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ge-settan

(v.)
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Wæs on þǽm scennum þurh rúnstafas geseted (placed on record) hwám þæt sweord geworht wǽre, B. 1696. Hé tó heofenum lócade þyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs, Bl. H. 227, 17. Þá gesǽlþa þe gé oninnon eów habbaþ geset, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 5.

cyld-faru

(n.)
Grammar
cyld-faru, e; f.

A carrying of children parvulōrum subvectio

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A carrying of children; parvulōrum subvectio Ðæt híg nymon wǽnas to hira cyldfare ut tollant plaustra ad subvectiōnem parvulōrum, Gen. 45, 19

Linked entry: cild-faru

un-cynlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynlíc, adj.

Unsuitableimproper

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Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note

drýicge

(n.)
Grammar
drýicge, an; f.
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A sorceress Cwǽdon Rómware ꝥ heó wǽre drýegge, Shrn. 56, 13. Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 43

Linked entry: drýegge

ge-hyhtendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtendlic, adj.
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To be hoped for Paulus cwæð ꝥ se geleáfa wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga spéd est fides sperandarum substantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 13

Linked entry: -hyhtendlic

wód-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
wód-líce, <b>. I.</b>
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Þeáh þe heora hláford wǽre wódlíce hǽðen, 28, 16. Add

tó-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-mearcian, p. ode

To distinguish,describe

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Ðæt eall ymbehwyrft wǽre tómearcod ut describeretur uniuersus orbis. Lk. Skt. 2, 1

Linked entry: tó-mearcodness

staþolfæstness

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Add: physical Þæt for þæs treówes styrenesse wǽre ege æteówed, and for his staþolfæstnysse (stabilitate) bældo, Gr. D. 191, 9.

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Wæs ðære fǽmnan ferþ geblissad the damsel's soul was rejoiced, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 24; Jul. 287: 66 b; Th. 246, 10; Jul. 59: 67 a; Th. 247, 15; Jul. 79.

Linked entry: fémne

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Sum welig man wæs swangor and swǽr, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12. Nis hé swár ne swongor non est tarda Exon. Th. 220, 4; Ph. 315. On swárran ðisum líchoman in gravi isto corpore, Hymn. Surt. 13, 15.

Linked entry: swár

ge-gangan

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II. 3 a) His aldres wæs ende gegongen, B. 822. Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; ) Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9

ge-siht

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Him wæs án on gesyhðe engel, Dan. 273.

hǽlend

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(in Domino Saluatore), Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 666, 8. rendering Jesus His nama wæs Hiesus, þæt is Hǽlend, for ðan ðe hé gehǽlð ealle ðá þe on hine gelýfað, Hml. Th. i. 198, 12. Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sunder, Bl. H. 15, 6, 15, 23.

fyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrstig, adj. [forst frost]

Frostygĕlĭdus

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Frosty; gĕlĭdus Ðæt se winter wǽre ceald and fyrstig that the winter was cold and frosty, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 27

Linked entry: forstig

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary Hé sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3

á-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hleóþrian, p. ode
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Hit áhleóðrode (insonuit ) swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre onstyred, 236, 13

Linked entry: hleóþrian

ge-sáweled

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Add: ge-sáwlod endowed with life Ǽr þám þe hit (utero conceptus) gesáwlod wǽre antequam animatus fuit, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 17

grama

(n.)
Grammar
grama, an; m.
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A fiend Ꝥ heó wǽre gramena mǽge, þeóstra gefǽra, Hml. S. 2, 173. Forligr macað of Godes temple gramena wununge, 16, 279

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Midmiddle

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Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Sunnon upgong æt middan sumere ortum solis solstitialem, 5, 12; S. 627, 35.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Hwylc ðæt medeme gód wæs hwylc ðæt unmedeme quæ sit imperfecti, quæ perfecti boni forma, 35, 1; Fox 134, 4. Medeme fæsten a proper fast, L. E. I. 39; Th. ii. 436, 35. Medeme lác, Blickl. Homl. 37, 32. Ful medomne wæstm, 55, 5.

Linked entry: medeme