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ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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To reconcile, unite Hé wolde mancynn gesibbian and geðwǽrlǽcan tó þám heofenlicum werode, swá swá Paulus cwæð: 'Ipse est pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum,' Hml.

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tó-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lísan, p. de

To unloose,undo,dissolvesolvere,dissolvere,exsolvereresolvereto undo that which is boundrelease from a bond,to release from captivity, difficulty,to do away with tension,relax,relieveto put an end to the connection between,to separateto dissolve,put an end to,dissipate,to dissolve,relax,destroy the force of,weakento desolate,destroy,to undo a bondto discharge an obligation,to payto break a connection

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Th. 64, 25; Cri. 1043. to discharge an obligation, to pay Ic tólýsde ł ágeald exolvebam, Ps. Spl. 68, 6. to break a connection Seó geþeódnes ðæs heáfdes tóbrocen and tólýsed wæs ut capitis junctura solveretur, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 25.

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lust

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Hé ofdrysce ðá lustas his unðeáwa, Past. 85, 12. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde forseón, Cri. 756. IV. sexual appetite or desire :-- Ðá ðe ofðryscai ðá styringe ðæs flǽsclican lustes, Past. 409, 2.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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MSS.), Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 16. Of þisson forð áwa tó worulde ex hoc nunc et usque in seculum, Ps. Th. 120, 7. Ðyssum, 130, 5. Ðyssan, 113, 25. Óð ðiss (ðis, Cott. MSS.) hitherto, Past. 23; Swt. 173, 14. Þis, Homl.

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lecgan

(v.)
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Ðǽr mon ðone grundweall on lecgge, Past. 308, 4. Þá hét hé hí bindan and on balcan lecgan, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 54, 3. to fix as a covering Ꝥ nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, Ll.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Faran gind lond swá swá lǽce æfter untrumra monna húsum, Past. 59, 23. Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; P. 74, 29. Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda, 894; P. 84, 27.

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVEpermissionlicense

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Lóciaþ ðæt ðiós eówru leáf ne weorðe óðrum monnum tó biswice videte, ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis, Past. 59, 6; Swt. 451, 32. Gif him líf seald wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8, note.

for-wiernan

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asina angelum videt, Past. 255, 25.

geó

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Ðára wiotona ðe giú wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 5, 19. Iú (gió, v. l. ), 3, 3. Iú (ió, v. l. ), 216, 24. Iú, fyrn olim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 75. Ic wæs iú in heofnum hálig ængel, Sat. 81: Seel. 61.

ge-sceádwís

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Gescédwíse (-sceád-, v.l.) menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe tó nytwyrðlicre ðearfe, Past. 281, II. Se engel hine cýdde þám gesceádwísum Iudéiscum ðe Godes ǽcúðon, Hml.

gífer-nes

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Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe for giéfernesse ofergemet per immoderatum usum dum manus ad cibum tenditur Past. 313, 14.

hreám

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</b> where the voice is raised under the influence of strong emotion (pain, terror, anger, &amp;c.), a cry of pain, &amp;c. :-- Mid Dryhten dreám, mid deóflum hreám, Cri. 594.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Ðæt ðætte hine ne onhagode útane forð tó brenganne mid weorcum, innane hé hit geðafode etsi rerum tarditas foras peccatum distulit, intus hoc consensionis opere voluntas implevit, Past. 417. 17.

sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sowto sowimplant

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Áworpen man on ǽlce tíd sáweþ wróhte homo apostata omni tempore jurgia seminat, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 357, 22. Se ealda inwit sáweþ, Fragm. Kmbl. 67; Leás. 35.

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gást-lic

Grammar
gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, spiritualspiritualspiritualdivine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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Ðá gǽsðlecan (gástlican, v. l.) bebodu spiritalia praecepta Past. 29, 21

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Sume ða ýða hé hecerþ mid ðý scipe sume hit oferstígþ some of the waves the steersman avoids with the ship, some it surmounts, Past. 56, 3; Swt. 433, 3.

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Th. 357, 17 ; Pa. 30. Him ( the phenix ) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn, 221, 4 ; Ph. 329. Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000 ; An. 500 : Rood Kmbl. 8 ; Kr. 4

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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S. 30, 300, Hí lágon úte on fyrdinge ongeán þone here, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 16. figurative: concurrentes gehwyrfað mid sóðre fyrdunge, ꝥ ys mid fullum gesceáde, Angl. viii. 302, 30. an expedition: Se cásere his fyrdinge geendode. Hml. S. 28, 118.

Domuc

(n.)
Grammar
Domuc, e; f? Dommoc-ceaster; gen. -ceastre; f.

Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma

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bisceoplícum gerece fóre wæs, ðǽr he on sibbe his líf ge-endode Felix episcŏpus, qui de Burgundiōrum partĭbus venit, accēpit sedem episcopātus in civitāte Domnoc, et cum decem ac septem annos eidem provinciæ pontificāli regimĭne præesset, ibīdem in pace

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eglian

(v.)
Grammar
eglian, eglan, elan; hit egleþ, eleþ; p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad; v. trans.

chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL molestāre, dŏlēre

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To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ; molestāre, dŏlēre Ðæt he us eglan móste that he could trouble us, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185. Me egleþ [eleþ, MS. H.] swýðe it grieves me much, L. Edm. S. procem; Th. i. 246, 22.

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