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crísten-ness

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For þǽre crístennysse (crístnesse, v.l. ) þe gé underféngen, Ll. Lbmn. 412, 12. Þurh þíne crístennysse, 413, 32. Add

sac-full

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Twelf unþeáwas syndon . . . gif se crístena bið sacfull (contentiosus), O. E. Hml. i. 299, 14: 301, 30. Gif se crístena mann bið sacfull, ne bið hé sóðlíce crísten. Nis nán man rihtlíce crísten bútan sé ðe Críste geefenlǽcð.

ge-spelia

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spelia, an; m. [spelian to represent]

A substitutedeputyvicegerentvĭcārius

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A substitute, deputy, vicegerent; vĭcārius Cristen cyning is Cristes gespelia geteald on cristenre þeóde a christian king is accounted Christ's vicegerent among christian people, L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12.

Linked entry: spala

orsorg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
orsorg-leás, (?); adj.
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Without security, anxious Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bið ðǽre synfullan sáwle. For þan ne sceal nǽfre se crístena man beón orsorhleás (-lic ?), Verc. Först. 138. 16

ge-tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tácnung, e; f. [tácnung a sign]

A signsignificationtokentypesignĭfĭcātio

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Sume þing sind gecwedene be Criste þurh getácnunge some things are said of Christ typically, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 13, 16

Linked entry: tácnung

á-hwider

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Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton tó Críste sylfum, Wlfst. 303, 15

be-lǽwend

(n.)
Grammar
be-lǽwend, es; m.
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A betrayer Sý hé Iudas geféra, Crístes be-lǽwendes, C. D. iii. 350, 17. Þurh þone Iudas, Crístes belǽwend, H. R. 15, 6

Geóhel-dæg

Grammar
Geóhel-dæg, geóhhel-dæg, es; m.

Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide

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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth

mǽg-wlite

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Hié oncneówon Crístes róde mǽre tácen on his mǽgwlite (cf. hié gesáwon Cristes róde tácen on his onsiéne. Bl. H. 243, 13), An. 1340. Add

ge-bisnung

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Hé sceal Críste folgian be Crístes gebysnungum. Hml. A. 18, 109. Hé gecneord-lǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum in study he followed the example set by wise teachers, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 19.

for-hogiend

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Crístes róde tácnes forhogiend ( contemptor ), Chrd. 41, 31. Add

wíc-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-sceáwere, es; m.
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A harbinger Ðæs Cristes wícsceáwere ( John the Baptist ), Blickl. Homl. 163, 12

fulwiht-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht-fæder, es; m.

A baptizer

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A baptizer Sancte Iohannes, Cristes fulwihtfæder St. John, Christ's baptizer, Blickl. Homl. 205, 17

a-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-cyrran, p. -cyrde; pp. -cyrred, -cyrd

To avertavertere

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Acyrred from Cristes ǽ turned from Christ's law, 71 b; Th. 267, 6; Jul. 411

Linked entry: a-cyrrednes

ge-réflang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réflang, es; m.

A minister

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A minister Ða geréflanges of Cristes circean the ministers of Christchurch, Chart. Th. 317, 32

burg-weorod

Grammar
burg-weorod, -wered body of citizens.
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An gewitnysse ðes hírédes æt Crístes cirican and ealles buruhweredes, C.D. ii. 3, 36. Add

ge-flǽscnes

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

Incarnationincarnātio

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Incarnation; incarnātio Ǽr Cristes ge-flǽscnesse before Christ's incarnation, Chr. Erl. 4, 22

þurh-wunol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wunol, adj.
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Continual, perpetual Þám leófestan biscope an Crístes naman ic sende þurwunule (perpetuam) grétinge, Chrd. 92, 17

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; pp. [ge-]cnóden.
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Wæs se heretéma (Theodoric) Críste gecnóden (cf. hé wæs Crísten, Bt. 1; F. 2, 6) the leader bore the Christian name, Met. 1, 32

cynn-recceniss

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Crístes cynnreccenise ( generatio ) suǽ wæs, Mt. L. 1, 18. Bóc cynnrecenisse liber generationis, p. 9, 13. Add