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ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Seó wyrt is gehered (-od, v. l.) on þám muntlandum þe man Cilicia and Pisidia nemneþ (the kind that grows in Cilicia and Pisidia is spoken very highly of ), Lch. i. 160, 15.

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
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</b> reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod desperate :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, Hml.

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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An ornament, trapping. for a person Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 5-7.

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

níþ

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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle, Hml. S. 21, 202. Add Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

sam-tinges

(adv.)
Grammar
sam-tinges, (sæm-, sem-); adv.

immediately, forthwith, continuo

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Ðæt man hí ofslóge sæmtinges ealle, Anglia ix. 32, 165. Snáw cymþ of ðám þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges (sæm-, MS. P.) fylþ, Lchdm. iii. 278, 25

Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges

sceafan

(v.)
Grammar
sceafan, scafan;scóf; sceafen, scafen

To shave, scrape, shred, polish

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Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum, et ipsam rasuram aquae immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37. Monige men sprytlan ácurfon and on wæter scófan, 3, 17; S. 544, 45, col. 1. Sceaf (scaf, MS.

ǽ-bylgþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylgþ, ǽ-byl(i)gþ(u); f. (but n. in El. 401).

angerwhat causes anger, offence, injuryira

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Th. ii. 434, 7. what causes anger, offence, injury Ðá sendon Rómáne ǽrendracan and bǽdon ðæt him man gebétte ðæt him ðǽr tó ábylgðe (ǽ-, v. l.) gedón wæs missi a Romanis legati, ut de illatis quererentur injuriis, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 11.

HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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Hæfdon him tó ládteówe ǽnne wísne mon, þéh hé healt wǽre and him tó gielpworde hæfdon ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hie hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce they had as their leader a wise man though he was lame, and made it their boast that they had rather

offrung

(n.)
Grammar
offrung, ofrung, e; f.

the offering of a sacrifice or giftan offering, sacrifice

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the offering of a sacrifice or gift Hit wæs gewunelíc on ealdum dagum, ðæt man Gode ðyllíce lác offrode on cucan orfe; ac seó offrung is nú unálýfedlíc. Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. an offering, sacrifice:- Ic áxige hwǽr seó offrung (victima) sig . . .

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.

for-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. -drenced, -drenct

To make drunkinebriateintoxicatemadefăcĕreinebriāre

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Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the man's fasting is naught who inebriates himself on days of abstinence, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 24.

earfoþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-síþ, earfeþ-síþ, es; m.

A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas

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Ðú wást ánra gehwylces earfeþsíðas thou knowest every man's calamities, Andr. Kmbl. 2568; An. 1285

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lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

mæst

(n.)
Grammar
mæst, es; m.

Mastfruit of forest trees

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Micle beámas ða ðe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ ligna fructifera, Ps. Th. 148, 9

niht-genga

(n.)
Grammar
niht-genga, an; m.

A creature that goes at nighta goblinevil spirit

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Wið ælfcynne and nihtgengan and ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ, 344, 7. Gif men hwylc yfel costung weorþe oððe ælf oððe nihtgengan, 344, 16. Hió ( betony ) hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihþum and swefnum, i. 70, 5

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde

gingra

(n.)
Grammar
gingra, an; m.

A disciplevassalfollowerdiscĭpŭlusassecla

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A disciple, vassal, follower; discĭpŭlus, assecla He and his gingran awyrdaþ manna líchaman he and his disciples injure men's bodies, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 20; Sat. 191; 224; Th. 298, 2; Sat. 526. His gingrum to his disciples.

Linked entry: geongra

BLÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÁT, comp. blátra; superl. blátast; adj.

Livid, pale, ghastlylividus, palliduslivor

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Livid, pale, ghastly; lividus, pallidus Þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát weóll waðuman streám a livid stream bubbled in waves through the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2560; An. 1281.

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte