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á-scínan

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Ne oncneów ic hweþer in Langbeardum ǽfre ásceonan ǽnigra manna líf mid mægnum non in Italia aliquorum vitam virtutibus fulsisse cognovi, Gr. D. 7, 8

broþ

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Haran lifer gesoden . . . mid þám broþe ðá eágan tó beþianne, i. 346, 19. Selle drincan mintan broð oþþe moran, 62, 5. Pysena broþ, 278, 18. Sele geseáw broþu and geseáwe pysan, 264, 4. Add

earm

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H. 187, 27. a foreleg of an animal Seó leó mid hire earmum scræf geworhte, Hml. S. 236, 787

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, adv.
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Gl. 493, 70. with a numeral Mid allra óðerra priósta bútan ðissum mæsseprióstum efen LX with just sixty other priests besides these (already named ), Cht. Th. 72, 4. Hé wunode on his ágenum mynstre em feówertig geára, Hml. S. 6, 360.

fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17.

frec

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Hí mettas him on múð bestingon on swilcum fæstendagum mid fræcere gýfernysse. Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Ðǽm frecum ambronibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 33: 4, 69: 1, 23. Add

fót-þweál

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Se ercediácon geáxode má crístenra manna, and hí ... mid fótðweale geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 418, 27. Sceóte man ælmessan ... hwílum þearfena fótþweál, Wlfst. 171, 2.

geond-sprengan

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Substitute: To scatter over or through Se áwyrgeda gást his heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondspre(n)gde and mengde cujus praecordia malignus spiritus ingressus pestiferis vanae gloriae fastibus illum inflare coepit, Guth. Gr. 137, 6.

geréfscipe

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Under Maximien hehest i Rome, Ꝥ is heh reue . . . ant se riche refschipe to rihten Jul. 9, ll.] stewardship, office of bailiff, v. ge-réfa ; III Ne mot mid rihte nán preóst beón worldstrútere on gerefscipe (cf. 198, 21), Ll.

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; n.
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., and add Gegilda . . . his gegilde eft mid eahta pundum gebycge, oþþe hé þolie ǽ geféres and freóndscipes, Cht. Th. 612, 9. Feáwa witena þæs geféres (on ðám geférscipe, v.l.) pars quamvis parva congregationis, R. Ben. 117, 20: 46, 2.

ge-fleard

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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón hí ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.

gold-hord

Grammar
gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron, and sume on eorþan áhýddon and sume mid him on Gallia lǽddon, Chr. 418; P. 10, 17: Shrn. 115, 32. Goldhordu goldes thesauros auri, Scint. 156, 6: 178, 13. Add

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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To mate heavy or dull, to weary: Þý lǽs ic lengc þone þane hefige þára leornendra mid gesegenum þára fremdra tǽlnysse ne sensus legentium prolixae sententiae molesta defensio obnubilet, Guth. Gr. 102, 31

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size Man swá mearcað mid éþelicum (medmicelum, v. l. ) treówe þeorfe hláfas ꝥ

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lustlíce

(adv.)
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Sé ðe Godes beboda lustlíce gehýrð, and lustlícor mid weorcuni gefylð, Hml. Th. i. 552, 2. Hé sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh þæt þe lustlícor cræft mínne ic ( the hunter) begancge, Coll. M. 22, 38. Add

mægþ-hád

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Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125.

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mǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Hét se cásere hine Críst wiðsacan, and hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200.

ofer-seón

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Add Manige óðre þe mid þám eádigan were wǽron and his líf hira eágum ofersáwon alii qui cum viro Dei conversati vitam illius ex parte noverant, Guth. Gr. 103, 47.

saltere

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Mid sange. . . sealteres cum decantatione psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. Hí singan sealtere psallant psalterium, 412, 679. Þá gelæhte sum preóst ǽnne sealtere, Hml. S. 31, 275

meaht-leás

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Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse gedóne. Hml. S. 37, 54. non-physical Hé bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dear, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6