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mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause

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Hé sette ealle ða litsmen of mále, 1050; Erl. 176, 13. Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte made as hard terms as ever he could, 1086; Erl. 220, 8

ge-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremman, p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit

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Hine mihtig God ofer ealle men forþ gefremede him mighty God advanced above all men, Beo. Th. 3440; B. 1718. Ðæt hire mægen on untrumnesse gefremed and getry- med wǽre ut virtus ejus in infirmitate perficeretur, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16.

sundor-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
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-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details

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Ðæt gér, ðe man hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde

Linked entry: smúgan

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ very wakeful ⬩ quite sleepless

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Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable

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Ðá geseah hé ealle ða cytan mid heofonlíce leóhte gefylde.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

á-lútan

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Hí ealle tó him áluton, Guth. 16, 9. Hé nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane, Hml. A. 97, 194. Hí ealleálotene beóð tó þǽre eorðan weard, Hml. S. 1, 55. Forþ álotene cernui, Hy.

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Wǽron ealle þæs fægen þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 435

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.
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Add: with skill Hé is gleáwest úre gelǽred, and hé mæg þé ealle þá þinc gecýþan þe þú ús ácsost he is the best instructed of us, and he can tell you all the things you ask us, H.

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig ( the earth ) yrnaþ. Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 254, 23. On stemne wæterǽdrena (-édrana, Ps. Lamb.cataractorum )ðínra, Ps.

Linked entry: ǽdre

friþian

(v.)

to protect ⬩ to protect ⬩ maintain the sanctity ⬩ to protect an operation ⬩ keep from unfavourable conditions ⬩ to grant immunity to a criminal ⬩ to give asylum to

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Lch. iii. 438, 3. to protect, maintain the sanctity of a day Þone heaan dæg ( Sunday ) healdað and friðiað ealle þá ðe cunnon crístene þeáwas, Dóm.

ge-drincan

(v.)

to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst ⬩ to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure ⬩ to imbibe a liquid ⬩ to swallow the contents of a vessel ⬩ to absorb

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., ne druncen gedrince (get drunk), Lch. ii. 330, 8. trans. to imbibe a liquid Hé þone unlybban ealne gedranc. Hml. Th. i. 72, 25.

áþ

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Þá witan gerehton Eádgife þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian be swá miclan feó, and beo þæs áð lǽdde on ealre ðeóde gewitnesse, and geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes be .xxx. punda áðe, 202, 1-6.

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus

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BRIGHT, light, clear, lucid, splendid, excellent; splendidus, lucidus, coruscus, clarus, formosus Eall ðín líchama biþ beorht totum corpus tuum lucidum erit Mt. Bos. 6, 22.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Eall ða weoruldgód hé gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. Hé hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30. Se óðer rǽhte forþ ( protulit ) his hand, Gen. 38, 28. Heó rǽhte hire handahim tó, Th.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.

stenc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
stenc, es; m.
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Eall forwearð for ðæm stence, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 226, 13. Stænce, 2, 6; Swt. 90, 1. Se líchoma on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred, Blickl. Homl. 59, 12. Micgan stencgum urinae foetoribus, Hpt. Gl. 483, 3. Stencum, 516, 32; Homl.

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run out ⬩ expire

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Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13.

ge-sceádwísness

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Ðá men habbaþ eall ꝥ wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon, and eác tó eácon ðǽm micle gife gesceádwísnesse, 41, 5 ; F. 252, 29: 18, 4 ; F. 66, 24.

Linked entry: sceádwísness

nese

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Add: saying no to a question 'Hwæþer ðín woruld eall wǽre æfter ðínum willan.' Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .