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ge-þeahtend

(n.)
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ge-þeahtend, es; m.

A counsellor;consĭliārius

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A counsellor; consĭliārius Se geþeahtend andsweraþ consĭliārius respondit, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 37: 31, 21

be-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brǽdan, p. de.

To be-spreadcover with

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To be-spread, cover with Se weg wæs bebrǽded mid hwítum ryftum, Shrn. 65, 23

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hwæt biþ hit lá elles búton flǽsc seoddan se écea dǽl of biþ hwæt biþ lá elles seó láf búton wvrma mete why, what else is it but flesh when the eternal part is away? what else then is the remnant but worms food? Blickl. Homl. 111, 31.

líc

(adj.)
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</b> the body in contrast with the soul or vital principle of which it is the seat :-- Sáwel mid líce, Ph. 525. Seó eádge sáwl hió wið þám líce gedǽleð, Cri. 1668. Gedǽlan líf wið líce, B. 2423 : Ap. 83. Of líce aldor onsendan, Gen. 2789.

Elene

(n.)
Grammar
Elene, an; f.

Helena Helĕna = Ἑλένη

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Se Cásere [Constantinus] héht Elenan the emperor Constantine told Helena, Elen. Kmbl. 2003; El. 1003: 2124; El. 1063. Elene, 438; El. 219: 1204; El. 604: 1236; El. 620

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, es; n.

A hundred

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H; Th. i. 258, 2-4, and see the whole section. Fó se hláford tó healfan and tó healfan ðæt hundred let the lord take half, and the hundred half, L. Edg. 2, 7; Th. i. 268, 20. Gewitnys sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig and tó ǽlcum hundrode, L. Edg.

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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See too, Dóm be hátan ísene, 7 ; Th. i. 226, 7, sqq ; and Schmid A. S. Gesetz. p. 419

Linked entry: or-dál

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Mearciaþ on marmstáne hwonne se dæg and seó tíd geeáwe in marmore signant titulo remque diemque, Exon. 60 b; Th. 221, 11; Ph. 333. Mearcode sulcaret ł scriberet ł labararet, Hpt. Gl. 465, 6.

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Anglesthe Angles of Leicestershire

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[When the Middle Angles had a bishop of their own the see was at Leicester.] Færpinga þreó hund hýda is in Middel-Englum, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 27. Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14

Linked entry: Engle

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ... Ða twá tabelan getácnodon ða twá bebodu, 204, 17-20.

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throwTo twistracktortureTo twistturn roundto take a different directionto turn roundrevolveto curl

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To twist, turn round, to take a different direction Se líg sóna ðreów ðwyres wið ðæs windes the flame at once turned round in a contrary direction towards the wind, Homl.

wan

(adj.)
Grammar
wan, adj.
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wanting, absent Ðá getreówde hé in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS.

wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonnesslicentiousnesslasciviousnesslust

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Se anga ðære wrǽnnesse aculei libidinis, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 16. Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse ejus animus voluptate luxuriae delectatur, 11; Swt. 73, 7.

worms

(n.)
Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Bið seó micge lyswen swilce worms, Lchdm. ii. 198, 27. Se swile and ðæt worms, 208, II. Wið ða gerynnincge ðæs worsmes (wormses, v. l. ), i. 292, 8. On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ, ii. 200,. 21 : 208, 5. Hreófeligum wormse elephantino tabo, Hpt.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Gif se maga þæs ne féle, lege óþra on-legena on strengran and áferran, 192, 21

á-fyllan

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áfylde ealle þá stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 25. Wynsum brǽð þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 111. Áfyl ðá wunde. Lch. ii. 22, 20. Þá hié heora cawelas áfylled hæfdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 27. <b>I a.

ege-full

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Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml. Th. i. 182, 33. Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme tremendo judicio Dei, R. Ben. 31, 10.

freólíce

(adv.)
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Add: without constraint or reluctance, willingly Þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame, Angl. vii. 40, 451: Cri. 1291.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &amp;c.

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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Linked entries: -regne ge-réne