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ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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S. 25, 803. of the action of things, with certainty, with unfailing regularity Nǽron swá gewislíce ne swá endebyrdlíce hiora stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Gehefegod mid ðam swǽran slǽpe, Basil admn. 1; Norm. 34, 3

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teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Noe bearh and his wífe and his teáme, Gen. 5, 31 note: Homl. Skt. i. 8, 18. Caines ofspring forwearð ádrenced on ðam deópan flóde ... and of ðam yfelan teáme ne com nán þing siððan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 27. Séd ł teám semen, Mk. Skt.

ge-módsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f.

commodus

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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21

bricg-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
bricg-geweorc, es; n.

BRIDGE-WORK, the construction or reparation of a bridgepontis opus, pontis exstructio vel instauratio

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No. 4, c. 3, vol. ii. p. 539, 8vo. 1823

Linked entry: brycg-geweorc

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, a berry.
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Gl. 572, 45.] used as a type of a thing of no value Hagan gignalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16

on-scuniend

(n.)
Grammar
on-scuniend, -scunigend (?), es; m.

One who detests or shuns

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One who detests or shuns Nán ( no friend of the dead man ) hine tó ðæs swíðe ne lufaþ, ðæt hé sóna syððan ne sý onscungend, seoððan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 111, 29

Linked entry: -scuniend

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

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swá hé útan þúhte si, ut Aristoteles ait, lynceis oculis homines uterentur, ut eorum visus obstantia penetraret, nonne introspectis visceribus, illud Alcibiadis superficie pulcerrimum corpus, turpissimum videretur, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-25.

déman

(v.)
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déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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Nellen ge déman, ðæt ge ne sýn fordémede nolīte judicāre, ut non judicemĭni, Mt. Bos. 7, 1. Eorþan to démanne judicāre terram, Ps. Th. 97, 8: Bd. 4, 3; S. 569. 27.

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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We nyton hwæt Moises gefaren hafþ we know not what has become of Moses, Exod. Thw. 32, 1, 23. v. trans.

Linked entry: ge-fór

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadnesssorrowtroublegloominess

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Ðé is frófre máre ðearf ðonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; Fox 6, 15. Hí weorþaþ gerǽfte mid ðære unrótnesse and swá gehæfte moeror captos fatigat, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21: Met. 25, 48. Gefeá búton unrótnesse, Blickl.

Linked entry: rótness

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad,enlarge,extend,make great in size or numberto make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a personto expand,extend,spread out,open wide,distendto extend,spread abroad,diffuse

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Kmbl. 23, 5. of non-material objects, to make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a person Ðeáh heora sý mycle má ðonne úre, þeáh ðú ús tóbrǽdest ongeán hý, and wið hí gefriðast, Ps. Th. 11, 9.

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helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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Ox. 95: 924. cover, concealment heó on helm losað, ne on foldan fæðm, ne on fyrgenholt, ne on gyfenes grund, gá þǽr heó wille she will not escape into concealment, neither into earth's bosom, nor into the mountain wood, nor into ocean's depths, go

ge-seón

(v.)
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ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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Manega rihtwíse gewilnudon ða þing to geseónne ðe gé geseóþ and híg ne gesáwon multi justi cupierunt videre quæ videtis et non viderunt, Mt. Bos. 13, 17. Hwí férde gé geseón ... hwí férde gé to geseónne quid existis videre, Lk. Skt. 7, 24, 25, note.

Linked entry: ge-sión

hwilc

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38, 3; F. 200, 10. where the noun is not expressed 'Heald þá beboda.' (Ðá cwæð he: 'Hwylce (hnelca, L. hwælc. R. '?) 'servo mandata' Dicit: 'Quae?, ' Mt. 19, 18. as predicate Hwylc bið hé þbonne búton swylce stán ?, Bl. H. 21, 26.

cirio-mangung

(n.)
Grammar
cirio-mangung, e; f.
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Church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony; sacrorum nundinatio Ǽnig man ciric-mangunge ne macie let no man commit simony, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 28: vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 27

el-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
el-lende, ele-lænde; adj.

Strange, foreignextĕrus, peregrīnus

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Strange, foreign; extĕrus, peregrīnus Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 60; Met. 8, 30. In ellende in foreign land, afar, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 33: 25, 14

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fláh

Hostilefellcruel

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Voc. ii. no, 78. Þonne þæt gecnáweð fláh feónd gemáh . . . hé him feorgbona þurh slíðen searo weorþeð, Wal. 39. Fláh máh flíteþ, Reim. 62. Wið fláne feónd werigean, Exod. 237. Substitute:

denu

(n.)
Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.

A plain, vale, dale, valleyvallis, convallis

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Seó stów ðǽr seó denu wæs the place where the valley was, 5, 12; S. 630, note 3, MS. T. Ǽlc denu biþ gefylled omnis vallis implebĭtur, Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

Linked entries: dænu dene dene dene

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Ic ne wiþsóc non abnui, 60, 32. Wiðsóc refragatur, 87, 37. Wiðsócan refragabantur, 78, 8. to say no to a request, to refuse permission Ðá ongunnon ða iungan biddan ðone biscop, ðæt hé him álýfde, ðæt hí ærnan móstan.