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ge-sǽlig

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</b> having a fortune, wealthy Hé gewát ǽhte lǽdan . . . golde and seolfre swídfeorm and gesǽlig, Gen. 1770.

ge-hæftan

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Ic geseó óðre ǽ . . . wiþfeohtende þǽre ǽ mínes módes and gehæftedne ( captiuum) mé is lǽdende. Hú gif hé gehæfted (captiuus ) wæs, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 6-11. Gehæftum heora feóndum captis hostibus, 5, 12; Sch. 620, 7.

brúcan

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Him weaxað untrumnyssa, þæt hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 9. Brúcan his estmettas, 330, 15.

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Þeós ǽ becom tó gýmeleáste this law fell into neglect, Angl. vii. 8, 71. Becuman tó þǽm écean lífe, Bl. H. 77, 21.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Ǽlc treów ðe gódne wæstm (woestim, Rush.) ne bringð omnis arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, 3, 10. Dóð medemne weastm (wæstm, MS. A., Lind.: wyrþe westem. Rush.), 3, 8. Wæstim gódne, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 9.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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Ðis ys seó ǽ ðe Moises foresette and laga and dómas ista est lex quam proposuit Moyses, et hæc testimonia et ceremoniæ atque judicia, Deut. 4, 44-45.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

líc

(n.)
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líc, es; n.

A body

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Stód se biscop æt ðam líce, 4, 11; S. 580, 13: L. Edg. c. 65; Th. ii. 258, 13. Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce a bath for elephantiasis, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 18.

drífan

(v.)
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Álege þone man úpweard, dríf ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, ii. 342, 5. Gif hwá drífe stacan on ǽnigne man si quis acus in homine aliquo defixerit, Ll.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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Sý gemedemud ǽt metes sit temperatus cibus escae, Scint. 50, 14. V. to deem worthy to be in a state, position, &amp; c. Cf. Hml. Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.'

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Geþingie, Wlfst. 299, 24. to intercede for something from a person Hys frýnd bǽdon Onian ꝥ hé his lífe geðingode æt Gode, Hml.

sár

(n.)
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sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, sorenessa pain, pang, sore, woundgrief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrowa grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Ðeáh him mon hwæt wiðerweardes doo, oððe hé hwelce scande gehiére be him selfum, hé æt ðæm cierre ne biþ onstyred . . . ac æfter lytlum fæce hé biþ onǽled mid ðý fýre ðæs sáres, Past. 33; Swt. 225, 20.

hí-réd

(n.)
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hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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An gewitnesse ðes hírédes æt Cristes cirican with the witness of the brotherhood at Christchurch, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 36.

Linked entry: hý-réd

háwian

(v.)
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H. 28, 7. to look at, observe an object (gen. ) with the eyes Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs þe hé geseón wolde, Solil. H. 27, 6. Hý mín háwodon and mé beheóldon ipsi consideraverant et conspexerant me, Ps.

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

land-riht

(n.)
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land-riht, es; n.
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford óððæt Heorrenda nú leóðcræftig mon londryht geþah ðæt mé eorla hleó ǽr gesealde good service had I for many a winter, a kind lord; until now Heorrenda, a man skilled in song, has received land right; the

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
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MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANYmany a

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Hié witon ðæt ðæt ilce yfel ofereode, swá ða monegan ǽr dydan, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 3. Manigra sumne one of many. Beo. Th. 4188; B. 2091. with a genitive Moniges breác wintra, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 31; Gen. 1230. Heáfod hé gebreceþ hæleþa mæniges, Ps.

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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Geþencaþ hwelc ðǽs flǽsclícan gód sién and ða gesǽlþa ðe géungemetlíce wilniaþ ðonne mágon gé ongeotan ðæt ð æs líchoman fæger and his streón mágon (strengo mæg Cott.

dwelian

(v.)
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Ðá, þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnan, gebringan on rihtwege þá, þe ǽr dweledan (-odan, v. l. ), Wlfst. 75, 2. Sé ðe færð on sóðre lufe ne mæg hé dwelian; heó gewissað and gelǽt, Hml. Th. i. 52, 15. Dweliende exorbitans (a recto religionis tramite ), An.

ge-macian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 88, 29. with subst. complement Þone hé ǽr éhtende martyr gemacode, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 24. with tó and dat. Gif hé him þæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe. Hml.

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.