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grǽg

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S. 7, 135. v. æsc-grǽg, deorce-grǽg ( perhaps deorce should be taken as an independent adverb), dun-grǽg, flint-grǽg, fold-grǽg, ísen-grǽg, ísern-grǽg. Add

ild

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(l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps. L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)

á-drencan

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Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19. Hí hig sylfe ádrencton, Jud. p. 162, 27. where the subject is the water Án sǽflód ðá men ádrencte, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 21. Sǽflód ádrencte feala túna, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 29.

híréd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-mann, hírd-man, es; m.

A member of a 'híréd:' —

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Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his hírédmen [hírdmen (MS. A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.

be-dǽlan

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Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272, 27

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Behét man him ðæt hé móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe hé ǽr áhte, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 1.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Ǽlc unriht geold he forbead, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 32.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Ealle ða tácno & ða forebeácno ía ðe úre Drihten ǽr tóweard sægde, 117, 31.

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un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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Ða hálan ... ða unhálan incolumes ... aegri, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 4. Ðara unhálra ł ádligra languentium, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 3.

eorþ-lic

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Ǽnig eorðlic þincg ( = ǽnig ðing, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 20) anything in the world (cf. eorþe, II, 3 a), Met. 22, 5. Æfter eorþlicre wísan after the manner of men, Bl. H. 135, 20. For eorþlicra manna gebedum, 47, 8.

BEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEN, benn, e; f. [connected with bana a slayer, murderer]

A woundvulnus

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Ne ðǽr ǽnig com blód of benne nor came there any blood from the wound Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181. Heortan benne the wounds of heart, i. e. sadness, grief Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 17; Wand. 49.

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deriendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deriendlíc, derigendlíc; def.se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Injurious, noxious, hurtfulnocīvus, noxius, nŏceus

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Ðæt we forbúgan ǽlc þing derigendlíces vitēmus omne noxium, Hymn. Surt. 14, 13: 37, 16: 93, 3. Afyrsa hǽtan derigendlíce aufer calōrem noxium, 10, 31.

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, -ligr, es; pl. nom. acc. -ligeru, -ligru, -ligra; n.

Fornicationadulteryfornĭcātioadultĕrium

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Ǽnig cristen mann ne ǽnige forligru ne begange let not any Christian man commit fornication, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24. Ascúnige man swíðe fúle forligra let a man earnestly shun foul fornications, L. Eth. vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 15

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAWuncooked

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Meng wið hreáw ægru mix with raw eggs, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 7. Gif hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ if they are swallowed raw, L. Med. ex Quadr. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 344, 16. Flǽscmettas hreáwe carnes crudas, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 13

Linked entry: hreów

inweard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
inweard-líce, adv.

Inwardlythoroughlyheartilyearnestly

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Se ðe æfter rihte mid gerece wille inweardlíce æfterspyrian swá deóplíce ðæt hit tódrífan ne mæg monna ǽnig quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum, cupitque nullis ille deviis falli, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 3 ; Met. 22, 2.

Linked entry: for-inweardlíce

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charterto charterlibro vel charta dōnāreto furnish with bookslibris instruĕre

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Ælf. P. 44; Th. ii. 382, 36

ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An eventaccidenta chanceaccĭdenscāsus

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Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne is there anything else plain and visible in these events but God's anger over this people? Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 137.

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass throughglide throughto go through a subjectexamineconsiderperlustrare

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of physical movement, to pass through, glide through Synd twelf tácna on ðam foresprecenan circule ðe seó sunne þurhscríð, Anglia viii. 298, 18. to go through a subject, examine, consider; perlustrare Ǽlc ðæra ðe wyle ða eásterlícan blisse mǽrsian,

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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Hú dear ǽnig lǽwede man him tó geteón Cristes wícan? Homl. Th. ii. 592, 28. Þonne hig bysega nabbon on heora wícum quando vacant, R. Ben. 84, 19