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á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch outextendto stretch by pulling:to extend noticedirect attentioneffortto extendprolongto spread outextend superficially to stretch outprostrate:--

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Hí áþenedon up heora handa tó Gode, Hml. S. 30, 425. Án fýren swer stód up áþenod oð heofonan, 3, 500. Mid áðenedum earmum, Hml.

Linked entry: on-þenian

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Th. 5297; B. 2646 : Val. 1, 9. in apposition to a pronoun in the main clause Wæs seó hwíl þæs lang, þæt ic Gode þegnode the time of my serving God was long (or þæs = so? ), Cd.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Godes handa gefrætwod equipped for God, Homl. Th. i. 210, 32. Se cing lét gerídan ealle ða land ðe his módor áhte him tó handa the king had all the lands that his mother owned brought into his own power, Chr. 1043; Erl. 168, 9: Cod. Dipl.

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languishto be or become weakidleslothfulremisslanguescereremitteredesidiosum fieri

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Asolcen fram gódre drohtnunge slothful for good living, Homl. Th. i. 306, 11 : 340, 35. Asolcen accidiosus ? vel tediosus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 18; Wrt. Voc. 60, 52. Asolcen dissolutus, desidiosus, R. Ben. 48. Asolcen deses, Ælfc.

Linked entry: a-solcen

húru-þinga

(adv.)
Grammar
húru-þinga, adv.

Especiallyat leastat any rate

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Swilce hé swutellíce cwǽde 'Gif gé noldon Gode lybban on cildháde, ne on geógoþe, gecyrraþ nú húruþinga on ylde to lífes wege,' ii. 78, 13

níd-behéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behéfe, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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In Godes lofe and in nýdbehéfum weorcum wé sceolon gewunigan, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 31. Wé habbaþ ða nýdbehéfestan ánunga áwritene, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 12

Linked entry: níd-behóf

pól

(n.)
Grammar
pól, es; m.
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Maurus þurh Godes mihte eode uppon yrnendum wætere, on ánum wídgyllan póle, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 12. Tó ðæm póle ad natatoriam, Jn. Skt. 9, 11. In tó póle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 424, 17. On pól ; of póle út on Auene, 456, 1-2. In póll, 399, 14.

Linked entry: pyll

seolfren

(adj.)
Grammar
seolfren, seolofren, seolfern, silfren, sylofren, sylfren; adj.
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Ne wyrce gé sylfrene godas, Ex. 20, 23: 3, 22

séðan

(v.)
Grammar
séðan, p. de
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Séðende ðæt Crist is Godes Sunu 'proving that this is very Christ' (Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 4

sige-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-leás, adj.
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</b> of a song, that tells of defeat :-- Gehýrdon galan Godes andsacan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578 ; B. 787

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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A goad, stimulus, thorn (lit. and fig.) Sticels aculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 2. Sticels (not sticel) vel gádísen, 15, 15. Mé is geseald sticels mínes líchaman. . . .

Linked entry: sticel

þrowere

(n.)
Grammar
þrowere, es; m.

a sufferera sufferer for religiona martyr

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Monge Godes þrowera, Exon. Th. 113, 5; Gú. 153: 111, 25; Gú. 132. Ðrowara ðínra martyrum tuorum, Rtl. 63, 16, 34. Ðrowerana, 44, 32. Wuldrigo ðrowras gloriosos martyres, 75, 34

un-geþyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþyld, e; f.: es; n. [
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Impatience

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Impatience Hú mycel Godes geþyld is, and hú mycel úre ungeþyld is, Blickl. Homl. 33, 26. Ungeðyld impatientiae culpa, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 2. Sió ungeðyld, Swt. 311, 21: 33; Swt. 220, 66.

weorold-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gestreón, es ; n.
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Feor lá sí ðæt Godes cyrice . . . weoruldgestreón séce ( lucra quaerere ), Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 26

wiþ-innan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-innan, adv. prep.

Within

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Symle wé beóð fram Gode gesewene ǽgðer ge wiðútan ge wiðinnan, Homl. Th. i. 604, 19. Grammar wiþ-innan, as preposition Ealle ða ðe wiðinnan mé (intra me) synd, Ps. Spl. 102, 1: 108, 21

Linked entry: wiþ-útan

æt-feallan

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Add: lit. to fall, drop from Þám cwellere ætfeóll his gold, Hml. S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll.

a-deádan

(v.)
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Sáwul góde ádeádod, Hml. Th. i. 160, 15. Hire lima ealle wurdon ádeádode, Hml. S. 31, 489

bisceop

under

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Him (Philip ) þá biscepas sǽdon þæt ealle godas him irre wǽren, Ors. 3, 7; S. 144, 4. Lundenwaran lufodon þæt heó þeówedan heora deófolgelda biscopum idolatris magis pontificibus seruire gaudentes, Bd. 2, 6; Sch. 138, 9

for-gitan

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Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34. Ꝥ hié forgeátan þára útera gefeohta, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 24.

ge-blissian

(v.)
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Geblissa þú góda þeówa euge bone serve, Mt. 25, 23. On écum gesetednessum heó geblissige ( gaudeat ), Angl. xiii. 381, 331. ꝥ on n trans. þú þíne fyrde geblissast. Hy. 7, 47. Ealle weorðaþ and féhþ and geblysaþ (cf. blisung. Ps.