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be-míðan

(v.)
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Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bemiþenes, 144, 33. Bemiðenum dissimulato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 36. intrans. To lie hid Bemáþ delitescit, An. Ox. 4687: 5095. ꝥ is bedíhlod ús, and eác þám bemáþ þe hit geseah nos et eum qui vidit latet, Gr.

ege-full

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Th. i. 300, 19. of things, terrible, tremendous Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte aeterna supplicia perhorrescant, Past. 263, 16. Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml. Th. i. 182, 33.

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll.

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.

hatung

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Gif ǽnig þing ungeþwǽrlices on his geþance ríxade . . . hé hine sylfne geclǽnsige fram ǽlcre hatunge leahtre, R. Ben. 38, 19. Hwí is se deófol swá onweard þám men ?

in-fær

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Þæt se ungesewena wulf infær ne geméte hwanon hé in tó Godes eówde cume ne lupus inuisibilis aditum inueniat, quo ouile Domini ingredi ualeat, Chrd. 21, 13. a going into a place Hig geseágon þine infæras ( ingressus ), infæras mínes Godes, Ps.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that

þreágan

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þreágan, I.
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Miehtig tó ðreánne ( arguere ), 91, 15. the object a thing (fault, sin, &amp;c. ) Mon hiera scylda ne ðreáð, Past. 129, 12. la. to threaten, cf. þreágung; II :-- For ðæm ryhtan edleáne Dryhten ðreáde ðurh ðone wítgan quod videlicet ex ira justae

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Add: to drink up, quench thirst Ic of ádrince ebibo, Ælfc. Gr. 275, 9.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
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ǽr, conj.
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Nán þing næs ǽr hé, Hml. S. 1, 65. Blódlǽs is tó forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr hláfmæsse, Lch. ii. 146, 8. Ðá geácsedon ðá consulas ðæt ǽr, ǽr Hannibal, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 23. Heó cymð ǽr, ǽr ðá wyrðmynðu, Past. 209, 16

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Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 27; Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 16. Seó Cristes bóc the Gospel Ælfc. T. 30, 1.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

ord-fruma

(n.)
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ord-fruma, an; m.

source, originauthor, source,applied to the Deitychief, head, prince

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of things, source, origin Ordfruma origo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 58. Ós byþ ordfruma ǽlcere sprǽce, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 5; Rún. 4. of persons, author, source, applied to the Deity Crist, ordfruma ǽlcere gife, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 7.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
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nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

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Nán þing ðæs folces belyfen næs there was nothing left of the people, St. And. 34, 13. Næs ðæt nán þing wundor ðæt ... it was no wonder that, Deut. i. 37. Ða cild ðe niton nánes þinges nán gesceád ne gódes ne yfeles, 1, 39.

ge-nemnan

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</b> to call so and so, say that a person or thing is so and so :-- Ðeignas salt eorðu genemde discipulos sal terrae appellans, Mt. p. 14, 11, Ic genemned eam nihthrefne gelíc, Ps. Th. 101, 5. <b>II b.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Hláford, gif þín willa sý, lǽt sendan (sænde man, v. l.) ǽrendracan mittatur, si placet, qui huc eum exhibeat Gr.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Ic gesett hæbbe of þisum feówer bócum ( the gospels ) wel feówertig lárspella on Englisc, Ælfc. T.

lǽran

(v.)
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lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Se mæg hine sylfne be ðare bysene lǽran he may teach himself by this example, 101, 6. Hé ongan lǽran tó healdenne ða þing, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 41. Lange sceal leornian se ðe lǽran sceal long must he learn who is to teach, L. Ælfc.

gifan

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Ðá cwæþ hé: &#39; Wénst þú hwæþer ǽnig þissa andweardana gooda þé mæge sellan fulle gesǽlþa ?

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.