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á-wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wuldrian, p.ode

To glorify

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To glorify Áuuldrad (glorificatus est) wæs se Hǽlend, Jn. L. 12, 16. Áwuldrad sié glorietur, Rtl. 79, 30

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Ðeáh se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna tiohhie ðæt se anweald síe ðæt héhste gód ( hominum fallax opinio ), Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.

wiþ-teón

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to withdrawdraw backto draw backrestrainto draw awayto draw to

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Grammar wiþ-teón, with acc. to withdraw, draw back Swá micel swá seó heó mǽst wiðteóhð as far as ever the sea withdraws itself (recedes ), Chart. Th. 318, 9.

ge-leáfsum

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. ¶ tó geleáfsuman so as to produce belief :-- Uneáðe mæg mon tó geleáfsuman gesecgan swá monigfeald yfel in tanta malorum multitudine difficillima dicta fides, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 20.

bearhtm-hwíl

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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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Seó geogað ná getang licge (getanglíce ne licge, v. l.), ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 15

tó-licgan

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Swá wíde swá wegas tólágon, An. 1236. Add Seó geogoð ná getanglíce né licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 16

þunor

Grammar
þunor, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneð . . . and se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid dǽre fýrenan æcxe, Sal. K. 148, 4-6. Add

un-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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Hwǽr se weall unhéhst , Homl. Th. i. 484, 10

Linked entry: un-hége

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

dréfend

(n.)
Grammar
dréfend, es; m.
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A disturber, turbulent person Se mynstres hordere . . . ná dréfend ( non turbulentus ), R. Ben. 54, 8. Drǽfend, 121, 12

Linked entry: dréfre

ge-molsnian

(v.)
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For Solil. 2 substitute Þeáh se líchama wére ge-molsnod, wæs seó sáwl simle lybbende, Solil. H. 10, 12

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

fricca

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Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotium accedit . . . sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, quam clamoris vocem daturas est praeco mutus ?

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Name of the months June and July Se mónaþ is nemned on lǽden Iunius, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra Líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ ðonne smylte and ða windas. Ond monnum biþ ðonne gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 87, 34.

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

hweoðerian

(v.)
Grammar
hweoðerian, hwoðerian; p. ode

To roar

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To roar, be tempestuous Se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum the sea roared under his footsteps, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 19

Linked entry: hwoðerian

on-wendedness

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Þeáh þe him singal sumor búton ǽlcre onwendednes[se], Verc. Först. 114, 13. Ríxian bútan ǽlcre onwendednesse, 101, 13. Add

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Add: agreeably, so as to please, acceptably Wel ðrowað se man and Gode gecwémlíce, ðe winð ongeán leahtras, Hml. Th. i. 164, 20: Hml. A. 14, 22. Þæt þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon mid micclum wísdóme and mé swýðe gecwémlíce. Ll.

swyle

(n.)
Grammar
swyle, es; m.
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Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle ðæs earmes gesýne brachium versum est in tumorem . . . tametsi tumor brachii manere videretur, 5, 3; S. 616, 6, 38. Ðá ásweóll him se líchama . . .

Linked entry: swile