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CYRFÆT

(n.)
Grammar
CYRFÆT, cyrfet,es; m?
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A gourd; cucurbita Cyrfæt cucurbita, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 38; Wrt. Voc. 31, 48. Hwerhwettan oððe cyrfet gesihþ on swefnum untrumnysse getácnaþ to see in dreams a cucumber or a gourd betokens ailment, Somn. 43; Lchdm. iii. 200, 16.

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Gode heora béne geóten qui pro eius custodia Deo preces fundant . Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 14. Hé ǽr Gode fylgan nolde in gehælde (on gehyldo, v. l.) þæs biscopes lífes Deum sequi prius in custodienda vita episcopi noluit, Gr.

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Cf. gearo; Bið ús Godes milts þe gearwur, Ll. Th. i. 424, 23. readily, without difficulty or delay Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce, hé þǽr gearo findeð, Vald. 2, 28.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Weoroda God, 332, 31; Vy. 93. (The passage is printed weorod anes God . . . monna cræftas; Mr. Bradley suggests that nes is merely an alternative inflexion for the na of monna, aud written above it. v. Academy, 1893, p. 83.)

dreór-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-fáh, adj.

Stained with gore cruentātus

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Stained with gore; cruentātus, Beo. Th. 974; B. 485

weorold-welig

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-welig, adj.
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Rich in this world's goods Woruldwelige gítseras, Nap. 71

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Wé cwǽdon hwanon se bissextus cymð, and manega þing wé cýddon ymbe his fare, 312, 46. in a collective sense, a body of people who go with a person. the train of one who goes on a mission Náámán gecyrde mid ealre his fare (cf. reversus cum universo comitatu

un-eáðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.

difficulthardtroublesomeunpleasantgrievous

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Gode þancie ealles ðæs ðe hé him forgeaf, ǽgðer ge ýðran ge unýðran, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 11.

Linked entries: un-éðe un-íðe

ge-springan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-springan, p. -sprang, -sprong, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen.
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To spring, bound, arise, go out, go forth; prosilire, exoriri, abire, procedere Swá ðæt blód gesprang as the blood sprang, Beo. Th. 3339; B. 1667.

Linked entry: gi-sprunt

ofer-féran

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L. 11, 20. to go, go away Mið ðý oferfoerde ðona, Mt. L. 15, 29. Oferfoerde ł gáeð embehtað transiens ministrabit. Lk.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Wiþerwearde Godes beboda and ðæs gástlícan rihtes opponents of God's commands and of the spiritual law, 135, 13. Lufige man Godes riht georne, L. Eth. vi. 30; Th. i. 322, 23.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Add: Of, in, or belonging to heaven, as the abode of God. Similar entries v. heofon; V. Heofonlic hleóðor and se hálga song gehýred wæs, Gú. 1297.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.
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Heó treówe gehét she promised God's favour, 44, 25; Gen. 714.

án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goera solitarysolivagussolitarius

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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

á-wefan

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Mid orle of golde áwefen, Hml. S. 7, 36. Heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 21. Add

on-cnáwung

(n.)
Grammar
on-cnáwung, e; f.
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Knowledge On oncnáwincge Godes in cognitione Dei, Scint. 15, 17

þafung

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Flotmen swá strange þurh Godes þafunge, Wlfst. 162, 17. Add

tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.
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to go in different directions, go off separately, part On sumera tófór se here, sum on East-Engle, sum on Norðhymbre, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 25.

Linked entry: tó-féran

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Ne tǽl ðú ðínne Dryhten thou shalt not revile the gods, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 29: Ex. 22, 28.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon