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geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: geoloca gioleca

bígels

an arch ⬩ inclination

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Wyrcan twelf hús mid gódum bígelsum, Hml. S. 36, 99. Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2. inclination Bóh mid wógum áhyldne bígelse stipitem obliqua reclinem curvatura, An. Ox. 2228

cealf

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Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. v. cú-, hind-cealf; cealfa hús in Dict. Add

tácnian

(v.)
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</b> add :-- Hí tácniað mid ðǽm ðæt men scylen onscunien . . . Past. 449, 17. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Ꝥ tácnaþ ꝥ hé sceal má þencan úp þonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 30. v. firen-tácnian (Ps. Rdr. 288, 21)

freóls-tíd

a festival ⬩ an anniversary

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Tó dæg Godes gelaðung mǽrsað þǽra eádigra cildra freólstíde ( natale innocentium infantum ), Hml. Th. i. 76, 28. Hú dægredsangas on freólstídum tó healdenne sýn qualiter matutinorum sollempnitas agatur, R. Ben. 36, 9.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately

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Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.

Linked entry: heá-lic

wác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-líc, adj.

Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.

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Wé mihton eów secgan áne lytle bysne, gif hit tó wáclíc nǽre, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27. Wáclíc bið him swá lytel tó sendenne, 400, 20. Hí wǽdliende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, 62, 29. Him þúhte tó wáclícre dǽde, ðæt hé fordyde hine ǽnne, Homl.

Linked entry: wác

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity

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H. 199, 21; Hml. S. 23, 72. Blǽde flamine, Germ. 400, 496. Se wind him stód ongeán mid ormǽtum blǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 378, 16 : i. 502, 19. Hé ðone windes blǽd áweg flígde, ii. 140, 26.

Linked entry: blæst

gremian

(v.)
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Ne græma þú úre godas, Hml. S. 7, 109. Ꝥ gé God ne gremian (grymman, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 270, 28. Ne gremigen (gremige, v. l.) gé eówru bearn nolite ad iracundiam provocare filios vestros, Past. 189, 23. Hú hí God gremion, Hml.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Hé geseah his ágen líf dæghwámlíce tó þám ende efstan and scyndan, Guth. 14, 25. of prompt action, exertion Líg efesteð hú hé synfullum súsle gefremede flamma festinans scelerum ulciscere causas, Dóm. L. 152.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Hí þæs deóran hám wilniað bi gewyrhtum ( as it deserves ), Gú. 41. Gief hwá búton ge-wrihtum (without just cause) hit ábrecan wille, C.

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Þá hét hé hí nacode (propriis exutam vestibus Ald. 60, 17) lǽdan tó sumum scandhúse, Shrn. 56, 8.

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen

To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting

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Ðǽr he geslóh his geteld he pitched his tent there, Gen. 12, 8.

Linked entry: ge-slóh

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.

guilt ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ fault ⬩ a debt ⬩ due

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guilt, sin, crime, fault Hé sume mándǽde gefremede ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf ðá onscunode hé hí hefelíce sceleris aliquid commiserat, quod commissum, ubi ad cor suum rediit, gravissime exhorruit, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 34.

Linked entry: GYLT

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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Æfter ðam ðe hé sylf geriht wearþ hé 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

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes búndan húse, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 36. to camp, encamp, v. wíc, to stop in the course of an expedition or march Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc forð tó Iordanen and wícode þreó niht wið ða eá movit castra, veneruntque ad Jordanem

Linked entry: ge-wícian

blíðe-líce

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

Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily ⬩ læte, hilariter

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

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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to cast, throw, fling. with acc. of what is thrown Heó wearp twégen feorðlingas misit duo minuta, Mk. 12, 42. Hé wearp wundenmǽl, ðæt hit on eorðan læg. Beo. Th. 3066; B. 1531. Hí wurpon tán betweox him, Homl. Th. i. 246, 3.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

be-lytegan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lytegan, p. ade; pp. ad; v. a. [lyteg crafty]

To allure ⬩ inveigle ⬩ seduce ⬩ procare

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To allure, inveigle, seduce; procare He belytegade Créce he allured Greece Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 39

forþ-acígan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-acígan, p. de; pp. ed

To call forth ⬩ provŏcāre

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To call forth; provŏcāre He monige forþacígde he called forth many, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 6