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fird-wíc

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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add

ge-lynde

(n.)
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ge-lynde, es; n.
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Nim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ii. 48, 5. Genim henne gelyndo, 310, 3

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of falseness Hé be his hláfordes were hine getreówsie (-tríw-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 5

hand-gift

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The Holy Ghost, as it were in the place of husband, makes the gift (q. v.) which is required before marriage can take place.] Cf. hand-leán

hand-preóst

(n.)
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a priest at a person's hand (using the phrase as in ' they were first at the kyngis hond', 1 Chron. xviii. 17 (Wicklif), where the A.

riftere

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Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3. Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Wend(e)las (-e)

Linked entry: Wendlas

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spaciousvallis, locus silvestrisBREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshiresilvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went

Linked entry: Brǽden

on-wadan

(v.)

to make ones way into, to penetrateto enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of

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Kmbl. 280; An. 140. to enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of Wífa wlite onwód folcdriht wera the beauty of the women made its way to the hearts of the men, Cd. Th. 76, 20; Gen. 1260.

Linked entry: an-wadan

ge-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syrwan, p. -syrede; pp. -syrwed.

armourto armwilya wilehaving beliefto plotmachinate

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[v. searu armour] to arm Eode ða gesyrwed secg to ðam eorle then went an armed man to the earl, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159.

Linked entry: ge-sirwan

be-galan

(v.)

to enchantcharm to recite a charm

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Gl. to recite a charm Sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lch. i. 388, 15. [Þe londes men hire (a snake) begaleðO. E. Hml. ii. 197, 20. Aluen bigolen þat child (Arthur), Laym. 19256. O. H. Ger. bi-guol; p.t

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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ús nyton witod líf æt ǽfen, Wulfst. 151, 17. Líf and land werian, 274, 17. Preóstas and nunnan heora líf rehtan let priests and nuns order their lives, 269, 15. Liif, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545. 42, col. 2.

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To openrevealdeclaremanifestdisclose

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Þurh hine wurdon manege geypte through him were many discovered, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 20

Linked entry: ge-upped

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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Nú wille úre sprǽce áwendan tó ðam iungum munecum ðe heora cildhád habbaþ ábisgod on cræftigum bócum ... Hig habbaþ áscrutnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmogun Catus cwydas they have gone carefully through Cato's Disticha, Anglia viii. 321, 28

Linked entry: smúgan

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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hálsiaþ eów ðæt gé beón on gebedum þurhwacule hortamur vos orationibus pervigiles existere, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 36. Hí on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

clýsing

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Ben. 22, 5) fordémað scurilitates aeterna clausura dampnamus, R. Ben. I. 26, 14. an enclosed place, cloister, closet Út ágán mǽdenes módor clýsinga egressus virginis matris clausula, Hy. S. 34, 34.

cyn-ren

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gesáwon Enachis cynryn ( stirpem ), Num. 13, 29. Bisceophád sceolde of manegan cynrynan áspringan, Wlfst. 176, 12. progeny Tó kenninge ðæs cynrenes ad usum generis, Past. 97, 10.

for-ildan

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Oft daedlata dóme foręldit, sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 1. with (negative) clause Ðý lǽs hí tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden lest they too long delay to unbind them, Past. 413, 9. to put off time Þe lǽs foryldon þás álýfdon tíd, Bl.

Linked entry: for-yldan

ge-laþung

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Ben. 23, 14. those who are called, a church; ecclesia. the whole body of Christians on earth, the church Ealle Godes cyrcan synd tó ánre getealde, and seó is seó gelaðung þe embe sprecað . . .

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe (in cases where the validity of the ordeal was disputed a priest was not to swear to the validity?

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru