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ge-sceád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, adj.
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reasonable, discreet, prudent setton him ǽnne wícnere getreówne and swíðe gesceádne, Hml. S. 23, 217. Þá ne beóð ná wíse ne gescáde þe Godé nellað hýran, Ll. Th. i. 334, 5

ge-efenlíc

(adj.)
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Ca' substitute Ꝥ hé swá geefenlíca wǽre ( swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8

tó-hwega

(n.)
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a little Hé cóm geornlíce biddende ꝥ him sceolde beón seald tóhwega eles ( aliquantulum olei ), Gr. D. 159, 11. Ꝥ þone swétan mete húru geómriende hwæthugu (tóhwega, v.l. ) onbyrgdon, 170, 11

Linked entry: for-hwǽga

a-wyrpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrpan, p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen

To cast awaycast outrejecttake awayprojicererepellereauferre

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Ahola hit út, and awyrp hit fram ðé erue eum [oculum], et projice abs te, Mt. Jun. 5, 29: Ps. Th. 50, 12; Ps. Grn. ii. 149, 50, 12

Linked entry: wirpan

féster-fæder

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Drihtnes engel hine gelǽdde tó sumum sǽ and his fésterfæder mid hine, Shrn. 91, 1. Add

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found a cavern by the side of a lofty hill, 122; Th. 156, 26; Gen. 2594. Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples the devil placed him upon the summit of the lofty temple, Homl.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.

ge-háthirtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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to make angry, anger Se hláford geháthyrt ( iratus ) cwæð tó his ðeówan, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 25. Se hálga wer wearð geháthyrt ðurh his unstæð*-*ðignysse, 176, 18: Hml. S. 8, 112: 22, 220. Philippus swíðe gehátheort hét gefæccan, 2, 191.

be-byrgan

Grammar
be-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian, -byrigan(-ean).
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bebyrgdon his líchaman, Mt. 14, 12. Bebyrgedon, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 12: Mt. R. 14, 12. Bebyrigdon, Bl. H. 155, 7: Chr. 1012; P. 143, 3. Bebyrig abbud Zosimus, Hml. S. 23 b, 749. Ꝥ hé móste his fæder bebyrgean, Bl. H. 23, 14.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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L. 21, 24. (1 a) used of a thing :-- Gif h byð gesett þǽr hé standan ne mæg, þonne sceal man hine þus genyðerian, Angl. viii. 333, 39. a person who exalts himself Ðú hié geniðrades, ðá selfe úp áhófon dejecisti eos, dum allevarentur, Past. 391,

Linked entry: niþerian

hefe-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-tíme, adj.

Troublesomedispleasingtedious

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Troublesome, displeasing, tedious Hit þuhte Moise swíðe hefetíme Moses was displeased, Num. 11, 50

Linked entry: hefig-tíme

brúnian

(v.)
Grammar
brúnian, p. ode
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To get brown Wylle on pannan oþ ꝥ hit brúnige, Lch. ii. 292, 24

súþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþan-weard, adj.
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Southern (part of a place) Súþanweard hit hefdon Brittas, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 14

munuc-gegerela

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-gegerela, an; m.

A monastic dress

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A monastic dress Gegyrede hine mid his munucgegyrelan, Bd. l, 7; S. 477, 10

ge-glendrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glendrian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To precipitate

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To precipitate Ðætte hia geglendradon hine ut præcipitarent eum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 29

néðing

(n.)
Grammar
néðing, e; f.

Daringaudacity

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the courage to visit him in search of peace in the east of this earth, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 24

cystig-ness

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Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.

gítsian

(v.)
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Ðonne hié gítsiað ealdordómes, Past. 63, 16. Gítsiað (gídsiað, v. l. ), 335, 8. Giétsiað (gídsiað, v. l. ), 299, 10. Ðæt hié ðissa eorðlicena góda tó suíðe ne giétsien (gítsien, v. l. ), 263, 10. Ðæt wé his ne gítseden (gídsoden, v. l. ), 33, 18.

dys-lic

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Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35. Fela dyslice dǽda deriað mancynne, Hml. S. 13, 91. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, 26, 245. Mid dislicum glencgum stolidis (i. stultis) pompis, An. Ox. 1216. Add

óleccung

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Add Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid lídelicre ólicunga (ólecciunga, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past. 183, 19.