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gód

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Hé hæfde gód geþanc, By. 13. of a state of things, commendable, right Hú góod is and hú wynsum ꝥ mon eardige on ðára gebróðra ánnesse, Bl. H. 139, 29. Góód is þæt . . ., Ps.

nama

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Hié on þínum naman wunnon, Bl. H. 141, 12. Hé hine þǽr on Godes naman geandette, Ll. Th. i. 64, 21. On Drihtenes naman (in noman, R.), Mt. 21, 9.

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Voc. ii. 107, 8 : 29, 18. of things, of physical movement, slow, gentle Sum munuc mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde, Homl.

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eallunga

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Ne wilt þú þé ondrǽdan; þín bén is eallunga fram Gode gehýred. . . . Hé biþ eallinga swíþe mycel beforan Gode ne timeas, quoniam exaudita est depraecatio tua . . . Erit autem magnus, Bl. H. 165, 7-11.

húsel

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Th. i. 210, 30. ꝥ gé tó ó húsles onbyrgan, húsl þicgan (cf. húsles þigen. Hml.

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-manmercator, negotiator, nundinator

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Cýpemen monig cépeþing to ceápstówe brohte chapmen brought many saleable things to market, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 4

grimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
grimlíc, adj.
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Hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc and grimlíc things will then become awful and terrible, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5. Ða Crétense hæfdon ðone grimlecan sige cruentiorem victoriam Cretenses exercuerunt, Ors. 1, 9; Swt. 42, 28.

ge-ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ícan, -ícean, -ýcan, -iécan; p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct

To ekeincreaseaddenlargeaugereextendere

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Eall geíceaþ increase all things, 74; Th. 91, 18; Gen. 1514. Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162.

Linked entries: ge-ýcan ge-écan

þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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to stab through, pierce, thrust through Gif man þeóh þurhstingð if the thigh is thrust through, L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16. Þurhstinð, 32; Th. i. 12, 1.

un-forcúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forcúþ, adj.

Not despicablenot ignoblenot wickedhonourablenoblegood

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Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince eal unforcúþ, Exon. Th. 315, 14; Mód. 31. Cweðan ealle ðæt unforcúðe ðe him on standeþ egsa Dryhtnes dicant qui timent Dominum, Ps. Th. 117, 4

ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
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Ymbclypte obuncabat (Timotheum ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40), ii. 81, 12: 64, 28. of things Ǽghwilc óþer útan ymbclyppeþ. Met. 11. 35. Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppaþ, 9, 40.

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1

ed-hwyrft

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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

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

áscung

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Áxsung (interrogatio ) múð þínne geopenige, Scint. 81, 8. Hit is þeáw þǽre sprǽce and þǽre áscunge talis est materia, Bt. 39, 4;F. 216, 18. Críst áxode Philippum . . . getácnode hé mid þǽre ácsunge þæs folces nytennysse, Hml. Th. i. 188, 14.

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13. Emnihtes dæg the day of equinox; æquinoctium, Menol. Fox 347; Men. 175. Wintres dæg the winter's day or beginning of winter, Menol.

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Him þincð þæt hé mæge ǽð bútan faran þonne mid, 21, 22: 39, 18.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Heó fram frymðe gewislíce þurh þone Hálgan Gást ealle þing ymbe Crístes menniscnysse geleornode, Hml.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Ætstód kquén ł hlǽfdige (regina) æt swíðran þínum, Ps. L. 44, 10. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ...

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Hwæðer is ðé leófre þe ðú nú onfó þá costnunga, þe neár þínum ende?, Hml. S. 30, 132. (3 a) cf. I. Neáh ðám eall þá þing þe ðanan cumað wiþ ǽlcum áttre magan omnia pene, quae de eadem insula sunt, contra uenenum ualent, Bd. l, I ; Sch. 13, 3.