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wrecan

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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<b>IV e</b> I. add :-- Hé wræc on þǽre byrig hiora misdǽda, Ors. 6, 6; S. 262, 2. ¶ add: :-- Hit God wræc on him, 4, 7; S. 184, 7. Add

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32. Hé nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.

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.

ge-treów

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treów, ; adj. [Besides this unmutated a-stem, a mutated ja-stem (ió, ié, í, ý) and a mixed form ge-treówe occur: the eó-forms are taken here, the mutated forms under ge-tríwe.]
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Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 2. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. ge-triu.]

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-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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Þætte wíf forhogiað heora bearn tó fédanne ut mulieres filios nutrire contemnant, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 80, 12. Ꝥ hé his synna ne forhogige tó andettanne ut non negligat peccata sua confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 12

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

georne

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Add: where an effort has to be made, with a will, in earnest Nó ic him þæs georne ætfealh, B. 968. Geóca ús georne, Az. 12. where a duty or business has to be done, diligently Ic offylgde from fruma alle georne ( diligenter ), Lk. L. R. 1, 3.

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht. Th. 486, 28. in a criminal case, to condemn, sentence to punishment Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde (condemnauit) þé nán man ...

hǽlan

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Utan we úre gyfe ðám syllan þe hyre onfón cann, þæt is úre Drihten Hǽlende Críst (úrum Drihtne Hǽlendum Críste, v. l.) nostra donaria offeramus ei, qui nouit accipere. Domino Deo nostro, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 20 : Rtl. 114, 15.

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.

hol

Grammar
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?)

teón

Grammar
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.

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.

á-firran

(v.)
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God áfyrde þæt unrihtwrigels of heora heortan, Bl. H. 105, 30. Ne áfyr ( elongaveris ) þú fultum fram mé. Ps. L. 21, 10. Fácen from úrum heortum ádoon and áfyrran. Bl. H. 95, 28. From ús ðióstro áfirra. ( depellere ), Rtl. 37, 9.

hræd

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Cf. hræd-lic; Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, Hml. Th. i. 618, 28.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
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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.