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rand-gebeorh

(n.)
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a protection such as that afforded by a shield Se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh the Lord hath raised the Red Sea's waters as a protecting shield (cf. the waters were a wall unto them, Ex. 14, 29), Cd. Th. 196, 24; Exod. 296

ge-mercian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mercian, p. ode; pp. od

To mark outsignāre

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Ðæt gemercod wére all ymb-hyrft ut describeretur universus orbis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 1

Linked entry: ge-mearcian

synderlicness

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Add: peculiar excellence Heó weóx betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor tó heáhnesse þæs háligdómes ǽgðer ge mid þám mægne þæs singalan gebedes ge mid gestæþþignesse and synderlicnysse þæs fæstenes inter duas alias sorores suas virtute continuae orationis,

rów

(n.)
Grammar
rów, e; f.

Quiet, rest

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Quiet, rest Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun æfter tintergum tídum brúcan, ðonne hý of waþum wérge cwóman restan ryneþrágum, rówe gefégon, Exon. Th. 115, 4; Gú. 184. Biteache mi gast and mi bodi baðen to ro and to reste, Marh. 20, 5.

Linked entry: rów

copped

(v.)
Grammar
copped, part. [cop a top]

Having the top cut offtoppedpolledcapite recisusdecacuminatus

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Andlang weges on ða coppedan ác along the way to the polled oak Th. Diplm. A. D. 900; 145, 29

tó-efnes

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-efnes, -emnes; prep. with dat.

On a level with,abreast of,alongside,beside

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On a level with, abreast of, alongside, beside Andlang weges óð tóemnes ðære micelan díc the boundary runs along the road until it comes on a level with the great dike, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 3.

Linked entry: efen

forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forthdeparturedeathexĭtusŏbĭtusmors

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Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre, of ðám ðe we nú secgan hýrdon præscius sui ŏbĭtus exstitisse, ex his quæ narrāvĭmus, vĭdētur, 4, 24; S. 599, 14: 3, 19; S. 547, 17. He laeg æt forþfóre incĭpiēbat mŏri, Jn.

lǽn-land

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-land, es; n.
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wrítaþ ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclande swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, 258, 29. Eall ðæt yrfe ðæ ic hæbbe on lǽnelendum, v. 333, 21

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal

Linked entry: stóc

truma

(n.)
Grammar
truma, an; m.
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Hé hæfde eahta and eahtatig coortana, ðast nú truman hátaþ, 5, 12 ; Swt. 240, 33. Ða ísnodan truman ferratas acies. Wrt.

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass throughglide throughto go through a subjectexamineconsiderperlustrare

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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce hé sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac sceolon gelýfan ðæt hé ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1

un-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-dóm, es; m.

Unjust judgement

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cýðaþ déman and geréfan, ðæt hig ágan þearfe, ðæt hí unrihtes geswícan and náhwár þurh undóm for feó ne for freóndscipe forgýman heora wísdóm, Wulfst. 267, 28. Wearð ðes ðeódscipe swíðe forsingod þurh undómas, 130, 4

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Ungelǽrede syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16

Linked entry: un-lǽred

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Ne durre ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, ðí læs ðe heó ungemetegod sý, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 4. Ungemetegod lufu, 220, 6: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 276. Tunge ungemetegud(-ad) lingua immoderata, Scint. 78, 10: Kent. Gl. 507.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

ǽ-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-spryng, eá-, -sprynge; m. f. (?): -spring; n.
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Gif ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrcean, 307,1. Ealle ðás gód cumaþ of ðám ǽsprenge Godes mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 29, 11. Ðá gemétton hí eáspryng (ǽsprincg), Gr. D. 129, 4.

á-cweþan

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L. 26, 30. to respond. v. on-cweþan lǽrað ðæt ǽnig mæssepreóst ána ne mæssige, ðæt hé næbbe þone þe him ácweðe, Ll. Th. ii. 250, 32

ceaster-gewara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-gewara, an; m.
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syndon þýne ceastergewaran, Ap. Th. 20, 1. Gé Tharsysce ceastergewaran, 26, 2. Godes ceastergewaran. Hml. Th. i. 38, 34. Ðá Rómániscan ceastregewaran, 370, 30. Ðǽra heofenlicra ceastergewarena, 348, 33. Ceastriwarena, An. Ox. 329: 703.

Linked entry: ge-wara

geárlic

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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; gif teóðiað þás geárlican dagas, 178, 21

ge-þrýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýn, p. -þrýde.
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gihrínade mid golde (cf. the riddle on a book: Mec (the parchment ) wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí rihtlíce synna geþríð, forgyfenysse

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

hyge-leás

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Gl. 481, 2. of things, unsuitable, extravagant lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda and bismorlicra efesunga. Ll. Th. ii. 248, 15