ge-sundfulnes
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Ne breác Heródes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfulnysse ( with lasting prosperity) ac búton yldinge him becóm seó godcundlice wracu þe hine mid menigfealdre yrmðe fordyde, 84, 34 : Lch. iii. 440, 7 : Ll. Th. i. 256, 8.
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse without God's will and without his knowledge, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 212, 13: Gen. 31, 27, 31. Gif he stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes if he steal with the cognisance of all his household, L.
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wépan
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Ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan suá suá his ágne scylde illicita perpetrata ab aliis ut propria deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 15. Ðá hé hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22.
blíþe-mód
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Add:, of gladsome mind Þú blíðmód bidde, ꝥ hí (the saints) þé þingian tó þeódne, Dóm. L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed Hí cwǽdon ꝥ hí ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . .
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Hié wǽron ðæs wordes, ðæt him leófre wæs se cristendóm tó begánne ðonne his scíra tó habbanne omnes officium quam fidem deserere maluerunt, 6, 31; Swt. 286, 6.
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Him drihtlícu mǽg þuhte she seemed a noble damsel to them, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 2; Gen. 1849. Cwæþ drihtlecu mǽg, brýd to beorne his noble mate, his wife, spoke to the chief, 133; Th. 168, 12; Gen. 2781.
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ge-fadian
To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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Hí ða gebytlunge gefadedon they arranged the building, ii. 172, 30. Gefadige [gefadie MS.
trucian
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Ciieów truciaþ the knees fail, Lchdm. ii. 242, 14. to fail a person (dat.), be wanting in duty to a person Hé undergeat ðæt his gesworene men him trucedan, and agéfon hera castelas him tó hearme, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 32. to fail, come to an end Trucaþ
á-ginnan
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Áginne hé hit georne let him diligently attempt it. ii. 282, 2. Mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, i. 348, 24.
óþ
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Hí druncan óþ ða drosna usque ad feces biberunt, Som. 47, 45. Oþ mannes breóst heáh as high as a man's breast, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6: 245, 33. Hié ðæt gild gefyldan eal óþ grund, 221, 33. Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd fordiligade ne wǽron, Bd. l, 16; S. 484, 17.
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ídel
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Add: that which is useless, vain, or frivolous Swá hwylc ídel swá him tó geþance yrnð and him gecoren bið, þæt hié taliað hálig, R. Ben. 9, 18. Ðá ðe willað tó fela ídles and unnyttes gespræcan verbosi. Past. 271, 7. Ídle casso, Wrt.
hors-bǽr
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His horsbǽr þe hine mon untrumne on bær wæs gehealden, Bd. Sch. 382, 13. Sum þegn læg on paralisyn . . . þá cwæð hé ꝥ hé wolde tó Wynceastre sýðian húru on his horsbǽre, Hml. S. 21, 181. Add
cwéne
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Wylt ðú hit eal ðǽre cwenon syllan?, Lch. iii. 428, 2. Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.
mitta
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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe . . . mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 1-13. Add
land-here
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A military force which acts on land [opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after
cuma
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Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35. Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo non estis hospites et advenae, Rtl. 82, 30. Add
hǽs
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Þurh his hálige hǽs, An. 1522: 1588: El. 86: Wlfst. 255, Féran sceal þurh freán hǽse sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce Az. 92. Hé hét him tó clypian ealne þone here ꝥ hí his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406.
candel-stæf
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
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er-bleadd
A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble ⬩ stĭpŭla
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A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble; stĭpŭla Ðú asendest yrre ðín and hit æt hí swá swá erbleadd mīsisti īram tuam, quæ devŏrābit eos sīcut stĭpŭlam, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8
strewung
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Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ hí his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353