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líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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[Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 22.] Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33. Légitu, Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19. Légite fulgoris, 190, 15.

Linked entry: légetu

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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Sitte hé on bæþe óó ðæt hé swǽte . . . óþ hé wel swǽte, Lchdm. ii. 290, 1-6. Ðæt se mon swǽte swíþe, 332, 2 : iii. 8, 11. Hé ongan blácian and ungefóhlíce swǽtan, Homl. Th. i. 414, 12: Wulfst. 141, 3.

Linked entry: swítan

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Bibeád ic eów ðæt gé bróþor míne in woruldríce wel árétten, Exon. Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13. Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456. In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049.

drý-cræft

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Hé sǽde ꝥ hé ( Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt ) drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum ꝥ hé gewunode monige wundor tó wyrcenne, and ꝥ hé mihte swá wel swefn reccan ... and hé sǽde ꝥ hé of þǽm drýcræfte geleornode godcundne wísdóm. Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 3-8.

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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Wes þú gebletsod; for þon se wæstm þínes innoþes is gebletsad, Bl. H. 5, 4. Ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode, 51, 13. v. un*-*gebletsod

ge-metfæst

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Wer milde and gemetfæst, Gú. 1080. Hé hæfð sundorgecynd milde gemetfæst.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

ge-tynge

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Hé wæs se getingesta wer erat vir eloquentissimus. Gr. D. 180, 9. of speech Getinge lepida (sermonum series ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 84: 52, 40. Þǽre getyngan lepida (libelli textum lepida urbanitatis facundia digestum, Ald. 80, 32), 88, 38: 50, 43.

heáh-fæder

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Margaret's ) fæder wæs hǽþenra monna heáhfæder (of ꝥ heðene folc patriarke ant prince, Marh. 2, 14; patriarch he was wel hei, Marg. 4; erat gentilium patriarcha et idola adorabat, Hml. A. 209, 25), Shrn. 101, 11

on-ginnan

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Ongin nú wel, Rufe, and behát mé mid áðe take the right course now, Rufus, and promise me on oath, Hml. S. 22, 104. Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge, 29, 272.

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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Grammar weddian, in reference to either taking or giving in marriage, to wed, betroth, espouse Gif hý ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón, ðonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe ðam ðe hire girude, L. Edm. B. 6; Th. i. 254, 20.

Linked entry: be-weddian

ge-þungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þungen, part. p.

Grownthrivenadvanced [morallymentallyetc.]excellentpiousnobleperfect

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Gódne wer and geþungenne to biscopháde virum bonum el aptum episcopatu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 11: 4, 23; S. 594, 6. Sum ǽfast mann and geþungen veracem ac religiosum hominem, 3, 19; S. 549, 24.

Linked entry: ge-þingan

tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.

to go in different directions,go off separately,partto disperse (intrans.)scatterto go away, pass off,depart,become extinct.

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Tófóran on feówer wegas ætfelinga bearn they went off in four different directions, Cd. Th. 102, 8; Gen. 1697. Ær ðam ðe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne, L.

Linked entries: tó-fær tó-féran

ge-gán

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R. 16, 1. of an event, to happen, come to pass Þá þæt geeóde þæt se wer wearð wíne druncen, Gen. 1562.

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Ðæt gé nǽfre ne forgiton Drihtnes wedd ne quando oblīviscāris pacti Dŏmĭni, Deut. 4, 23: 6, 12. Ðæt he hi ðe-læs forgeáte that he should the less forget them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 4: Cd. 40; Th. 52, 25; Gen. 849.

Linked entry: for-gietan

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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Nú hæbbe we awriten ðære súþ now have we described the south, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 42.

Linked entry: a-wrát

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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We ðé willaþ ferigan efne to ðam lande we will convey thee even to the land [to the very land; in eandem terram], Andr. Kmbl. 587; An. 294: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 95; Met. 8, 48.

K

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For many years previous to 1111 the form is cyng, in that year we have Kyng Henri; again until 1122 the opening line of each annual contains the phrase Cyng Henri, then until the end the spelling is k.

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorifyto ascribe glory toto make gloriousbestow glory onto gloryto receive glorybe glorified

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sculon wuldrian and herian úrne Dryhten, Homl. Th. i. 44, 2 : Hy. 8, 1. Se is tó weorþienne and tó wuldrienne, Blickl. Homl. 197, 6. God wuldriende (wuldrigendo, Lind. : wuldrende, Rush.) and heriende, Lk.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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MS.) him sellað, nealles úre, 334, 18. Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, Prov. K. 51: Wlfst. 158, 37. Tó his ágenum hé com in propria venit , Jn. 1, 11. Cúþan mon ofslóg, and Ceaulin hwearf tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; P. 20, 4.