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heáfod

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Voc. ii. 16, 40, 41. the head of a living creature. of a human being Bróht wæs heáfud (-od, L. ) his on disce, Mt. R. 14, 11. Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes though one strike at his head with a sword, Bl. H. 47, 14.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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M. 474, 20) donec illum in Pascha diem, suos auditores, quem semper antea vitabant, suscipere videret, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 44.

lǽran

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Dióule lǽrende diabolo instigante Rtl. 114, 5. with personal object. alone Salomon cuæð: ' Dó, mín sunu, suá ic ðé lǽre' exhortatio subditur: Fac quod dico Past. 193, 17.

nama

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Constantinopolis dicta, 3, 7 ; S. 116, 12. Þǽr wǽron on áwritene ealra þára rícestena monna noman, 6, 3 ; S. 258, 15. Naman, Past. 77, 16. Þám geatum mon áscóp þá noman þe hié giét habbað, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 14.

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quickswiftspeedysuddenalertrapidpromptactive

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Mé is fenýce fóre hreðre is ðæs gores sunu gonge hrædra more swift than I is the fen-frog in its course, the son of dirt [beetle] is more rapid in its walk, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9-12; Rä. 41, 71-2

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leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learnstudyread

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Syle andgit ðæt ic ðíne gewitnesse wel leornige da mihi intellectum ut sciam testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 125. Ic hit for ðære hǽlo ðe hit leornige oððe gehýre áwrát ob salutem legendum, sive audientium narrandam esse putavi, Bd. 5, 13; S. 634, 2.

Linked entry: leornend

ge-metgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metgian, -metegian, -metigian; p. ode; pp. od.

To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrainmensurare, temperare, moderare, regereto measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate ondeliberare, meditariTo become moderate, to moderate one's selfmoderari, temperari

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Efne gemetegode ðú settest dagas míne ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos, Ps. Spl. 38, 7. Hine selfne of dúneastígende he cúðe gemetgian his hiéremonnum se auditoribus condescendendo noverat temperare, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 15; Hat.

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car-ful

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car-ful, (care-).
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Add: of persons, filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled Ðú eart carful and bysig ymbe fela ðing thou art careful and troubled about many things (Lk. 10, 41), Hml. Th. ii. 440, 8. Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2.

ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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Th. ii. 220, 4) Ðing ðe heora hláford þurh oferflówednysse tó unlustum gehnexað, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 19. Oðre mid lyffetungum tó leahtrum gehnexian, Hml. S. 16, 174

ge-þwǽre

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Ox. 231. of a single person For ðám singalan ege ne mæg hé nó weorþan geþwǽre on him selfum, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 3. of things Heó hæfð twá ðing, clǽnnysse and módignysse, þe ne magon beón geþwǽre on háligre þeáwfæstnysse, Hml.

óleccan

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óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml.

ge-weorþan

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Dis all gewearð, Mt. L. 1. 22. Gewearþ mycelu eorþstyrung, Bl. H. 193, 10. Monega wundor gewurdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 21 : Mt. L. R. 27, 54. Ðý lǽs ungerecc geworðe, Mt. L. 26, 5.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Th. 1386; B. 691. to think of, consider, employ the mind on a subject, where the subject of thought is in the accusative Ic ðíne sóðfæstnysse þence meditabor in justificationibus tuis, Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ðá þóhton hig ðis word, Lk. Skt. 9, 45.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10. See i. xxxiv. . Forlét hé ðæs hwílenlecan ríces yrfeweardas his suna þrý tres suos filios regni temporalis heredes reliquit, Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 507, 8

bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecratebenedicere, consecraremerciful, kindto have mercy

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Drihten eorþan ðíne benedixisti Domine terram tuam, Ps. Spl. 84, 1. He bletsode hí benedicebat eos, Mk. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 38.

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Gif ðú nán gód dón nelt Gode tó wurðmynte, ðonne geswutelast ðú mid ðære uncyste ðíne yfelnysse, Homl. Th. i. 142, 2. Fýr ǽleþ uncyste, Exon. Th. 233, 17; Ph. 526: 81, 27; Cri. 1330.

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gid

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Elogio, i. dicto ł gydde, 5, 27. Unhlísfullum bíwyrda gydde infami proverbiorum elogio 5233. Gidde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 41: 19, 17.

racu

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Add [Godspel]licere race cwydas euangelicę relationis (i. narrationis) dicta, An. Ox. 169. 'Mid fæsthafelre race ł smeáþancelre trahtnunge tenaci (i. subtili) textu, 192.

rǽd

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Ealle ðá ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde, Angl. ix. 259, 19. Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041. <b>V a.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás wéna. . . . Gé habbaþ nú gehýred be ðan leásan wénan, ðe ýdele men gewyrd hátaþ Homl. Th. i. 114, 13-34. Sume men wénaþ, ðæt . . .: ac gif heora wéna sóþ wǽre, ðonne . . . 124, 18.

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