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deófol

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Add: In sing. both masc. and neut., in pl. neuter (except in northern specimens), pl. nom. deófol, deóflu (-o, -a). the devil Ðæt lytige dióful ( hostis callidus) ðonne hé gesihð . . . Swá déð se dióful (diabolus) . . .

ge-sprǽc

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Seó þridde bóc Sancte Gregorius gespræces (-spreces, v.l.) and Petres liber tertius dialogorum Gregorii, 259, 21. In þám gespræce þǽre hálignysse in sacris colloquiis, 167, 9.

on-drǽdan

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Hý andrǽdende gebidon, Ors. 4, 2 ; Bor. 79, 24

hǽlan

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Add: to heal a person sick in body or mind Sé haeleð ( sanat) geðréste in heortan, Ps. Srt. 146, 3. ꝥ wíf of herning blódes hǽleit (sanat ), Mt p. 16, 3: 15, 15. Monige lécneð ł hǽles multos curat, 16, 15. Hǽled, 18, l.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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Bos. 21, 11. In the following example cwealm is neuter Sume ic þurh mislíc cwealm mínum hondum slóg some I slew by my hands through various deaths, Exon. 73a;Th. 272, 2; Jul. 493

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

powerstrengthmightefficacypotestaspower over any thingempireruledominionmasteryswayjurisdictiongovernmentprotectionkeepinga bridle-bitpotestasfacuitasimperiumditioarbitriumjuscamas

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Áhte bega geweald, lífes and deáðes he had power of both, of life and death, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 24; Gú. 494: Beo. Th. 3459; B. 1727: Shrn. 150, 13. On geweald gehwearf worold-cyninga it passed into the power of worldly kings, Beo.

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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Hé hý hálsode (the accent is in the MS.) þæt hý nánuht þǽra ǽrenda ne underféngon, Ors. 4, 6; Bos 86, 25.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Nú segþ ús seó bóc, ðæt God áfédde ðone here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 32. Seó bóc segþ, hú hé férde, 6, 5. Heó mé sagaþ, ðæt . . . , Exon. Th. 246, 30 ; Jul. 69. Swá Arculfus sagaþ, ðæt hé gesáwe . . . , Shrn. 95, 31.

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwellinglivinga dwellinghabitationplace to live inbeingexistenceliving

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Yfel nis nán þing þurh hit sylf, and náne wununga næfð búton on sumum gesceafta, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 44

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ge-beran

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Th. i. 204, 14. geboren born, with reference to rank, position, &amp;c. Gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý Ll. Th. i. 174, 15. þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.

forþ

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Th. i. 68, 15: Chr. 1070; P. 206, 8. (2 b) of action continued to completion :-- Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð this fine must still be paid, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. Hé ne mihte ná forð hérmid he could not carry out his plan, Cht.

gelíce

(adv.)
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Þǽr gǽð gelíce bót tó eallum compensation is made to the same amount in all the cases, Ll. Th. i. 98, 16. Ealle cyrcan godcundlíce habban hálgunge gelíce, 340, 27. For hwám nǽron eorðwelan ealle gedǽled leódum gelíce?

ge-tæl

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Seó bóc ys geteald tó þisum getele . . . Hester seó cwén hæfð eác áne bóc on þisum getele, Ælfc. T. Grn. n, 10-13. the class or category of Getæl catalogus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 39.

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Mid fæstum geleáfan with firm faith, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 27: Cd. 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum stówum this herb is produced on solid places, Herb. 20, 1; Lchdm. i. 114, 12: 45, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 5.

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Claymudmireearth

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Lámes gelícnes the body [after death], Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 9; Seel. 19. God gesceóp man of ðære eorþan láme formavit dominus deus hominem de limo terræ, Gen. 2, 7: Homl. Th. i. 12, 29: 236, 15.

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, oldcomam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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is used to denote that mixture of colour which the hair assumes on approaching or increasing senility, Price's Warton i. xcvi. note 20 Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax [MS. blandenfex, col. 2] bilgeslehtes the grizzly-haired warrior ought not to boast

Linked entry: blonden-feax

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carryconveybearleadconductferrevehĕredūcĕre

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Godes gást wæs geferod ofer wæteru spīrĭtus Dei fĕrēbātur sŭper ăquas, Gen. 1, 2 : Boutr. Scrd. 19, 2 : Nicod. 31; Thw. 18, 10. Feorran gefered conveyed from afar, Salm. Kmbl. 357; Sal. 178 : Andr. Kmbl. 529; An. 265 : Elen. Kmbl. 1982; El. 993.

týnan

(v.)
Grammar
týnan, p. de
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In. 42; Th. i. 128, 6. to close, shut a door, book Miððý hígna fæder týneþ ðæt duro cum paterfamilias cluserit ostium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25. Ðonne týnde hé his béc clauso codice, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 10.

ge-sǽlignes

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of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre eall án ipsam boni

Linked entry: sǽligness

lustfullian

(v.)
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Wæs heó lustfulliende (-igende, v. l.) þǽre gódan foresetenesse delectata bono proposito, 5, 19; Sch. 657, 17. (3 a) with acc. (and dat. ?)