ǽrra
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Ðæt (what) ǽrran woroldwitan gerǽddon, Ll. Th. i. 350, 6. Add
BRORD
A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn ⬩ punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba
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Ðæt brord natum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6
senep
Mustard
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Kmbl. 13, 31: Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Senepes sǽd. Mk. Skt. 4, 31: Lchdm. ii. 20, 11. Mid sinope gníde, 186, 6. Gerénodne senep, 184, 9: 20, 22
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giefan
To give ⬩ dare
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Ðú us freádóm gief do thou give us freedom, Hy. 5, l0; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 10
gremian
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Hig me gremedon they provoked me, Lev. 26, 40: Num. 11, 20: Deut. 9, 7, 8. Ða ðe forþstópon hine gremedon prætereuntes blasphemabunt eum, Mk. Skt. 15, 29: Lk. Skt. 23, 39
ymb-sprǽc
Speech about a subject, talk
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Speech about a subject, talk Be ðysum is oft mycel ymbsprǽc (ymbe-, emb-,v. ll.) there is often much discussion about this, Lchdm. iii. 266, 9.
bædling
An effeminate person ⬩ mollis
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Gif se bædling mid bædlinge (mollis cum molli) hǽme, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 13-17. Bædling cariar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 6. oððe bædlingas, Effeminati, molles 29, 7
bearg
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Worn berga . . . in ðá bergas (ðám bergum, L.) grex porcorum . . . in porcos, Mk. R. 5, 11, 12, 13. Sunor bergana grex porcorum, Lk. L. 8, 32. Ðá bergas porcos, 15, 15. Berg, Mt. L. 7, 6. Add
ge-sceád
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.], Ll. Th. i. 138, 19. <b>I a.</b> a division into parts, classification under heads :-- Þis ys ꝥ gesceád þára lácnunge. Lch. iii. 138, 25. distinction between things Wæs heora ǽghwæþer Heáwold nemned.
bere-ærn
A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
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He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea, 12, 18 : 12, 24 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12 : Leo 103 : 110
forþ-genge
Progressive ⬩ increasing ⬩ effective ⬩ pŏtens
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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.
hére
Dignity ⬩ majesty ⬩ greatness
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The prose, Fox 70, l0, has 'Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris.'
íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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To lay waste, desolate, destroy Ic ýðde eotena cyn and on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, Beo. Th. 846; B. 421. Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85.
lætemest
Last
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Last In ðæm lætemestan dæge in novissimo die, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 44: 39, 40. Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10.
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bícnian
to beckon, nod ⬩ innuere ⬩ to indicate, signify, announce, shew ⬩ indicare, significare
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to beckon, nod; innuere He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22.
ge-lagian
To establish by law ⬩ constitute ⬩ decree ⬩ lēge sancīre
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To establish by law, constitute, decree; lēge sancīre Ðe Eádgár cyningc gelagode which king Edgar decreed, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 13. Hú hit gelagod wæs how it was constituted, L. Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 17.
ge-lecgan
To lay ⬩ pōnĕre
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To lay; pōnĕre Hí ðec gelegdon on láþne bend they laid on thee the loathsome band, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 26; Sat. 539. Hwár he geléd wǽre ubi pōnĕrētur, Mk. Bos. 15, 47.
ge-mæc
Equal, like, well-matched, suited
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Gemæcca ł gelíco æquales [or v. ge-mæcca?], Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 36. Ic me ful gemæcne monnan funde I found a man fully equal to me, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 25; Kl. 18
un-tǽllíce
Blamelessly ⬩ without reproach
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Hí wǽron rihtwíse and heóldon Godes beboda untǽllíce erant justi incedentes in omnibus mandatis Domini sine quaerella (Lk. 1, 6), Homl. Th. i. 200, 35
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un-scende
Without disgrace ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble
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Without disgrace, honourable, noble Ælfheres láf ( a coat of mail ) golde geweorðod, ealles unscende, æðelinges reáf, Wald. 96; Vald. 2, 20. Gife unscynde a noble gift (the nails from the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 2400; El. 1201: 2492; El. 1247.