in-erfe in-orf

ge-grípan

Grammar
ge-grípan, <b>; I.</b>
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Vos. 123, 7. 2. add: Ðá strecan mód Godes ríce gegrípað (rapiunt, Mt. 11, 12), Hml. Th. i. 358, 26