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treów

(n.)
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</b> add :-- Stód þǽr án medmycel ród on þǽre eorðan, and wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesyne swá wolde beón gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 72

þe

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Add Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wurðe sig, R. Ben. 110, 18. Hwæt gebyrað ús embe þis tó smeágenne? Þis sceolon smeágan þe þæs gíman sceolon, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 31. 1.

ofer-sprǽc

(n.)
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ofer-sprǽc, e; f.

Excessive speaking, loquacity

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Ðonne mon mid ungedafenlícre and unwærlícre ofersprǽce ða heortan gedweleþ ðara ðe ðǽrtó hlystaþ and eác se láriów biþ gescinded mid ðære ofersprǽce cum apud corda audientium loquacitatis incauta importunitate laevigatur, el auctorem suum haec eadem loquacitas

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Th. i. 212, 23. an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object Gif þé becume óðres monnes giémeleás fioh on hand, gecýð (-cýðe, v.l. ) hit him, Ll. Th. i. 54, 10.

Linked entry: cýþan

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Giet oð þisne dæg, 3, 5; S. 104, 27. in negative sentences, where doing or being has not existed up to, and does not exist at, a time stated or implied, where the time of an action or condition has not been reached (not) as yet. alone Þá þe gyt ne mihton

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ic áhebbe míne hand . . . þæt is ne underfó ánne þwang I lift my hand (in testimony of this) that I will not take a thing, Gen. 14, 23. Ðonne hió geornast biþ þæt heó áfǽre fleógan, Ps. Th. 89, 10 : Elen. Kmbl. 536; El. 268.

a-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gildan, -geldan, -gieldan, -gyldan; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To payrenderrepayrestorerewardrequitepermitallowredderesolvererependereretribuereconcedere

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Ða onsægdnysse ða ðe fram eów deóflum wǽron agoldene sacrificia hæc quæ a vobis redduntur dæmonibus, Bd. 1,7; S. 477, 37

DROSNA

(n.)
Grammar
DROSNA, drosne, nom. acc; gen.drosna ; dat. drosnum; pl. f.

Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs fæx, fæces

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Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs; fæx, fæces Ðás drosna hæc fæx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 70; Som. 14, 14: Wrt. Voc. 83, 22. His drosna [drosne, Ps. Spl. T. 74, 8] nis aídlad fæx ejus non est exinānīta, Ps. Lamb. 74, 9. Drosna fæces, Ælfc.

Linked entry: dros

lǽce-hús

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-hús, es; n.

A hospital

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[The translator seems not to have kept close to the text, but to have rendered the passage in accordance with the part played by the Good Samaritan.

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protectionA protectorpatronadvocatea protection of rights granted by charter

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Swá swá ic ǽr cwæþ ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnysse, 108, 16. a protection of rights granted by charter Ic wille ðæt ðeós mundbyrdnesse beó strang volo ut haec confirmatio vim obtineat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7.

GNÍDAN

(v.)
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GNÍDAN, ic gníde, ðú gníst, he gnít, pl. gnídaþ; p. gnád, pl. gnidon; pp. gniden

To rubbreakrub togethercomminutefricarecomminuere

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To rub, break, rub together, comminute; fricare, comminuere Hys leorningcnihtas ða eár mid hyra handum gnidon his disciples rubbed the ears with their hands, Lk. Bos. 6, 1.

Linked entry: ge-gnídan

for-beornan

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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnð, hé hæfð þone hearm si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur. Hml. Th. ii. 588, 30. Lígýðum forborn bord, B. 2672. Forborn þurh þæs fíres fnǽst fíf and hundseofontig herges, Jul. 587.

freót

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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe

ge-þúf

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Hyre stela byð mid geþúfum bógum, Lch. i. 248, 18. of leaves, growing thickly together, bushy Ðeós wyrt hafað lange leáf and geþúfe, Lch. i. 248, 17. Gehwǽde leáf and geþúfe, 256, 5.

glengan

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Gl. 594. to arrange gracefully. of dressing the hair Geglencendlíce glencan delicate componere, An. Ox. 1203. of arranging words Glengede composita, Kent. Gl. 595. (v. II.)

hǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To heal, make whole, cure, make safe, savesanare, salvaresanare, curare, salvare

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Hǽl ús on heánessum Hosanna in the highest, Blickl. Homl. 72, 12 : Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 13. Hǽlaþ untrume heal the sick, Mt. Bos. 10, 8. Ic offrige míne lác Hǽlendum Criste I will present my offerings to Jesus Christ, Homl. Th. i. 416, 17.

ge-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyncan, p. -þúhte; pp. -þúht

To seemappear

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His loccas and his beard wǽron gylden geþúht his hair and his beard seemed of gold, Nar. 43, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 80, 12. Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3.

á-stífian

(v.)

to become incapable of motionto become incapable of action from fear, wonder

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Heora handa ástífedon, Hml. Th. i. 598, 11. Þá múlas ástífodon, Hml. S. 31, 985. Hé ástífod lǽge, Bl. H. 193, 8. Hí stódon swilce hí ástífode wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 375.

beán

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Heó hafað sǽd swylce beána, Lch. i. 238, 19. Greáte beáne, iii. 56, 21. Alwan leáf swelc swá biþ þreó beána, ii. 228, 6. Ádríge beána, 70, 20. Beána gesodene, 44, 17. Healde hé hine wiþ beána, 214, 3.

be-fýlan

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Synd míne handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113,37