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CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Seó clǽneste cwén the most chaste woman, Exon. 11b; Th. 17, 26; Cri. 276

Linked entries: cláne cléne

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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Ðis ic cwéðe æfter forgifenysse nalæs æfter bebode hoc autem dīco sĕcundum indulgentiam, non sĕcundum impĕrium, Bd. 1. 27; S. 495, 45. To forgefenesse gáste mínum for forgiveness to my soul, Ps. C. 50, 37; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 37

fullíce

(adv.)
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Ne magon ðider fullíce becuman ðá stæpas ðæs weorces ðieder ðe hé wilnað quo desiderium innititur, illuc gressus operis efficaciter non sequuntur, Past. 65, 16. completely (as opposed to partially) Cweð man útlaga Rótberd arc̃b̃ fullíce, Chr. 1052; P

ge-férscipe

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(ζ) a retinue, court; comitatus :-- Cóm hé mid þá cwéne . . . hé wæs hyre þéna and hyre húses and hyre geférscypes oferealdormon erat primus ministrorum et princeps domus eius, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 353, 2.

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Cwén mec hwílum hond on legeþ, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 8; Rä. 78, 4.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Forlét se cyng þá hlǽfdian, seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne, 1048; P. 176, 7. Agustinus wæs gehálgod ærcebisceop Augustinus archiepiscopus ordinatus est, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 60, 10. Mid þǽm mannum þe beóþ Críste tó brýdum gehálgode, Bl. H. 61, 15.

ge-rihtlǽcan

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Se cyning wearð gerihtlǽht þurh þǽre cwéne geleáfan, Hml. A. 101, 323. Ðeáh ðe se stunta beó gemynegod, hé ne byð gerihtlǽht ( non emendetur ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 264, 5. Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 15.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

ge-nerian

(v.)
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Seó heofonlice cwén wearð tódæg generod fram ðyssere mánfullan worulde. Hml. Th. i. 446, 16. Of deófles nýdgewalde genered, Cri. 1451. Hé hí gelǽdde of leoðobendum . . . generede fram níðe, An. 1039.

ge-limp

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</b> good fortune, success :-- Wá sceolon ǽigðer ge on gelimpe ge on ungelimpe cweðan : 'Ic herige mínne Drihten,' Hml. Th. i. 252, 12 : Hml. S. 16, 251.

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Þá ongunnon ðá deóflu grimetian and cweðan, 494, 18. Ꝥ folc tealde ꝥ tó drýcræfte grymetende mid gehlýde, Hml. S. 7, 242. of animals Leó þonne hé grymetað (leó grymetende. Ps. L. 21, 14) leo rugiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11.

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis, Jn. Skt.

á-blinnan

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S. 30, 39. with a clause Ne áblinnan wé ðæt wé Gode cwémon, Bl. H. 47, 10. with a prep. On ðám seofoðan dæge áblan Drihten fram ǽlcum weorce, Wlfst. 210, 25. Monige men nellaþ áblinnan from heora unrihtum gestreónum, Bl.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325. Tile and yfle the good and the evil (at the day of judgment), Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Þá andswarode se biscop: ' Gá and cweð tó ðǽre eá: "Geblin ðú þyses flódes,"' Gr. D. 193, 19. Flódes cataclismi, i. diluuii, An. Ox. 2477. Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód, Mt. 7, 25.

ge-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bétan, he -béteþ, pl. -bétaþ; p. bétte, pl. bétton; pp. -béted, -bétt; v. trans, [ge-, bétan to amend] .

to make betterimprovemendamendrepairemendārerepărāreto make strongfortifysurround with a wallconfirmāremunīremūrāreto make amendsreparation'bót' forrepentto obtain a remedy againstto get 'bót' fromavenge

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Lind. 10, 13. to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that, Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37.

Linked entries: ge-bétt ge-bótad

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329. anything done by stealth Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden, furtum laudabile, hergendlíco stalo, Shrn.

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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Hwá is swá wód, ðæt hé dyrre cweðan, ðæt God ne sé ǽce, Shrn. 176, 32. Ne syut ná ðiswódes mannes word, Jn. Skt. 10, 21. Wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 22 ; Dan. 628.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Ne cweðo ic iów ðrǽlas (ðrǽllas, Lind.), for ðon ðrǽl (ðrǽll, Lind.) nát hwæt wyrceð hláford his, 15, 15. Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Wé sceolon ǽgðer ge on gelimpe ge on ungelimpe cweðan: 'Ic herige mínne Drihten on ǽlcne tíman, Homl. Th. i. 252, 13: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 251. Ic andette míne scylda and seófige mín ungelimp, Ps. Th. 21, 2: Homl. Th. i. 584, 5.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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Cweðe his andetnessa tó his scrifte, and ðus cweðe: Ic andette Ælmihtigum Gode and mínum scrifte ðam gástlícan lǽce ealle synna, L. de Cf. 6 ; Th. ii. 262, 18-21 : Blickl. Homl. 43, 20.