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eallunga

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Witodlíce ðæs mónan trendel is symle gehál, þeáh ðe eall endemes eallunga ne scíne certainly the disc of the moon is always complete, though to be sure the whole of it does not continuously shine, Lch. iii. 242, 5.

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Ðú eart forlegen wið manigne cópenere tu fornicata es cum amatoribus multis, Past. 405, 13. Be ðǽm forlegenan wífe de fornicante muliere, 15. Hí wǽron forlegene fornicatæ sunt, 403, 34. reflexive (cf.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Eall Crístes gelaðung is Crístes módor . . .

ge-miclian

(v.)
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Hí gemiclade mihtig Drihten . . . gemicla ðé, Drihten, þaet þú wundur wyrce, 125, 3.Þú eart gemiclod (meahtum mǽre, Ps. Th. 103, l) magnificatus es, Bl. Gl. On ðǽm naman Drihtnes wé sýn gemyclade, Ps.

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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Add: in agreement with a noun, which it generally follows Ne bið ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen, ac þǽr bið medo genóh, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 19. Hond gemunde fǽhðo genóge, B. 2489. Hé cúðe sóð genóg, Gú. 266. Gefæstnodon mé feóndas genóge, Kr. 33.

ge-reord

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ge-reord, speech.
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On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20. Swá micel ungewiss on þeóda gereordum, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 136, 26.

gold

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Nymað eall eówer gold (cf. gyldene eárhringas, 4), Ex. 32, 24. used to ornament objects Seó cirice nalles on goldes wlite ne scíneþ, Bl. H. 197, 8. Fæt mid golde gefrætwod, 127, 7.

hǽtu

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Hý hit ne magon eall gebúgian, sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 10. Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.

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add: at the present time Þú ána nú géna (gýta, v. l. ) eart bysceop geméted, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 73, 3. in the time immediately following on the present moment, immediately Hát mé nú sillan þá hearpan, þonne wást þú nú ꝥ þú gít nást, Ap. Th. 16, 25.

riht-wís

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Þú eart án þára rihtwísena, Bt. 5, 1; S. 11, 17: 23. Ðá unrihtwísan tǽlað þá rihtwísan justus lulit crimen iniqui, 4; F. 8, 16. of things Rihtwísum dóme justo judicio, An. Ox. 2718. Mid rihtwísere tódáles heolere justa discretionis lance, 1755.

weorþan

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weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230. Hé wearð on micelre untrumnesse, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Wurdon ealle þá gebróþor on þǽm Arianiscan gedwolan, 6, 31; S. 284, 15.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one&#39;s say), saying, statement, story, talesaying, narration, telling, reportstatement of a witness, testimonya saying beforehand, foretelling

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Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall mid ðare sage. Chart. Th. 340, 1. Gehýr ðú ðás race ná swilce leáse sagu ac geworden þing audi fabulam, non fabulam sed rem gestam, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 12. Geendebrednege ða sago þinga ordinary narrationem rerum, Mt.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Wé ealle wǽron ðé fylgende, and ðú eart úre ealra fultum ða ðe on ðé gelýfaþ, Blickl. Homl. 229, 20.

Linked entry: ús

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; pectusthe breasts;ubera The heart, mind, thought pectus, cor, mens

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Ðú úra breósta ána aspyrigend eart tu nostrorum pectorum solus investigator es, Hymn. Surt. 33, 21. Déma ðú ætbist smégan dǽda breóstes judex aderis rimari facta pectoris, 36, 20.

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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Eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ quantum maria premunt, Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 12. to sit about, besiege Fearas mê ofsǽton obsederunt Ps.

Linked entry: of-setenness

full-gán

to follow a professioncarry on an officeapply oneself topractise a habitto give effect tocarry outto execute a command, taskdo a person's will

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Ealle þá þe . . . hié selfe forworht hæfdon, hié hit eall forgeáfon wið þǽm þe hié him æt þǽm gewinnum fuleóden dictator homines quicunque sceleribus obnoxii essent, impunitate promissa, militiae mancipavit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 1

wæter

(n.)
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wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ealu, gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 11. water in the sky, rain -- Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðam wolcnum, and on ðære lyfte, Ps. Th. 17, 11.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Swá hwæt swá ic ðé gehét eal ic hit gesette whatsoever I have promised thee I will do it all, Blickl. Homl. 147, 8.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Ðætte ðæt mód gemyne of ðǽm suingum ðe ðæt flǽsc ðolað tó hwǽm eal monncyn gesceapen is ut animus cui sit conditioni snbditus, ex percussa, quam sustinet, carne memoretur, Past. 255, 19. Þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 34.