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sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Gif hé nele ðone sélestan dǽl Gode gedǽlan, Blickl. Homl. 195, 7, good, happy, pleasant On ðǽm sélran þingum in secundis rebus, Nar. 7, 26. Wé dreámas hefdon sélrum tídum, Cd. Th. 267, 29 ; Sat. 45

Linked entry: sélost

droppetian

(v.)
Grammar
droppetian, droppetan; p. ode ede; pp. od, ed

To drop, fall by drops, distil distillāre

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To drop, fall by drops, distil; distillāre Heofonas droppetodon fram ansýne Godes cæli distillāvērunt a facie Dei, Ps. Lamb. 67, 9. Fór ansýne Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ the heavens drop before the face of the Lord, Ps. Th. 67, 9

hergaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hergaþ, hergoþ, es; m.

Harryingplunderingmaking war

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Harrying, plundering, making war Hé wæs ðá útáfaren on hergaþ he was then gone out a harrying, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 20: 911; Erl. 100, 25: 918; Erl. 102, 30. Faran on hergoþ to wage war. Thw. 162, 37

gnorn

(n.)
Grammar
gnorn, es; m.

Sorrowsadnessafflictionmæstitia

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Sorrow, sadness, affliction; mæstitia Ne biþ ðǽr ǽngum gódum gnorn ætýwed no sorrow shall there be shewn to any good man, Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 19; Cri. 1576. Gnorn þrowian to suffer sadness, Beo. Th. 5310; B. 2658

stýfician

(v.)
Grammar
stýfician, p. ode
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Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again

Linked entry: stífician

weorold-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gítsere, es; m.
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One who is covetous of this world's goods Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgítsere (cf. gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13) on his móde ðe bet, þeáh hé micel áge goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs, Met. 14, 1

á-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-brǽdan, p. de
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[Goth. us-braidjan expandere.]

ge-hwanon

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Hé gegaderode góde wyrhtan gehwanon, Hml. S. 6, 157. Ðá hǽðenan him cómon tó gehwanon, 25, 395. Geseah ic leóht gehwanon mé ymbútan scínende I saw light that came from all sides shining about me 23 b, 550. Add

ge-tengan

(v.)
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To press, apply oneself to; incumbere Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan, and hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm, æscróf unsláw, El. 200

gebed-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-tíd, e; f.
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Æt gehwelcre gebedtíde Godes englas cóman and lǽddan hí on ðá lyft, 107, 25

luf-tíme

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Ðeós sylfe hýrsumnes bið Gode antfenge and mannum luftéme ( dulcis ), R. Ben. 20, 17. Gif ðǽm mǽdenum líkiað hyra luftýman sprǽce, Hex. 48, 16. Luftémpre dulcius, R. Ben. I. 3, 8

wyrcend

Grammar
wyrcend, <b>. II.</b>
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Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add

ge-mǽne

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</b> of the properties of things :-- Swá hwá swá ðone gemǽnan gód eallra góda forliét, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 9. <b>I d.

for-démednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-démednes, -ness, e; f.

Condemnationproscriptioncondemnātioproscriptio

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Condemnation, proscription; condemnātio, proscriptio Þurh tyn winter full Godes cyricena bærnesse, and unsceað*-*ðiendra fordémednesse, and slege háligra martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs per décem annos, incendiis ecclēsiārum, proscriptiōnĭbus innŏcentum

seolh-ýða

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-ýða, (?); pl.
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Goth. ana-silan : Swed. dial. sil still water. v. Heyne&#39;s note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367

Linked entry: sioleða

sige-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
sige-þeód, e ; f.
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Sigeþeóda ( the victorious Goths ), Met. 1, 4. Secgeaþ his wuldor geond sigeþeóde ( inter gentes ), Ps. Th. 95, 3

un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicteduninjured

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Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl. Th. i. 464, 6

ceart

(n.)
Grammar
ceart, cert,
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chart, &#39;a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken, &amp;c.,&#39; D. D. Haec sunt terrae ... Selebertes ceart, C. D. v. 62, 16. Silua quae dicitur cært, i. 261, 4. Cert, 273, 3. Cymeringes cert, 4

freólsian

(v.)
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H. 83, 24. to enfranchise land. v. ge-edfreólsian. to celebrate a festival Ðone fíftan dæg hí freólsodon lóue tó wurðmynte, ðám mǽrostan gode, Sal. K. p. 124, 134

ge-lisfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lisfullíce, (?); adv.
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v. ge-les; ge-lustfullícor, v.l.) hine geþeódde on úra goda begangum þonne ic nullus tuorum studiosius quam ego culturae deorum nostrorum se subdidit, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 21

Linked entry: -lisfullíce