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ge-fleard

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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón hí ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.

hád-bryce

Grammar
hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est aut monachum aut presbyterum aut aliquem ordinatum uerberauerit aut aliquid huiusmodi fecerit). For Swt. A. S.

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3: Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). severely, in a way that is hard to bear Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline

herigendlíce

(adv.)
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Án ðǽra is þes hálga wer þe wé nú tódæg wurðiað, for ðan ðe hé áspende swíðe herigendlíce þæt feoh þe him God befæste, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 9. For last passage substitute

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml.

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
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'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355

mægþ-hád

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Add: virginity as regards man or woman Mægdthád is sé þe wunað on clǽnnysse ǽfre fram cildháde ge wǽpmenn ge wífmenn. Hml. A. 20, 162. Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125.

Linked entry: mægden-hád

ord

Grammar
ord, <b>I a.</b>
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In v. 35 hell is spoken of as a burh, and the burhwaran are the departed in hell, of whom Adam was the progenitor.] Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23

séþung

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Se apostol áýdlode ealle þæs drýes séðunge, and geswutelode ðurh wítegena séðunge þæt Críst is sóð Godes sunu, 412, 29-414, 2: 420, 5. Add

stípel

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. ¶ used figuratively of distinguished work :-- Ic worhte ǽnne stýpel ( the reference is to a conversion effected by the speaker ), and þú cwyðst ꝥ ic sceolde sylf hine tówurpan, Hml. S. 36, 375. Add

swefen

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Add Nú is tó witenne þæt wé ne sceolan cépan ealles tó swýðe be swefnum . . . sume swefna syndon of Gode . . . and sume beóð of deófle . . . þá swefna beóð wynsume þe gewurðaþ of Gode, and þá beóð egefulle ðe of þám deofle cumað, and God sylf forbeád

rýne

(n.)
Grammar
rýne, es; n.

A mystery, mysterious saying

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Rýne ongietan reádan goldes guman galdorcwide gleáwe beþuncan let men understand the mysterious speech of the red gold (a ring which is represented as speaking), wisely consider its charm, Exon. Th. 432, 26; Rä. 49, 6.

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geác

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[The tenth riddle is on the cuckoo.]

on-gitenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gitenness, e ; f.

understanding, knowledge

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Similar entries and-git. ) Ðeós ongitenys (þes ongitenysse, MS. ) mínre untrumnysse ys ðæt of ðisum líchaman sceal beón se gást álǽded the meaning of my illness is, that the spirit shall be taken away from the body, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 22

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on-lǽtan

(v.)

to release, relaxto let a thing go on, to continue

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Gif hý út an æcere wurc habben, ðæs middæges gereord is singallíce tó anlǽtenne (on- MS. T.),, R. Ben. 66, 1

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tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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A frog Sceomiende (the glosser has taken rubeta as connected with rubeo) ða ðió is ácuoeden tosca rubeta illa quae dicitur rana, Rtl. 125, 27. Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?)

Linked entries: toxa tostan

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Mé tó dæg swá wunderlíce is gelumpen, Hml. S. 23, 742. Swá is þissum nú móde gelumpen, Met. 3, 7. (3 a) where the verb is followed by a substantive clause :-- Oft t Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ his fæder gefærþ, 131, 24.

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things, Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3. On anginne in principio, 1; Norm. 2, 26.

Linked entries: an-gyn on-gin

neód-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
neód-líce, adv.

Diligentlysedulouslyzealouslyeagerlyearnestly

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Dá éfste se abbud wið ðæs muneces, and neódlíce ( eagerly, anxiously ) cwæþ : 'Hwǽr is se ðe ðú feredest?' Homl. Th. i. 336, 22 : ii. 26, 5.

Linked entry: nýd-líce

gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
gítsung, e; f.

Covetousnessavaricecupiditydesire

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Se þrydda heáfodleahter is gýtsung the third chief sin is avarice, 218, 21: 592, 6. Hí ongunnan gítsunge begán concupierunt concupiscentias, Ps. Th. 105, 12. Gítsung avaritia, 118, 36: Mk. Skt, 7, 22.

Linked entry: gýtsung