beód-ern
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Twá land . . . ðám gebró;ðrum tó bryce intó heora beódderne, C. D. iv. 72, 23, 28: 305, 13. Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18.
deóre
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Se cyng sealde his land tó male swá hé deórost mihte. Chr. 1086; P. 218, 12. with kindness, as holding a person dear Dém þú þín folc deóre mid sóðe judica populum tuum in tua justitia, Ps. Th. 71, 2 : 117, 24.
fæst-hafol
strong ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ tenacious ⬩ retentive ⬩ parsimonious
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Hé gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 20. parsimonious, close-fisted For hwí wǽre þú swá fæsthafol mínra góda þe ic þé sealde?, Wlfst. 258, 12. Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15.
ge-rǽde
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.
ge-sibsumian
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Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10
ge-swebban
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</b> of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. of things, to calm, quiet Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita
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ge-dyrstignes
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Substitute: presumption, audacity Ðý lǽs sió gedyrstignes his módes hine tó upp áhebbe ne mentem praesumtio spiritus levet, Past. 79, 17. Sý forboden on mynstre ǽlcere gedyrstignesse (praesumtionis) intinga. R. Ben. 129, 13.
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ginne
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Seó æftre eá Ethiopia land and leódgeard beligeð úton, ginne ríce ( a broad realm ), Gen. 230. Ic weóld folce Deniga and heóld ginne ríce (gim merice, MS.), B. 466. <b>I a.
hrægel-talu
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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3
irsian
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Ðý lǽs eorsie Dryhten, Ps. Srt. 2, 12. Tó iorsienne ad irascendum (facilem), Kent. Gl. 645. - Ne beó hé tó sláw, ne beó hé tó eorsigende (printed eornigende). Ll. Th. ii. 416, 16. with dat.
íþ-ness
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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.
lufiend
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D. 329, 13. a lover of a thing. cf. lufian ; II. 4 Þú cwén, láre lufigend, Ap. Th. 18, l. . . Ðæs wýsdómes lufiendas amatores sapientiae, Solil. H. 42, 2. cf. lufian ; II. 5 Geornful lufiend cupidus (castitatis) amator, An. Ox. 363.
ofer-winnan
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Ne lǽt mé nánwiht oferwinnan on þís wege, þat ic ne mage cuman tó þé nihil mihi repugnare facias tendenti ad te, Solil. H. 14, 2. Vespasianus ásende his sunu tó oferwinnenne ðá earman Iúdéiscan, Hml. Th. i. 402, 30.
un-gewittigness
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Gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreów-nysse a tantae crudelitatis insania quiescere, 164, 27. insanity: Lǽg þær sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse . . . þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne (phreneticum
ádlig
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Ðý lǽs ðe án ádlig sceáp ealle heorde besmíte, R. Ben. 53, 4. Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32. Tácn ádlies magan, Lch. ii. 174, 20. Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10.
gum-cyst
Manly virtue ⬩ excellence, munificence,liberality
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Manly virtue or excellence, munificence,liberality Ðú ðé lǽr be ðon gumcyste ongit learn from that, understand liberality, Beo. Th. 3450; MB. 1723.
for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Lamb. 105, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 40: Chr. 685; Erl. 40. 20. Hí ǽr Mul forbærndon they had formerly burnt Mul, Chr. 694; Erl. 43, 21: 894; Erl. 91, 25: 1001; Erl. 136, 31: 1055; Erl. 190. 4.
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hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Lamb. 78, 2. Deádra hrǽwum over the corpses of the dead, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 6; Exod. 41
LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547
GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Ǽcraftig gleáw geþances cunning in the law, wise of thought, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 13; Dan. 743. Swá him se gleáwa bebeád Gregorius as the wise Gregory commanded him, Menol. Fox 198; Men. 100.