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ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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An ornament, trapping. for a person Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 5-7.

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

níþ

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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle, Hml. S. 21, 202. Add Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Ðæs mannes wlite wyrþeþ eall fornumen mid onsígendre ylde the beauty of man becomes thoroughly destroyed by approaching old age, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 20.

Linked entry: for-nyman

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.
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Nele God ús witnian for his weldǽdum, oððe his milde mód mannum áfyrran, 76, 7. Weldǽda wítes merita (beneficia) martyrii, Hpt. Gl. 489, 50. Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet, Scint. 16, 8: Homl.

gífer-nes

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Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe for giéfernesse ofergemet per immoderatum usum dum manus ad cibum tenditur Past. 313, 14.

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Gif man spor gespirige of scýre in óðre . . . drífan hí ðæt spor óþ hit man ðam geréfan gecýðe, fó hé syððan tó and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 20-23.

Linked entry: scýr

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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And ǽfre ne geweorþe ðæt Cristen man gewífige on ðæs láfe ðe swá neáh wǽre on woroldcundre sibbe and never let it happen that a Christian man marry the relict of him who was so near [within the prohibited degrees] in worldly relationship, L.

Linked entry: lǽf

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Swíðe gelýfed mann and ðearle eáwfæst, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 4. Ðú eall geworhtest þing þearle gód (cf. swíþe góde, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 22), Met. 20, 45. Behéfe þearle utilis valde, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 31.

COS

(n.)
Grammar
COS, coss, es; m.

A Kiss osculum

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Mannes sunu ðú mid cosse sylst osculo filium hominis tradis 22, 48. Betwux ðám cossum between the kisses Homl. Th. i. 566, 19. Cossas syllan hearm getácnaþ to give kisses betokens harm Lchdm. iii. 208, 27

drig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
drig-nes, dryg-nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

DRYNESSsiccĭtas

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Drygnessa his hands gescópan siccam mănus ejus formāvērunt, Ps. Lamb. 94, 5

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hand-full

(n.)
Grammar
hand-full, e; f.
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A handful; manipulus Nimaþ handfulle axan of ðam ofene tollite plenas manus cineris de camino, Ex. 9, 8. Nime áne handfulle tollet pugillum plenum, Lev. 2, 2. Nim micle handfulle secges take a great handful of sedge, L.

þafung

(n.)
Grammar
þafung, e; f.
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Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3

þrowiend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrowiend-líc, þrowigend-líc; adj.

capable of sufferingpassive

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Hélias wæs ús mannum gelíc, ðrowiendlíc, swá swá wé, 330, 16. as a grammatical term, passive Passiva verba, ðæt synd þrowiendlíce word, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 121, 1. Eal swá gáð ða óðre ðrowigendlícan word, 27; Zup. 161, 15

wiþ-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-hycgan, p. -hogde

To be adverse in thoughtpurpose to set one's self against

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To be adverse in thought or purpose, to set one's self against Heó ðæs beornes lufan fæste wiðhogde her heart was fast closed against the man's love, Exon. Th. 245, 9; Jul. 42.

hæfen-leás

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Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml. S. 14, 15 : 23, 200: Hml. Th. ii. 400, 1

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(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Nú . . . nú ( in principal and dependent clauses ) : -- Wé wyllaþ nú eów gereccan óðres mannes gesihþe nú se apostol Paulus his gesihþe mannum ámeldian ne móste, Homl. Th. ii. 332, 26 : Cd. Th. 26, 8-9; Gen. 403-404 : Beo. Th. 857-865; B. 426-430.

eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
eádig, eádeg; adj. [eád happiness, prosperity; ig]

Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves

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Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect; beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves Se eádega wer the happy man, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 6; Gen. 1476. Se eádga the blessed [man ], 90; Th. 113, 10; Gen. 1885.

Linked entries: eádeg eádga

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Hit earfoþe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe it is difficult for any man to know when he is cleansed, 7, 2; Swt. 51, 5. Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte it waits for the time for displaying its art [cf. O.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne