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luflíce

(adv.)
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þǽre fǽmnan grétinge luflíce ( gratanter) onféng, Guth. Gr. 158, 9. of specen Mid þám þe luflíce sprecað tó heora nýhstum cum his qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo, Ps. Th. 27, 4.

pistol

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Add: an epistle, letter Hieronimus áwrát ǽnne pistol be forðsíðe þǽre eádigan Marian tó sumum hálgan mǽdene . . . Hé dihte þisne pistol tó Paulam, Hml. Th. i. 436, 6-21.

racent-teáh

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Hé geband him sylfum þone fót mid íserne racenteáge and ðá racenteáge hé gefæstnode . . . tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre ná álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe áþened wæs . . .

sigle

(n.)
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Þǽre méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed. . . ꝥ hyre man stunge áne sýle on þone bósum, Shrn. 149, 2. Gyldenra sigella (sigila, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 3

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Se here hine gecés him tó hláforde, and þæt fæstnodon mid áþum, 921; P. 103, 20. Wére trume fæstnie pactum firmum feriat, Lch. i. Ixix, 4. Sume syndon confirmativa þæt synd fæstnigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10.

on-sendan

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Þæt him folca weard onsende wíse geþóhtas, Crä. 21. Ðætte him wæs onsended mid tô diélgianne hira synna quod acceperant, ut possent delere peccata, Past. 429, 15. Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.

ge-þungen

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Ꝥ hí beón þe geþungenran on þǽre fandunge, Angl. vii. 52, 502. (2 a) of things :-- Ic hæbbe þé oferþogen on geþungenre láre, Hml.

ge-wǽde

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Dǽldon þá cwelleras þǽra martyra wǽpna and gewǽda ... heora gehwilc hæfde þæs mannes gewǽda þe hé ácwealde, Hml.

gifan

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L. 5, 39. to offer for observation, set forth a statement for consideration Tó geafanne mið efennisse adhibita comparatione Mt. p. 15, 12. to allot, assign Þǽr ys án tó láfe, gif þæne Aprili, Angl. viii. 303, 38 : 43. to cause to have or receive. the

ge-mót

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Geðenc nú hweðer áwiht mani mann cynges hám séce þér þǽr hé on túne byð, oððe hys gemót, oððe hys fird ; oððe hweðer ðé ðince þæt hí æalle on ánne weig þeder cumen, Solil. H. 44, 3. Ofer þis gemót (cf. 36, 4-14), Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

cwician

(v.)
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Þǽre sáwle mægen cwicaþ þone líchoman, Gr. D. 268, 18

gyru

(n.)
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gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

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hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Hé him word onsende, þurh þæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron, Ps. Th. 106, 19. Hwearf hé þá hrædlíce, B. 356.

á-fýlan

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Þæt ǽnig ne áfýle mid fúlan forligere hine sylfne, Wlfst. 69, 14. Áfýlan polluere , Germ. 401, 35. On gefeohte handa áfýlan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 7: Hml. S. 25, 858: 32, 86.

án-wíg

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Rómáne curon III hund cempena and siex þæt sceolde tó ánwíge gangan wið swá fela Sabína cum sex et trecenti Fabii speciale sibi adversus Vejentes decerni bellum expetivissent, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 16: 2, 6; S. 86, 22.

bile-witness

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Wǽron hí wundriende þá bilehwitnesse (bylwyt-, bilwit-, bylywyt-, v. ll.) þæs lífes, 1, 26; Sch. 57, 16. Ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse (bil-, v. l.) ... ðǽre nǽdran wærscipe, Past. 237, 22.

blæc

(adj.)
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blæc, blac black.
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Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena swá þǽr[a?] hyre leófre beó, Cht. Th. 538, 5. Beátan mid blacum flintum, Hml. S. 11, 99. Dele last paragraph, and add

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clǽne

(adv.)
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clǽne, adv.
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Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít, þæt hí æft ne cume, ne swá clǽne ne forwyrð, ꝥ hí tó hwan*-*hwugu ne weorðe, Shrn. 198, 17, 18. Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs oðfeallenu, Past. 3, 13.

eág-þyrl

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Þurh þæt eáhþyrl (égðyrl, v. l.) ... under þám ylcan eáhþyrle (éh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 159, 21, 25. Ontýnde se bysceop ꝥ eágþyrl (eágh-, eáh-, eághþyrel, v. ll. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 355, 22: 5, 12; Sch. 623, 11. Ehta eágþyrelu of glæse geworht ...

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4. Hwænne þú eáðelícost miht tó þam folce becuman Hml. A. 110, 257. cf. eáþe; 3 Ꝥ hié þe eáþelícor and þe wysumlícor þá myclan byrðenne áberan mihton, Bl.

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