ge-sceáwian
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Ásca . . . huulíc monn sé, is lár gesceáwig, Mt. L. 10, 14 note.
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
burh-sittende
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City-dwelling, inhabiting a city; urbem incolens He folgode ánum burhsittendum men ðæs ríces adhœsit uni civium regionis illius, Lk. Bos. 15, 15.
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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
þegen-lagu
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him rank as a thane, L.
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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.
ymb-scínan
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S.) claritas Dei circumfulsit eos, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 9. Hié leóht ymbscán, Andr. Kmbl. 2034; An. 1019
wrǽþþu
wrath ⬩ anger ⬩ injury
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wrath, anger Wrǽððo ira, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 21, 23: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 36: indignatio, Rtl. 12, 35. Uráðdo iracnndiae, 8, 37. Mið wrǽððo cum ira, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 5. Hæbbe hé Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart.
á-barian
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Add: to make bare, strip Stówe róde ábarude locum cruce denudatum, Angl. xiii. 427, 894. to lay bare, expose, disclose Ælfremeda wunda ná ábarian ( detegere ) and geswutelian, R. Ben. I. 80, 12. Gylt ábarian delictum denudare, Scint. 195, 2.
án-gilde
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which ángilde (q.v.) is to be paid Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ꝥ hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte unless either of them previously made the condition that he was not to be liable to make compensation for damage done to the material entrusted to him, Ll
be-reccan
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Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6. Of ðære scylde ðe hé hine berecc(e)an ne mæge ex eo quod defendere nequeunt, Past. 209, 23
cwacian
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Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47. Cuacende ł bifigende febricitantem, Mt. L. 8, 14. Þá cwacigendan heortan, Bl. H. 107, 19. Add