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un-gesewenlíc

(adj.)
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un-gesewenlíc, adj.

Invisible

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Mid ðære gewilnunge ðara ungesewenlícra ðinga, Past. 16; Swt. 98, 3: Bt. 21; Fox 72, 30: Met. 11, 5. Wið mínum wiþerwinnam gesewenlícum and ungesewenlícum, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 11. Hé offrige ða ungeswenlícan lác, Homl. Th. i. 584, 3

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weorold-ár

(n.)
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weorold-ár, e; f.
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Past. 3; Swt. 33, 9. Ða ðe woroldáre wilniaþ, 50; Swt. 387, 1. Hé wilnaþ micie woroldáre habban, 1; Swt. 27, 5. Gif hé worldáre hæbbe, 9; Swt. 55, 16. Woruldáre, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 11. Woroldáre, Beo. Th. 34; B. 17.

ymb-standan

(v.)
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ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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. ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. to surround Mé ymbstódan strange manige circumdantes circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 117, 11.

deór-wyrþe

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Grn. 7, 5. of things, of great value, precious, costly Deórwurde wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel palla, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32. Sealfbox deórwyrþes (diórwytðes, L., ðiórwyrdes, R. pretiosi) nardes, Mk. 14, 3. Án pund deórwyrþre smerenesse, Bl.

eald-lic

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Mid ealdlecre (printed -letre, but for -lec = -lic v.ll. l, 12 on same page) autentica veterum (the passage glossed is: Authentica veterum auctoritate, Ald. 35, 26. Cf. An.

eáþ-módlíce

(adv.)
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Ðæt hié ongieten ðæt hié mon tǽle, and ðæt eáðmódlíce geðafigen, Past. 151, 14: R. Ben. 17, 14. Eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) humiliter, 22, 18. Sancta Maria forhtode and bifigendre stefne eáðmódlíce ondswarode, Bl. H. 9, 19.

edisc

(n.)
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An enclosed pasture, a park Edisc, deórtuun broel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 20. Broel, hortus cervorum deórtún vel edisc, 127, 23. Ad illum agellum qui dicitur Tatan edisc, C. D. iii. 383, 11. Greótan edesces lond, i. 273, 3.

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.

for-swíþan

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[The Latin original of Past. 50, 1 (Swt. 387, 22) is: Prosperitatem apud judicium cordis non reprimit.]

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ge-winna

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Add of persons, an enemy, opponent Sé bið Godes gewinna sé ðe wilnað ðæt hé hæbbe ða weorðunga ðe God habban sceolde hostis Redemtoris est, qui ejus vice ab ecclesia amari concupiscit, Past. 141, 21. Feónda gewinna ( Guthlac ), Gú. 934.

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ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4

girning

(n.)
Grammar
girning, e; f.
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Fram middaneardes gyrninge fæstað a mundi ambitione ieiunant, Scint. 53, 18. desire for doing. v. girnan; Hié beóð onǽlede mid ðǽre gierninge (girn-, v. l.) ðára smeáunga Godes wísdómes ánes solius contemplationis studiis inardescunt, Past. 45, 17. desire

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ge-wǽtan

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Onsend Ladzarus ðætte hé gewǽte ( intingat ) his ýtemestan finger on wættre, Past. 309, 6. Stingendum miggan gewǽtte putenti lotio umectaretur, An.

raþe

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Ðæt geðreátade mód bið suíðe raðe (hræðe, v. l.) gehwierfed tó fióunga, Past. 167, 17. Raþe æfter þǽm, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 30. Ic wundrige hwý þú hæbbe swá ræðe forgitan, Solil. H. 52, 5.

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, <b>. II a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Gif ðæt ne wexð ðæt hié tiohhiað tó dónne si quod videtur gerendum sollicita intentione non crescit, Past. 445, 8. <b>II e α.

ǽren

brazensounding as brass, tinkling(?)

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Add: brazen Ǽren ceác, Past. 105, 2. Ǽrenu elebyt lenticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 75. Ǽren byt, i. 25, 17. Aeren screop strigillus, ii. 121, 41. Ásleah .iiii. scearpan mid ǽcenan (ǽrenan?) brande, Lch. iii. 52, 2. Ǽrenne bogan arcum aeneum, Ps.

will-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
will-spryng, and -sprynge, es; m.

A well-spring, fountainsource (lit. and fig.)

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Ðæs wæter-scipes welsprynge is on hefonríce, Past. Swt. 467, 31. Welsprinces fontis, Hpt. Gl. 418, 43. Mid dǽwigun wylsprince roscidis fontibus, 421, 67. Ðás synd ða feówer eán of ánum wyllspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 3.

of-dæle

(n.)
Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.

A downward slope, descent, inclineat ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montisdownwards.

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ungesceádwísnesse they will not dam up their minds, as one banks up a deep pool, but he lets his mind flow away to the downward slope of carelessness and folly; quia (anima) se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se inferius per desideria expandit, Past

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ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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to pass over or through, to cross, traverse Ic oferférde transiviIordane, Gen. 32, 10. Seó sǽ ðe se Hǽlend oferférde, Homl. Th. i. 182, 25. Oberfoerde emenso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 22. Oferférde, 29, 33.

ofer-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽc, e; f.

Excessive speaking, loquacity

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Excessive speaking, loquacity Ne biþ nǽfre sió ofersprǽc bútan synne in multiloquio non deerit peccatum, Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 23. Áídlode on ofersprǽce multiloquio vacantes, 38, I; Swt. 271, 10.