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ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledgeto confessto admit for oneselfconcede, allowto confess, declare one's beliefto confessacknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith into make acknowledgement of a benefitgive thankspraise

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ðe geondetas meh before monnum. Mt. L. 10, 32. Sel folcum crístinum ðá ðe giondetað (quae profitentur) tó ongeattanne, Rtl. 15, 15. to make acknowledgement of a benefit to a person, give thanks or praise Ðió giondetade (geonditteð, L.)

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is madean employmenttillagecultivation work on landgain from labourproduce of labour,acquisitioncropproducefruit

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labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made, an employment, in a general sense Se ðe wǽre scaðiende weorðe se tiligende on rihtlícre tilðe he that has been accustomed to steal, let him support himself by an honest employment, Wulfst. 72, 13

Linked entries: tylþ tilþe

un-onwendendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-onwendendlíce, adv.

Unchangeablyimmutablywithout variableness

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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán unonwendendlíce, 12; Fox 36, 24

Linked entry: on-wendendlíce

teofonian

(v.)
Grammar
teofonian, p. ode
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Swá teofenede se ðe teala cúþe dæg wiþ nihte ... fisc wið ýþum, 351, 18; Sch. 82

hǽðen-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-gilda, -gylda, an; m.

A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater

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Se yldesta hǽðengylda the chief idolater, 72, 9. Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan sunú which slew the idolater's son, ii. 294, 19. Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan the general then wanted to turn the idolaters, 484, 8

crístnian

(v.)
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Þonne se sácerd crístnað, þonne orðaþ hé on þone man . . . and mid þæs sácerdes hálsunge se deófol wyrð áflýmed fram þǽre menniscan gesceafte . . . þæt sealt þæt se sácerd þám men on múð déþ þonne hé crístnað, þæt getácnað godcundne wísdóm . . . and ðonne

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

be-sendan

(v.)

to send

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to send Ic on besende inmitto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 11. On ðám ðwyrnyssum þe ús se Ælmihtiga on besent, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 15. Besende se deófol swilc geþanc on þone munuc, Hml. S. 31, 1073 : 33. 161

cwilmend

(n.)
Grammar
cwilmend, es; m.
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a tormentor Tó þám ꝥ se his cwylmend his gelýfde dum hoc a torquente creditur, Gr. D. 163, 10. a slayer, destroyer Hé ongann clypian ꝥ hé his cwylmend wǽre se interfectorem illius clamare coepit, Gr. D. 89, 5

full-fylgan

(v.)
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to follow a teacher; persequi forwyrcð hine sylfne þe ábrecð Godes bebodu and fulfyligð deófles unlárum, Ll. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí beóð þæs wel wyrðe, þæt deófol openlíce fandige hwá him fullfyligean wille, Wlfst. 95, 19

on-ǽlan

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Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928. Add Se Hálga Gást heora ealra mód swá onbryrde and onǽlde, ꝥ hí cúðon ǽlc gereord þe on middanearde is, Hml. Th. ii. 47, 7. Hwí eart þú onǽled mid swá ídele gefeán?

sige-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wang, es ; m.
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Smylte is se sigewong (cf. ðæt torhte lond, l. 19, wlitig is se wong eall, 198, 8, the dwelling-place of the Phenix ), Exon. Th. 199, 29 ; Ph. 33 : 146, 23 ; Gú. 714.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Se cyning Eglippus leofode his líf on eáwfæstre drohtnunge, 476, 16. Se hálga swá leofode swá hé tǽhte, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 19. Se æþeling lyfode [other MS. leofode] ðá gyt, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 21.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

líc-mann

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Add: — Gewát se Gád of worulde tó helle. Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130

sorhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sorhlíce, adv.

Miserablygrievously

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L. 190) tósomne gemencged se þrosmiga lig and se þrece gycela, Wulfst. 138, 25

Linked entry: sorh-líc

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33

for-beornan

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Þá þá seó ceaster swýþlíce barn . . . heom þúhte ꝥ eall seó burh forbyrnan sceolde cum civitas vehementer arderet . . . ut flamma totius urbis interitum minari videretur, Gr. D. 47, 27: Bl. H. 221, 9. Þ hús wearð forburnon buton þám ánum poste, Hml.

líf-lád

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Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc and cýðde etiamsi taceret lingua, cottversatio loqueretur. Gr. D. 317, 21.

cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
cóðu, e; f; cóðe, an; f; cóða, an; m.

A diseasesicknesspestilence morbus

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Seó miccle cóða the great disease, leprosy; elephantinus morbus, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 10. Seó cóðu ðe lǽcas hátaþ paralisin the disease which physicians call palsy ii. 546, 29. He fram ðære cóðe hine gehǽlde he healed him from the disease i. 400, 10.

ǽr-woruld

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-woruld, e; f.

The former worldpristinus mundus

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The former world; pristinus mundus Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended, on blódes hiw, seó ðe beorhte scán ofer ǽrworuld then the sun shall be turned swart, to hue of blood, which shone brightly over the former world, Exon. 21b; Th. 58, 17; Cri. 937

beorhte

(adv.)
Grammar
beorhte, adv.

Distinctlyclearlylucidlybrightlyclare

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Ðonne seó sunne beorhtost scíneþ when the sun shines brightest Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Beo. Th. 3039; B. 1517