godspellic
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Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b> :-- Ióhannes wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic John belonged both to the Law and to the Gospel, Hml. S. 16, 101
geár
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Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone miclan circul zodiacum and gecume under ǽlc þǽra twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 244, 20. Heóld þæt Ebreisce folc ðone forman geáres dægon lenctenlicere emnihte, Hml. Th. i. 100, I.
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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A month, lunar or calendar Ǽlce mónþe seó sunne yrnþ under án ðæra tácna ... Ǽlc ðæra twelf tácna hylt his mónaþ, and ðonne seó sunne hí hæfþ ealle underurnen, ðonne byþ án geár ágán. On ðam geáre synd getealde twelf mónþas ...
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Small in the following glosses: Smæl gracilis, smælre gracilior, ealra smælst gracillimus Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 8. Smel, smael, smal Txts. 67, 992. Smæl gracilis vel exilis vel subtilis Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 18.
ge-dræg
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. (1 a) a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly :-- Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic ælda
mitta
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Ne scyle nán mon blǽcern ǽlan under mittan ( sub modio), Past. 43, 3. Ðé ele ne áteórað ne melu on þínum mittan (hydria farinae non deficiet, nec lecythus olei minuetur, l Kings xvii. 14), Hml. S. 18, 63.
weámódness
Anger, passionateness, irascibility
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Ðære sáwle miht is ðæt heó sylf beó geðyldi and ǽlce weámódnysse fram hire áwyrpe, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 38, 27. [ Ira, þet is on Englisc wemodnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 19.]
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Hé geseah þǽra sceaþena fær, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 14. Hí út férdon mid folclicum truman, oð ðæt ðá Syriscan gesáwon heora fær, Hml.
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hwem
A corner ⬩ angle
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A corner, angle Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port beo trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe what does it avail the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side
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ge-sceádwís
Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious ⬩ rationalis
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Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú heó gedón sí and hwǽr and hwænne in each deed an intelligent judge must distinguish how it be done, and where and when, L. de Cf; Th. ii. 260, 27: Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6: Bt. Met.
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CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Masculine gender is ðes wer this man, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 27, 28. Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe he, oððe heó every animal is either he, or she, 6; Som. 5, 34.
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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Férde ǽlc man him hám, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 24. Hí him férdon onbúton swá swá hí sylf, woldon, 1001; P. 133, 27.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 15-24. Ðæm folce húsl syllan Eucharistiam populo dare, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507,13. Hé frægn hwæðer hí ǽnig húsel ðǽrinne hæfdon. Ðá andswaredon hí hwylc þearf is ðé húsles . . .
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scín-lác
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Ðætte gifearria from ðære stówe ǽlc scínilác and ymbcerro diúbles fácnes ut discedat ab eo loco omnis fantasia vel versutia diabolicae fraudis , Rtl. 120, 33.
trúwian
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Ælfc. P. 3; Th. ii. 364, 17
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ge-wislíce
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Wé wyllað nú secgan be ðisum eallum gewislícor, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 242, 19: 21, 15. clearly, of mental perception Gyf ic gewislíce ongæáte, Solil. H. 41, 3.
hors
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Hors hnǽgð equus hinnit, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 129, 2. Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i. 290, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6.
steór
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God sette ǽ ðam folce tó steóre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36: L. Eth. ix. 36; Th. i. 348, 14: L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 4. Gegrípaþ stýre adprehendite disciplinam, Ps.
irmþ
Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder
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Poverty, penury, misery, wretchedness, calamity, distress, disorder Yrmþ miseria, Ælfc. Gr. 33 ; Som. 37, 24. Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu in that land there is not age or misery, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 6; Ph. 52 : 64 b; Th. 238, 34; Ph. 614.
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yfele
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Evilly, badly, ill Yfele male, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 235, 1. in a moral sense Yfele gé dydon pessimam rem fecistis, Gen. 44, 5. Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl.