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á-beódan

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(l a) where the message is given by a clause Hé ábeád þæt ǽgðer ðára folca óþrum ágeáfe ealle ðá men ðe hié gehergead hæfden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 12. to announce what is coming Heáhengel hǽlo ábeád Marian, ðæt heó Meotod sceolde cennan, Men. 50: An. 96

Linked entry: eoton-weard

eallunga

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Swá emnes módes þæt ic eallunga wǽre orsorg, ꝥ ic swá orsorg wǽre ꝥ ic náne gedréfednesse næfde, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 26: 10; F. 28, 8. Hé þá bernesse eallinga ( funditus ) ádwǽscte, Bd. 4, 21; Sch. 453, 19.

ge-neát

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Þǽr wearð ofslægen Lucumon cynges geréfa . . . and Æðelferð cynges geneát, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, lo. one of a private person's household. Cf. I Gif þín geneát stalie and losie þé, Ll.

gléd

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In þæs wylmes grund, . . . in gléda gripe, El. 1302: Jul. 391: Sal. 48. fire, flame Fretan sceal frécne líg fǽgne monnan, . . . reád réðe gléd, Vy. 46. Nú sceal gléd fretan wigena strengel, B. 3114

hreówsian

(v.)
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Add: to grieve, lament for Ongan se wísdóm hreówsian for þæs módes týdernesse, and ongan giddian his versibus de nostrae mentis perturbatione conquesta est, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 6. to grieve for sin, repent of evil. absolute 'Hreówsiað . . .'

orf

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Add: [orf and yrfe seem interchangeable in Ll. i. 352, 3-13: 254, 15] Æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, Ll. i. 160, 2. On mínum cucum orfe, 276, 24. Gif bǽd genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, 354, 6.

for-lǽtnes

abandonmentdesolationneglectabandonmentcessationintermissionremissnessremissionpardonlossputting awaydismissiondivorce

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Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; VIII 6 Æfter þǽra eágena forlǽtnysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 7. putting away, dismission, divorce Of boec forlétnise de libello repudii, Mt. p. 18, 8. Similar entries v. án-, betweohn-forlǽtness

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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.), ac on (mid, v.l.) þæs bisceopes tǽlinge hunc virum non pietatis opere delectatum aestimo, sed episcopi derogatione, Gr. D. 76, 16. construction uncertain Gelusfullað delectat (animam), Kent.

ge-sceádwís

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. ¶ applied to superhuman beings :-- Ðonne se gesceádwísa God hwæt wyrcþ þæs ðe wé ne wénaþ cum ab sciente geritur, quod stupeant ignorantes, Bt. 39, 10; F. 226, 24. Se gesceádwísa engel, Hml.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Lbmn. 30, 6 note, with a clause Mé gedafenaþ þæt ic nú tódæg þé gecyrre, Hml. Th. i. 580, 33 : Bl. H. 227, 13 : 55, 4: 149, 11. Ús gedafanað ꝥ . . . Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 362, 15. with infin.

grund

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D. 240, 19. the solid bottom or earth underlying the sea or other water Þaet seó sǽ seofan dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, Hml. Th. i. 564, 24.

hol

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hol, hollow.
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Séc án hol treów ( cavam arborem ) and bring mé þá hrægl þé þú þǽr inne finde, Gr. D. 202, 23. Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and hine sylfne áhýdde, 293, 14. On þone holan æsc, C. D. B. ii. 247, 4. Leápas hole (c?)

líc

(adj.)
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Open wæs þæt eorðærn, æðelinges líc onféng feóres gǽst, Hö. 19. Mín líc scyle on moldærn molsnad weorðan, Ph. 563. Wacodon menn swá swá hit gewunelíc is ofer án dead líc, Hml. S. 21, 290. Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscryftscíre elles hwǽr lecge, Ll.

teón

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teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add :-- Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig mann áht þǽr on teó búton hé and his wícneras (cf. ic nelle ꝥ éni man énig þing þér on theó, bútan hí and heara wícneras nolo ut aliquis hominum se intromittat nisi ipsi et ministri eorum, 347, 3), Cht. E. 233, 7.

ge-sprecan

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Þá englas þá hwíle Heliodorum gesprǽcon, sǽdon ꝥ hé sceolde Onian mycclum þancian, 25, 789. to speak with, have an interview with Hí áxodon hwæðer Petrus þǽr wununge hæfde, woldon hine gespræcan, Hml. S. 10, 112.

hwæþer

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, Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 9. in dependent clauses. as substantive, alone, which of the two. where the alternatives are not expressed Nást ðú hwæðer bið þæs rícan wífes cild, hwæðer þæs earman, Hml. Th. i. 256, 14.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
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ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Geþeaht Drihtnes on écnysse wunað, 32, 10-11. a council, deliberative assembly Þú bist gewuldrad þǽr bið wísra geðeaht and háligra gemétincg, Ps. Th. 88, 6. Se bisceopsinoð þæs Niceniscan geþeahtes, Angl. xi. 8, 1.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibitdenyrefuserestrainpreventhinderprohĭbērerecūsāredenĕgārerenuĕre

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Þearfum forwyrndon, ðæt hí under eówrum þæce mósten ingebúgan ye prohibited the needy, that they might enter under your roof, Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 4; Cri. 1504. Ðæt ðú me ne forwyrne that thou deny me not, Beo. Th. 862; B. 429.

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Hwæt elles meahte beón getácnod þurh Eze-chiel búton ða scírmenn per Ezechielem praepositorum persona signatur, 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 24. an inhabitant of a district (v. scir, ) Gregorius befrán, hú þære scíre nama wǽre, ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron.

ge-leáfful

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., believers, Christians, the faithful :-- On þǽre gesihðe wesað ealle geleáffulle, Bl. H. 13, 28: 81, 16. Mid geleáffullum hé gefylde þysne middangeard, 11, 8. Heó bróhte eallum geleáffullum éce hǽlo, 5, 30.