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gearo-folm

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-folm, adj. [folm a hand]

Ready-handedpromptus mănu

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Ready-handed; promptus mănu He grápode gearofolm he ready-handed grasped [me], Beo. Th. 4176; B. 2085

heóþu

(n.)
Grammar
heóþu, e; f.

A roomhall

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A room, hall on heóþe gestód he in the hall halted, Beo. Th. 813; B. 404

Linked entry: hell-heóþo

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

hriþian

(v.)
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Dele first citation, and add Hwíle riþaþ swylce on dueorge sý, Lch. iii. 118, 1

mylen-weard

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Gif smeáwyrhtan hæfd, ðám sceal tó tólan fylstan: mylewerde, sútere . . . Angl. ix. 263, 18. Add

spíwan

Grammar
spíwan, <b>I c.</b>
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Ǽr þám þe hyne áspíwe, and þonne hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add

tó-teran

Grammar
tó-teran, I.
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þearle wédde and began tó tóterenne þá þe tó mihte, Hml. S. 31, 535. Add

ge-myntan

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God férde forð, swá gemynt hæfde, Gen. 18, 33. (l a) with case :-- Þá gemunde hwæt ǽr be ðan cilde gemynte he remembered what his intentions about the child had been, Hml. Th. i. 80, 12.

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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ungemetlíce gé bemurciaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 17. Ongan hió hine lufian, and hiora ǽgþer óþerne swíþe ungemetlíce, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 25. Ðæt ðæt ryht tó swíþe and tó ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 17.

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weaknesslack of power

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Hió his unmehta hine gemyndgaþ infirmitatis memoriam ad mentem revocat, Past. 65; Swt. 465, 32. Wurþaþ hig þurh ðæs mettruman unmihta beswicene, Wulfst. 285, 11

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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wolde his hǽbengild habban he would have his idolatrous worship, Hml. S. 28, 26.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Ðæs forwyrd and leásung and forleornung swíðe raþe cymþ tó him ðe hine sylfne déþ tó ðon ðe nis for this reason destruction and lying and error come quickly to him, that he makes himself out what he is not, Blickl. Homl. 183, 34.

Linked entry: bisleásung

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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on hihte holdre lǽdde deduxit eos in spe, Ps. Th. 77, 53. Ic háligne gást hyhte belúce emne swá écne I believe the Holy Ghost to be just as eternal, Hy. 10, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 41. him forgeaf éces lífes hyht, Blickl. Homl. 137, 7.

Linked entry: hiht

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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Æfter ðam ðe sylf geriht wearþ began georne mynstera wíde geond his cyneríce tó rihtlǽcynne after his own life was ordered aright, he began to set the monasteries in order, Lchdm. iii. 440, 2

blíðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
blíðe-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrilylæte, hilariter

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Ðæt he ðý blíðelícor þrówode that he the more gladly might suffer, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 42

wudu-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fugel, es; m.

A bird of the woods

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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh beón wel átemede, gif on ðam wuda weorþaþ, forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35

micel-ǽte

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Ne beó druncengeorn, ne beó tó slápol, ne beó tó micelǽte, Ll. Th. ii. 416, 15. Add

a-bát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bát, p. of a-bítan.

bitate

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bit, ate He abát he ate, MS. Cott. Jul. E. vii. 237; Salm. Kmbl. 121, 15;

bælcan

(v.)

to cry outvociferari

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to cry out; vociferari He bælceþ he cries out, Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 8; Mód. 28

be-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slǽpan, p. -slép; pp. -slǽpen; [be, slǽpan to sleep]

To sleepdormire

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To sleep; dormire He oft beslép he often slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284. 3

Linked entry: be-slép