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ge-týdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-týdan, p.de; pp. ed

To happen ⬩ contingĕre

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To happen; contingĕre Getýdde hit, ðæt ... it happened that..., Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34

líchanga

(n.)
Grammar
líchanga, an; m.
Entry preview:

Andlang gemǽres ðæt on líchangan; of líchangan on Pocgingróde, C.D. v. 321, 32

drync

Grammar
drync, <b>; I.</b>
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Sý hé áscyred fram ðæs dæges drince (cf. 15, 14-) excommunicetur, Chrd. 24, 14. Add

geornlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geornlíc, adj.

Desirable

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Desirable Hit biþ geornlíc ðæt ... it is desirable that..., Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 28

sealten

(adj.)
Grammar
sealten, adj.
Entry preview:

Salt, salted In ðæm ðe biþ salten in quo salietur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 13

þrym-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þrym-dóm, es; m.

Glory

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Glory Ðæt eorðlíce mægn ðe tó dóme (þrymdóme, MS. D.) cumen is, Wulfst. 254, 14

un-gefóge

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefóge, adv.

Immensely ⬩ exorbitantly

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Immensely, exorbitantly Ðǽr beóð ða swiftan hors ungefóge dýre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 6

Linked entry: ge-fóge

un-sceamlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sceamlíce, adv.

Shamelessly

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Shamelessly Ðæt [hié] mid ðám hæleðum hǽman wolden unscomlíce, Cd. Th. 148, 19; Gen. 2459

Linked entry: sceamlíce

á-brúcan

(v.)
Grammar
á-brúcan, p. -breác
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To partake of (gen. ), eat Hé ábreác ðæs forbodenan treówes æpples, Angl. xi, 1. 17

deófol-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gítsung, e; f.
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Unrighteous mammon In unrehtwíso, i. ðæt is díwlgíttsungo in iniquo mamonae, Lk. L. 16, 11

Linked entry: gítsung

éþel-ríce

Entry preview:

Wið ðæs úplican éþelríces towards heaven which is our home, Dóm. L. 32, 73. Add

fore-bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
fore-bisceop, es; m.

A high priest

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A high priest Abiathar wæs in ðǽm tíd fore*-*biscop, Mt. L. 1, 18 note

geár-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
geár-hwámlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Cf. dæg-hwámlíce

Linked entry: gér-hwamlíce

ge-wæccan

Entry preview:

Hé ðǽm doruorde bebeád ꝥte gewæhte ianitori praecipiat ut uigilet, Mk. L. 13, 34. Add

midne-sumor

(n.)
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, but cf. midne-dæg), Chr. 1006; P. 136, 12. (?)

mylen-steall

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On ðone mylensteall; ðæt of ðém mylenstealle andlang Ycenan, C. D. v. 121, 10. Add

súþ-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
súþ-ende, es; m.
Entry preview:

The south end Súð andlang mearce tó ðæs gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28

tó-worpness

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Add: destruction Of ðám dǽle heora tóworpnysse ex parte suae destructionis, Gr. D. 205, 6

riht-meterfers

(n.)
Grammar
riht-meterfers, es ; n.

Correct hexameter verse

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Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman Anglia viii. 314, 10

Linked entry: meter-fers

heáh-sele

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sele, es; m.

A high hall ⬩ a high hall

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A high hall Tó ðæm heáhsele to the high hall, Beo. Th. 1298; B. 647

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