biter-líce
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Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add
fore-þingung
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Seó ceaster wearð áhred þurh Agathen foreþingunge, Hml. S. 8, 234. Seó burh hæfð Agathen miccle foreþingunga, 9, 135. Add
ge-clips
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Ne wend þú þé on þæs folces unrǽd ..., on heora sprǽce and geclysp (-clæsp, -clebs, -cleps, v.ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 54, 7. Geclibs forlǽtan, Past. 222, 13
ge-wemmedlic
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Corruptible His líc wearð ... eft ymbe feówer geár ansund búton gewemmedlicre brosnunge (bútan womme gebrosnunge sine macula corruptionis, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 284, 3) on óðre stówe bebyriged, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 8
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ge-unweorþian
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to dishonour Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ hé é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95
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lang-wyrpe
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Oblong Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille, þonne strece þú þíne wynstran hand and wege hí, and sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 13
BÍDAN
To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere
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Utan we well ðære tíde bídan bene expectemus horam illam, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5. Bídaþ Dryhtnes dómes they await the Lord's doom, Exon. 23 a; Th. 63, 17; Cri. 1021. Bád sóþra geháta he awaited the faithful promises, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 2; Gen. 1424.
þrinness
Trinity
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Wé andettaþ ... ðrynnesse in ánnesse and ánnesse on ðære ðrynnesse, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. For ða háligan ðrinesse, Rtl. 114, 17. Þrynesse, Blickl. Homl. 205, 30
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talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
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brúcan on his dóme, nú wé nellaþ búgan fram woruldlufe?
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hátan
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Þonne háte wé hine morgensteorra, 39, 13 ; F. 234, 3. in the accusative þone dæg and ðá niht þe wé hátað bissextum ( for nominative see 262, 7, ꝥ bissentus cume), Lch. iii. 246, 14. where the complement is the name bestowed on an object hitherto unnamed
mótan
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Wé móton þencan (ús is tó geþencanne, v. l. ), 196, 23. Drihten, hǽle ús: wé móton forweorðan Domine, salva nos, perimus Mt. 8, 25. Móton þá hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, Ll. Th. i. 374, 27: 344, 27.
rǽdan
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Ðam ðe hié (the Church) wel ofer mǽge and hiere wel rǽdan cunne ei qui hanc bene regere praevalet, 5, 2; Swt. 45, 1. Ic mæg rǽdan on ðís ríce, Cd. Th. 19, l0; Gen. 289. Ða ðe ðý ríce rǽdan sceoldon, 259, 4; Dan. 686.
mǽþ
- Prov. Kmbl. 27. )
measure ⬩ degree ⬩ proportion ⬩ the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ status ⬩ condition ⬩ due measure ⬩ right ⬩ due measure in regard to others ⬩ honour ⬩ respect
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Ðeáh hit úre mǽþ ne síe ðæt wé witan hwæt hé síe, wé sculon ðeáh be ðæs andgites mǽþe ðe hé ús gifþ fundigan, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 2. Ǽlc winþ be his andgites mǽþe each strives according to the measure of his understanding, 41, 4; Fox 250, 26: Homl.
god-webb
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Cf. god-webb; <b>II. 1.</b> In Hpt. Gl. 480, 61 bombicinis is glossed by godwebbenum ), An. Ox. 3162. [Mid godewebbum sericis, 5322. Here the word seems to be a noun: see last passage under god-webb; I.]
oþ-íwan
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Wearð Rómánum an yfelum tácne oþiéwed . . . þæt þæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 33. Alexandre wearð an swefne án wyrt oðéwed, 3, 9; S. 134, 35.
ge-wítan
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Heó wearð gewundod, ac heó ne gewát swá þeáh, Hml. S. 9, 128: 25, 160. Þá feól hé ádúne and gewát cecidit et expiravit, Hml. Th. i. 316, 29, 34. And ðonne se wer gewíte and then the husband die, Ll. Th. i. 126, 2: Solil. H. 52, 8. Gewitte, 10.
ful-cúþ
Full known ⬩ well known ⬩ famous ⬩ public ⬩ bĕne nōtus ⬩ insignis ⬩ publĭcus
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Full known, well known, famous, public; bĕne nōtus, insignis, publĭcus On fulcúþum gemynde in famous memory, Ælfc. T. 21, 1. Bí fulcúþum strǽtum juxta publĭcos viārum transĭtus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4, note, MS. T: Nar. 2, 15
gán
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</b> add Gif hwá gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan si quis in biuiis residere temptauerit, Chrd. 61, 6. (2 a) add :-- Sleah þriwa on ... sió heáfodpanne gǽþ onriht sóua, Lch. ii. 342, 7
wuldor-fæder
The father of glory ⬩ the heavenly Father
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The father of glory, the heavenly Father Weorc wuldorfæder (wuldurfadur, Txts. 149, 3) facta Patris gloriae, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21. Lif mid wuldorfæder, Menol. Fox 291; Men. 147, Mid ðinne wuldorfæder, Exon. Th. 14, II ; Cri. 217
ofer-mǽte
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Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé sédest þat þú getyohhod hæafde tó forlétanne . . . þæt is ofermétta wela and ofermýtta wyrðscipe and ungemetlíce ríclic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 2. Hine deófla costodon mid ofermǽte unclǽne luste, Shrn. 52, 22. Add