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heofon-ware

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Críst þe sibb is heofonwara and eorðwara, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 29. Take here the plural forms given under heofon-waru in Dict., and add

ge-tácniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tácniendlíc, -tácnigendlíc; adj.

Bearing a sign ⬩ significative ⬩ typical ⬩ signĭfĭcātīvus

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Bearing a sign, significative, typical; signĭfĭcātīvus Ðæt getácniendlíce [getácnigendlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 14] lamb wæs geoffrod æt heora Eáster-tíde the typical lamb was offered at their Easter-tide, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 11, 18

ge-tǽcan

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(ordo est deinceps, quae sit vera monstrare ), Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 1.

on-gitan

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Ðǽm ðe on giéfernesse ongietene beóð wile folgian fierenlust gulae deditos luxuria sequitur, 311, 4. to observe, consider Ðý sint tó manienne ðá ðe on ðisse worulde orsorglíce libbað, dæt hié geornlíce ongieten (solerter considerent) ðætte sió orsorgnes

ge-screope

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-screope, adj.

Fit for, apt ⬩ aptus

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Fit for, apt; aptus Fela óðera gescreopa and gesynto he oncneów heofonlíce him forgifen beón alia commoda et prospera cælitus sibi fuisse data intellexit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 20: Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 42, note

un-trymman

(v.)
Grammar
un-trymman, -trymian; p. ede

To be or to become weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm

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To be or to become weak, sick, ill, infirm His sunu untrymede (unntrymade, Lind.) filius infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 46. Ðæs bróðer untrymade, Lind. 11, 2. Hé ongann untrymmia coepit egere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 14

wíd-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-férende, adj.
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Wide-journeying, far-travelling On ðam ( the ocean ) wuniaþ, wídférende síðe on sunde, seldlícra fela, Exon. Th. 193, 32; Az. 130. Ne magon ðǽr gewunian wídférende, ne ðǽr elþeódige eardes brúcaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 558; An. 279

Linked entry: wíd-farende

for-lǽting

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽting, e; f.

leaving ⬩ quitting ⬩ leaving off ⬩ intermission

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leaving, quitting, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan, VI 2 a Gif þú gesihst beón fleón on húse þínum forlǽtincge getácnaþ, Lch. iii. 214, 9. leaving off, intermission Búton forlǽtincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 439, 1049: 444, 1121

Linked entry: -lǽting

streáw

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Ðurh ðá treówu and ðám streáwe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 9-14. Lytle stréwu leuiores paleas, Chrd. 74, 16. v. bed-, healm-streáw. Add

riht-aþelu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-aþelu, riht-aþelo; pl.

True nobility

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True nobility Ealle sint emnæþele, gif wé willaþ ðone fruman sceaft geþencan ... and siððan eówer ǽlces ácennednesse. Ac ða ryhtæþelo bíþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19 : Met. 17, 20

ge-wurde

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurde, of ge-weorþan.

wast ⬩ hast been

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Kmbl. 1100; An. 550 2nd sing. p. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurde happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558; p. subj. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurdon happened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 16. p. pl. ;

tictator

(n.)
Grammar
tictator, es; m.
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The Anglicized form of Latin dictator Hié him gesetton hír[r]an ládteów ðonne hiera consul wǽre, ðone ðe hié tictatores héton, and hié mid ðæm tictatore micelne sige hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 3

burg-steall

Grammar
burg-steall, (burh-).
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Add: The site of a town (?), a hill (?) Helde, burhsteal cliv(i)um, i. discensum (cf. cum ascenderent clivum civitatis, I Reg. ix. 11. v. Angl. xix. 463), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. Cf. tún-steall

gild-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gild-dæg, es; m.
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Voc. i. 16, 54), þæt sind hálige cerimonia vel orgia Wülck. Gl. 107, 22. Cf. freóls-dæg

gimmian

(v.)
Grammar
gimmian, p. ode
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.), to put forth buds Sume sind gehátene tropi. . . swá swá is gecweden gemmare uites þæt wín-treówa gimmiað, for ðan ðe wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 10

Linked entry: a-gimmed

hlinc-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc-gelád, es; n.
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The word occurs as a place-name Ðis sind ðá landgemǽru tó Hlincgeláde (cf. quoddam ruris praediolum . . . eni solicolae antiquum indiderunt uocabulum æt Lhincgelade, 78, 21), C. D. vi. 79, 4

Linked entry: ge-lád

lyft

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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .

tó-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stregdan, -strédan. [For conjugation see stregdan.]

To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds

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To be dispersed, not to keep within proper bounds Ðonne ðæt mód flíhþ ðæt ðæt hit sié gebunden mid ege and mid láre, ðonne tóstrét (-strétt, Hatt.

dæg

(n.)
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Áþiéstrode sió sunne áne tíd dæges, Chr. 879; P. 76, 25. Matutinum úhttíd sive beforan dæge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 64. Geé*-*fenedan deige advesperescente die, Kent. Gl. 186. Ðonne hit neálǽcð dæge, ðonne singð se cocc smælor, Past. 461, 3.

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerous ⬩ without risk

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Sume teolunga sind ðe man earfoðlíce mæg búton synnum begán, Petrus hæfde unpleólíce teolunge, and hé búton pleó tó his fixnoðe gecyrde, ii. 288, 25. Ðás tácna sind dígle and unpleólíce, i. 306, 30