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séðung

(n.)
Grammar
séðung, e; f.
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Hwæne mǽrsiaþ ðás wundra mid heora séðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 5. Hé ðæs árleásan eáre gehǽlde tó séðunge soðre godcundnysse ( in proof of true divinity ), 248, 2. Hé heora goda geendunge mid swutelum séðungum gewissode, i. 558, 16.

wræc-síþian

(v.)
Grammar
wræc-síþian, p. ode

To betravel in a foreign country, to be in exile

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Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22. Tó wræcsíðienne peregrinandi, vagandi, Hpt. Gl. 412, 59 : ad incolalum peregre, 413, 12

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.
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Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn. 50, 18. Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellícum, 66, 25

un-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-wrenc, es; m.

an evil tricka malicious wilea wicked artificean evil practicea vice

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Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice, a vice For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde per impatientiae vitium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 19

hand-dǽda

(n.)
Grammar
hand-dǽda, an; m.

One who does a deed with his own hand

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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L.

Linked entry: -dǽda

ge-tawian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tawian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [tawian to prepare]

To preparereduce or bring topărāreredūcĕre ad

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Hý se æðeling to ðam bismre getawade the prince brought them to shame, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 15. To bysmere beóþ itawode ðæs earman lond-leódæ to shame are brought this miserable people, Th. An. 121, 9

Linked entry: tawian

mid

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Add Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11. Hí ne dorston þæt hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, Hml. Th. i. 504, 10. Add Hé mid ðám dæge eóde him út of ðám scræfe, Hml. S. 23, 489.

ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

market

(n.)
Grammar
market, es; n.

Market

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Market Ðat market æt Dúnhám mercatum de Dunham, Chart. Th. 422, 20 (a charter of Edward the Confessor). [Market and toll. Ic wille ðat markete beó in þe selue tún, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 5-18.]

efen-edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-edwistlíc, adj.

Consubstantial, of the same substanceconsubstantiālis

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Consubstantial, of the same substance; consubstantiālis Se Hálga Gást is ðæs Fæder Gást and ðæs Suna, him bám efenedwistlíc the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, consubstantial with them both. Homl. Th. ii. 362, 27.

sam-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-mǽle, adj.

Agreed, come to an agreement

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Ðæt dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón, L. Eth. iii. 13 ; Th. i. 298, 3. Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc and Ealdréd wǽron sammǽle ymbe ðæt land at Clife, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 5.

Linked entry: sam-

ícan

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Ðæt hé wunda tó suíðe ne íce (iéce, v. l. ), 125, 15. Ðá cræftas hí nyllað iécan, 463, 7. Éced mactus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 71. (2 a) to increase with with dat.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Gif hwá óðerne tión wille, ðæt hé hwelcne ne gelǽste ðara ðe hé him gesealde, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5

hwíl

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Be ðǽm dæge and þára hwíle nǽnig wát, 24, 36. Tíd ł huíl (hwýl, R.), Mk. L. 13, 32

be-byrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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To bury; sepelire Ðæt hí móston ða deádan bebyrian that they might bury the dead, Ors. 3,1; Bos. 54, 29. Hine árlíce bebyride eum honorifice sepelivit, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 20

fram-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-búgan, p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen

To turn from or awayleavedeflectĕredeclīnāre

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To turn from or away, leave; deflectĕre, declīnāre Ðæt him ða frambugon [MS. frambugan], ðe hí betst getreówodon that those left them, whom they most trusted, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 44

mód-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mód-cræft, es; m.

Mental power or skill

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Mental power or skill Da ðe snyttro mid eów and módcræft habben, Elen. Kmbl. 815; El. 408. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro ðæt ðú wite. Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 4; Cri. 441

ge-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrnan, p. -arn, -orn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To runariseexoririsurgere

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To run, arise; exoriri, surgere Ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrnþ and wæstm then an abundant crop and grain [fruit] soon rose [ran] up there, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 40

geond-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-smeágan, p. -smeáde; pp. -smeád

To search through, examine, discussperscrūtāri, discŭtĕre

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To search through, examine, discuss; perscrūtāri, discŭtĕre Ðæt we geondsmeáge ðá dígolnysse úre heortan that we search through the secrets of our heart, Bd. 4, 3; Whelc. 266, 43, MSS. B. C

þearlwísness

(n.)
Grammar
þearlwísness, e; f.
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Severity, strictness Seó ðearlwísnes ðæs heardan lífes districtio vitae arctioris, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 31. Hé hine wæs frignende mid ða apostolícam ðearlwísnesse sciscitabatur apostolica districtione, 2, 6; S. 508, 14