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ealneg

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Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hit God wræc on him swá hé ǽr ealneg dyde, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, 4, 7; S. 184, 8. Alneg (ealling, v. l. ), Gr.

eást-ríce

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H. 193, 10. a kingdom that lies to the east of another Fór se here of þǽm eástríce ( the kingdom of the East Franks ) westweard, Chr. 893; P. 84, 2

ege

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Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, Bl. H. 23, 31. Orsorg ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 18. For ðǽm ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman, Past. 79, 7. For ríces mannes ege, Bl. H. 43, 10. Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34.

eges grime

(n.; v.)
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Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.

ést-mete

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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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D. l, 18. in grammar, ge-scirpt acute Acutus accentus, þæt ys gescyrpt accent, Angl. viii. 333, 25. (O. L. Ger. Ge-skerpian.)

ge-þingþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþ, e; f.
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intercession, v. ge-þingian; Tó þan ꝥ hé ábǽde him þá helpe þæs hálgan mannes þingunga (geðingða, v. l.) intercessionis ejus opem impetravit, Gr.

Linked entries: burh-geþingþ -þingþ

ge-wídmǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wídmǽran, ge-wídmǽrian; p. de, ode ; pp. ed. od.
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2.

god-wræc

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god-wræc, god-wrec.
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Þæt godwræce nefandum, 59, 77. Of ðǽre godwræcan a fanatica, 3, 11. Þa forlegenan and þá godwracan, Nap. 50, 7. [Cf. Icel. guð-rækr wicked.] See next word

Linked entry: -wræc

gim-cyn

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum, unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíþast gefrætwode, Nar. 5, 4. a gem of a particular kind Golde geglengde and gimcynnum (cf. mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum. Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 27), Met. 15, 4: 25, 6.

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe (in ꝥ hylfe, v.l.), Gr. D. 113, 23-114, 15.

Linked entries: hylfe helfe

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . hosa (hosan, R. Ben I. 93, 9, calige ), R. Ben. 92, 3. Habbon hig tó fótgewǽdum hosa (hosan, R. Ben. I. 92, 1), 88, 14. Hý habbaþ pohhede hosa ( caligas follicantes ), 136, 23.

Linked entry: hosa

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.

nett

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ic wát ðeáh ꝥ gé hit þǽr ne settað. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer nett út on ðá sǽ lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ ? ic wéne þeáh ꝥ gé hí ðonne settan úp on dúnum and innon wudum, Bt. 33, 3; F. 118, 11-15. v. feax-, fugol-, sǽ-, wíd(?)-nett

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.
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Ꝥ synd þonne wærteras be norðum mórum (cf. wæs se Columba se ǽresta láreów þæs Crístenan geleáfan on þám mórlandum, þá þe syndon tó norðdǽle Pehta ríces erat Columba primus doctor fides Christianae transmontanis Pictis ad aquilonem, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 593

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Nú hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19

crafian

(v.)
Grammar
crafian, cræfian.
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Hér kýþ on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífman þe Édit hátte mid unrihte . . . and Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633, 17. Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C.

helle-duru

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Petrus fram þǽre helleduru, and hé belúceð þá helleduru, Verc. Forst. 128, 12. On helleduru gelǽded. Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 644, 21. Add