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ge-cwician

(v.)
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Add: in a physical sense Sume gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe wyl gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
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Þá þá barn witodlíce útan, ádwǽscte ꝥ unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b> to take from (
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of) sáula gereáfáð of ðæs ealdan feóndes honda, Fast. 261, 7. <b>I a.</b> add :-- ꝥ him ágeáfe ꝥ ǽr on him gereáfade. Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]
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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

clǽnsnian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsnian, clǽnsnigan; ode; od

To cleanse, clear oneselfse purgare

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Búton he frínd hæbbe ðe hine clǽnsnian unless he have friends who may clear him, ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 13

freoh

(adj.)
Grammar
freoh, adj.

Freelīber

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Gif he freoh sý if he be free, L. Wg. 8; Th. i. 188, 3: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13

be-reccan

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Add: Berecce hine on folcgemóte, and gif láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hit geseó, for ðǽm wénð, gif hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, e; f.
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So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps guard over the dead king, Beo. Th. 5811; B. 2909

hors-hwæl

(n.)
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hors-hwæl, es; m.
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A walrus Swíðost fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

irfe-weardness

Grammar
irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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God cwæþ ðæt sylf wǽre heora yrfweardnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 7. Ðonne biþ úre seó yrfeweardnes nostra erit hereditas, Mk. Skt. 12, 7

Linked entry: irf-

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.
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[Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle scipen eorum est navicula ... et theloneum omnium navium, 318, 1.]

mǽþ

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mǽþ, mowing.
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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hét gelǽdan león and beran, manega and mycele, Homl. Skt. 4, 403

Linked entries: leá león leóna

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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ne cume on wearmum bæðe, ne on sóftum bedde, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 22. Þolige cold bæð, 284, 5. Þǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baðu, Hml. Th. i. 86, 21: Hml. S. 2, 397: Ruin. 41: 46. Baþa hý nǽfre brúcaþ for heora líchoman luste, R. Ben. 137, 9.

ge-namian

(v.)
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IV. to assign something to a person :-- Ðæs eftleán wile ealles genomian, Cri. lloi. Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his efenlǽcunge: gif geeuenlǽcð Gode . . . bið Godes bearn gecíged, Hml.

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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He gehleápeþ heá dúne he shall leap the high downs, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 10; Cri. 717. Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre the place is on the high mount of Olives, Homl. Blick. 125, 19

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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fæste feówertig daga þurh his mildsa spéd, 306, 23; Sat. 668. Heó hit þurh monnes geþeaht ne sceáwode, 38, 12; Gen. 605.

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set beforeproposeshutclose inpræpōnĕrepropōnĕrepræclūdĕre

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He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3.

hind

(n.)
Grammar
hind, e; f.
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lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.