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of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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Gif his sunu and sunu-sunu swá micel landes habban, siððan biþ se ofsprinc (cf. hiora æftergengas, 24) gesíðcundes cynnes, L. Wg. II; Th. i. 188, II. Ic sette feóndrǽdene betweox ðínum ofspringe and hire ofspringe Gen. 3, 15.

Linked entry: spring

efen-eardigende

(adj.)

Dwelling together cohăbĭtans

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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237

Linked entry: eardian

Ercol

(n.)
Grammar
Ercol, es; m: Erculus, i; m.

Lat. Hercules Hercules

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Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23

leód-geard

(n.)
Grammar
leód-geard, es; m.

country

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The dwelling of a people, country Sunu æfter heóld leódgeard, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 20; Gen. 1225. Ethiopia land and leódgeard, 12; Th. 15, 6; Gen. 229: 85; Th. 106, 18; Gen. 1773

ge-heóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-heóld, ðú -heólde; pl. heóldon

keptobserved

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kept, observed, Gen. 20, 6 : Ps. Th. 114, 8 : Andr. Kmbl. 691; An. 346;

freó-lǽta

(n.)
Grammar
freó-lǽta, frig-lǽta, an; m.

One made freea freedmanlibertus

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Freó-lǽtan sunu the son of a freedman; libertīnus, 8; Som. 56, 107; Wrt. Voc. 18, 56

Linked entries: frig-lǽta frió-léta

Israélisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Israélisc, Israhélisc; adj.
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Sum Egiptisc man gestrínde sunu be Israhéliscum wife . . . þá flát hé wið ánne Israhéliscne man, Num. 24, 10. Þá Israeliscan bearn Israel, Ps. L. 123, l

snoru

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Sum æþele gesíðwíf hæfde áne snore ( nurum ) þá hire sunu lytle ǽr him tó wífe onféng, Gr. D. 71, 31. Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 31, 191. Add

sceand-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sceand-hús, es; m.

a brothel

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Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlookdespisecontemnscornbe ashamed ofneglectrejectrenouncedespĭcĕretemnĕrecontemnĕrespernĕreerŭbescĕreneglĭgĕreposthăbērerejĭcĕre

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Se ðe me and míne spæca forsyhþ, ðone mannes Sunn forsyhþ qui me erubuĕrit et meos sermōnes, hunc Fīlius hŏmĭnis erubescet, Lk. Bos. 9, 26: Mk. Bos. 8, 38. Gif gé míne ǽ and míne dómas forseóþ si sprevĕrītis lēges meas et jūdĭcia mea, Lev. 26, 15.

Linked entry: for-sión

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER păter

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Ne sleá man fæderas for suna gylton, ne suna for fædera gilton non occīdentur patres pro fīliis, nec fīlii pro patrĭbus, Deut. 24, 16. Bebeád fæderum ussum mandāvit patrĭbus nostris, Ps.

án-cænned

(v.)
Grammar
án-cænned, def. se án-cænneda; part.

Only-begottenunigenitus

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Only-begotten; unigenitus To árwurþianne [MS. tarwurþienne, v. weorþianne=wurþianne in weorþian I] ðínne, ðone sóðan and ðone áncænnedan, Sunu to honour thy, the true and only-begotten, Son, Te Dm. Thomson 35, 12

scyndel

(n.)
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Tíwesdæges nama wæs of Martie, Iovis sunu ðæs scyndles (cf. (?) scyndan, ; scyndel one who causes swift movement, referring to the lightning(?). Or cf. (?) scendan, scendele; scyndel, scendel a shameful person (?)), Anglia viii. 321, 16

ofer-swíþan

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Suǽofersuíða gedeafnad is sunu monnes ita exaltari oportet filium hominis, Jn. L. 3, 14. Diúl oferswíded diabolo devicto, Mt. p. 14, 6. Add

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Beó ðú sunum mínum gedéfe be thou gentle to my sons Beo. Th. 2457; B. 1226 : Andr. Kmbl. 428; An. 214 : Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 18; Fä. 90 : Cd. 229; Th. 310, 25; Sat. 733 : Jn. Bos. 3, 2. Ne beóþ ge tó forhte be not ye too terrified Andr.

ge-lútan

(v.)
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H. 112, 654; and :-- Þeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg lúte tó þǽre eorþan, Bt. 25; F. 88, 25), Wrt. Voc. 53. 14

ge-hálian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálian, p. ode.
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S. 32, 178: Lch. ii. 66, 24. to save Cuóm sunu monnes geháliga ( salvare ) ꝥ gelosade, Mt. L. 18, 11

Linked entry: hálian

un-trymman

(v.)
Grammar
un-trymman, -trymian; p. ede

To be or to become weaksickillinfirm

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To be or to become weak, sick, ill, infirm His sunu untrymede (unntrymade, Lind.) filius infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 46. Ðæs bróðer untrymade, Lind. 11, 2. Hé ongann untrymmia coepit egere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 14

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61.

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

gebed-gíht

Grammar
gebed-gíht, l. -gíht,
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Cf. sunn-gíhte

Linked entry: gíht