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ge-búgan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body Hé hine on cirican gebidde, and tó Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Godes is ðæt yrfe ðe wé big leofiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 18. Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ, 61, 13. On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ, 59, 25. Gif wé ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ, 35, 25. Ða hwíle ðe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded, fáconleás feh, Jn. p. 188, 5. Deórwyrþe feoh opes, Bt. 20; F. 72, 23.

wunian

(v.)
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wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Hí nǽron ǽfre wunigende, ac God hí gesceóp, 276, 15. God is þurh hine sylfne wunigende, ii. 236, 18. where there is permanence, continuity, to remain, last, continue, endure Ðú wunast tu permanebis, Ps. Th. 101, 23.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

flet-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
flet-gesteald, flett-gesteald, es; n.

Dwelling-placehousehold goodshăbĭtātiodŏmestĭcæ ŏpes

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Dwelling-place, household goods; hăbĭtātio, dŏmestĭcæ ŏpes Lamech onféng fletgestealdum Lamech succeeded to the dwelling-places, Cd. 52; Th. 65, 31; Gen. 1074

Linked entry: flett-gesteald

þǽr-néhst

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-néhst, adv.
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Next to that Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, and þǽrnéhst þæs cynges, L. Eth. vii. 1; Th. i. 330, 3

weorold-leán

(n.)
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weorold-leán, es; n.
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Worldly reward Ða ðe Godes þances hwylcne cuman underfón, ne wilnigen hig ðǽr nánra woruldleána, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 13

Linked entry: leán

micga

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Hí beguton hine ealne mid ealdum miggan. . . se migga þurh Godes mihte wearð tó swétum stence áwend, Hml. S. 35, 153-157. Add

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
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Wé witon ꝥ ðú eart unleaslíce Godes freónd, 1024. Add

beard-leás

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Du Cange, buteo = juvenis; and see glossary in Hpt. 31, 16, 446, probum buteonem gódne geongan

wacollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wacollíce, adv.

Watchfullyvigilantly

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Watchfully, vigilantly Hé (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and hé wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15

or-trýwan

(v.)

to despair of

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to despair of Ne ortrywan hig Godes mildheortnysse ne desperent illi de misericordia Dei, L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 7

ufan

(adv.)
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ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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from above, down, where motion is expressed or implied God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas Dominus misit super eos lapides magnos de coelo, Jos. 10, 11: Blickl. Homl. 51, 12. Him feóll ufan flǽsc pluit super eos carnes, Ps. Th. 77, 27.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

(prep.)
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tó, prep. adv.
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Hié him ðæt goldgode noldon. Cd. Th. 228, 5; Dan. 197. Hé is tó freónde gód he is good as a friend, Exon. Th. 248, 28 ; Jul. 102. Ic genam hig tó wífe. Gen. 20, 12 : Bt. 8 ; Fox 24, 24. Hí him tó gewunon náman, ðæt. . . Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 7.

Linked entry: -anne

ge-cígan

(v.)
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Bið geceid sunu Godes, Lk. L. 1, 35. Gecéd, Lk. p. 5, l. Wé beóð Godes hús gecígede, Hml. Th. ii. 582, 15. Gecégede, Bl. H. 47, 5. to call by a name Geceigde hine noma fadores his uocant eum nomine patris eius, Lk. L. 1, 59.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Hafa þé wunden gold, Gen. 2128. Hwæt gódes dó ic ꝥ ic éce líf hæbbe?, Mt. 19, 16. Hæbbe hé him ꝥ deáde (cf. þæt þǽr deád byð, byð his ( ipsius erif ), Ex. 21, 34), Ll. Th. i. 50, 8, 13 : 436, 13.

torht

(adj.)
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torht, adj. [The word with its derivatives is almost confined to poetry. It is, however, found not unfrequently as one of the components in proper names. v. Txts. 576: cf. beorht in the same class of words. See, also, torhtness.]
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Abraham wordum God torhtum cígde, Cd. Th. 108, 16; Gen. 1807. Noldan hí ða torhtan tácen ( Christ's miracles ) oncnáwan, Exon. Th. 40, 21; Cri. 642. Torhte frætwe, 211, 20; Ph. 200.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Th. 173, 7. a fugitive from ecclesiastical law: Be Godes flýman. Gif hwá Godes flýman (flíman, v.l. Dei fugitiuum, Lat. version) hæbbe on unriht, ágife hine tó rihte, 410, 15. flíman feorm harbouring an outlaw.

Linked entry: flýma

a-gímeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
a-gímeleásian, -giémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od

To neglectdespisenegligere

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C. agímeleása] ðú Godes swingan noli negligere disciplinam Domini, Past. 36,4; Hat. MS. 47 b, 3

manetian

(v.)

to admonishreprove

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to admonish, reprove Gé monetigaþ Godes éce bearn (cf. vv. 1331 sqq. for the speech of the ealdorsacerd). Andr. Kmbl. 1492; An. 747. (?)