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bí-genga

an inhabitanta cultivatorcultora worshipper

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Similar entries v. be-ganga in Dict. a worshipper Hé wæs deófles biggencga (bígenga, v. l.), Hml. S. 5, 10: 22, 206. Biggenga, 24, 20. Sé is sóð God þe swá gesceádwíse biggengan hæfð, 5, 286

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blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Ꝥ deór wæs blæces heówes (atri coloris), Nar. 15, 17. Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62.

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clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, adv.
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Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs oðfeallenu, Past. 3, 13.

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.

Linked entry: geáþ

efen-þeówa

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efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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Uncer efen*-*þeów wæs forworden, Hml. A. 207, 393. Ǽnne æfnþára his . . . se his efnþeúw . . . Geseónde æfnðeúwe his unum de conseruis suis . . . conseruus ejus . . . Videntes conserui ejus, Mt. R. 18, 28, 29, 31.

ge-bild

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-bild, adj.
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Mid þý mægne hé wæs gebælded (gestrangod, v. l.) of ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fultume qua virtute fretus ex omnipotentis Dei auxilio, Gr. D. 26, 31. Gebyld fretus, i. fultus, An. Ox. 126. Gebeld, 2042 : 3682. Gebyld fretus .i. fiduciam habens, Wrt.

ge-earnung

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Add: merit, desert Swungen oþ ꝥ hé swylte, swá his geearnung wæs. Bl. H. 193, 4. Geearnuncg, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Be jeearnunga ánra gehwelcre according to the merit of each one, Met. 20, 128. His geearnunga þǽr wǽron oft beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, 11.

sweltan

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S. 3, 569. to die of something, in a manner described Hé wæs wániende ... ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5.

rúm-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-mód, adj.

liberalprofusebenignant, gracious, kind

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of liberal mind, liberal in giving Hé þearfum rúmmód ( largus ) wæs, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 11. Sýn wé rúmmóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Blickl. Homl. 109, 14. Sellaþ ælmessan, beóþ rúmmóderyhtra gestreóna, Exon.

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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Wæs se hálga wer sáre geswungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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S. 31, 1382. in a general sense, friendly, well-disposed Boetius. . . wæs on Greácas hold was friendly towards the Greeks Met. l, 56. Micel heáp holdra freónda úre andbidað þǽr ( in heaven ), Hml. Th. ii. 526, 31.

on-sendan

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add: the object a person Hé wæs onsended tó lǽranne, Past. 441, 30.

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Gif hit ǽr sceondlíc wæs, ne biþ hit nó ðý fægerre, Bt. 14, 3 ; Fox 46,16. Seó gesceádwísnes; nis ðæt scandlíc cræft, forðæm hit nǽnig hafaþ neát búton monnum, Met. 20,188. Scandlícre fúlnesse spurcae obscoenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 447, 19.

costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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Seó costnung ðære éhtnesse gestilled wæs the trial of the persecution was stilled Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 19. Me costung and sár cnyssedan tribulation and sorrow troubled me Ps. Th. 114, 4.

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be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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wæs on gítsunge befeallan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 4. On þǽre frecednysse þe hé on befeallen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 785. Gif hé ǽnigne man wite on heáfodleahtrum befeal(l)enne, Ll. Th. ii. 246, 1. to fall to action Wearð hé tó manslehte befeallen, Hml.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Ðe weorð wæstm ðý wlitegra, Cd. Th. 33, 14 ; Gen. 520. Þúhte ðeós woruld wlitigre, 38, 9 ; Gen. 604. Wífa wlitegost, 39, 17 ; Gen. 627. Mid ðam wlitegostum nebbe, Homl. Th. i. 430, 14.

swá

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Hé on án sceolde tó helle, swá hé forðfaren wæs, Wlfst. 16, 14.

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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A WHILE, space of time Wæs seó hwíl micel it was a great while, Beo. Th. 295; B. 146. Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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On ðǽre ealdan ǽ wæs ánlípig hús Gode tó wurðmynte árǽred . . . ealle óðre þeóda fela templa árǽrdon . . . Þæt ánlípige Godes tempel wæs wundorlíce gecræft, Hml. Th. ii. 574, 24-29.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Cf. ge-híwlǽcan ; Benedictus wæs blíðe on andwlitan, mid hwítum hǽrum, fægere gehíwod ( with a fresh complexion ), Hml. Th. ii. 186, 20

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