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eáþ-metto

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eáþ-metto, l. -métto,
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On þǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eáðmétta wunigað, Met. 7, 38. Gebúge hé intó mynstre mid eallum eádméttum, Ll. Th. i. 306, 3

frignung

(n.)
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frignung, e; f.
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Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis remansit, 323, 23. Tweógan be þissere sócne and frignunge ( quaestione ), 305, 15. v. be-frignung; frægning

Linked entry: frægning

ge-árweorþian

(v.)
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Heora góda hlísa geárweorþige þá þe hý tó þǽre mæssan þénunge gecuren, R. Ben. 141, 5. Add

lustbǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽre, adv.
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With pleasure, gladly, willingly Ic wolde lustbǽre mid tácne þǽre hálgan róde mé bletsian, ac ic næbbe ðá mihte volo me signare, sed non possum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 23.

slide

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Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide ( lapsum ) þǽre synne in þám merwum leorningmannum, 119, 16. Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9.

gealga

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þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 16-19: Bl. H. 27, 28: 97, 11. On galgan geworhtre eculei (cf. eculei, cruci, 81, 49), Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 76. Gealgan labaro (Christi An. Ox. 1860. Add

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Þǽr dydon Rómáne lytla triéwþa þæt him þá wǽron unweorþe þe hiera hláford beswican in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus quod percussores ejus indignos judicarent, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 17. with pl., few Wræccum lytlum (feáwum, W.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Þý lǽs fore þǽre mǽrðe him mód ástíge, Crä. 101.

sleán

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sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Add Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras, Hml. Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Hraþe þæs þe hí of þám fulwihtes bæþe eóde, þá fæstte hé, Bl. H. 27, 24. Onfón fullwihtes bæð, An. 1642: El. 490. of the sea, the bath of fish or sea-fowl:-- Ofer fisces bæð across the sea, An. 293: Rún. 16.

pening

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Hig of þám Iúdéum for ánum penige .xxx. gesealdon ongeán þæt þæt þá Iúdéas ǽr úrne Hǽlend . . . myd þryttegum penegum gebohton, 187, 168-170. Wiþ þrím hundred penegon (peninga, R., penninga ł scillinga, L.), Jn. 12, 5. Twégen penegas (peñd.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Him þæt þá giet tó lytel yfel þúhte búton hié eác hié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3. Æfter þám þá giet þæs ilcan hærfestes afterwards still in the same autumn, Chr. 921; P. 102, 17. Ðǽr tó láfe ðá get wæs . . ., 973; P. 119, n. 6.

weorold-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hláford, es; m.
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Wé lǽraþ þæt Godes þeówas beón geornlíce Gode þeówigende . . . and ðæt hí beón á heora ealdre holde and gehýrsume . . . and ðæt hí beón heora worldhláfordum eác holde and getrýwe, L. Edg. C. 1; Th. ii. 244, 5

and-weard

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Þeáh þe wé nú þǽr andwearde ne sýn, Bl. H. 129, 29. temporal Fleón ðis andwearde yfel, Past. 263, 13. active Swá andweard seó wyrt is ꝥ heó þý ylcan dæge þá stánas forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 14. Andwyrdre, dǽdlicere practicae, i. actualis, An.

bréme

(adj.)
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Þá rícu þæs bréman Fæder Patris regna, Dom. L. 295. Heó æteówde hyre breóst þám bréman Philippe, Hml. S. 2, 234: 18, 363. Þú tóbrýttest þone bréman here, 25, 370, 629, 658. Brýmest celeberrimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 64.

daru

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Þæt sǽd þe feóll be ðám wege mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðá ðá wegférende hit fortrǽdon, and fugelas tobǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 14. Dare noxam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 64. Án gecyndelic ǽis gesett, ꝥ nán man ne gedó dare óðrum menn, Hml.

deór-ling

(n.)
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His (Godwin&#39;s) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3.

firen-lust

lust

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Besmitene mid þǽm unclǽnan firenluste, Bl. H. 25, 8: Ors. I. 2, S. 30, 33. Maria cende on blisse; Eua cende þurh firenlust, Bl. H. 3, 10. Hwǽr cumaþ þonne his willan and his fyrenlnstas ?, 113, I.

fracoþ

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Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda. Hml. S. 13, 191. Cf. forcúþ. Add

geár-getal

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geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is