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treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa? quid est culpam flere nisi humilitatem Deo suae devotionis ostendere ?, Past. 421, 30.

á-hebban

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Ǽlc man sceal his gódan dǽda áhebban, gif hé sceal gód and medeme weorþan, Bl.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Hé fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg. Hé fægnode his tócymes, Hml. S. 18, 77: 26, 60. Ic lǽre ꝥ ðú fægenige óþerra manna gódes, Bt. 30, 1; F. 108, 30.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe to be a bishop, L.

Linked entry: ciorl

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

Linked entry: hræde

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.
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truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity On worulda woruld wunaþ ðín sóðfæstnes thy faithfulness is unto all generations (A. V.), Ps. Th. 118, 90: 56, 12. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode.

elcor

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Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ( timere magis quam discutere debemus ), Gr.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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Godes word is úre wiðerwinna ... wé sceolon geðwǽrlǽcan wið ꝥ word, Hml.

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

ge-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]

Pleasantpleasinggratefulacceptablefitjŏcundusgrātusplăcĭtuscomplăcĭtusacceptus

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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit; jŏcundus, grātus, plăcĭtus, complăcĭtus, acceptus Noe wæs Gode gecwéme and gife ætfóran him gemétte Noe invēnit grātiam coram Domĭno, Gen. 6, 8.

side-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
side-ful, [<b>side-full</b>] ; adj.
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of good behaviour or manners, honest, modest, virtuous, sober Sideful pudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 33. Se árfæst snoter eádmod sidefull séfre clǽne wæs qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus, sobrius, castus fuit, Hymn. Surt. 137, 1.

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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Ic ðé forgife gyldenne swurbeáh thou shall have a chain of gold about thy neck (A. V.), Homl. Th. ii. 436, 4, 16. Swurbeágas crepundia (cf. crepundium, i. monile gutturis myne, crepundia frætwunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 68-70), Ælfc.

wáce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáce, adv.
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Wé rihte getrýwða healdaþ tó wáce we are too remiss in keeping good faith, Wulfst. 91, 17. Hí míne heorde wáce begímdon, 190, 21. Ic wáccor hýrde Dryhtne ðonne mín rǽd wǽre, Exon. Th. 453, 18; Hy. 4, 16.

á-tellan

to countnumbercomputeto enumerateto tellrelaterecountto reckonrepute

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Ne wéne ic þæt ǽnig wǽre þe þæt átellan mehte, þæt on ðám gefeohte gefeóll, 3, II; S. 150, 24. to enumerate Hé áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde quod bene gessit enumerat, Past. 463, 12.

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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II. in high esteem, as of great value :-- Þí hé elcað ðæt we sceolon deórwyrðlíce healdan Godes gife. Swá hwæt swá man eáðelíce begyt, þæt ne bið ná swá deórwyrðe swá þæt þæt earfoðlíce bið begyten, Hml. Th. i. 248, 28.

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Gode mid geornfulnysse and éstfulnysse þénian, LI. Th. ii. 360, 31. luxury, lasciviousness.

frécednes

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On heora frécednyssum and on earfoðnyssum hí wǽron getrýwe Gode, Hml. A. 109, 222. Frǽcednyssum, Hml. Th. i. 354, 7. Add

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13. Hé micclum wearð geangsumod, and for his mágum swíðor þonne for him sylfum, Hml. A. 97, 168.

forþ-genge

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Hé mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde, Hml.

ofer-stígan

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Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh (got over ) in ðone wyrttún, Gr. D. 24, 8. Dó ealu ꝥ þá wyrta oferstíge ( rise above ), Lch. ii. 104, 17.

deágan

(v.)
Grammar
deágan, ic deáge, ðú deágest, deágst, dýhst, he deágeþ, deágþ, dýgþ, dýhþ, pl. deágaþ; p. deóg, pl. deógon; pp. deágen

To dye, colour tingĕre

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To dye, colour; tingĕre Heoro-dreóre deáþfǽge deóg the death-doomed dyed it with fatal gore, Beo. Th. 1704; B. 850