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frioðo-waru

(n.)
Grammar
frioðo-waru, e; f.

Protectiontutela

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Protection; tutela He frioðo-wære bæd hláford sínne he prayed his lord for protection, Beo. Th. 4554; B. 2282

inwit-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
inwit-níþ, es; m.
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Th. 3720; B. 1858 : 3898; B. 1947 : Hy. 3, 46; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 46

Glæstinga-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Glæstinga-burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; Glestinga-byrig, Glasting-byri; f.

GLASTONBURYSomerset

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GLASTONBURY, Somerset He getymbrade ðæt menster æt Glæstingabyrig he built the monastery at Glastonbury, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, note

ge-bregdan

Grammar
ge-bregdan, <b>; V.</b>
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Gebrǽd hine sylfne swylce wǽre sum ælþeódig man peregrinum quempiam esse se simulans, Chrd. 99, 23. Add

twi-híwian

(v.)
Grammar
twi-híwian, p. ode
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To assume two shapes, to dissimulate Oððe nát oððe twyhíwaþ aut ignorat, aut dissimulat, Scint. 44, 8

un-þyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þyldig, adj.

Inspatient

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Inspatient bióþ swá unþyldige ðæt ne magon nán earfoþa geþyldelice áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2

un-heánlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-heánlíce, adv.

Not in an abject mannergallantly

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Not in an abject manner, gallantly unheánlíce hine werede he defended himself gallantly, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 33

Linked entry: heán-líce

or-eald

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wæs wrǽne oð ꝥ wæs oreald usque ad aetatem decrepitam lubricus extilit, Gr. D. 341, 3. Add

word-lár

(n.)
Grammar
word-lár, e; f.
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón . . . ꝥ. . . beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22

be-wealcan

(v.)
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to involve Bútan gehicge ꝥ óþre mid him bewealce nisi alias secum conetur inuoluere , Chrd. 74, 33

Linked entry: wealcan

ge-singian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singian, p. ode; pp. od

To sin;peccāre

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To sin; peccāre We habbaþ swíðe gesingod we have greatly sinned, Hy. 7, 115; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 115

á-tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-tídrian, p. ode

To grow weak

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To grow weak him ꝥ ondréde ꝥ sceolde innan átýddrian ne intus inanesceret, Gr. D. 59, 26

Linked entry: á-týddrian

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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on his hús eode and his swǽsendo ðeah intravit epulaturus domum ejus Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 30. Swá ðæt nǽfre mete onféng ne swǽsendo ðeah ita ut nihil unquam cibi vel potus perciperet 4, 25; S. 599, 29.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Wé gedóð þæt gán ne magon . . . Wé forgifað him nú gang. Hml. Th. ii. 486, 15. mode of walking, walk, gait Eustachius behealdende be heora gewunelican gange gecneów, Hml. S. 30, 234.

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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him weorðe geond woruld wídsíþ sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Ðǽr eów is hám sceapen, Exon. Th. 142, 25; Cri. 649. Wæs sió wróht scepen wið Hugas, Beo. Th. 5819; B. 2913. <b>III a.

ge-féran

(v.)
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Hit næs micel tó geféranne, 26, 3. to gain, attain sige geférde on manegum gefeohtum, Hml.

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Add: to advise, suggest him tó gefeccean hét his witan, him gerǽddon hwæt him be ðám sélost ðúhte, oððe tó dón[n]e wǽre. Lch. iii. 426, 12.

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Ðæt woldan andlyfne niman ðǽr hit findan mihton, 1, 15; S. 483, 39. Se monlíca wunode þǽr hié strang begeat wíte, Cd. Th. 155, 4; Gen. 2567. nǽnne ne mæg gebringan þǽr him gehét, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 4.

Linked entry: þár

for-hraþe

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wearð þá gefullod forhraðe, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 1: Hml. S. 29, 149. Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add

Linked entries: hraþe for-raþe

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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sealde healfne dǽl þám þearfan, and þone healfan dǽl dyde on his hricg, Hml. S. 31, 70; Ll. Th. i. 228, 20. following a substantive Hec sunt prata . . . stocméd healf, C. D. ii. 65, 26.

Linked entry: healf