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ceart

(n.)
Grammar
ceart, cert,
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chart, 'a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken, &c.,' 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

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

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ hé hí gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

restan

Grammar
restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152

welwilness

(n.)
Grammar
welwilness, e; f.

Good will ⬩ kindness ⬩ goodness

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Good will, kindness, goodness Welwilnes Shrn. 175, 28. Ðú ús gescyldst mid ðam scylde ðínre welwilnesse ut scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos Ps. Th. 5, 13. Hym ic mé befeste and hys welwylnesse ic mé bebeóde Shrn. 189, 34

bunden-stefna

(n.)
Grammar
bunden-stefna, an; m.

bound ⬩ the prow of a ship ⬩ A bound prow ⬩ ligata prora

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[bunden bound, stefna the prow of a ship] A bound prow; ligata prora Sǽgenga fleát ofer ýðe, bundenstefna ofer brimstreámas the ship [lit. sea-goer] floated over the wave, the bound prow over the ocean-streams. Beo. Th. 3824; B. 1910

gyfu

(n.)
Grammar
gyfu, e; gen. pl. -ena; f.

A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ donum ⬩ gratia

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Godes gyfu wæs on him gratia Dei erat in illo, Lk. Bos. 2, 40; Cd. 212; Th. 262, 5; Dan. 739

sige-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
sige-þeód, e; f.

A victorious people ⬩ a powerful people

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Sigeþeóda (the victorious Goths) Met. 1, 4. Secgeaþ his wuldor geond sigeþeóde (inter gentes), Ps. Th. 95, 3

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy

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Wé willaþ beón bylewite, and wíse, ðæt wé búgon fram yfele and dón góda, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 27. Hé wísdóme heóld éðel sínne, Beo. Th. 3923; B. 1959. Ic healde ðínra worda wam mid wísdóme, Ps. Th. 118, 17.

mægden-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mægden-líc, adj.

Maidenly ⬩ girlish ⬩ virgin ⬩ virginal

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Godes sunu þurh mǽdenlícne innoþ ácenned wearþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 33

an-módlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
an-módlíce, (án- ?); adv.
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Cúðberhtus ðá tó ðám engle anmódlíce cwæð, ii. 134, 31. constantly, persistently, steadfastly Hé clypede anmódlíce tó Gode, Hml. S. 18, 126, 400

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
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Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimonious ⬩ miserly ⬩ niggardly

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Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

lata

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For the passage substitute Þeáh þe heó þæs bearnes lata wǽre, heó þonne Gode (þæs bearnes MS., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8

ge-unstillian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillian, p. ode; pp. od

To disquiet ⬩ disturb ⬩ inquiētāre

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To disquiet, disturb; inquiētāre Ðætte ða mynster ða ðe Gode gehálgode syndon nǽnigum bisceope alýfed sí in ǽnigum þinge hí geunstillian ut quæque monastēria Deo consecrāta sunt, nulli episcŏpōrum lĭceat ea in alĭquo inquiētāre, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 35

Linked entry: un-stillian

gifan

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giþ good edleán, Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188, 27.

biddan

to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to

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Hí bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ hí witon hwæs hí biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Mon monþwǽre and for weorulde gód vir summae mansuetudinis et civilitatis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 29. For weorulde wís, Met. 1, 51. For Gode oððe for worulde gyltig, Lchdm. iii. 442, 35.

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify

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Ðæs embe twá niht ðætte tǽhte God Elenan eádigre æþelust beáma, Menol. Fox 164; Men. 84: Elen.