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mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Ofer burnan ge ofer meras and ofer ealle wæterpyttas super rivos ac paludes et omnes lacus aquarum, Ex. 7, 19. an artificial pool, cistern On Syloes mere in natatoria Siloae, Jn. 9, 7, 11.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becomingfitproperseemlyconvenientagreeabledecentquietmildmeekgentlekindbenevolentcongruusconvĕniensdĕcensopportūnushŏnestusquiētusmansuētusbĕnignus

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Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan to the most benevolent of all judges, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 4; Sch. 58

Linked entry: deáf-líc

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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ealra gesceafta wundorlíce wel gesceópe O! eternal God! thou hast made all creatures wonderfully well, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 10; Met. 20, 5: Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 14; Hy. 4, 1. Ǽr ðæt ðec ic gesceópe prius quam to formarem, Rtl. 55. 4.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hithertoiterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Bidon ealle ðǽr tyn niht ðá gén all waited there yet ten nights, 15 b; Th. 34, 15; Cri. 542. Ðá gién wæs yrre God God was yet angry, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 1; Gen. 2741. Wæs Iustus ðá gén lifigende Iustus adhuc superstes, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 10.

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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On ðære stilnesse Scipia geeode ealle Ispanie, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 34. Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen, Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24. Gif wé ða stilnesse habbaþ, Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 9. Habbaþ eów stilnysse and sibbe, Homl. Th. i. 592, 6.

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Ða þénunga ðe wé habbaþ on Godes þeówdóme tó mæssan, and tó úhtsange, and tó eallum tídsangum, L. Ælfc. P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 34. Ic sang úhtsang cantavi nocturnam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 25: Anglia xiii. 380, 220.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Hé wundrude and ealle ða ðe mid him wǽron on ðam were ( in captura ) ðara fixa, Lk. Skt. 5, 9.

wyrt-wala

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-wala, an; m.: -walu, e; f.
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T. 51, 5. a root, source Wyrd, ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Salm.

cweþan

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Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl. H. 7, 4, to declare Hí cwǽdon gefeoht tógeánes þǽre burhware (cf. þá burhware hí ongunnon ánwígges biddan, Bl. H. 201, 22), Hml. Th. i. 504, 13. introducing a question Cweðsþú lá yrsað hé numquid irascitur?

cild

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ealra ðǽra cildra plegan gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 17. Ic Eádwine munek, cildre meistre, Cht. Th. 321, 26. Hé unborenum cildum líf sylð, Hml. S. 23, 429. Gesceád wexð on cildrum, 1, 110. Cild parvulos, Ps. Srt. 114, 6. Cild (cildo, L., cild.

el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Þás ealle úp cóman for þissum ælþeódigum (St. Andrew in Mermedonia), Bl. H. 245, 35. Swá wé dydon on þisne ælþeódigan, 247, 13. In bibyrignisa ellðiódigra (elðeódigra, R.) in sepulturam peregrinorum, Mt. L. 27, 7.

frymþ

(n.)
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121. referring to time, the beginning of the world Hé mec worhte æt frymðe, þá hé þisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette, Rä. 41, 6. the beginning of a condition; æt (on) frymþe at the outset, at first, in the first instance, to begin with Nó hwæðre Ælmihtig ealra

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Se cwide is on mínum móde swá fæst ꝥ his mé nán man gedwellan ne mæg ( sine ambiguitate cognosco), Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 18. the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of Higiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn rihtlíce ongieten

gódian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 468, 15. the object a thing, material or non-material, to set right, put in good order Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda, Wlfst. 49, 29.

hám-weard

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Mid þǽre herehýþe Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa þá hí hámweard wǽron cum Romana classis ad Italiam praedis onusta remearet, 4, 6; S. 176, 18. with verb of motion Þá hié hámweard wendon, ealle Asiam hié geniéddon ꝥ hié him gafol gulden, Ors. 1, 10; S

hege

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Hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, 376, 13-19. Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned wið hegas, Lch. i. 226, 2. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 20.

hycgan

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Hycgad his ealle, hú gé hí beswícen, Gen. 432. with prep. Míne þearfan symle hycgað ymb heora Drihten, Wlfst. 260, 13. expressing purpose, endeavour. with acc. Hycgan moliri (quicquid moliri deliberaret), An. Ox. 4710. with infin.

þes

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Ǽghwanon of eallum þissum bífylcum undique de cunctis prope prouinciis, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 14. 3. Add Þá heofencundan þing þe sint gecynde, næs þǽs eorþlican, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 1 (cf. I 1 a). Þǽs lǽnan gesǽlþa, 20; F. 72, 15.

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal ac mid miclum andan and réðnesse him stiére subditorum mala, quae tolerare leniter non debent, cum magna zeli asperitate corrigere, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 16, 1, 1. applied to animals, savageness, fierceness, ferocity Hé ealle

sár

(adj.)
Grammar
sár, adj.

Sore, painful, grievous, distressing

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Ealle ða sáran edwíta ðe hé ádreág, Blickl. Homl. 97, 15. Uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas to make trial of a land unknown, of travails sore, Exon. Th. 87, 2; Cri. 1419 . Cwæð ðæt him wǽre weorce on móde, sorga sárost, Cd. Th. 122, 19; Gen. 2029