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ge-beorgan

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Ðæs líchoman lǽcas . . . ge ðǽm líchoman gebeorgað, ge eác ðá mettrymnesse áfliémað, Past. 457, 5- Hé heom ætbærst and him sylfan gebearh þǽr þǽr hé þá mihte, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 30. ꝥ man þisum earde gebeorgan (-beorhgan, v. l. ) mihte, ǽr hé mid ealle

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

ge-reordan

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Gífernys bið þæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 29

nese

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., is refused Críst séde þæt se yfela welega béde Abraham þæt hé sende Lazarus. . . . Ðá cwæd Abraham: 'Nese, . . .', Solil. H. 67, 30. 'Nese, naese,' 68, 7. 'Uton . . . spurian tó morgen furður.' 'Nese, lá, nese,' 46, I.

be-gangan

to go aboutto go byto go about a businessto attend tosee after a personto worshipto honourcelebrate a dayto exercisepractise an artto practise a religionto practisedo (habitually)commit sinto exerciseuse

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Th. ii. 438, 27. to exercise, practise an art Þæt cræft mínne ic begancge (exerceam), Coll. M. 22, 34.

ge-myndig

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Wé sceolon nú beón gemyndige úre sáula þearfe, 101, 16. without construction ' Ic þé bidde þæt þú mé behýdigne and sorhfulne be þisse wísan ne lǽte' . . .

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ox. 817. where the devil is the father: Forgit þæt hús and þone híred þínes leásan fæder, þæt ys deófol obliviscere domum patris tui, Ps.

hwá

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Mé lysteþ ꝥ ic wite hwæt sóþes sý be þǽre wísan quid hoc de re veritas habeat, ignore, Gr. D. 303, 6. Be þǽm hringum mon mehte witan hwæt Rómána duguðe gefeallen wæs, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 13. Áríman hwæt þǽr mancynnes forwearð, 1, 11 ; S. 50, 13.

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Wolde ic ꝥ þá æþelan clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, ꝥ hig þe borlícor mihton gecýðan þǽra epactena gesceád, 315, 5

for-cúþlíce

(adv.)

contemptiblyignominiouslyfeeblyignominiously

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Þá dydon þá ealdormen swá ... and þǽra cynega swuran forcúþlíce trǽdon, Jos. 10, 24

god-gesprǽce

(n.)
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Æfter þám godgesprǽce (-sprece, þǽre gódan sprǽce, þám gódgesprece [the MS. has the accent], v. ll.) iuxta oraculum, Sch. 161, 15. Cf. godcund; <b>II. 1,</b> god-sprǽce

norþ-dǽl

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Add Hér oðeówdon fýrena leóman on norðdǽle þǽre lyfte, Chr. 926; P. 107, 19. Hú wæs þes middaneard tódǽled æfter þám flóde ? Sem . . . þone eástdǽl middaneardes þe is geháten Asia . . . Cham þone súðdǽl. . . Affrica, . . .

riht-ryne

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Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus alveum egressus ecclesiae agros occupasset. . . 'Ad proprium alveum redeas,' 193, 15-20.

scír

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Hé onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse pastoralem suscepit curam, Gr. D. 191, 26. Héde sé ðe scíre (cf. scír-mann; ) healde, Angl. ix. 259, 13. dele last passage, and add Férde se bisceop tó scíre gemóte (cf. scír-gemót), C. D. iv. 234, 27.

stille

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Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11. Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10

be-habban

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Asia ealne middan-geard fram þǽm eástdsǽle healfne behæfð Asia per totam transversi plagam orientis extenditur. Ors. I, I; S. 8. 9.

beó

(v.)
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', and add: dat. pl. beón Sume gesceafta týmað búton hǽmede; þæt sind beón, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 16. Beón, gif hí man ácwellað, cwelle hig man Iaþe . . . and ete man ꝥ hunig ꝥ hig worhton, Ll. Th. ii. 164, I. Bián apes, Ps.

bóc-cræft

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Hé wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig þæt hé sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas leornian ... forsægenum þám onginnum þára bóccræfta Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat ... despectis litterarum studiis, Gr. D. 95, 12-26: 96, 19.

Dene-mearc

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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36.

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte accidit nobis siti laborare, Nar. 7, 29