Godmundingahám
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Goodmanham, between Pocklington and Beverley, a place a little to the east of York, beyond the river Derwent, where a famous Witena-gemót was convened by Edwin, king of Northumbria, in A. D. 625, to consider the propriety of receiving the Christian faith
scýan
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To prompt, urge, persuade, suggest Ða ǽrestan synne se weriga gást scýde . . . Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente
blǽc-ern
Literally a lamp or candlestick, also the light itself ⬩ verbum de verbo, candelabrum, etiam candela, lucerna
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[blǽc light, ærn a place] Literally a lamp or candlestick, also the light itself; verbum de verbo, candelabrum, etiam candela, lucerna Bæd ðæt hí ðæt blǽcern acwencton prayed that they would put out the light [lucernam], Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40, note, MS
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ge-corenes
An election ⬩ choice ⬩ choiceness ⬩ goodness ⬩ electio ⬩ electus ⬩ probĭtas
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An election, choice, choiceness, goodness; electio, electus, probĭtas Seó gecorennys stent on Godes fóresceáwunge the election stands in God's providence, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 25. Ne ic on heora gecorenesse becume ǽfre non commĭnābor cum electis eōrum,
þurh-geótan
to pour over ⬩ cover by pouring ⬩ to fill ⬩ saturate ⬩ to fill ⬩ imbue ⬩ inspire
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to pour over, cover by pouring (lit. and fig.) Ðú þurhgute hine gedréfednysse perfudisti eum confusione, Ps. Spl. 88, 44. Ic mid ða líffæstan ýþe ðurhgoten wæs vitali unda perfusus sum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 18. to fill, saturate Ðonne se sacerd gehálgodne
un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Innocence, harmlessness Æfter gerisenre áre heora unscæþþignysse juxta honorem innocentibus congruum, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 7. On unscæððignysse heortan in innocentia cordis, Ps. Spl. 100, 2. Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl
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á-bryrdan
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Add: to instigate, stimulate, incite Ic trúwige ðæt sum wurðe ábrird, ðæt hine liste gehíran ðá hálgan láre, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 17. Æfter ðisum wordum wurdon ðá munecas mycclum ábryrde, Hml. S. 6, 344. Hí beóð ábrerde (divinae dilectionis stimulo) compunguntur
be-swincan
to labour at
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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257. Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan,
deóp-líce
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Add: of mental operations Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre ... and wunode deóplíce gelǽred, Hml, S. 29, 76, 81. Deóplícor ( profundius ) þú smeágst þonne yld úre anfón mæge, Coll. M. 33, 11. in other connexions Hí Godes þeówas deóplíce griðe*-*dan
eard-fæst
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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38. Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani
efen
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Add: with an adverb Efen (em) swá feala totidem, Hpt. 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
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. Mec
ge-stincan
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We oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon rem, quam oculis non cernimus, plerumque odore praevidemus, Past. 433, 20. Hi tugon heorn tó and gestuncon þá swétnesse þæs wundorlican stences suavitatem mirifici odoris trahebant,
ge-edcenned
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Substitute: ge-edcennan ; p. de To regenerate Þurh þæne fulluht þe se mæssepreóst eów of geedcende per illud baptismum, quo uos sacerdos regenerauit, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 41. Geedcenned of wætere and of háligum gáste renatus ex aqua et spiritu, Jn. 3, 5. His
glædlíce
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe hé mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22. Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám
hád-bryce
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In 1. 4 after mǽðe add, swá be were swá be wíte swá be lahslite swá be ealre are (secundum omnia quę habet malefactor. This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est
hæfen-leás
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Take here hafen-leás in Dict. and add : used sub-stantively Þearfa and se hæfenleása (inops) heriaþ þínne naman, Ps. L. 73, 21. For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6. Helpað earmum and hæfenleásum, Wlfst. 48, 23. as adjective Þá þe unríce synd and hæfenleáse
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gold-hord
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On þám þe wæs behýdd se heofonlica goldhord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Se goldhord þe þú geméttest, Hml. S. 23, 603. Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron,
hnígan
to bend ⬩ to bend
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Add: to bend from an upright position Hnág ic (the cross) þám secgum tó handa, Kr. 59. Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 12. to bend in reverence, make obeisance: Heó hnáh ádúne tó Sebastianes fótum, Hml. S. 5, 92. Tó ðám æðelan
líc-rest
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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml. S. 26, 181. a grave, tomb, sepulchre Hé wilnode