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hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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Ðú ús gesettest tó hleahtre and tó forsewennesse eallum ðǽm ðe ús ymbsittaþ posuisti nos derisu et contemptu his qui in circuitu nostro sunt, Ps. Th. 43, 15.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Fýrdraca heals ealne ymbeféng biteran bánum, B. 2692

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpentadderviper

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Hig wurpon ealle hira gyrda nyðer and hí wurdon tó næddrum ( versae sunt in dracones ), Ex. 7, 12

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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On hiere bryne gemulton ealle ða onlícnessa tógædere and on pyttas besuncan, Ors. 5, 2 ; Swt. 216, 3. a pit (as in pitted with small-pox) : Pyt ful wyrmses serpedo (cf. serpedo a mesylle, 224, 9 : a tetere, 267, 48), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 4

ge-wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wealdan, p. -weóld; pp. -wealden

To wieldrulehave power overcommandcontrolcause

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Ðe ealne middangeard geweóld who ruled all the world, Homl. Th. i. 80, 7. Hálig God geweóld wígsigor holy God controlled victory in battle, Beo. Th. 3112; B. 1554.

Linked entry: ge-waldan

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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Swilce se wudubeám oferfæðmde ealne middangeard twigum and telgum. Cd. Th. 247, 28; Dan. 504: 248, 18; Dan. 515. Sume twigu hé lehte mid wætere, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7. Hí námon palmtrýwa twigu ( ramos palmarum ), Jn. Skt. 12, 13.

Linked entries: twí twigu

un-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.

violation of lawillegalityinjusticea bad law

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Hé ne róhte ná hú manige unlaga hí dydon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 13. a bad law Man beháteþ, ðonne man fulluhtes gyrneþ, ðæt. man aa wile deófol áscunian, and his unlára forbúgan and ealle his unlaga áweorpan, Wulfst. 144, 10.

á-búgan

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Ealle men him tó ábugon and him áðas swóron, 1086; P. 222, 12: 221, 31. Ðá nolde seó burhwaru ábúgan ac heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán, 1013; P. 143, 27: Hml. S. 25, 119. Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml.

á-lǽdan

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Ealle þá scipu þe hié álǽdan ne mehton hié tóbrǽcon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 20. Wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líchoma álǽded of Beardanigge, 906; P. 95, 24. His bán wǽron eft álǽded þanon in ðá ceastre Constantinopili, Shrn. 138, 31. Álǽd translatus, portatus, An.

ge-limp

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Hé þá hire árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26. what happens in the case of a thing, event, outcome Gelimp wásan euentum (i. quod euenit) rei (praestolante), An.

ge-méde

(n.)
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Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon mid ealra gemédum ( to the satisfaction of all) þás dómas, Ll. Th. i. 36, 12. Nó hér cúðlícor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, mága gemédu (what their pleasure might be), B. 247.

ge-méting

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Hé hí tó him genam and clypte, and hí ealle þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge, Hml. S. 30, 384. (l a) a hostile meeting :-- Heora gemétting wæs æt Trefia, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 31. Geméti[n]g, 5, 7; S. 228, 24.

ge-cyndelic

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Hé gesette gecyndelice sibbe eallum his gesceaftum, 21; F. 74, 1. implanted by nature, innate, inherent Gecyndelic naturalis (curiositas ), An. Ox. 4, 1. Gecyndelicere genuini, 5092. Gecyndelicre natiua (uenustate ), 7, 364: 8, 357.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Gyf ꝥ getímie, ꝥ is eallum mannum gemǽne, ꝥ se abbud gewíte of þissum lífe, C. D. B. i. 155, 32. Hé wiste ꝥ hit ( the betrayal by Judas) æfter his geteohhunge ágán (getímian, v. l. ) sceolde, Hml. A. 154, 69. <b>I a.

hálgung

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Add: consecration. v. hálgian; Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 360, 17.

grymetan

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grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Grymettende irascens, frendens, 53. of persons Ic grymetige and sténe mid ealle móde rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei, Ps. Th. 37, 8. Þá grimetede se wælhreówa swá swá grǽdig leó, Hml. S. 11, 62. Grimetode (gegrimmetode, v. l. ), 25, 540.

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Ealle Asiam . . . súð fram þǽm Reádan Sǽ and swá norð oþ þone sǽ þe man hǽt Euxinus, 1, 2; S. 30, 1.

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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ealle ðá costunga of his ágnum líchoman ádrígde omni illa tentatione carnis caruit, Gr. D. 190, 24. Hit ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26. Ádríg tó duste, ii. 144, 1. Genim ácmistel and ádríge, 88, 5. Ádríged on réce, 216, 8.

Linked entry: á-drígan

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

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Ealle him brimu blódige þuhton all the waters seemed bloody to them, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 20; Exod. 572 : Ps. Th. 106, 28: Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570. Cealde [MS. ceald] brymmas cold seas, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 31; Edw. 12.

Linked entry: brym