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sparian

(v.)
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Th. 228, 12. add: to refrain from using or consuming Se mann þe fæst búton ælmyssan, hé déð swilce hé sparige his mete, and eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhæfednysse foreóde, Hml.

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
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ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Þæt ðá beón getimbrode þurh his behreówsunge ðe ǽr wǽron þurh his mándǽda geǽswicode, 498, 12. Geáswicode, R. Ben. I. 62, 12

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
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be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Beforan his fótum, 247, II. in front of an object Beforan þæs écan Déman heáhsetle, Bl. H. 53, 7. Beforan ðǽre norðdura þǽre ciricean, 203, 34. Beforan Mermedonia ceastre, 935, 18.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
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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.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Hweþer hié gecyrran woldan, oþþe ǽnige dǽdbóte dón þǽs mánes þe hié wið heora Dryhten gedydon. Bl. H. 79, 5

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

leóran

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On swá hwelcre stówe swá mín gemynd sý mǽrsad . . . se unclǽna ne leóre on ðá stówe, Shrn. 104, 28. to pass away at death, pass from this world to the next Tódæg þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, Shrn. 119, 29.

ge-réfa

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Hí genáman þone arc̃ƀ Ælfeáh and Ælfword þæs cynges geréfan, ion ; P. 141, 27.

ge-féra

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Ic gean healfes þæs stódes mínum geféran þe mid me rídað, Cht. Th. 598, 14.

be-þurfan

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Geleánað hé hit ús, þǽr wé betst beðurfon when it best serves our needs, Wlfst. 41, 2 : 56, 23: 111, 14. þá þe dǽdbóte ne beðurfon (sé ðe (ðá ðe, L. ) nebiðorfeð tó hreównise, R.) qui non indigent poenitentia, Lk. 15, 7.

bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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Þæs þe hé on mínne andwlitan bleóu (bleów, bléw, v. ll.) exsufflante illo in faciem meam, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 3. to breathe hard, snort, pant :-- Ðæt hors ongan bláwan and gremetian ungemetlíce (immenso flatu et fremitu), Gr.

gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge,

Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexioncontinuous

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Se milte bið emlang and gædertenge þǽre wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 15.

andergilde

(adj.)
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Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde, Prov. K. 41.

Linked entry: un-andergilde

eást-ríce

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H. 193, 10. a kingdom that lies to the east of another Fór se here of þǽm eástríce ( the kingdom of the East Franks ) westweard, Chr. 893; P. 84, 2

ege

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Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, Bl. H. 23, 31. Orsorg ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 18. For ðǽm ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman, Past. 79, 7. For ríces mannes ege, Bl. H. 43, 10. Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34.

ést-mete

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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8

ge-þingþ

(n.)
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ge-þingþ, e; f.
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intercession, v. ge-þingian; Tó þan ꝥ hé ábǽde him þá helpe þæs hálgan mannes þingunga (geðingða, v. l.) intercessionis ejus opem impetravit, Gr.

Linked entries: burh-geþingþ -þingþ

ge-wídmǽran

(v.)
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ge-wídmǽran, ge-wídmǽrian; p. de, ode ; pp. ed. od.
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2.

gim-cyn

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum, unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíþast gefrætwode, Nar. 5, 4. a gem of a particular kind Golde geglengde and gimcynnum (cf. mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum. Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 27), Met. 15, 4: 25, 6.

hilfe

(n.)
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hilfe, es; n.
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Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe (in ꝥ hylfe, v.l.), Gr. D. 113, 23-114, 15.

Linked entries: hylfe helfe