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ge-árian

(v.)
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Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, inde justius damnatur, Past. 391, 8.

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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Add: to renew what is weakened, restore to efficiency Ðæt góde mód, ðe sió hǽlo ful oft áweg ádriéfð, ðæt gemynd ðǽre medtrymnesse geedniéwað (-níwað, v.l.) (reformat), Past. 255, 17.

ge-wealdan

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Swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, 1199. to control, have power over a person Betra bið sé þe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt ( melior est qui dominatur animo suo ) ... sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, Past. 218, 15-21.

helan

to conceal from

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Sió heá lár is betere manegum monnum tó helanne, and feáwum tó secganne, Past. 459, 9. with preps, to conceal from (wiþ, fram): Ðonne hí he[o]lað (the o is written above the line) from monnum (hominibiis occultando) ðæt hí secggan scoldon, and secgað

hearpe

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Hwelce sín ðá inngeðoncas monna búton suelce sumere hearpan strengas áðenede, ðá se hearpere suíðe ungelíce tiéhð and styreð, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðǽm sóne ne singað ðe hé wilnað?, Past. 175, 6.

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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Desire Úþwitan secgaþ ðæt sió sáwul hæbbe ðrió gecynd. Án ðara gecynda is ðæt heó biþ wilnigende... Twá ðara gecynda habbaþ nétenu ; ... óþer ðara is wilnung ... Seó gesceádwísnes sceal wealdan ðære wilnunga, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 3-10: Met. 20, 186.

Linked entry: willnung

brengan

(v.)
Grammar
brengan, ic brenge, ðú brengest, brengst, he brengeþ, brengþ, brencþ, pl. brengaþ ; p. ic, he brohte, ðú brohtest, pl. brohton; pp. broht ; v. a.

To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre

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Eorþe sió cealde brengþ wæstma fela the cold earth bringeth many fruits, 20, 201; Met. 20, 101. Brencþ brings, 13, 120; Met. 13, 60. Wæter and eorþe wæstmas brengaþ water and earth produce fruits, 20, 150; Met. 20, 75.

Linked entry: bringan

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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.: to corrupt, spoil, a material object Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Gif mete sý áwyrd, 14. Áwyrd wín defrutum, An. Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Sió nafu faerþ micle fæstlícor ðonne ðá felgan dón, swelce sió eax sié . . . God, and ðá sélestan men faran néhst Gode . . .

Linked entry: farnian

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Nalles ná ðæt án ðæt hé gód doo gemang óðrum monnum ac eác synderlíce suá suǽ hé on ðyncðum biþ furður ðonne óðre ðæt hé eác sié on his weorcum suá micle furður ut non solum sit ejus operatio utilis, sed etiam singularis . . . sicut honore ordinis superat

Linked entry: sundorlíce

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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On ðam sixtan dæge his legeres on the sixth day of his illness, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 28. Mid langre ádle laman legeres swíðe gehefigod longo paralysis morbo gravatam, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 6.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ic wéne ðæt hit sié nú ǽrest þearf, ðæt ic ðé gerecce hwǽr ðæt héhste gód is nunc demonstrandum reor, quonam haec felicitatis perfectio constituta sit, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 3. Gé habbaþ micle ðearfe, ðæt gé simle wel dón, 42; Fox 258, 26.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINTa rocksĭlexpetra

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FLINT, a rock; sĭlex, petra Flint sĭlex, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 94; Wrt. Voc. 38, 19: 85, 21. Flinte ic eom heardra I am harder than flint, Exon. 111b; Th. 426, 23; Rä. 41, 78.

ge-rén

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rén, es; n.

An ornament

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An ornament Ðeáh ða gerénu fægru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 15. Ða geréno the ornaments, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 20; Rä. 27, 15. Giríno ł glencas ædificationes, Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: ge-ríno

grǽd

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
grǽd, es; pl. grǽdas and (?) grǽde; m.
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, or ja-stem sing. ?, or wk. ? cf. ulua greðen, Lch. iii. 329, col. 1), ulva, ii. 31, 33

neáh-stów

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Þ fýr geondférde ealle þá neáhstówa cum propinquiora sibi quaeque loca ignis invaderet, 47, 28. Add

sweord-bora

Grammar
sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæs cyningces sweordbora ( spatharius: spatharii munus erat spatham sive ensem principis gerere, ejusque latus custodire) wæs Ricgo geháten, Gr. D. 130, 31. Þæs forecwedenan Narses sweordbora Bulgatisc man, 300, 21.

ælmes-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-lic, adj.

of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitabledepending upon alms, poor

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of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable Hié hígon gefeormien and hígon ús mid heora godcundum gódum swǽ gemynen swǽ ús árlic and him ælmeslic siǽ, Cht. Th. 476, 34.

Linked entry: elmestlic

spærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
spærlíce, adv.

Sparinglysparelyparcefrugalitersparingly

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Ic sperlícor mid wordum sægde ðonne hié dǽdum gedón wǽrun solere me parcius loqui quam gesta sint omnia, Nar. 2, 24

Linked entry: sperlíce

be-beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
be-beódendlíc gemet, beódendlíc gemet, es ; n.

The imperative moodmodus imperativus

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The imperative mood; modus imperativus Ðæt óðer modus is imperativus, ðæt is bebeódendlíc ; mid ðam gemete we hátaþ óðre menn dón sum þingc, oððe sum þingc þrówian, - Rǽd ðú lege, rǽde he legat, beswing ðis cild flagella istum puerum, he beswungen