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rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce, ðæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and ðǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne, ac ðære wucan rǽdere on ðone Sunnandæg mid bletsunge hit beginne ... Nánes mannes stefn gehýred ne sý bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes, R.

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
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Hé hét hwílon ða hundas ætstandan ðe urnon on ðam rǽse deórum getenge he sometimes ordered the dogs to stop that were running at full speed close upon the game, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 25. an onset, attack Beadumægnes rǽs, Cd. Th. 198, 28; Exod. 329.

Linked entry: rǽs-bora

ge-dwola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwola, -dweola, an; m.

errormadnessheresyerrorerrātumvesāniahærĕsisa heretichærĕtĭcus

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Done ealdan gedwolan the old deceiver, Blickl. Homl. 7, 12

Linked entries: dwola ge-dweola

ge-fér-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Societyfellowshipbrotherhoodsŏciĕtascŏmĭtātusclērus

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Wið ðone geférscipe with the fellowship, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 20. Se cræftga geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ the artificer firmly unites societies, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 185; Met. 11, 93. Of hiora gefoerscipe de eorum societate, Rtl. 75. 28

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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Se here geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ adrǽfdon and ðæs óðres ðone mǽstan dǽl hie geridon the [Danish] army rode to Wessex and occupied it; much of the folk they drove over sea and most part of the rest they got into their

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Ðone óþerne ðe hine ðǽrtó neádode, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 227. thereto, for that end Úres Hǽlendes geríp mænigfeald is and feáwa wyrhtan þǽrtó, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 129

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m. A canine tooth or
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Se flǽsctóþ wiþæftan ðone tux gigra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 9. Mannes tuxas canini vel colomelli, i. 43, 31. Tuxas canini, ii. 16, 50: 128, 21: Lchdm. iii. 202, 19. Wið tóþwræce, hundes tuxas, i. 370, 26. Tuscum genuinis, cweorntóðum molaribus, Wrt.

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
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Ǽlc man ofer twelfwintre sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, 21; Th. i. 388, 6. Ǽlc man ðe beó ofer twelfwintre, Wulfst. 136, 17. Perhaps in the last five passages ofer twelfwintre should be taken as a compound

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Se ðe ðone wuda unwærlíce ( incaute ) hiéwð, 21; Swt. 167, 15. Ðá eode hé on íse unwærlíce dum incautius in glacie incederet, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 1. Ða ðe unwærlíce and gémeleáslíce Gode hýraþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 22: 57, 9: Exon.

Linked entry: wærlíce

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappinessillfortunecalamityunhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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Áfyr fram ðé ða unnettan ungesǽlþa and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 33. unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good Ða yfelan habbaþ ðrió ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott.

Linked entry: un-sǽlþ

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum Ex. 19, 12. motion outside His scipu wendon út ábúton Legeceastre, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 14.

ge-langian

(v.)
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Gelangiað mé ðone martyr Mercurium, Hml. Th. i. 450, 31. with tó, preceding the dat. Gelanga hine tó þé accessi eum, Hml. S. 10, 142. Hí gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope, 23, 680. Hé hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml.

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Wearð seó cwén micclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, and siððan ðurh tácnum swutelunge oncnáwan, 306, 11. add: a making known the significance of something Se bisceop funde him ó rǽde þæt hí mid þreóra daga fæstene

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (stultitia) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum, L. Ecg. P. addit. 7.; Th. ii. 232, 24.

Linked entry: wís-dóm

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Áweorpan ðone æfst, 25. Hié him æfest tó genáman they became envious of him Bl. H. 7, ll. Æfeste ánforlǽtan, Gú. 158 : Fä. 36. Æfest invidiam Mt. p. I, 10. Þurh æfeste (æfist, L.) Mt. R. 27, 18 : Mk. R. 15, 10. Níð and æfesta odium et invidiae Ll.

hár

(adj.)
Grammar
hár, adj.

Hoar, hoary, grey, oldcanus

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On ðone háran hæsel to the grey [with lichens?] hazel, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 279, 14. Æt ðære háran apuldran at the old apple-tree, Chr. 1066; Erl. 202, 6. Of clife hárum from the grey cliff, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 25; Met. 5, 13.

consul

(n.)
Grammar
consul, es; m.

A consul

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Án consul forsóc ðone MS. þæne triumphan one consul [Fabius] declined the triumph 2, 4; Bos. 42, 43. Senátas cómon ongeán hyra consulas the senators came to meet their consuls 2, 4; Bos. 43, 5, 20, 26.

Linked entry: geár-cyning

on-tendness

(n.)
Grammar
on-tendness, e; f.

a burning, firefire, that which kindles passionpassion, vehement desireburning sensation, inflammation

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Ic on ðé ádwesce ealle ontendnysse, 4, 171. burning sensation, inflammation He unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðám þiccum bremlum and þornum and netelum ... and swá þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda; for ðan ðe hé áwende ðone

Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directionssend away,disperse,scatterto destroy

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Nabochodonosor com tó Hierusalem and ðæt manncyn ofslóh and ða burh tósende and ðæt tempel tówearp destroyed (the narrative in 2 Kings 25 or 2 Chron. 36 does not speak of the dispersion of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but of the destruction of the city

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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S. 71; Th. i. 414, 2. the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy Nis ná eówer mǽþ tó witenne ðone tíman it is not for you to know the time (Acts 1, 7), Homl. Th. i. 298, 12.