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ge-friþian

(v.)
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Gif hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif hé eal wel gefriðað þe hé healdan sceal, ðonne bið hé leánes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

hwǽte

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Hé áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and hé gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu hé forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14. Betwuh ðám unscæððigum inter innocentes, Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10.

flýman

(v.)
Grammar
flýman, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeput to flightroutbanishfŭgāre

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mec sóna flýmaþ they soon put me to flight, 105a; Th. 398, 12; Rä. 17, 6. Hie God flýmde God routed them, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 24; Gen. 2115

Linked entries: flǽman ge-flýman

á-mearcian

(v.)
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híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig tódǽlað and ámearkiað heora accentas, Angl. viii. 333, 22.

Linked entry: mearcian

for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down uponcontemptcontemptusdespectio

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For his forsewennesse out of contempt for him, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 13. Forsewennyss contemptus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17

in-faru

(n.)
Grammar
in-faru, e ; f.

Invasioninroad

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Invasion, march into a country, inroad Se cyng bæd hine faran intó Cent ... ac se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare the king bade him [Godwin] march into Kent . . . but the earl would not assent to the invasion, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11

Linked entry: in-fær

stán-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geweorc, es; n.
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc

swǽs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs-líc, adj.
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Hé sylþ ðam, ðe on hine gelýfaþ, goldes and seolfres genyhða, Wulfst. 196, 21

un-gemenged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemenged, adj.

Unmixedunmingled

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Unmixed, unmingled Hit is gecynd ðære godcundnesse ðæt hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume ea est divinae forma substantiae, ut neque in externa dilabatur, nec in se externum aliquid ipsa suscipiat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox

Linked entries: ge-menged un-menged

ancra

(n.)
Grammar
ancra, an anchor.
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Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on his sweoran . . . se ancra wæs big geseted, Shrn. 150, 19-24: Hml. Th. i. 564, 7, 22. Mid fæstum geþances ancran, Angl. xiii. 367, 34. Hig brúdon úp heora ancran, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 16. Add

cyne-gird

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Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181

efen-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-meahtig, adj.
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Of equal might Ðeáh hé him efnmihtig (emmniehtig, v. l.) sié on his godháde quamvis divinitate esset aequalis, Past. 260, 16. Habban geleáfan on God ælmihtigne. . . . Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7

ge-híwlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwlǽcan, p. ge-híwlǽhte.
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to form, fashion, shape And eác manna wynsumlic wlita æfter his ágenan anlícnessan gehýwlǽhte, Nap. 30. to colour. Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and hé byð gehýwlǽht swylce hé of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14

Linked entry: -híwlǽcan

lǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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A betrayer Him wǽre betere ꝥ hé geboren nǽre þonne hé his lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l.) wǽre. Nǽron þa Iúdéiscan ne se dyrna lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l. ) þurh God geneádode, Hml. S. 27, 163-166. Cf. (?) ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

mynster-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stede, es; m.
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.

or-wénness

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Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47, 11

sceáp

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Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde þe gebyrað tó ðám geréflande . . . and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Add

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, a man, [The form were also occurs
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Gif ꝥ wíf hire were forlǽt, Mk. lo, 12. Ic were ne oncnáwe, Lk. l, 34. Cf. wer aad were =wer-gild; also the form were-wulf.] Add Hé blissode on þam ꝥ hé his ágenre dohtor wer wæs, Ap. Th. 3, 5