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bótettan

(v.)
Grammar
bótettan, p. te

To repair

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To repair Wé magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif wé willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan (cf. bétan, 239, 9), Wlfst. 303, 8. Bytlian, bótettan (printed bote atan), týnan to build, repair, fence, Angl. ix. 261, 10

eges-ful

Grammar
eges-ful, ege-ful. l. eges-ful, omit the instances of ege-ful,
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Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43. Egesfulra terribilium, Ps. L. 144, 6

eorþ-geberst

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-geberst, -gebyrst, es; n.

land-slip

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Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]

Linked entry: ge-berst

geolstrig

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Substitute: poisonous Mánfulra ǽttrig ł geolstri wyrta sæp dirorum uirulentus, i. uenenatus graminum suc(c)us, An. Ox. 1849. full of corrupt matter, purulent Geolstri purulentus, An. Ox. 2, 403. Mid geolstrigum wundum purulentis uulneribus, 5361.

ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

full-cúþ

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Cf. seld-cúþ Hé him ealdor gesette ús eallum fulcúðne, Brihtnóð geháten, Cht. Th. 242, 3. Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

ir-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ir-ness, e ; f.
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Anger Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten þurh eornessetó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ, 61. H. 123, 8, 11. Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201

Linked entry: eorness

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

wæstm-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-leás, adj.

Without fruit(lit. or fig.)

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Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]

ge-sund-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund-ful, -full; adj.

Full or quite soundprosperoussuccessfulprospĕrus

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Full or quite sound, prosperous, successful; prospĕrus Gesundfull síþfæt dó us, God prospĕrum ĭter făciet nōbis Deus, Ps. Spl. 67, 21. His swíðre hand is gesundfull óþ ðis his right hand is sound to this day, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 85

áre

(n.)
Grammar
áre, an; f.

Honourhonestyfavourbenefitpitymercyhonorhonestasgratiabeneficiummisericordia

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Us is ðínra árna þearf to us is need of thy mercies, Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 19; Cri. 255. Árna gemyndig mindful of benefits, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 22; Gen. 2163: Beo. Th. 2379; B. 1187.

Linked entries: árena árna

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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Hú luflíce hé ús gesóht hider on middangeard with how great love he visited us here en earth, 129, 11: Wulfst. 204, 16. Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19

wiþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl.-scufon; pp. -scofen

To push backawayrepeldrive awayrefuterepellereexpellerepraecipitare

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Ús drífaþ ða ællreordan tó sǽ, wiþscúfeþ (repellit) ús seó sǽ tó ðám ællreordum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 44. Hé oft stormas wiþsceáf (repellere consueverat), 2, 7; S. 509, 33. Gif hwylc monn his ágen wíf wiþscúfe (expulerit), 4, 5; S. 573, 17.

cwalu

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Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32. Dón tó cwale to put to death, Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu. Add

cynd

(n.)
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Cniht weóx and þág, swá him cynde wǽron æðele from yldrum ( he inherited noble natural qualities from his parents ), Gen. 2771. v. módor-cynd. a kind; genus Sægdon ús þá bígengean þæt wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missen[l]ice cynd nǽdrena and hrifra

mylen-gear

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-gear, es; m.
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D. yair) Þæs hagan gemǽre æt Wintanceastre líð úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone ealdan mylengear; þæt þǽr andlanges þæs ealdan myle[

Linked entries: gear myliær

pyll

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Andlang streámes tó holan pylle ; of holan pylle úp andlang díc tó Brycgwege (later versions of this are: Along the stremys to the holw pylle, fro the holw pylle up a long the dyche to Brycwege: A longo illorum decursuum ad illum concavum puteum; ab illo

gást-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gást-gedál, gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and bodydeathanĭmæ et corpŏris divortiummors

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Separation of soul and body, death; anĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ðá he ðas woruld þurh gástgedál ofgyfan sceolde when he must give up this world through death, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 33; Gen. 1127 : Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 32; Gú. 834

Linked entry: gǽst-gedál

be-weardian

(v.)
Grammar
be-weardian, -weardigan; part. -weardigende; p. ode; pp. od

To ward, protect, keepcustodireprotegere, observare

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To ward, protect, keep; custodire; protegere, observare Ðú, Drihten, beweardast us tu, Domine, custodies nos, Ps. Spl. 11, 8. Hálige englas ða dǽda beweardiaþ holy angels protect the deeds, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 31. Beweardigende observantes, Ps.

under-hebban

(v.)

acciperesustolleresublevare

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Ðæt sié underhefen sublevari, Rtl. 80, 1