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for-beornan

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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnð, hé hæfð þone hearm si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur. Hml. Th. ii. 588, 30. Lígýðum forborn bord, B. 2672. Forborn þurh þæs fíres fnǽst fíf and hundseofontig herges, Jul. 587.

ge-léfed

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Add: weakened, injured, infirm Gif nýten byð deád oððe geléwed si jumentum mortuum fuerit aut debilitatum, Ex. 22, 10, 14. Oð ꝥ se dǽl þæs líchoman þe ádeádode wæs and geléwed tó þǽre ǽrran hǽlo becume, Lch. ii. 284, 18.

ge-orwénan

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Add: absolute Gif ðú georwénst si desperaveris, Kent. Gl. 925. Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. to despair of. with acc.

ge-wealdes

(adv.)
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Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan þurh searwa si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one

glengan

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Add: to adorn with material ornaments Glensþ ( = glengst) comas (si tu te sumptuosius comas, Ald. 75, 5), An. Ox. 8, 332. Glencaþ comunt i. ornant, 11. Hí glencgað heora wíf mid þám þe hí weófoda sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 7.

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Th. ii. 266, 24. þá wæs þeáw ǽr bám húslgange ꝥ se diácon cleopode, ' Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá, þonne búge sé of þissere stówe' cum missarum solemnia celebrarentur, atgue ex more Diaconus clamaret, 'Si quis non communicat, det locum', Gr.

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Riht dóm ys þár ná mǽþa (personę) ac weorcu beóþ besceá-wude, 3. add: v. mǽþ-leás, -lic. add: v. mǽþ-full On ðǽre sylfan grétinge ǽlc sí gegearcod him mǽð in ipsa salutatione omnis exibiatur humanitas, R. Ben. I. 88, 6

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Add Sí gedón tácn nónes ꝥ fylige se tídsang þæne nón ná fylige scenc, Angl. xiii. 399, 483

swinsung

(n.)
Grammar
swinsung, e ; f.

melody, harmony ⬩ sound that is not harmonious

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Bebudon him gif hé mihte ðæt hé in swinsunge leóþsanges ðæt gehwyrfde praecipientes ei, si posset, hunc in modulationem carminis transferre, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 35. Swinsunga melos, Wrt.

ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ádlian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To ail ⬩ to be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ ægrotare ⬩ languere

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To ail, to be sick, to languish; ægrotare, languere Ðæt se ylca biscop án ádliende mæden gebiddende gehǽlde ut idem episcopus puellam languentem orando sanaverit, Bd. 5, 3; S. 615, 35. Ic ádlige langueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 46

nytweorð-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
nytweorð-líce, <b>(nytwirð-líce);</b> adv.

Usefully

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Ða ðonne sint tó manianne ðe nytwyrðlíce (nyttweorðlíce, Hatt. MS.) lǽran meahton ( qui praedicare utiliter possent ), Past. 49, 1; Swt. 374, 21. Nytwierðlecust (nyttwyrðlícost, Hatt. MS.), 15; Swt. 91, 22

pohhed

(adj.)
Grammar
pohhed, adj.
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Baggy, loose Hý gelyst ǽlces (ealces, MS.) ýdeles habbaþ síde earmellan and pohhede hosa stíþe reáf hý anscuniaþ they take pleasure in every vanity, they have wide sleeves and loose hose, close-fitting garments they avoid, R. Ben. 136, 23

ge-rihtnes

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

A setting right, correction ⬩ correctio

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He wæs firena forgifnes and gerihtnes hǽþenra þeóda he was forgiveness of sins and the setting right of heathen peoples, Blickl. Homl. 163, 23

un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicted ⬩ uninjured

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Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl. Th. i. 464, 6

á-fremdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fremdan, (-ðan), -fremdian; p. -fremde, -fremdede; pp. -fremd (-ð), fremded (-od).
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Áfremðæ sind ðá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores , Ps. Srt. 57, 4. to alienate, deprive a person of something Swá rihtwíslícre gesihðe áfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676

ge-módsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-módsum, adj.
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In agreement, in accord For ðon swá micle swí hié gemódsumeran (-sumran, v. l. ) bióð betwux him, swí hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne quia, quo sibi in malitia congruunt, eo se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, Past. 361, 13

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shoot ⬩ outlet ⬩ place where a stream or road runs into another

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Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, ⬩ a place for receiving contributions

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A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions Hé geseah ǽnne man sittende æt tollsceamule (in teloneo), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 9. Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

self-bana

(n.)
Grammar
self-bana, an; m.

One who kills himself ⬩ a suicide

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One who kills himself, a suicide Selfbona bictonatus (l. biothanalus, qui mortem sibi ipsi consciscit aut qui violenta morte peril). Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 10. Selfbonan biolhanatas, 11. 69. Seolfbonan (-boran, MS.) 101, 74. Selfbanan biothanatos, Hpt.

Linked entry: self-myrþere

ge-untrumian

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

To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre

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To be enfeebled, be sick; infirmāri, ægrōtāre Hí geuntrumiaþ infirmābuntur, Ps. Spl. 9, 3. Ða geuntrumade he mid ðære mettrymnesse podagre then he was ill with the gout, Shrn. 100, 18

Linked entry: un-trumian