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ge-scildan

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Þ úre Hǽlend þé wið ealle fýnd gescylde, Hml. S. 23, 837 : Bl. H. 19, 16

gearcian

(v.)
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Ealle míne ðing ic gearcode ( omnia parata ); cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8. Gearcode hé his fare and tó Englelande cóm, Chr. 1091 ; P. 226, 28. Hí gearcodon hí sylfe tó wíge, Hml. A. 104, 68, 75.

gebed-rǽden

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Ic bidde þé, mín Drihten, þæt ðú helpe . . . ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað and hyhtað lybbendra and forðgewitenra ( all those, living or departed, that look and hope for my prayers), Angl. xii. 500, 28.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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Hét hé míne geféran ꝥ hié ealne heora gerelan him of ádydon ponere amicos uestes imperauit, Nar. 27, 13. a garment, robe Wudewan gierela theristotedes (sumpto viduitatis theristro, Ald. 76, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 46. Gyrlan stola, Germ. 397, 10.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

herung

praise ⬩ approbation ⬩ praise ⬩ lauds

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Heruncga preconia, i. laudes, 64. praise, extolling of the Deity Sé þe . . . his Drihten, þe is ealra gereorda gifend mid herincge ne ðancað, R. Ben. 69, Dionisius þancode his Drihtne mid herunge, Hml.

hefe

importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight

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God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.

hú-hwega

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Voc. ii. 24, 35. of space measurement Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru, v. ll.) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum ), Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7.

sceáwere

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Ealra ðǽra tácna ðe ðǽr gelimpað ic eom sceáwere and gýmend, Hml. Th. i. 504, 3. Beforan þám eágum þæs úplican sceáweres ( spectatoris ) hé eardode ána, Gr.

wecg

(n.)
Grammar
wecg, es; m.

a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money

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Ðætte ðǽr wǽre ðæt héhste gód, ðǽr ðǽr ða gód ealle gegæderode bióþ, swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 20. Hí behwyrfdon heora áre on sumum gyldenum wecge, and ðone on sǽ áwurpan, Homl. Th. i. 60, 29.

ǽg-hwilc

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Ǽghwylc ealra, Ps. Th. 134, 8. Oeghwelce ðinga omni modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 50. Ǽghwylce þinga, 63, 42. as adjective Ǽghwelc man, Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 11. Ǽghwylc heáhgeréfa wæs gewita, Bl. H. 177, 14. Ǽghwylc mennisc leahter, 163, 15.

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de

To trouble, afflict, grieve.

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To the instance given under á-swǽman may be added the following :-- Swá Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðætte God héte ealle ða áswǽman æt heofona ríces dura, ða ðe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ God would bid all those grieve. . . Blickl. Homl. 41, 34.

Linked entry: á-swǽman

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.

to trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to be true to a person ⬩ to prove one's self true ⬩ clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct

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On ealdor-inen tó treówianne sperare in principibus, 9. to be true to a person Dóþ swá ic háte ic eów treówige gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ sóð geleáfan do as I bid; I will be true (or gracious)to you, if you use that sign (circumcision), true sign of belief

Linked entry: trýwian

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.

firmness ⬩ strength ⬩ certainty ⬩ health ⬩ confirmation ⬩ support ⬩ a firm place ⬩ the firmament

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Ealle trumnysse hláfes hé forcnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit. Ps. Spl. 104, 15. a firm place, the firmament Bið trumnys on lande on hedhnyssum dúna erit firmamentum in terra in summis montium, Ps. Spl. 71,16.

Linked entry: trymness

ge-mynd

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Hire wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum þonne eall þæt máððum-gesteald, Jul. 36: Gú. 139: Bo. 30. (to have, bear, &amp; c. in) mind. Cf.

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum

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Eal ic hit arǽfnede ðæt ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan arǽfnan I suffered it all to shew you how you ought to suffer, Blickl. Homl. 237, 12. Ealle gemete omni modo, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 9.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Þeáh hit wið ealla sié gemenged weoruldgesceafta, Met. 20, 128. His líchama wæs gemengeð mid þǽre eorþan, Bl. H. 241, 26.

lecgan

(v.)
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Wé rídan ealle tó . . . and þone þeóf lecgean, 236, 18.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Ðara is ánra gehwylc synderlíce xxxtigum ðúsendum dǽla lengra ðonne eal middangeard, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 13. Heora ǽghwylc be heom sylfum synderlíce ðus cwæð, Homl.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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Heofon is betera, and heálícra, andfægerra ðonne eall his innung, búton monnum ánum the heaven is better, and higher, and fairer than all which it includes, except men alone, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 10: Exon. 43 b ; Th. 147, 2; Gú. 720 .

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Hié ealle líchomlícu sár oforhogodan, 119, 20. of the mind, grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinn, ne nǽnig unéþnes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35. Wépende sár, Exon. Th. 79, 14; Cri. 1290.