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lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodily ⬩ corporeal ⬩ material ⬩ carnal

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Ealle ða líchamlícan gód biþ forcúþran ðonne ðære sáwle cræftas, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 5. Ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt líchomlicum eágum we shall never see one another after that with our bodily eyes, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 21: Blickl. Homl. 21, 20

ge-bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bletsian, -bledsian ; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bletsian to bless]

To bless ⬩ consecrate ⬩ benedīcĕre ⬩ consecrāre

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God gebletsode ðone seofeðan dæg and hine gehálgode Deus benedixit diei septĭmo et sanctĭfĭ;cāvit illum, Gen. 2, 3: 5, 2: 24, 1. Ðú gebletsadest bearn Israhéla benedixit dŏmui Israel, Ps. Th. 113, 21.

ge-leáfful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfful, -full; adj.

Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus

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Ða beorhtan steorran getácniaþ ða geleáffullan on Godes gelaðunge the bright stars betoken the faithful in God's church, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 4; Lchdm. iii. 238, 4

þunor-rád

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-rád, e; f.

Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder

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Gód wið lígetta and wið þunorráda, ii. 290, 16. Hé worhte þunorráda on heofonum intonuit de caelum Dominus, Ps. Th. 17, 13: Ex. 9, 23

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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God beleác hí bynnan þám arce. . . . Ðæt flód ábær úp þone arc, i. 22, 1-5: 20, 31. Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce, Chr. 855; P. 66, 28. In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.) in arcam, Mt. R. 24, 38. In ærce (erce, R.), Lk.

earm-lic

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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.

earn

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Hé cwæð: 'God mæg unc þurh þisne earn ǽt foresceáwian' . . . Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . . 'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . .

gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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Paulus eóde þá gleáwlíce and heora godas sceáwode ealle be endebyrdnesse, Hml.

hír-ness

hearing ⬩ subjection ⬩ service ⬩ a parish

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Hérnise ríces Godes ministerium regni Dei, Mk. L. 4, 11. Embehtsum[n]ise ł hérnisse hé gefe Gode obsequium praestare Deo, Jn. L. 16, 2. Hé gefealh singallíce his þegnungum and hýrnessum ejus obsequiis sedule atque incessanter adhaerebat, Gr.

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

hete

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Srt. 139, 3. used in reference to the Deity Him níð Godes. . . hete gesceóde, Dan. 620. Þú mé forlǽred hæfst on mínes herran hete, Gen. 819. punishment that is due to God's anger: Þone mǽstan hete (magnas plagas) hé sent on eów. Deut. 28, 59

in-cund

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Ne hé him ne ondrǽde nánne eorðlicne ege ðyses andweardan lífes, ac geðence hé ðone inncundan (in-, v.l.) ege Godes (respecto intimo terrore ), 83, 5

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, ⬩ portion

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Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32.

wan-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hál, adj.

Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body ⬩ weak ⬩ sick ⬩ maimed ⬩ infirm ⬩ unsound

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Hú God mæ̂rsodon swá oft swá ǽnig wanhál mann wurde gehǽled, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 229. Ðæt wanhál wæs and áléwed, ðæt gé áwurpan quod debile erat proicebatis, R. Ben. 51, 15. Ðýæs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ða eówde besmíte, Homl. Th. i. 124, 32.

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

scirian

(v.)
Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred

To separate ⬩ divide ⬩ setting apart something as a person's lot ⬩ to ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ allot ⬩ dispense

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God geond middangeard monna cræftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 34; Vy. 95. Ðara gifena ðe him tó duguþe Drihten scyrede, Cd. Th. 221, 13; Dan. 87.

Linked entries: swyrige scerian scyrian

þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
þeahtian, p. ode

To take counsel, ⬩ to consult

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To take counsel, to consult Hié smeágeaþ and ðeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 22, Hé mid his ealdormannum ðeahtode and sóhte hwæt be ðyssum ðingum tó dónne wǽre cum suis primatibus curavit conferre, quid de

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatly ⬩ valde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

góian

(v.)
Grammar
góian, and <b>gén</b>
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to sigh, groan, lament Hé swíþe góað (gǽþ, géþ, Bd. S. 497, 33, v. ll.) and geómrað uehementer ingemiscat, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 97, 24. Se apostol góiende (génde, v. l.) and geómriende cwæð gemebat dicens, Sch. 98, 5

Linked entries: gén goung

gold-smiþ

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'Ealle ðás goldsmiðas secgað þæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold, ne swá reád ne gesáwon,' Hml. Th. i. 64, 8. Add

full-fylgan

(v.)

to follow a teacher ⬩ persequi

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to follow a teacher; persequi Sé forwyrcð hine sylfne sé þe ábrecð Godes bebodu and fulfyligð deófles unlárum, Ll. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí beóð þæs wel wyrðe, þæt deófol openlíce fandige hwá him fullfyligean wille, Wlfst. 95, 19

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