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eorþ-scræf

a cave ⬩ tomb ⬩ grave

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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20

ge-frínd

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ge-frínd, friends.
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Take here <b>ge-frýnd</b> in Dict. and add Ne furþon þætte þá wolden gefriénd beón þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, Ors. 3, II ; S. 152, 34. Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-frýnd

ge-mettan

(n.)
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.

ge-sárgian

(v.)
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Wǽron hié ( the Danes ) tó þǽm gesárgode, þæt hié ne mehton Súð-Seaxna lond útan berówan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 14. of spiritual injury Synnum gesárgod. Seel. 67

hwítel

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Hí ne mihton hine beran búton on ánum hwítle ( sago ), Gr. D. 125, 18. Rúhne hwítel (printed hwien,Lch. i. lxi, 3) amphiballum Hpt. 31, 8, 140. Hwítla stragularum, An. Ox. 1035. v. under-hwítel ( printed hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.) Add

mæsse-úhta

(n.)
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the hour of matins on a feast day, the matins themselves Habbon þonne interuallum . . . bútan sunnanúhtan and mæsse-úhtan (festiutatibus sanctorum), þonne ne þearf nán interuallum beón, Chrd. 24, 7.

níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17.

on-uppan

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Ne cóm hé náuht onuppan ðǽm muntum, 399, 10. Þá sette Martinus his handa him onuppon, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 28. Add Ælfwold gesealde Eádwolde and his sunum .c. panæga anuppan eall ðis óðer, C. D. B. iii. 491, 16

wlencu

(n.)
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Add Hé an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6.

slidorian

(v.)
Grammar
slidorian, slidrian; p. ede

To slither ⬩ to slide, slip ⬩ labo ⬩ labor

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Míne fét ne slideredon non sunt infirmata vestigia mea Ps. Th. 17, 35. Gif hy geseón ðæt míne fét slidrien dum commoverentur pedes mei 37, 16

forþ-gesceaft

a condition that continues

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God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 8 Engel Dryhtnes ealle fægere þurh forðgesceaft, Kr. 10

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res

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Gif hé ne cunne his dǽda andettan, ácsa hine his wísena, L. de Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260. 21. Ic ðínra ne mæg worda ne wísna (words or ways; Similar entries or v. III.) wuht oncnáwan, síðes ne sagona, Cd. Th. 34, 7; Gen. 534.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Hé sár ne wiste he did not feel pain, Cd. Th. 12, 3; Gen. 179. a pain, pang, sore, wound Nis ðǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30. Hé byð ðæs sáres hál, Lchdm. i. 352, 2.

ge-sceádwís

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Nis nán gesceádwís gesceaft ꝥ næbbe freódóm negue fuerit ulla rationalis natura, quin eidem libertas adsit arbitrii, 40, 7 ; F. 242, 16: 36, 7; F. 182, 7.

ge-frédan

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. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml. S. 4, 147.

ge-secgan

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Hwæðer ðé nú sí genóh sweotole geséd be þám wísdóme, Solil. H. 66, 2

ge-hínan

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Ne gehéne (gehýn, v. l.) þú hine mid þý eácan non eum usuris opprimes Ll. Th. i. 52, 23. Hé sette him weorca mægestras þæt hig gehýndon mid hefigum byrðenum ut affligereat eos oneribus Ex. I. II.

sculan

(v.)
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sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Ne scyle nán mon blǽcern ǽlan under mittan, 5, l; Swt. 43, 2.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

DOL

(adj.)
Grammar
DOL, def. se dola, seó, ðæt dole; adj.
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DULL, foolish, erring, heretical; stŏlĭdus, stultus, hærĕtĭcus = αίρετικόs Dol biþ se ðe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeþ foolish is he who dreads not his Lord, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 7; Seef. 106: 89 a; Th. 335, 17; Gn. Ex. 35: Salm. Kmbl. 447; Sal. 224.

bile-wit

(v.)
Grammar
bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.

plausible

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Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63