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ge-hwider

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Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd

geóc

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<b>I a.</b> the divine help asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse, Txts. 174, 1. Hú sceal mín cuman gǽst tó geóce, nemne ic Gode sylle hýrsume hige, Gú. 338. Hé geóce fricle, Hpt. 33, 71, 10.

geára

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Take here <b>geára, geáro</b> in Dict. and add Geára oþþe geógára jam Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geára gewunan oððe gewunede obtani 65, 3. Þǽm þa geára ábolgen wæs for manna synnum, Bl. H. 9, 6.

ge-feccan

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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9.

húru-þinga

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, Ll. Th. i. 334, 28

hú-lic

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L. 8, 27. in indirect questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Gecunnia and ásca huulic monn sé, Mt. L. 10, 14 marg. Gif hé wiste húlic wíf ( qualis mulier ) wére, Lk. L. 7, 39.

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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L. 23, 19. Hwílon wacodon menn swá swá gewunelic is ofer án deád líc, Hml. S. 21, 289. of a future event, at some future time Hwílum (æt sumum cyrre, W. S.) gicerred aliquando conuersus Lk. R. L. 22, 32

ofer-gán

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<b>III b.</b> to overreach :-- Nán man ne ofergá ne ne beswíce (supergrediatur neque circumueniat) on mangunge his níhstan, Chrd, 110, 34. Add Ðyses middangeardes ansién ofergǽð praeterit figura hujus mundi, Past. 395, 27.

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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On hálsungum in obsecrationibus, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. On hálsungum precibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 136, 19

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Sceal néde riht wyrcean se ðe ǽr nolde, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 9. Néde oððe lustum héran, Met. 9, 44. Niéde sceoldon gombon gieldan, Cd. Th. 119, l0; Gen. 1977. Similar entries v. next word

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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<b>I b.</b> to thrust out (cf. stingan) :-- Sticode him mon ða eágan út efossis oculis, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 4. <b>I c.</b> intrans. :-- Ðæt mé ongeán sticaþ, Exon. Th. 497, 20; Rä. 87, 3. intrans.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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Gif preóst fulluhtes oððe scriftes forwyrne, L. N. P. L. 8; Th. ii. 292, l.. gewunige gelómlíce tó scrifte; and unforwandodlíce his synna gecýþe, L Eth. v. 22; Th. i. 310, 5. Gá man tó scrifte (ad confessionem), Wulfst. 181, 3.

efne

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Cf. efen, Mé is metegung on módsefan hú ic ǽ þíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio mea est, Ps.

eft

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<b>III a.</b> afterwards, in a later part of a book :-- Eft rehþ infra subdit, An.

ge-reccan

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Th. i. 314, l. Gerehtum digessit (l. digestis. v. Ald. 201, l), Wrt.

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, he ætbryt; p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden, -breden; v. a.

To take awaywithdrawset at libertyto enlargereleaserescuetollereeripere

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To take away, withdraw, set at liberty, to enlarge, release, rescue; tollere, eripere Se deófol ætbryt ðæt word diabolus tollit verbum, Lk. Bos. 8, 12. Ge ætbrudon ðæs ingehýdes cǽge tulistis clavem scientiæ, 11, 52.

Linked entry: æt-broden

cwyrn-stán

(n.)
Grammar
cwyrn-stán, cweorn-stán,es; m.

A mill-stone molaris lapis, mola

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Án cweornstán lapis molaris, Lk. Bos. 17, 2: Mk. Bos. 9, 42

Linked entry: cweorn-stán

fífteóða

(adj.)
Grammar
fífteóða, fíftéða, fíftegða, fýfteogeða; seó, ðæt fífteóðe; adj.

The FIFTEENTHquintus dĕcĭmus

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Ðam fífteóðan geáre anno quinto dĕcĭmo, Lk. Bos. 3, 1. Under ðam fíftéðan dæge Kalendarum Octobris sub die quinta decĭma Kalendas Octobres, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 20. Heó leórde ðý fífteóðan dæge transīvit die quinta décíma, 4, 23; S. 592, 39.

Linked entries: fíftegða fýfteógða

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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the milk-pail, and set not the vessel down on the earth far seven nights, L.

mære

(adj.)

pure

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pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga.