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un-hearmgeorn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hearmgeorn, adj.

Inoffensive

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Inoffensive Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20

Linked entry: hearm-georn

un-áteórigendlic

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un-áteórigendlic, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Þone gást ðe is éce and unáteórigendlic, Hml. S. 17, 14. of a person, that fainleth not Is maUNCERATAIN trum weall and unáteórigendlic bewerigend (cf. Is. 40, 28), Hml. S. 7, 127

Linked entry: á-teorigendlic

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Lást wergan gástes ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 266; B. 133. Wergan gástes the devil's, 3499; B. 1747. Ðæm wergan gáste wiþstondan, Blickl. Homl. 135, 11. Werigan, Cd. Th. 309, 17; Sat. 711. Wið ðone wergan gǽst, Exon. Th. 373, 30; Seel. 117. Weregan, Cd.

gærs-bed

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A grass-bedgravesub cæspĭte lectussepulcrum

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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15

windwian

(v.)
Grammar
windwian, p. ode

To winnowventilareliteralfigurative

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Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7

Linked entries: a-windwian windung

eág-dúru

Grammar
eág-dúru, l. -duru,
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Geseah hé sittan ðone Hálgan Gást on culfran híwe on ðæs carcernes eágdura, 54, 15, Þurh þá eágduru, 78, 27

ge-hnyssan

(v.)
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to afflict Se gehnysta gást, hiorte geclánsod and geeádméded spiritus contribulatus, cor contritum et humiliatum Ps. C. 127. Cf. hnossian. [But gehnyst might belong to ge-hnyscan. Ci. ge-hnistun under ge-hnescan; V. 2.] (?)

Linked entries: hnossian -hnyssan

ge-mang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mang, es; n.
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A business; negotium Geendedum þysnm gást-licre áfeormunge gemange finito hoc spiritualis purgaminis negotio, Angl. xiii. 387, 312. Ne mæg ic ána eówre gemang ácuman nan valeo solus negotia vestra sustinere, Deut. l, 12

ænge

(adj.)
Grammar
ænge, def. se ænga; adj.

Narrowtroubledanxiousangustusanxius

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Is me ænge [MS. ænige] gást innan hreðres anxiatus est in me spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 4

un-þæslic

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Swýðe unþæslic (inconveniens) mæg beón geþúht ꝥ sé nyte Drihtnes andgit, sé ;Þe mid him byð geworden án gást, Gr. D. 136, 21. ;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

in-smoh

(n.)
Grammar
in-smoh, gen. -smós [?]; m.

A slough

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A slough Hé ágeaf ðone clǽnan gást and ðæs líchaman insmoh [exuvias] forlét monnum tó mundbyrde he gave up the clean spirit, and left the slough of the body as a protection for men, Shrn. 126, 2

Linked entry: ǽ-smogu

sóþsecgendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþsecgendlíce, adv.
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Truly Þá þá þǽr wæs án geleáffull man sóðsecgendlíce (sóðsecgende, v. l.) in gangende, hræðe se leása gást onweg gewát dum domum unus veraciter fidelis ingressus est, ab ea protinus mendax spiritus abscessit, Gr. D. 185, 17

sige-bearn

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

a-fyrsian

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrsian, p. ode; pp. od; v.a. [a, fyrsian to remove]

To remove farthest awaydrive awaydispelpellerepropellereauferre

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To remove farthest away, drive away, dispel; pellere, propellere, auferre He afyrseþ gást ealdormanna aufert spiritum principum, Ps. Spl. 75, 12: 45, 9. Ðe deófla afyrseþ which drives devils away, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 29

merian

(v.)
Grammar
merian, p. ede; pp. ed

To purifyrefine

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To purify, refine Ðam ðe his gást wile mergan (MS. B. merian) of sorge ásceádan of scyldum for him who will purify his spirit from the dross of care, separate it from guilt, Salm. Kmbl. 112; Sal. 55

on-scuniend

(n.)
Grammar
on-scuniend, -scunigend (?), es; m.

One who detests or shuns

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One who detests or shuns Nán ( no friend of the dead man ) hine tó ðæs swíðe ne lufaþ, ðæt hé sóna syððan ne sý onscungend, seoððan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 111, 29

Linked entry: -scuniend

twifeald-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
twifeald-líc, adj.
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Tuufallíce gást utrimque spiritus Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 5. [Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]

ge-hygd

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Mé þinceþ ꝥ in þám gehig-dum þyses hálgan weres wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video unesse Gr. D. 130, 9. Add

undern-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíma, an; m.

The third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.

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And eft com se Hálga Gást on underntíman ofer ða apostolas, Btwk. 214, 26-30

wuldor-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-torht, adj.

Gloriously brightsplendid

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Gloriously bright, splendid Wuldortorht heofon-weardes gást, Cd. Th. 8, 5; Gen. 119. Hádor sægl wuldortorht gewát, Andr. Kmbl. 2912; An. 1459 : Cd. Th. 174, 7; Gen. 2874. Beácen wuldortorht, 167, 21; Gen. 2769. Woldortorhtan weder, Beo.