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ge-búgan

(v.)
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Th. i. 424, 4. ꝥ Mid þám flotan þe him tó gebogen wæs, Chr. 904; P. 93, 24. to a belief, practice, condition, &c. Mynstermunuc gǽð of his mǽglage þonne hé gebýhð tó regollage, Ll. Th. i. 346, 3.

of

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Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs, ꝥ hé seoþþan wæs mé freónd, 19, 19. Sé bið áðwægen of unclǽnnesse, Past. 421, 21. Hé Godes lage and láre forlǽt, and ðurh deófles láre of dám déð ðe his crístendóme tó gebyreð, Wlfst. 78, 15.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem

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Dǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere ... gomenwudu gréted, gid oft wrecen, Beo. Th. 2130; B. 1063: 180; B. 90. Ðǽr wæs singal sang and swegles gong, wlitig weoroda heáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1737; An. 871. Ðǽr is engla song, eádigra blis, Exon.

Linked entry: song

emb-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sníðan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden, -snyden

To cut round, circumcise ⬩ circumcīdĕre

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To cut round, circumcise; circumcīdĕre Ðæt ðæt cild embsnyden wǽre ut circumcidĕrētur puer. Lk. Bos. 2, 21

ge-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.
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., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe, 2, 2; Sch. 120, 13

rǽd-rípe

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-rípe, (hræd- ?) ; adj.
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Soon ripe, premature Rǽdrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 22. Rǽdrípe wínberige praecoquae, 38, 61

for-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sencan, p. te

drop

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To let fall, drop Forsencð hé ðone wæsðm his gǽstes ferre fructum spiritus recusat, Past. 347, 13

Linked entry: sencan

ge-pílian

(v.)
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to beat in a mortar Swilce hít on pílan gepílod wǽre quasi pilo tusum, Ex. 16, 14

Linked entry: pílian

hors-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hors-cniht, es; m.
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A groom Aman gelǽdde Mardochéum geond þá burh swylce hé his horscniht wǽre, Hml. A. 99, 242

mægen-stán

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Anlang wæges tó ðǽm megenstáne, iii. 411, 21. Add

mete-ærn

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a refectory :-- Þonne tǽce ic eów hwǽr þára bróðra metern (refectorium) wǽre, Gr. D. 147, 34. Add

marman-stán

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Ðeáh hit wǽre marmanstánas, ðá wǽron áswengde on ðára onsýn þe þǽron sǽton, Shrn. 81, 2. Add

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus

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Becoming, fit, proper, seemly, convenient, agreeable, decent, quiet, mild, meek, gentle, kind, benevolent; congruus, convĕniens, dĕcens, opportūnus, hŏnestus, quiētus, mansuētus, bĕnignus Swá hit gedéfe wæs as it was fit, Beo.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto ⬩ iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Ðá gién wæs yrre God God was yet angry, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 1; Gen. 2741. Wæs Iustus ðá gén lifigende Iustus adhuc superstes, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 10. Ðæs gén to tácne is of that further is as proof, 6; S. 508, 42.

Linked entries: gién geána géna gægne geán

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Se man wæs stranglíce gewítnad. Shrn. 73, 12. Se ðe swá stronglíce ða Iudéas þreáde, Blickl. Homl. 169, 7

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl. Homl. 231, 5. distributively Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan, R. Ben. 47, 7. [Goth. twai-tigjus: O. Sax. twéntig: O.

frymþ

(n.)
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A. 152, 21. the beginning. referring to eternity On frymðe wæs word, Hml. Th. i. 40, 8. Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Wæs se mǽsta mancwealm . . . swá þæt heora feáwa tó láfe wurdon pestes pene usque ad desolationem exaestuaverunt Ors. 1, 6; S. 36, 16. Án of him tó láfe ne wunode unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Vos. 105, 11.

þes

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Add Ǽr hé on þǽs earfoðnesse cóm hé úre wæs wealdend, Bl.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus

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Ðá wæs ymb syx hund wintra and syxtyne winter fram Drihtnes mennyscnesse, ðæt wæs ymb án and twentig wintra ðæs ðe Agustinus, mid his geferum, to lǽranne on Angel þeóde sended wæs, ðæt Æðelbryht Cantwara cyning æfter ðam hwílendlícan ríce ðæt he six and

Linked entry: Berhte

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