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þúsend-getæl

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Millesimus se Sé bið æftemyst on ðúsend-getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 4. Add

wacor

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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add

Angel-folc

(n.)
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English folk Angelfolcum (-folce, v.l.) populis Anglorum, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, ii : 21

sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádwíslíce, adv.

With discretion, rationally

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With discretion, rationally Gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 3

weás-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
weás-gelimp, es; n.

What happens by chance, accident, chance

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What happens by chance, accident, chance Mid weásgelimpe fortuitu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 35

Hagustaldes

(n.)
Grammar
Hagustaldes, , , hám

Hexham

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Hexham, Chr. 681m : 685 : 766: 780 : 789 : 806 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 30

gagol

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Mid gealge móde oferswíþed lasciuo superatus animo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 8. Add

brég

(n.)

an eye-lid,

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Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18

ofer-hygdigian

(v.)

to be proud

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to be proud Ðonne oferhygdgaþ se árleása dum superbit impius, Ps. Surt. 9, 23

Linked entry: -hygdigian

on-timberness

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

Instruction

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Instruction Tó ontimbernesse ðæra æfterfyligendra ad instructionem sequentium, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 16

smylte

(adv.)
Grammar
smylte, adv.

Quietly, mildly, gently

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Quietly, mildly, gently Ðonne smylte bláweþ súþan-westan wind Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17

ge-tehhod

(v.; part.)

determineddecreed

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determined, decreed, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 30 = ge-teohhod; pp. of ge-teohhian

tó-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swengan, p. de

To dash asunderdispel by a strokedrive apart.

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To dash asunder, dispel by a stroke, drive apart. Similar entries v. tó-swápan

áweg-ádrífan

(v.)
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated

ge-fégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fégan, -fégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To joinunitecompactcomposejungĕreconjungĕrecompingĕrecompōnĕre

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Ne weorþaþ hí nǽfre tosomne geféged they are never united together, Bt. 16, 63; Fox 56, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 231; Met. 20, 116 : 20, 241; Met. 20, 121. Gifoega sociare, conciliare, Rtl. 104, 12 : 74, 18

eall

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Hé wǽs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas, Bl.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Unsac hé wæs on lífe beó on legere swá swá hé móte, i. 184, 13; Lchdm. iii. 288, 6. Líchoman, se ðe on legre sceal weorþan wyrme tó hróðor, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 15; Jul. 415.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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<b>II a.</b> to save from something :-- Gehǽl mé of ðisse tíde saluifica me ex hora hac, Jn. 12, 27. Mé wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle de viris sanguinum salva me, Ps.

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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Ðá andswarode ic: 'Genóh ryhte ðú spyrast, swá hit is swá ðú segst, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 18. Hí spyredan hwæt and hwonan hé wæs investigantes unde vel quis esset, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 11. Geléfe hé ðæt wit on riht spirien (spyrigen, Cott.

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 4. On scínendre praepollenti . Hpt. Gl. 491, 1