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leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

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Leorna ðæt ðú ondrǽde drihten ut discos timere dominum, Deut. 14, 23. Leorneaþ æt mé discite a me, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 29. Leornigeaþ bigspell be ðam fictreówe ab arbore fici discite parabolam, 24, 32.

Linked entry: leornend

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Ðonne ( in church ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 13-18. quiet, silence Stilnysse taciturnitatis, Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Andlang Úse tó Kekan were; of Kekan were andlang Úse tó Caluwan were, 170, 31. Mid were and mid mylene, 243, 10. Be eá tó Brihtwoldes were; of ðam were tó ðære díc, 424, 19. On Eádmundes wer; of Eádmundes were, vi. 31, 14, 34

á-leógan

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Ðú ús gehéte gebedo and wæccan, and þú hit ús áluge, Wlfst. 240, 17. Þæt wé áleógan Gode þæt þæt wé behéton, 301, 8.

cýþan

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Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 30. Hit nǽnig mon út cýþan ne móste, 32, 17. with clause Hér cýþ on hú seóc man mót his fæsten álýsan, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 24.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Ꝥte lǽda bróðer his láf tó wíf þæs ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius Mt. L. 22, 24

oxa

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Ic ( the ploughman) gá út on dægræd þýwende oxan tó felda . . . geiukodan oxan . . . ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer . . . Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan þýwende oxan mid gádísene . . .

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Dó man út his eágan . . . oþþe hine hættian, swá hwilc þissa swá mon þonne gerǽde, Ll. Th. i. 394, 15. On þám fyrste þe witan gerǽden, 176, 1. Gerǽd destinatum, Germ. 397, 429.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Þá se bisceop dyde up ðone sanct, i. 21, 139. as adverbial connective, of time, when Þá hé út eode embe underntíde, hé geseah óðre ídele standan, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 3 : 3, 7. Hwæt hé dyde, þá hine seó menego þreáde, Blickl.

ge-wit

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</b> a a]um cunnan? familiarem tuum sensu vis nosse?, Solil. H. 18, 18, 20. <b>I b.

girnan

(v.)
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</b> where the object is not expressed :-- Ðæt hié cunnen hiora ǽgen gehealdan, and siððan ðæt hié óðerra monna ne giernen ut tenere sua sciant, et tunc ut aliena non ambiant, Past. 341, 9. <b>I b.</b> intrans.

hér

here . . . there

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Gód ys ús hér tó beónne, 17, 4. Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande, Ll. Th. i. 180, 27.

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Swá ús gleáwe wítgan þurh wísdóm on gewritum cýþaþ, Exon. Th. 199, 23; Ph. 30.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. with clause Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28.

grówan

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God geunne ús grówende gife ꝥ ús corna gehwylc cume tó nytte, Lch. i. 404, 12. of immaterial things, to arise, be developed Him on ferhþe greów breósthord blódreów, B. 1718. of a plant, to increase in size by natural development Licgende beám lǽsest

lust

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:-- Úp gewát líg and þurh lust ( by its violence ?) geslóh micle máre þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 249. v. geoguþ-, unriht-, wamm-, weorold-, wyn-lust

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Críst simle ánes willan wæs and God Fæder Filio hominis una semper cum Patre voluntas est, Past. 307, 8

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerfulgentle

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Hié wilniað ðæt wé him geðwǽre sién, and hié ús ðe blíðran beón mægen, Past. 255, 2

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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D. 195, 12. te of ðǽra tóweardurn hæbbe gihæld ut de futuris malis nostris habeamus custodiam, Rtl. 123, 31. <b>Ill a.

lystan

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Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste ut habere propria concupiscant, Past. 229, 14. Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín, Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1. acc. of thing desired ? Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste, Past. 459, 3.