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efen-þeówa

Grammar
efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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Ðǽm hláforde is tó cýðanne ðæt hé ongiete ðæt hé is efnðeów his ðeówe ut cognoscant se conservos esse servorum, Past. 301, 20. Uncer efen*-*þeów wæs forworden, Hml. A. 207, 393. Ǽnne æfnþára his . . . se his efnþeúw . . .

ge-hagian

(v.)
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Utan álýsan gehæfte, gif ús tó ðám gehagie, Wlfst. 119, 9. with dat. To be within the means or power of a person Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian

ge-fandod

(v.)
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Cf. fandian Sé ðe ús oferdrencð mid ðæs écan lífes liðe, hé gefandode geallan biternesse ðá hine ðyrstte aeterna nos dulcedine inebrians in siti sua fellis amaritudinem accepit, Past. 261, 15.

ge-broc

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., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

ge-trahtian

(v.)
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Add: to treat a subject, discuss Huætd on weg gié getrahtade (gitrachtade, R.) quid in uia tractabatis?, Mt. L. 9, 33.Getrahtadon tractassent. Mk. p. 4, 8. to expound, explain Bisen getrahtade ðeignum parabolam exponit discipulis, Mt. p. 17, 3.

hacele

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Albanus eóde út mid ðæs preóstes hakelan (cf. Sẽs Albanus gegyrede hine þæs preóstes munucgegyrelan (caracalla), Bd. l, 7 . Sch. 20, 24), Hml. S. 19, 36. Hé lǽt þá hacelan (cf. wǽfels pallium, 2) tó þæm þe hine tunecan benǽmde, R. Ben. 38, 5.

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.

sácerd-hád

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Biscophád, sácerdhád flamimin(i)um, i. sacerdotium, 5056. Ne sý nán sácerdhádes man, ne lǽwedes hádes þe má . . . Ll. Th. ii. 412, 27; 408, 6.

torr

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Næs þæt hús ǽfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed (cf. ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 20) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. <b>II a.

rúm-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-mód, adj.

liberalprofusebenignant, gracious, kind

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Th. 106, 30; Gú. 49. too liberal, profuse :-- Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 60; Swt. 453

wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced

To weakenafflictoppress

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Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat, 4, 25; S. 601, 40. Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9.

wil-cuma

(n.)
Grammar
wil-cuma, an; m.

One whose coming is pleasanta welcome person (or thing)

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Hé wilcuman ( Christ come to hell ) grétte : ‘ Ðé ðæs þonc sié, ðæt ðú ús sécan woldest, ' 462, 26; Hö. 58. Ðegnas cwóman, geségon wilcuman heofones Waldend, 35, 7; Cri. 554. Gé sind wilcuman. Cd. Th. 303, 22; Sat. 617 : Beo. Th. 794; B. 394.

wífung

(n.)
Grammar
wífung, e; f.

taking a wifemarriagewivesmatrimonia

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Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102. Se ðridda cwæð : ' Ic hæbbe gewífod . . . ' Þurh ða wífunge sind getácnode ðæs líchaman lustas, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 19.

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Mid ðý hé ús geseah on ormódnesse (in desperatione) gesette, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 5. Ðá se earma man ðus mid ormódnesse sprecendé wæs sic loquebatur miser desperans, 5, 13; S. 633, 21.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Unc módige ymb mearce sittaþ ( sit on our borders ), 91; Th. 114, 21; Gen. 1907. Merce gemǽrde wið Myrgingum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 321, 6; Víd. 42.

hyht

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C. 100. marked by a preposition:-Gú ðlác upp gemunde hám in heofonum. Him wæs hyht tó þám, Gú. 69.

hwanne

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Bewitigan hwonne úp cyme æðelast tungla, Ph. 93: 102: 114. Gé nyton hwænne seó tíd ys, Mk. 13, 33. Hwonne, Bl. H. 117, 27: Gen. 2601. Sege ús hwænne (hoenne, L., hwænne, R.) þás þing gewurðan, Mt. 24, 3: Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 24: An. 136.

milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildnesskindnessfavourmercymeeknesshumilityjoy

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Ðonne wurþe ús eallum Godes milts ðé gearuwre, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 5: L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 23: Past. 44; Swt. 325, 13. Biþ ðǽr seó miccle milts áfyrred ... ðæs Ælmihtigan, Exon. 28 a; Th. 84, 10; Cri. 1371.

Linked entry: milds

lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Lǽr ús doce nos, Lk. Skt. 11, 1: Ps. Th. 118, 12. Ðú ðé lǽr be ðon, Beo. Th. 3449; B. 1722. Lǽraþ ðæt hig healdon ealle ða þing ðe ic eów bebeád, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 20. Lǽre Pharao ut suggeras Pharaoni, Gen. 40, 14.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf syle ús tódæg give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11. Mid Grécum diáconas ne móton brecan gehálgodne hláf apud Græcos diaconis non licet frangere panem sanctum, L. Ecg. C. 35; Th. ii. 160, 9: L.