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ǽ-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bryce, (ǽw-bryce, q. v. in Dict.)

Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy

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Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy :-- Ðá ðe on sinscipe wuniað and heora ǽwe healdað búton ǽwbryce, Hml. A. 21, 178. Ðá ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceað, 19, 140. Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, is forlír ðurh his ǽwbryce, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17.

Linked entry: ǽ-breca

hand-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gewinn, es; n.

Labour of the hands, struggle, strife, fighting

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sceal fore hǽðenra handgewinne gást onsendan he shall because of the heathens' warfare give up the ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 372; An.186

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád him, ðæt geara wiste, ðæt hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Voc. ii. 144, 77. of living creatures Hié (the hippopotamuses) þá men mid heora múðe sliton and hié ealle fornámon (assumpserunt), Nar. 11, 5. (Herod) mid wyrmum fornumen gewát of lífe consumptus a vermibus exspiravit (Acts 12, 23), Hml.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

ge-healdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdsum, adj.

Keepingsparingfrugalparcus

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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9

Linked entry: healdsum

þǽr-bufan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-bufan, adv.
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Besides, over and above that cwæð : 'Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt sié tǽlleás.' Ðǽrbufan (v. 1 Tim. 3, 2 sqq. for the additional remarks referred to ) is geteald hwelc beón sceal, gif untǽlwierðe biþ, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10

Linked entry: bufan

rídan

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sceal rídan (equitare), Ll. Th. i. 432, 14. héht his geneát rídan mid ceastersétna preóste, C. D. v. 140, 31. Mid rídendum cum equestri (turma), An.

wunung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wunung-stów, e ; f.
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Dwelling-place, habitation him bebeád ꝥ fram hire gewite, and ꝥ náne wunungstówe (locum) næfde on Godes þeówene, Gr. D. 31, 19

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Ðá cwæþ : Teóh eft ðíne hand on ðínne bósum. Ðá teáh hig ongeán, Ex. 4, 6-7

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

óþ-swígan

(v.)
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to stop speaking, become silent spræc tó his liornæra sumum, and ðá fǽringa óþswígde suǽ hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24

tíþe

Grammar
tíþe, better tygþe, týþe (the form in the Pastoral Care has y).
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Efne swá his bæd, swá wæs týðe (þǽrrihte hit beget, v.l.) ita dum peteret impetravit, Gr. D. 79, 33. Add

gǽþ

(v.)
Grammar
gǽþ, 3rd pers. pres. of gán.

goes

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goes He gǽþ he goes, Beo. Th. 4075; B. 2034;

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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hine hét ðæt ne tweóde, ac ðæt wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 7. Ðá ðæt folc ongan tweógan on heora heortan, Blickl. Homl. 143, 8. Tó tweónne nutabundum, Hpt. Gl. 459, 5. Tuígendi anceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 40. Tweógende, 7, 2.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

styrian

(v.)
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</b> of non-material objects Swá styrigende is seó sáwul ꝥ heó furðon on slǽpe ne gestylþ, Hml.

þán

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Seó sáwel onféhð þán and wǽt bufan ... and heó onféhð þánum and wǽtum beneoðan, 246, 10-12

fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
fnæd, es; pl. nom. acc. fnadu, fnado; gen. fnada; dat. fnadum; n.

A hemedgefringefimbria

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A hem, edge, fringe; fimbria Fnæd fimbria, Wrt. Voc. 81, 66. Án wíf æt-hrán hys reáfes fnæd mŭlier tĕtĭgit fimbriam vestīmenti ejus, Mt. Bos. 9, 20: Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 6, MS. B: Ps. Th. 132, 3.

Linked entry: ge-fnæd

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clearplaina manifestationdeclaration

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Hér is siú geswitelung ðære gerǽdnisse ðe ðiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ here is the declaration of the ordinance that this society has decided upon, Th. Chart. 610, 27

Linked entry: sweotolung

ge-efenlǽcung

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Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his geefenlǽcunge ( according to whom he imitates ); gif geeuenlǽcð Gode on gódum weorcum bið Godes bearn gecíged; gif geeuenlǽcð deófle ... bíð deófles bearn, Hml.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Nó won æfter worulde, ac in wuldre áhóf módes wynne, Exon. Th. 126, 12; Gú. 370. Ðá wann (laboravit) swýþe, ðæt his geféran geheólde, ðæt hí ne ásprungan fram heora geleáfan, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5.

Linked entry: on-winnende

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Folgere gebyreð ꝥ on twelf mónðum . æceras geearnige (habeat) . . . gyf máre geearnian mæig (deservit) him bið sylfum fremu. Ll. Th. i. 438, 4-7. Þ wé þurh ꝥ gegearnian úra synna forlǽt-nesse. Bl. H. 35, 36.