sibbian
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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu, ðe betweox preóstan sí, ne beó gescoten tó worldmanna sóme, ac séman and sibbian heora ágene geféran, L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 4. Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron ðæt dreógende ǽr heora
yrfe
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Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl. Homl. 199, 6. Ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, Chr. 910; Erl. 100, 14. Menn and yrfe (orf, v. l. ) hí slógon, 1010; Erl. 143, 28.
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wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Heora (the stars') wuldorfæstne wlite, Cd. Th. 132, 10; Gen. 2191. His ðone wuldorfæstan gást, Blickl. Homl. 85, 4. His ða wuldorfæstan onsýne, 103, 29. Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd.
æt-fleón
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Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león, ꝥ ðá óðre deór þe mihton hire ætfleón þurh heora fóta swiftnysse, ꝥ hí beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron, Hml. A. 63, 280. to escape to (tó) Hé tó scypum ætfleáh, Chr. 1076; P. 211, 28.
æt-gædere
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Hié ætgædere wǽron on heora gebedstówe, Bl. H. 133, 18: 24. Lǽt hí beón hér ætgædere geléde, Hml. S. 30, 443. Hí ne mihton ealle ætgædere gewunian, Chr. P. 3, 9.
æx
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Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24. Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.
án-wíg
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Hé gecwæð ánwíg wið ðone cyning, . . . and heora ǽgðer óðerne ofslóg, 2, 3; S. 68, 16. Hé oft feaht ánwíg gladiatoriis armis in ludo depugnavit, 6, 14; S. 268, 28. Of ánwigum congressibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 41. Add: —
bile-witness
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On bócum þe ungelǽrede menn þurh heora bilewitnysse tó micclum wísdóme tealdon, Hml. Th. i. 2, 21. Add
cwilmian
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Þǽ þe Crístes synd cwylmiað heora flǽsc qui sunt Christi carnem suam crucifixerunt (Gal. 5, 24), Hml. S. 17, 61
cræftig
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</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27
drý
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Mon sægð ꝥ drýas tó heora cræftum þysse wyrte ( vervain ) brúcen, Lch. i. 170, 20. Drýra magorum, An. Ox. 4019. Hí befæston ꝥ wíf drýum (drým, v. l.) puellam maleficis tradiderunt, Gr. D. 73, 16
eág-þyrl
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Swá swá culfran tó heora éhðyrlum ... Úre éhðyrla sind úre eágan, Hml. Th. i. 584, 28, 32. Þurh ðá éghþyrl (-þyrla, eághþyrelu, v. ll. ), Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 388, 5. Add
ge-hagian
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To be within the means or power of a person Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian
ge-hírness
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Healte men onféngon heora gouge, and deáfe gehýrnesse, Shrn. 137, 28. hear-ing, listening Manige men þá word lustlíce gehýraþ . . . seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum, Bl.
ge-fandod
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Cf. fandian Þæt hié mósten gefandian hweðer hié heora medsélða oferswíþan mehte, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 28. to experience, taste.
ge-earnung
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Æfter heora geearnunga anddyfene, R. Ben. 13, 7. Þurh Óswaldes ; eearuungum, Hml. S. 26, 39, 108. Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum ( its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32.
ge-wild
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Cómon hí tó heora ágenum scipum, and þá óþre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton v. classem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis, 4, 1; S. 154, 6
heófung
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Mid mycclum heófungum hí heora geleáfan woldon áwendan. Hml. S. 5. 38. Hefige synna hefige heófinga (lamenta) gewilniaþ, Scint. 29, 12. ¶ In the gloss jubilationis heófunge. An.
æfter-genga
one living at a later time ⬩ a descendant ⬩ one coming after in an office, a successor ⬩ a follower of a creed, &c.
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Ðá apostolas . . . eác heora æftergengan, Hml. A. 56, 146. a follower of a creed, &c. Æftergengum sequipedes, sequaces (catolicae fidei), An. Ox. 1957