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cwén

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Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén

ge-wemmedness

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Hé búton ǽlcere gewemmednysse wuldrað mid Gode ... him nán þing wiðinnan ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 552, 24. moral, corruption, pollution, impurity Gewemednysse corruptionis (humanae spurcitiis carens ), An. Ox. 3712.

segl

(n.)
Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es ; m. n.
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Hæfde God sunnan síðfæt swegle ofertolden, swá ða mæstrápas men ne cúðon, ne ða seglróde geseón meahton, 182, 26 ; Exod. 81. Fyrd geseah, hú ðǽr hlifedon hálige seglas, 183, 10 ; Exod. 89. a veil, curtain Ðæs temples segl, Exon.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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On ðam seofoðan dæge God geendode his weorc and seó wucu wæs ðá ágán, Lchdm. iii. 234, 16 : Anglia viii. 310, 23. Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3.

hálgian

(v.)
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L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre, Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197

medume

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Se God hæfð ealle creftas on hym gesunde and ful medeme, Solil. H. 52, 14

glædnes

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Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml. A. 35, 272. Þá Godes þegnas mid glædnysse efston, ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge for Críste, Hml.

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Hét hine ðære sweartan helle grundes gýman, nalles wið God winnan, 22, 26; Gen. 346. Nallæs, Soul Kmbl. 206; Seel. Verc. 104. Hwæðere him on ferhþe greów breósthord blódreów, nallas beágas geaf, Beo. Th. 3443; B. 1719: 3503; B. 1749.

Linked entry: nalas

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Talige hé hine sylfne wið God forworhtne, Wulfst. 155, 11. Hwæðer ðæt sié tó talianne wáclíc, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16. Gé beóþ mé talade and rímde on bearna stæl, Exon.

beón

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Lucius bæd hine crístenne beón (christianum se fieri), Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 4. oblique case of noun ꝥ hí ne mihtan him sylfum nǽnige góde beón, Bl. H. 45, 16: Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18. gerundial infin.

freó

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Ic wolde beón þí freóra Gode tó þáwianne, Solil. H. 36, 11. free from work, disengaged Hié wilniað ðæt hié beón freó and ǽmetige ... and noldon beón ábisgode on eorðlicum ðingum, Pasf. 135, 25.

ge-séman

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Wé beóð ætforan Gode gesémde before God shall the case between us be decided, Hml. Th. ii. 338, I : Bl.

hál

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Add: whole, not divided Gif hit tódǽled biþ, þonne ne biþ hit nó hál, Bt. 34, 12 ; F. 152, 28. with no part wanting: — Befeste þé hálne Gode Deo te totum committe, Solil.

ge-trýwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-trýwe, def. se -trýwa; adj.

TRUEfaithfulfīdusfĭdēlis

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TRUE, faithful; fīdus, fĭdēlis Beó blíðe, ðú góda þeów and getrýwa; forðamðe ðú wǽre getrýwe ofer lytle þing, ic gesette ðé ofer mycle euge, serve bŏne et fĭdēlis; quia sŭper pauca fuisti fĭdēlis, sŭper multa te constĭtuam, Mt.

á-sceádan

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Gode þancie hé ꝥte hé hine from nýtenum áscéd, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 8. to make distinct, clear Ásceádan is declaratur, Jn. p. 8, 1

Linked entry: sceádan

for-ildan

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Ꝥ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. dat.

Linked entry: for-yldan

ge-risenlic

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Add: meet, fitting, proper as a matter of duty Ꝥ þes móte beón eall swá rihta wyrðe, ꝥ inc byð bám þearflic for Gode and eác gerysenlic for worolde, Cht. E. 232, 23.

ge-cwéman

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Þá þe Gode hýrdan and mid rihte gecwémdon, Ll. Lbm. 472, 13. Se man þám óðrum riht gedó, gecwime (= -cwéme? or = -cume ?)

útan-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-cumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Come from withoutfrom another landforeignalienstrangebelonging to another

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Þurh útancymen[r]a goda naman per nomen externorum deorum, Ex. 23, 13. Útancumene and elþeódige ne geswenc ðú, L. Alf. 33; Th. i. 52, 14. belonging to another Gif útancymene (alienus) oxa óðres oxan gewundaþ, Ex. 21, 35

Linked entries: út-ácumen út-cymen

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55

Linked entry: ǽdre