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gegninga

(adv.)
Grammar
gegninga, -nunga; adv.

Plainlywhollyaltogethercertainlydirectlyomnino

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Ðæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme that it came directly from God, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 35; Gen. 683 : Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 27; . 785

Linked entries: génunga geagninga

geond-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-þencan, p. -þohte; pp. -þoht [þencan to think]

To think over, consider, contemplateaniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri

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Se ðis deorce líf deópe geondþenceþ he profoundly contemplates this dark life, 77 b; Th. 291, 29; Wand. 89

geostra

(adj.)
Grammar
geostra, giestra [estra],
  • [Ps. Spl. 89, 4]
gystra, gyrsta; adj.

Of yesterdayhesternusherihesternum

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Bos. 4, 52: Th. An. 22, 1

Linked entry: giestron

wraxlian

(v.)
Grammar
wraxlian, p. ode

To wrestle

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To wrestle Ic wraxlige luctor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 12. Ða wraxlode (luctabatur) án engel wið hine, Gen. 32, 24. Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91.

Linked entries: wrǽstlian wræxliende

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, omen.
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Voc. ii. 115, 52. Nǽfre on aldordagnm ǽr ne siððan heardran hǽle healþegnas fand never in all the days of his life, before or since, less auspiciously (cf. Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add

wǽl-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-bed, wǽl-bedd, es; n.

The bed of the slain

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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011

gamel

Grammar
gamel, gamol.

of great ageancient, of a time long past

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Add: of great age. of persons Ic eom gomel wintrum, Ps. Th. 70, 16. Gomol bið snoterost, fyrngeárum fród, þe ǽr fela gebídeþ, Gn. C.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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time, occasion Ðá becom se apostol æt sumum sǽle (on one occasion ) ðære byrig Pergamum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 24: 70, 23. On sumne sǽl quandoque, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 66. Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13.

Linked entry: sél

innan

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Add: <b>A.</b> as adverb. local, within, inside. in reference to a place or thing Gif þone oxan innan betýnan nolde, Ll. Th. i. 48, 31. Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan, Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9.

ge-mǽne

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<b>I b.</b> </b> Se mægðhád is gemǽne ægþrum cnihtnm and mǽdenum. Hml. A. 33, 224. <b>I c.</b> of the properties of things :-- Swá hwá swá ðone gemǽnan gód eallra góda forliét, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 9. <b>I d.

hálig

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R. 2, 42. On dæge háligum (hálgum, R.), Mk. L. 14, 2. On hálgum beorge in monte sancto, Ps. Th. 98, 10. On háligre stówe, Mt. 24, 15. On þá hálgan ceastre, 4, 5. On hálige templ, Bl. H. 71, 17. Hálig tiber, Exod. 415. Hálige dagas kalendae, Wrt.

Æl-mihtig

(n.)
Grammar
Æl-mihtig, -mihti

Almighty

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Almighty Se Ælmihtiga the Almighty, Beo. Th. 184; B. 92: Andr. Kmbl. 497; An. 249: Elen. Grm. 1146: Exon. 9 b : Th. 8, 22; Cri. 121: Cd. 191; Th. 239, 10; Dan. 368: Hy. 10, 1: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 97; Met. 9, 49: Menol. Fox 187; Men. 95 : Salm.

Linked entry: eall-mihtig

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon telum, jaculum, hasta

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ADART, spear, javelin, weapon ; telum, jaculum, hasta Daroþ sceal on handa the spear shall be in the hand, Menol. Fox 502; Gn. C. 21. Forlét daroþ of handa fleógan let a dart fly from the hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 11; By. 149: 139, 17; By. 255.

Linked entry: daraþ

ge-bǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽran, p. de ; pp. ed [ge-, and bǽru bearing, habit]

To bear one's selfbehave or conduct one's selfse gerere

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Ne scule wið hine gebǽran swá swá wið feónd ye must not behave to him as to an enemy, Past. 46, 8; Swt. 356, 7; Hat. MS. 68 a, 14. We gebǽraþ swelce we hit nyten we behave as though we know it not, 28, 4; Swt. 194, 4; Hat. MS. 37 a, 25.

Linked entry: bǽran

hwanan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; adv.

Whence

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Whence. in direct questions ― Interrogativa synd áxigendlíce, unde hwanan, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 58. Hwanon hæfde coccel unde habet zizania? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27. Hwanun wát ic þis unde hoc sciam? Lk. Skt. 1, 18.

Linked entry: hwonan

lungre

(adv.)
Grammar
lungre, adv.

Quicklysoonat oncestraightwayspeedily

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Wén is ðæt ús lifigende lungre wyllen, snióme forsweolgan, 123, 2. Ðǽr him lífgedál lungre weorþeþ there the parting with life shall happen to him suddenly, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 3; Vy. 45: 10 a; Th. 1l, 8; Cri. 167.

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, monna, an; m.

Mana man

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Th. i. 12, 29. Ðá wolde God wyrcan mannan, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 9. Gif man frigne mannan ofsleahþ, L. Ethb. 6; Th. i. 4, 6. Eorlcundne mannan, L. H. E. 1; Th. i. 26, 8. Gif frigman mannan forstele, 5; Th. i. 28, 10.

sworettung

(n.)
Grammar
sworettung, e; f.
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A deep drawing of the breath. as a sign of trouble, a sigh From sworetunge mínum a singultu meo, Rtl. 20, 27. Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs geondgoten and longe sworetunge wæs teónde ( suspiria longa trahens ), Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10.

þri-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þri-feald, adj.

Threefoldtriple

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Threefold, triple Ic cwæþ ðæt sió sáwul wǽre þriofeald, Bt, 33, 4; Fox 132, 2. Þriefald, Met. 20, 183. Ðrifald trinus, Rtl. 111, 8: Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 6. Ðryfeald, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 24. Ðryfeald triplex, Ælfc.

cræftig

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Add: powerful Julius se cræftega cásere Caesar totis viribus, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 16.