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ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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þurh þone þeódfeónd gemartrode (-martirode, v.l.) weorðaþ, þe God sylfa fela hund wintra geheóld, Wlfst. 85, 19. to put to a cruel death, slay an innocent person Ongan Þunor þone cyning biddan ꝥ hé móste þá æþelingas dearnunga ácwellan . . . hé dyde swá

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 146, 12. easily, with little inconvenience Sume nunnan tellað tó lytlum gylte ꝥ hí hí forlicgon and ꝥ hí leóhtlíce magon swá lytel gebétan, Hml. A. 115, 431. of sleeping Hé þá dyde swylce hé leóhtlíce slépe ille ac si leviter dormiens, Gr.

mæssian

(v.)
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.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode, Hml. S. 3, 350. Se bisceop him eallum mæssode, 29, 261 : 22, 69. Hí ( those under Moses' law) ne mæssoden nǽfre . . . húsel næs gehálgod ǽr þám ðe se Hǽlend cóm. 10, 222 : Hml. A. 17, 81.

leóf

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Biþ hit swá him leófost bið, Lch. ii. 144, 23: By. 23. Mé is eal leófast þæt þé láþost is, Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 9. as subst. of persons, a dear one, friend, leman (v. N. E. D. lief, 3b) Ne biþ hé Godes leóf, Bl.

mist

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Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe geond þá byrig eall swá hit mist wǽre, 23, 38. <b>I a.

óga

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Hí gesáwon swá mænigfealde ógan on mistlicum wítum, Hml. S. 23, 61

Linked entry: on-égan

strengþu

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D. 48, 5. (1 a) power to resist strain :-- For ðon þe se ráp gehrán þǽre racenteáge þæs Godes weres þe hé hæfde on him swá myccle strengðe (strenge, v. l.) tó ádreóganne þá byrde quia enim catenam viri Dei funis contigit, ipse quoque ad tolerandam aquam

manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Ealle þá niht swíðe mænifealdlíce ( in very large numbers ) steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ꝥ hit nán man áteallan ne mihte, 1095; P. 230, 28.

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.

hamele

(n.)
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hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 15, 21 On his dagum man geald xvi scipan æt ǽlcere hamulan viii marc eall swá man ǽr dyde on Cnutes cynges dagum ...

Linked entry: hamule

ord-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
ord-fruma, an; m.

source, originauthor, source,applied to the Deitychief, head, prince

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Ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman, swá hé genyðerad wearþ, Blickl. Homl. 33, 1

smedema

(n.)
Grammar
smedema, smeodema, smidema, smedma, an; m.

Fine flour, meal

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Swá wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoþe tó understandenne, ac ðeáhhwæðere ðonne wé cumaþ tó ðam smedman, ðæt is tó ðære getácnunge, ðonne gereordaþ heó fire mód Homl. Th. i. 188, 7. Genim ácrinde, wirc tó smedman Lchdm. ii. 132, 19.

Linked entries: smeodoma smidema

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Wǽron Somnite swá bealde in tantum abusus est victoriae securitate, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 32. Wæs hé bealdra (baldra, v. l.) geworden on þǽre frignesse constantior interrogando factus, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 157, 15.

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11. a road; in the compounds brim-, hran-, hweogol-, segl-, streám-, swan-, wíg-rád. the name of the Runic R. v. Exon. Th. 440, 10; Rä. 59, 25. See also next word

hand

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<b>hand-brǽd</b> Wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesýne swá wolde beón gód hande brád (handbred ?), Vis.

hǽtan

(v.)
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hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

rǽdan

(v.)
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Girwan Godes tempel, swá hire gásta weard reórd, Elen. Kmbl. 2043; El. 1023. Hé rád and rǽdde, rincum tǽhte hú hí sceoldon standan, Byrht. Th. 132, 18; By. 18. Ðæt folc eall hrýmde, swá swá Josue him rǽdde, Jos. 6, 5 (20, Grn.).

swilc

(pronoun.)
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swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 18: Soul Kmbl. 278; Seel. 143. Hí ne þurhwuniaþ swelca, swelce hí ǽr tó cóman, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 28. Swylcra yrmða swá ðú unc scrife, Soul Kmbl. 201; Seel. 102.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

regol-weard

(n.)
Grammar
regol-weard, es; m.

The guardian of a rule,an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I)a ruler

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Ond ðás forecuædenan suǽsenda all ágefe mon ðæm reogolwarde, and hé brytniæ swǽ hígum mǽst réd síe, Chart. Th. 460, 37. Se reogolweord, 460, 16. a ruler Sum reiglword (regoloword, Rush.) quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 46.