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ge-lettan

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wearð þurh weder gelet, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 17. him swá gelettum and swá genýddum hwæthugu getǽse gedyde ei commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 26.

feoht

(n.)
Grammar
feoht, es; n.

FIGHTbattlepugnaprœlium

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A FIGHT, battle; pugna, prœlium Wæs he þencende ðæt he ðæt feoht forléte he was thinking that he would give up the fight, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 39. God tǽceþ handa míne to feohte Deus dŏcet mănus meas ad prælium, Ps. Spl. 143, 1

Linked entry: fyht

ofer-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdig, proud, supercilious.
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Gif wel áginnan wile ne mæig sleac beón ne tó oferhýdig, Angl. ix. 259, 21. hæfde ǽnne swíþe oferhigdigne cniht, þám sylf mihte uneáðe gewyldan superbum valde puerum habuit, cui vix poterat vel ipse dominari, Gr. D. 36, 5. Add

maniend

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Add: a creditor sǽde ꝥ wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. hét ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

efne

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Hié bǽdon þæt hié ymb þæt ríce gesémde, and on þǽre gewitnesse wǽre þæt hit emne gedǽled wǽre, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 18. equally. v. efen, Emne unwemme, Ll.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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(α 1) where þon is preceded by wihte, any at all :-- Ne mót ðara hyrsta lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte þon máre ðonne hider bróhte (cf. ne lǽt his nánwuht of ðís middanearde mid him máre ðonne bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15-17), Met. 14

Linked entries: þanne þon

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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ongǽn his fiónd férde mid carfullum móde, H. R. 3, 12. careful, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for abbod careful (sollicitus) beón sceal ymbe ðá dǽdbétendan, R. Ben. 50, 16.

frymþ

(n.)
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wolde ðǽre ealdan ǽ ende gesettan, and þysse níwan frymð gesettan, Hml. A. 152, 21. the beginning. referring to eternity On frymðe wæs word, Hml. Th. i. 40, 8. Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.

níd-dǽda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-dǽda, an ; m.

One who does something under compulsion

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One who does something under compulsion Gif æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ ( kills the housebreaker), biþ mansleges scyldig, and ðonne self swelte, búton niéddǽda (nýd-, MS. H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L.

scip-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fultum, es; m.
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A naval force sende tó Eádwerde cingce and bæð hine scipfultumes ꝥ ne geþafode ꝥ him on wætere ne ætburste, Chr. 1049; P. 166, 36

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Add Gregorius þágýt spræc: 'Onu þonne gif se gást mage beón hæfd on þám men ... for hwan ne mæg ...?, 'Gr. D. 303, 25. Add Gif hié brecað his gebodscipe, þonne him ábolgen wurðeð, Gen. 430. <b>B. II.

GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Handa habbaþ and ná grápiaþ manus habent et non palpabunt, Ps. Spl. 113, 15. Se cuma his cneów grápode mid his hálwendum handum the stranger felt his knee with his healing hands, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 35.

Linked entry: grópian

stocc

(n.)
Grammar
stocc, es ; m. I.
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gehæfte on ánum micclum stocce and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode . . . stódon stille on ðam stocce gefæstnode, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 386-402. Ic hæbbe of ðam stocce ðe his ( Oswald's ) heáfod on stód, ii. 26, 260.

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To failfaintbe wearylanguishceaseperishdeficerefatigarilanguereexterminari

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Ðé læs hig on wege geteorian ne deficiant in via, Mt. Bos. 15, 32. Me is heorte geteorad defecit cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 21. He sent on eów geteorigende eágan and módes gnornunge he shall send on you failing eyes and sorrow of mind, Deut. 28, 65.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

líf

(adv.)
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Lífe gebeorgan, Hml. S. 5, 332. Nelle ic him ꝥ líf on geniman, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 33. Líf oflǽtan, Gen. 1073. His lif be his were man áliése, Ll.

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Twice hine twiwa (tuwa, MS. L.) mid fyrde gesóhte, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 37. Ðæt heó on geáre twigea (twiwa, MS. H.: tuwa, MS. B.) blówe, Lchdm. i. 320, 13. gefeaht II (tweowa, MS. C.) wið ðone cyning, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 9.

ge-hát

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Him þá wæs þæt heofenlice gehát, Bl. H. 135, 27. Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28. Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7.

Linked entry: hát

ge-coren

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H. 211, 15. Se sunnandæg is swíáe micelum gecoren eallum Godes gesceaftum, for ðám þe wæs ealra daga se ǽresta, and bið se néxta, Wlfst. 209, 31.

heáh-fæder

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H. 161, 28. Rachel hátte Iacðbes wíf ðæs heáhfæderes, Hml. Th. i. 84, 28. Ealra óþerra heáhfædera mægen ( John the Baptist ) oferstígeþ, Bl. H. 167, 23. Heáhfædra fela, . 47. Apostolas wið þám heáh-fædrum and wið wítgum, Ps. Th. 44, 17.

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostilitya place where hostility is shewn

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(In both passages the word seems to mean the place which Guthlac had selected for his dwelling, and from which the evil spirits, that before occupied it, wished to drive him. ) Hafaþ nú se hálga helle bireáfod ealles ðæs gafoles ðe geárdagum in ðæt

Linked entry: or-læg