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sáwan

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Hú ne bið hé swelce hé sǽwe (sáwe, v. l.) good and him weaxe of ðǽm ǽlc yfel? peccatorum seges quasi ex virtute seminatur, 341, 7. Ðæt yfel hí ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum monnum, 427, 18.

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Nán þing Gode bedíglian, Angl. xii, 513, 14. Swilce his tócyme mancynne bedíglod wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 82, 30: Hml. A. 53, 84.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Twégen beámas God handum gesette, Gen. 463. Tree hæfde sum man gesetet, Lk. L. 13, 6.

rǽg-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽg-hár, adj.
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Grey like the goat (v. rǽge) Oft ðæs wág gebád rǽghár and reádfáh ríce æfter óðrum oft did its wall, grey and redstained, see change of rule, Exon. Th. 476, 19; Ruin. 10

þorfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þorfa, adj.
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Goth. ga-þaurbs continens.] Cf. þearfa

Linked entry: þorfnian

ge-weallan

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Substitute: of liquids, to boil Ofer ðás giscæft wætres ðió from fýre giualla ( fervescere ) bið geséne, Rtl. 101, 26. fig. to be fervent Giualla in Godes lufu ferveat in caritate, Rtl. 105, 3

ídel-hende

(adj.)
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Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídelhende tó cumene, Wlfst. 238, 2. Hí eft of þám mynstre ídelhænde (-hende, -hynde, v. ll.) hwurfon a monasterio vacui sunt regressi, Gr. D. 6, 31. Add

þreál

Grammar
þreál, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé gehét him Godes yrre and yfele þreála, Hml. S. 31, 803

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

smeá-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wrenc, es; m.

A crafty device, sharp trick

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A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc Chart. Th. 339, 8

Linked entries: smeáh sméh-wrenc

gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasurean article of valuetreasures

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Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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, for ðam þe on rihtwísum mannum is Godes wunung, Hml.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

ear

(n.)
Grammar
ear, ær, es; m.

Sea, oceanmăre, oceănus

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Sea, ocean; măre, oceănus Hyre [dúne] deorc on lást eare geblonden óðer fereþ dark on its [the down's] track goes another mixed with the ocean, Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 3; Rä. 4, 22

Linked entries: æchir ær eher geher

twinclian

(v.)
Grammar
twinclian, p. ode
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To twinkle Se spearca ðara gódra weorca ðe tuinclaþ beforan mannum cuncta, quae poram hominibus rutilant, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 6. Ic ðæt lytle leóht geseah twinclian, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 32

þeór-gerid

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-gerid, es; n.
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Gódne morgendrænc ... wið ðam micclan líce and wið óþrum giccendum blece and þeórgeride and ǽghwylcum áttre, Lchdm. iii. 70, 28. v. þeór; and cf.(?) O. H. Ger. rito febris

Linked entry: ge-rid

ágen-slaga

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Add: A suicide Nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Ǽlc ágenslaga on écnysse ðrowað. Hml. S. 19, 230: Hml. Th. ii. 250, 22

cyll-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
cyll-fylling, e; f.
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The filing of a bottle (cyll) Hí þone Godes wer gesáwon him befeólan mid þǽre cyllfyllinge (þáre cillan fyllinge, v. l.) virum Dei ad implendum utrem sibi insistere viderent, Gr. D. 250, 27

eorþ-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weorod, es; n.

mankind

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The inhabitants of the earth, mankind Ðǽr (at the day of judgement) bið gryre se mǽsta, for ðám þurh Godes mihte bið eal ástyred ge heofonwered ge eorðwered ge liellwered, Wlfst. 25, 21

ge-fágod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fágod, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of varied colour, coloured (of dress) Godweb mid golde gefágod, Bl. H. 113, 20. Mid deórwyrþum reáfum and gefágedum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde pretiosis vel coloratis vestibus non induantur, R. Ben. 137, 8

Linked entry: fágian

ofer-swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-swíðe, adv.

Over-much, too much

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Ða heáfodmen lufedon swíðe and oferswíðe gítsunge on golde and on seolfre. Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 5