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forhtig

(adj.)
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forhtig, adj.

Timidabashed

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Timid, abashed Licgan hý ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre and forhtige ástrehte tó ðára gebróðra fótum þe út of cyrican gangen ante fores oratorii prostratus jaceat . . . posito in terra capite prosternatur pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus, R.

ge-bréman

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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11

rihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494

róse

Grammar
róse, l. (?) rose,
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Wé onféngon þǽre rosena swæc, Angl. viii. 299, 44. Mid reádum rosum, An. Ox. 4509

wédenheortness

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Add: of an animal Ꝥ hors wæs æfter þon stilre þonne hit wæs ǽr þǽre wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. ante illam insaniam). Se þegn geseah his hors ácyrred fram his wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. a sua vesania), Gr. D. 78, 12-17

á-gifan

(v.)
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</b> to restore to a previous condition His mægn þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf, Gr. D. 50, 2. <b>III a.</b> </b>

in-færeld

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Add: an entry, a place or way by which one enters, a vestibule Hé hý lǽdde intó þám infærlde þǽre cytan, and hé sylf into þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 30.

ge-fetian

(v.)
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As. 183, 61. with abstract object, a noun Æt þǽra byrgenan . . . manege gefettan líchamlice hǽle, Wlfst. 4, ll. a clause Blinde gefettan þæt hý lócedan bráde, Wlfst. 5, l

hwirfan

(v.)
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Nú wé sculon eft hwierfan neár Róma þǽr wé hit ǽr forléton Romae ut ad id tempus redeam unde digressus sum Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 13. trans. To turn, give direction to Arewan ongeán hwyrfde catapultas retorsit An. Ox, 4241.

fæder-leás

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Þú eart fæder ealra þǽra þe fæderleáse syndon, Hml. A. 175, 174. Fylstan fæderleásum cildum, Wlfst. 228, 22. Feadurleásum his pupillis ejus, Ps. Srt. 108, 12. Hí feadurleáse (pupillos) ofslógun, 93, 6. Add

ge-húslian

(v.)
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Þæne hí beóþ gehús-lude dum communicantur Angl. xiii, 425, 860. Þá cild man here tó mæssan, ꝥ hyg beón gehúslode, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13

ge-dréfnes

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Add: in a physical sense, disturbance, tempest On þǽre hreóhnesse, gedréfnesse ea tempestate, i. ea turbine, An. Ox. 2420. disturbance of mind, perturbation, confusion Bið se módsefa gebunden mid gedréfnesse, Met. 5, 40. Gedrǽfnesse, 22, 61.

Linked entry: ge-drǽfnes

gewit-seóc

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Add: possessed Þǽre gewitseócan inerguminum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 7. Gif þú wilt lácnian gewitseócne man, Lch. ii. 334, 19. Forhtodon þá deófla on gewitseócum mannum, for ðan ðe hí wiston his tócyme, and þá deófolseócan sóna forhtigende wǽron, Hml.

land-leóda

(n.)
Grammar
land-leóda, (?), an ; m.
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A native of a country Þǽre stówe landleódan incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Heom cóm tógénes Eádgár cild . . . and ealle þá landleóden, Chr. 1068; P. 204, 16. Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward cyng his hláford and wið ealle landleódan, 1052 ; P. 183, 8

Linked entries: land-bygen land-leód

meagol-ness

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Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39. Add

scildan

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Á hé sceal scyldan crístenum mannum wið ǽlc þǽra þinga þe synlic bið, ii. 312, 23

ge-tǽcan

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Gúðlác bæd þǽt hé him þá stówe getǽhte Guthlacus ilium locum sibi monstrari a narrante efflagitat, Guth. Gr. 114, 22. fig. Getǽc mé þone weg. Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 32.

ge-strangian

(v.)
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Þæt mægen þǽra synfulra byð forbrocen, ac Drihten gestrangað (confirmat) þá rihtwísan. Ps. Th. 36, 16. Þú mé gestrangodest beforan þínre ansýne, 40, 12. Ne bið gestrangad non roborabitur (homo ex impietate), Kent. Gl. 393.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Kmbl. 1093; El. 548. as antecedent Ðá ferede hine Godes hand þider, þǽr hine men siððan áredon, Shrn. 57, 5. Uton ácerran þider, þǽr hé sylfa sit, Cd. Th. 278, 6; Sat. 217. Gingran þider ealle urnon, þǽr se éca wæs, 298, 11; Sat. 531.

Linked entry: þyder

un-deádlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deádlíc, adj.

Immortalundyingimperishableendless

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Hí wǽron gehátene ealle immortalis, þæt sindon undeádlíce, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 31. Þurh undeádlíce worulda per immortalia secula, Anglia xi. 119, 77