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geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Of gealádle sió biþ of þǽre geolwan, 106, 14

á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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Ox. 1944 supra) sic alternati in eo ebdomadam percurra(n)t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280. Líf ádreógan vitam ducere, Coll. M. 28, 27. Be Maures dihte ádreógan his líf, Hml. S. 6, 221. to carry out, perform Ádreáh láre gessi studium, An. Ox. 2011.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25. figurative, to fall into sin, into the hands of a person, Mé is leófre ꝥ ic on Godes handa befealle, þonne ic on mannes handa befealle, Hml. S. 13, 248.

æg-hwanan

(adv.)
Grammar
æg-hwanan, -hwanon, -hwonon, -hwanone, -hwonene; adv.

Everywhereevery wayon all sidesundique

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Ǽghwonan ymb-boren mid brondum on every side surrounded with brands, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 14; Jul. 580. Ǽghwanon, Ælfc. Gr. 45 ; Som. 46, 57. Hine ǽghwonan ælmihtig God [MS. Good] gehealdeþ Almighty God keeps him everywhere, Bt. Met.

fóre-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwian, fóre-sceáwigan, fór-sceáwian; p. ode; pp. od

To foreshewforeseeprovidepræ-ostendĕrepōnĕre in conspectuprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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God fóresceáwaþ him sylf ða offrunge Deus provĭdēbit sĭbi victĭmam, Gen. 22, 8. He him fóresceáwode sumne heretogan he provided them a leader, Jud. 6, 8. Ðæt he fóresceáwode hú he hig gecígde ut vĭdēret quid vŏcāret ea, Gen. 2, 19.

EALU

(n.)
Grammar
EALU, ealo, es;

ALE cervĭsia, sīcĕra

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n: generally indecl. in sing. ALE; cervĭsia, sīcĕra Ne he ealu ne drince nǽfre oððe wín let him never drink ale nor wine. Jud. 13, 4.

hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.

Full of hatehostilemalignantevil

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Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole here in the land are foes of the church full of malice, 109, 154

Linked entries: hetol-ness hatol

læt

(n.)
Grammar
læt, es; m.
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læt ofslæhþ ðone sélestan lxxx scill. forgelde gif ðane óðerne ofslæhþ lx scillingum forgelde ðane þriddan xl scillingum forgelden if any one slay a 'læt' of the highest class, let him pay eighty shillings; if he slay one of the second, let him pay sixty

lang-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lang-ness, e; f.

Length

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Ðonne sceal man ðysne wyrttruman gedrígean and ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse this plant is to be dried, and its length cut up into pieces about the size of peas, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 15.

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bedgrave

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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigningpretencesimulationhypocrisy

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Bútan lícetunge sine hypocrisi, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7. Ðæt his gesacan on miclum dǽle lícettunge and leáse wið hine syredon and onsægdon accusatores ejus nonnulla in parte falsas contra eum machinasse calumnias, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 14.

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Triedprovedchosenprobātus

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Ðæt sind ða gecostan cempan these are the proved champions, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 21; Gú. 62

Linked entry: -cost

scrift-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-bóc, f.
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a penitential, a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins i. scriftbóc on Englisc, Chart. Th. 430, 20; cf. L. Ælfc. P. 44 ; Th. ii. 384, 2.

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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. ¶ Of speech :-- Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc ( linguam Scottorum ) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39. On ðam mynstre ðe on Scyttisc is nemned Rathmelsigi, 3, 27; S. 558, 35

Linked entry: Scittisc

stów-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stów-líc, adj.
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Stówlícere moldan situ, Germ. 391, 195. expressing relations of place Sume naman syndon localia ðæt synd stówlíce ; ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Zup. 14, 18.

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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His lára and his drohtnunga sind ús unásmeágendlíce, Homl. Th. i. 392, 23

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

dearnunga

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Twá cynn sind martirdómes, án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 14. Dernunge in occulto, Jn. L. 18, 20. Dernunga clam, Mt. R. 2, 7. Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C.

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Hé syngað swýðe deópe he sins very grievously, Hml. S. 19, 254. Swá man bið mihtigra . . ., swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 14. [ O. H. Ger. tiufo alte, funditus, penitus. ]

eald-wita

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Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita, ꝥ hé wǽre gefullad fram Paulino narravit mihi presbyter quidam retulisse sibi quendam seniorem, baptizatum se fuisse a Paulino, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 178, 19.

ge-glengan

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Bútan geglengcedre sine pompulenta, An. Ox. 3729. Þá geglencdan falerata, i. comta, 539. Þá geglengedan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 41. Geglencdum gemmatis, i. pictis, 128: pompis, 23, 25