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wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Hé wundrade (mirificavit) ealle willan míne, Ps. Spl. 15, 2

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ge-mána

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God hine áwende of ealra crístenra gemánan, C.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Ealle Asiam hié geniéddon ꝥ hié him gafol guldon perdomitam Asiam vectigalem fecere, 1, 10; S. 44, 18. Ealle þá burgware ne mehton hiene ǽnne geniéddan ꝥ hé him an hand gán wolde, 3, 9; S. 134, 17.

BEORHT

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

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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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 outexpire

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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.

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 . . .

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean.In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan búton westannorðan Italia habet ab Africo Tyrrhenum mare, a borea Adriaticum sinum 22, 18. Be súðan Narbonense is se Wendelsæ (mare Gallicum) 22, 29, 20.

ǽne

a first time once, at any time once, at some former time at once

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Ðanne samod becumað eall engla werod . . . ǽne bið geban micel, Dóm. L. 128

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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Héde seðe scire healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý videat qui scyrum tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 32.

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

ÁDL

(n.)
Grammar
ÁDL, ádel; g. ádle, f: ádle, an; f.

A diseasepaina languishing sicknessconsumptionmorbuslanguor

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He ðíne ádle ealle gehǽlde sanavit omnes languores tuos, Ps. Th. 102, 3. Ðæt ádla hí gehǽldon ut languores curarent, Lk. Bos. 9, 1. Hú manega ádla how many diseases? Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 29: Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6. Laman legeres ádl the palsy

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gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payertributarydebtortrĭbūti reddĭtordēbĭtora rent-payera renter of land as opposed to the ownerqui censum annum penditconductor

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Beón hig ealle gesunde and þeówion ðé and beón ðíne gafolgildan cunctus pŏpŭlus salvābĭtur et serviet tĭbi sub trĭbūto, Deut. 20, 11. Twegen gafolgyldan wǽron sumum lǽnende duo dēbĭtōres ĕrant cuidam fænĕrātōri, Lk.

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde annos æternos in mente hăbui, Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36. Þreó and þritig geára three and thirty years, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 16; Sat. 503. Geárum fród old in years, l09; Th. 143, 19; Gen. 2381.

Linked entries: gǽr gér

earfoþnes

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium

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Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune; diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium God ealle þing gediht búton earfoþnysse God regulates all things without difficulty, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 5; Lchdm. iii

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leahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
leahtrian, p. ode.

impeachaccuseblamerevilereproachto corruptvitiate

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Hý wǽran ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽþdon loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7. Ðæt hié ðás tída leahtrien, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 31.

stalian

(v.)
Grammar
stalian, p. ode
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Gif hé stalie (stalige) on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14-17: 22; Th. i. 116, 9-10. Be þeófum. Gif þeóf ofer ðæt stalige, L.

Linked entry: stal-gang

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

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Gyf hwylc man sý ðe eallum folce ungetrýwe sý, 33; Th. i. 396, 13. Ungetrýwan (-getreówan, MS. B.) men ceóse man ánfealdne áð, 22; Th. i. 388, 11. Hit is ungeleáful cynren and ungetreówe bearn generatio perversa est et infideles filii, Deut. 32, 20.

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious. Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15.

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