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for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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Lege tó þǽm setle swá ðú hátost forberan mæge, iii. 30, 20. to bear with, tolerate, not to stop Hí setton mé ín edwít þæt ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas, Gú. 459.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Se eorðlica líchama behðfað þæs fódan, i. 252, 27. Fódan uictus, An. Ox. 3862. 'Hé beád ús nýtena fódan (cf. ðrý berene hláfas, 2), underfó hé gærs.'

ge-wǽde

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

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

be-mǽnan

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S. 13, 286. with clause Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 9. Hí bemǽndon sárlíce ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, Hml. S. 25, 213. to feel penitence for Þá þing bemǽnað ł behreówsiað (compungimini), Ps. L. 4, 6.

ceahhetung

Grammar
ceahhetung, ceahhettung.
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Forbeóde gé þá hǽðenan sangas þǽra lǽwedra manna and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 3. and add :--

ealdor-lic

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Ic hálsige þá Crístes þegnas for hiora ealdorlican setle (cf. þæt gé sitton ofer þrymsetl. Lk. 22, 30), Angl. xii. 503, 17. Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14.

Linked entry: aldor-líc

ealneg

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Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hit God wræc on him swá hé ǽr ealneg dyde, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, 4, 7; S. 184, 8. Alneg (ealling, v. l. ), Gr.

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

eges grime

(n.; v.)
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Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.

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-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

ge-redian

(v.)
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Gif þá mon ne mæge eáþe geredian, þonne sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, Lch. ii. 210, 10. to carry out, efect, do Ne see ðú þurh hlytas hfi ii geweoráan scyle . . . ; eáðe gerædað God ðæt hé wile be ðé, ðeáh hé hit iíé ǽr ne secge, Prov.

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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D. l, 18. in grammar, ge-scirpt acute Acutus accentus, þæt ys gescyrpt accent, Angl. viii. 333, 25. (O. L. Ger. Ge-skerpian.)

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.)
Grammar
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.

god-wræc

Grammar
god-wræc, god-wrec.
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Þæt godwræce nefandum, 59, 77. Of ðǽre godwræcan a fanatica, 3, 11. Þa forlegenan and þá godwracan, Nap. 50, 7. [Cf. Icel. guð-rækr wicked.] See next word

Linked entry: -wræc

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.

grund-weall

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Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 19-22. of things Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880