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ge-sceap

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Ǽr gé sceonde wið gesceapu fremmen ere ye commit shameful sin against the laws of nature, Gen. 2469. lot, fate, appointed condition of life, destiny [Hé] heóld on heáh gesceap he fulfilled a high destiny, B. 3084.

líc-hama

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III. used of a plant Wið gewitleáste, genim of þám lichoman þysse wyrte mandragore þreóra penega gewihte, Lch. i. 248, 4

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extentclear space, roomextension, clearance

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. . . and ðet ásmeágan hét, ðæt nán ðera mynstera ðǽr binnan þurh þet rýmet wið óðrum sace næfde, ac gif óðres mynstres ár on óðres rýmette lége (if the property of one monastery should lie within the part given by the extension to another ) ðæt ðes

Linked entry: rýmetleást

wadan

(v.)
Grammar
wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden

To gopassproceed.

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To go, pass, proceed. of actual movement, absolute Wód wíges heard,... and wið ðæs beornes stóp, Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: 139, 13; By. 253. Brimmen wódon, 140, 29; By. 295. Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273.

Linked entry: ge-wadan

ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽder, ǽdder, e; f. ǽd(d)re, an; f. (wæter-ǽdre occurs once neuter). Add:to ǽdre:

a channel for fluidsa sinewa rein, kidney

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Wið ǽddrena sáre, Lch. i. 190, 7. Ǽdrena, 232, 17. Ǽddran (éðre, Ps. V.) reues, Ps. Spl. C. 7, 10

Linked entry: héþir

lufu

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Ic lufan symle lǽstan wið eówic I will ever show my love to you, 477. Lufan Dryhtnes wyrcan to gain the love of God by deeds, Dóm. 49. Lufe wyrcean, Gen. 624. of man towards God Him Dryhtnes lof born in breóstum, brondhát lufu, Gú. 937.

ge-hefeldian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefeldian, to fix the weft or
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woof Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wífe líf mín þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldad praecisa est uelut a tenente uita mea dum adhuc ordirer Cant. Ez. 12. Gehefeldad, Ps. Srt. ii. 184, 34; An. Ox. 3731

Linked entry: hefeldian

lǽne

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Sé ðe égðer wilt ge þissa lǽnena stóclífa ge þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 14. Add

mis-rǽdan

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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II

reðe-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
reðe-hygdig, adj.

Right-minded

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Right-minded Wel biþ ðam eorle ðe him oninnan hafaþ reðehygdig wer rúme heortan well will it be for that man who, being a mortal right-minded, hath a liberal heart within him, Exon. Th. 467, 15

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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Gif hwá reáflác gewyrce, ágife, and forgylde (cf. ágife hé þone reáflác, and geselle .LX. sciłł. tó wíte, 108, 9: and see first passage under (1 a)), and beó his weres scyldig wið þone cynincg, 410, 2.

a-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceortian, -scortian; p. ode; pp. od

To be shortto grow shortshortenelapsediminishfailbreviareeffluere

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Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ ten thousand years will elapse, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12

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freóls-man

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-man, gen. -mannes; m.

A freemanlīber

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A freeman; līber Ic wylle, ðæt ða ðe to mínre áre fón ðæt hí fédon twentig freólsmanna I will, that those who succeed to my property feed twenty freemen, Cod. Dipl. 694; Kmbl. iii. 295, 6

logðor

(adj.)
Grammar
logðor, logeðer

wilycrafty

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plotting mischief, wily, crafty Logðor cacomicanus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 77: 127, 35. Logðer, 13, 31. Logeðer marsius (cf.(?) Marsi homines, quibus naturalem vim contra serpentes inesse olim creditum, incantatores, Ducange, v. wyrm-galere), 55, 58

lyft-gelác

(n.)
Grammar
lyft-gelác, es; n.
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Kmbl. 1683; An. 828. þurh lyftgelác léges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon [the winds blew the flames ], 3102; An. 1554

un-ábeden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ábeden, adj.

Unbiddenunasked

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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hí hine biddan sceoldon, and hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28

Linked entry: á-biddan

á-byffan

(v.)
Grammar
á-byffan, p. te
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Cf. bufferes stammerers Wick. Is. 32, 4.]

hirde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hirde-leás, adj.

Without a shepherd

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Without a shepherd Ne beóþ hí hyrdeleáse ðonne hí ðé habbaþ having thee they will not be without a shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 383, 23. Scép heordeleáse oves non habentes pastorem, Mt. Kmbl. Rush 9, 36

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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Add: local. reaching to a great height, lofty, tall Heofon is wundorlíce heálic and wíd on ymbhwyrfte; sé gǽð under ðás eorðan ealswá deóp swá bufan, Hex. 10, 1. Man áhéng hí on heálicum gealgan, Hml. A. 95, 119.

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Everalwayssemper

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Ever, always; semper: