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be-irnan

Grammar
be-irnan, <b>II 2</b>.
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Godes yrre on tó beyrnanne Dei iram incurrere , Chrd. 109, 28. Add

wealg

(adj.)
Grammar
wealg, adj.

Nauseous

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Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous) Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen ( ne evomatur tepidus ) Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrance ⬩ an irruption, attack, a going with violence

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Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

ge-dwyldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwyldlic, adj.

That leads astray, deceptive, false.

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That leads astray, deceptive, false. v. ge-dwild; Antecríst winð ongeán Godes gecorenan . . . mid gedwyldlicum scíncræftum . . . ; ætforan þám hé wyrcð mænigfealde wundra þæt hé þurh þæt hy tó gedwolan áwende. Wlfst, 196, 18-197, 5

lang

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Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5. Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432

cyfes-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cyfes-boren, def. se cyfes-borena; part.

Born in concubinage, base-born ⬩ e concubina genĭtus

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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17

Linked entry: cifes-boren

ge-lyðen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-lyðen, part. p.

Travelled

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Travelled Se ylca Nathan wæs swá gelyðen ðæt he hæfde gefaren fram ǽlcum lande to óðrum this Nathan was so travelled that he had gone from every land to the other, St. And. 26, 13

Sweotolung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sweotolung-dæg, es; m.

Epiphany

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Epiphania Domini is translated by Godes geswutelungdæg, i. 104, 18

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace

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Ðæt nǽnig man ða lǽstas sylfe ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte ne mid golde ne mid seolfre so that no man might overlay the footsteps themselves, neither with gold nor with silver, 125, 35. Sceáwian láðes lástas, Beo. Th. 1686; B. 841.

Linked entry: lǽst

ge-hátan

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God hæfð swíðe wel geháten Israhéla folce, Past. 304, 12. to assert confidently Þú gehéte þæt þec hálig gǽst wið earfeðum eáðe gescilde, Gú. 427. Ic gehátan dear þæt þú þǽr treówe findest, Bo. 10

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly

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Ða gódan ðæt gód on riht sécaþ, and ða yfelan on wóh, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 6

eádig-lic

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Godes anweald nǽre full eádiglic ( nec beatum regimen esse videretur ), gif þá gesceafta hiora unwillum him hérden, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 18. Him se bisceop eádiglice and hálwendlice geðeaht forðbróhte, Bl. H. 205, 18. Add

hand-griþ

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Godes cyricgrið and crístenes cynincges handgrið, 358, 261. Gehálgodes cyninges handgrið, Wlfst. 266, 11

findan

Grammar
findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

hǽðenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽðenisc, adj.

Heathenish, pagan ⬩ gentilis

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Heathenish, pagan Heora biscepas sǽdon ðæt heora godas bǽdon ðæt him man worhte anfiteatra ðæt mon mehte ðone hǽðeniscan plegan ðǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 12

halan

(n.)
Grammar
halan, [or hamlan]

afterbirth

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afterbirth Gáte geallan on wíne gedruncen wífa halan him ofádéþ goat&#39;s gall, drunken in wine, removes women&#39;s afterbirth for them, Lchdm. i. 356, 8 Similar entries v. Gloss : Lchdm. ii

scrúd-land

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-land, es; n.

Land given to provide means for buying clothing ⬩ land given as scrúdfultum

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ðæs landes æt Orpedingtúne for his sáwle intó Cristes cyrican ðám Godes þeówum tó scrúdland. Chart. Th. 329, 19

Linked entry: scrúd-fultum

sige-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
sige-bearn, es; n.

A victorious child ⬩ applied to Christ

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A victorious child, applied to Christ His gást onsende sigebearn Godes, Elen. Kmbl. 959; El. 481: Exon. Th. 460, 3; Hö. 11. Ðæt sygebearn, 461, 29; Hö. 43. Ealra sigebearna ðæt séleste, 33, 3; Cri. 520

á-wenian

(v.)
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Hí unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ and hí áweniaþ from Godes gemynde, Bl. H. 61, 24. Áwenide suspenderat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 62. Áwæned cild ablactatus, Ps. L. 130, 2. Áwened, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. Add

á-wyrcan

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Ǽnne tíman gebídan, þonne ús wǽre leófre þonne eall ꝥ on middangearde is, ꝥ wé áworhtan Godes willan, Ll. Th. i. 370, 19. Ǽlces unnyttes wordes hié sculon ryht áwyrcean (reddent rationem), Past. 281, 10. Add