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bile-witness

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Bilwitnesse (bylewyt-, bylwet-, v. ll. ), Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 322, 7. Wǽron hí wundriende þá bilehwitnesse (bylwyt-, bilwit-, bylywyt-, v. ll.) þæs lífes, 1, 26; Sch. 57, 16.

cræftig

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<b>III a.</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27

eág-þyrl

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Þurh þæt eáhþyrl (égðyrl, v. l.) ... under þám ylcan eáhþyrle (éh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 159, 21, 25. Ontýnde se bysceop ꝥ eágþyrl (eágh-, eáh-, eághþyrel, v. ll. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 355, 22: 5, 12; Sch. 623, 11. Ehta eágþyrelu of glæse geworht ...

ge-hírness

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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.

ge-horsod

Grammar
ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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S. 25, 557. ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe æt þǽre syhl .II. wel gehorsede men omnis homo habeat duos homines cum bonis equis de omni caruca Ll. Th. i. 208, 13

ge-neósung

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(l b) a visitation of God. v. ge-neósian; <b>I c</b> :-- God cwæð ðæt hé wolde his folc gesécan mid háligre geneósunge, Hml. A. 126, 316. On manegum gemetum geneósað God manna sáwla . . . ac gif heó dás geneósunga forgýmeleásað, Hml.

ge-wild

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ge-wild, ge-weold.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.

grama

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Godes graman habban, Ll. Th. i. 380, 5. Ná sé þe þolað ac sé þe déþ graman ( contumeliam ) earm hé ys, Scint. 9, 6. Graman tǽlendra mid geþylde oferswýð contumelias detrahentium patientia supera, 12, 14

torr

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<b>II a.</b> a tor :-- On eofede tor; of eofede torre on heán dúne, Cht. E. 266, 18

þæcele

(n.)
Grammar
þæcele, an; f.

A torch ⬩ light

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Mid brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 3

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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<b>I a.</b> in n Ðeós bið gecíged fǽmne, for ðam ðe heó ys of were genumen haec vocabitur virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est, Gen. 2, 23. Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6.

Linked entry: wíf

a-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-cyrran, p. -cyrde; pp. -cyrred, -cyrd

To avert ⬩ avertere

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Acyrred from Cristes ǽ turned from Christ's law, 71 b; Th. 267, 6; Jul. 411

Linked entry: a-cyrrednes

a-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ginnan, ic aginne, ðú aginnest, aginst, he aginneþ, agineþ, aginþ, agynþ; p. agan, pl. agunnon; pp. agunnen; v. a.

To begin ⬩ to set upon ⬩ undertake ⬩ take in hand ⬩ incipere

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Hí agynnon hine tǽlan incipiant illudere ei, Lk. Bos. 14, 29: 23, 5. He agan hí sendan twám and twám cœpit eos mittere binos, Mk. Bos. 6, 7

Linked entries: a-gan a-gynþ

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, es; n.

A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border

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In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 21

Linked entries: mére mére-hwít

mearcung

(n.)
Grammar
mearcung, e; f.

a marking ⬩ mark ⬩ a marking out ⬩ description ⬩ arrangement ⬩ disposition

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Gl. 473, 13. a marking out, description, arrangement, disposition Mercung descriptio, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 2. Mearcung capitulatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 40. Mearcunge constellationem, constellationes, Hpt. Gl. 468, 1, 3

ge-inlagian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inlagian, p. ode; pp. od [ge, inlagian]

To inlaw ⬩ to restore to the protection of the law ⬩ inlagare ⬩ intra legum protectionem accipere

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To inlaw, to restore to the protection of the law; inlagare, intra legum protectionem accipere Man geinlagode Swegen eorl Earl Sweyn was inlawed, Chr. 1050; Erl. 176, 6.

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ge-neát-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-riht, es; n.

The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'

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In quibusdam terris debet dare land-gablum ..., LL. Th. i. 115, note

unriht-hǽmere

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmere, es; m.

An adulterer ⬩ a fornicator

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Unrihthǽmeras adulteri, Lk. Skt. 18, 11: Wulfst. 298, 16: Homl. Th. ii. 324, 7: Homl. Ass. 147, 94: fornicarii, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 38

Linked entry: hǽmere

æt-íwedness

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Ædeáudnesse ( ostensione ) hondo and fóta, Lk. p. ii. 13. revelation, mani-festation Þurh Godes ætýwednesse hé funde ꝥ heáfod, Shrn. 151, 26. Þurh æteówednyss fram Gode þǽre gástlican gesihþe, Hml. S. 23 b, 38

brýd-hlóp

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-hlóp, -lóp, es; pl. -hlópa; n.
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Wérun sald tó brýdhlópum (-loppum, L.) dabantur ad nuptias, Lk. R. 17, 27. Brýdhlópum (-lópum, L.), 20, 34. In brýdlópum in nubtiis, Jn. p. 1, 8, 3. Tó brýdloppum, Mt. L. 25, 10. Sé ðe dyde brýdlópa ( nubtias ), 22, 2

Linked entries: brýd-lóp -hlóp