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lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Loss ⬩ damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ detriment

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'Ic wille ofgán æt ðé his blód' ðæt is his lyre 'I will require at thy hands his blood,' that is, his destruction, i. 6, 27. Lífes lyre death, Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 26; Gú. 801. Ne se enga deáþ, ne lífes lyre, 56 b; Th. 201, 8; Ph. 53.

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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Cf. æt-fæstan) :-- Ne meahton hié deáþ (Kemble has deáþe, in which case the verb belongs to I) óþfæstan they could not inflict death (on Christ), Elen. Kmbl. 952 ; El. 477.

plihtan

(v.)
Grammar
plihtan, p. te
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Gif ǽnig ámánsumad man ... on ðæs cynges neáweste gewunige, ǽr ðam ðe hé hæbbe godcunde bóte georne gebogene, ðonne plihte him sylfum and eallan his ǽhtan, v. 29 ; Th. i. 312, 3. Plihte hí heora áre and eallon heora ǽhton, vi. 36 ; Th. i. 324, 14.

blótan

(v.)
Grammar
blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a.

To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrifice ⬩ immolare, sacrificare ⬩ sacrificare

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Ðæt hí ða git swíðor blótten, ðonne hie ǽr dydon that they should sacrifice still more than they had done before, 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18

Linked entry: a-blótan

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Forðon ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære mód-ceare mínre gerestan for I can never rest from my mind's sorrow, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444. 1; Kl. 40. Templ Háliges Gástes snytro on to gerestenne a temple for the wisdom of the Holy Ghost to dwell in, Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

ge-mittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mittan, p. -mitte; pp. -mitted

To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre

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Hie æt burhgeate beorn gemitton they found the chief at the town-gate, 111; Th. 146, 23; Gen. 2426. Gif gé gemitton Esau mínne bróður si obvium hăbuĕris fratrem meum Esau, Gen. 32, 17

Linked entries: mittan ge-métan

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An orator ⬩ spokesman

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In two passages it is noted that he sat at his lord's feet Húnferð maþelode ðe æt fótum sæt freán Scyldinga, 1002; B. 499: 2335; B. 1165.

Linked entries: þyl-cræft þele

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbind ⬩ untie

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Ǽr ðon God heó ðæs wræces unbindan wolde, Anglia xi. 2, 24. Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden post mille annos soluetur Satanas, Wulfst. 83, 6. Beón unbunden dissolui (a peccato ), Scint. 38, 12. Hí wurdonanbundene, Homl. Th. ii. 20, 8.

Linked entry: on-bindan

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm

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Se ðe ǽr untrum wæs qui languerat, 7, 10. Ðá wearð hé untrum on feforádle, Blickl. Homl. 217, 25. Nǽnig næs tó ðæs untrum, ðæt hé sóna hǽlo ne onfénge, 223, 23. Ðæt flǽsc is untrum caro infirma est, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41.

wíc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stów, e ; f.
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Ǽr hé ða wícstówa bereáfian mehte, Swt. 128, 9. Siþþan hé wícstówa náme, 2, 4; Swt. 76, 10: Num. 11, 31

wóhness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhness, e; f.

crookedness ⬩ wrongdoing ⬩ iniquily ⬩ perversity ⬩ depravity ⬩ wickedness

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Ǽlc ðæra wónessa(crimes) ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 23. On wðnyssum in iniquitatibus, Bd. l, 27; S. 495, 25.

Linked entry: wóness

ǽtren

(adj.)
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Ǽt(r)ene venefici , Bl. Gl. Þonne ealle ǽterno þing fleógaþ, Lch. ii. 146, 10. Allo ætterna nétno omnia venenosa animalia , Rtl. 145, 16. Ðá wonnan ætrinan livida toxica , Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 69.

cyre

(n.)
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Gehwilc man hæfð ágenne cyre, ǽr ðám ðe hé syngige, hweðer hé wille filian deófles willan oððe wiðsacan, Hml. Th. i. 212, 11. [Laym. cure: Gen. and Ex. kire. Cf. O. H. Ger. churi; f.: Icel. kør; n.]

ed-wist

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Nama mæg beón on ðám forman háde on ðám worde ðe getácnað edwiste: Priscianus sum ic eom Priscianus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 128, 10. Add

eglan

Grammar
eglan, eglian.
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Swelce óþrum monnum ǽr ꝥ ilce ne eglede, Bt. 7, 2; F. 16, 28: Hml. Th. ii. 514, 11. Hé cwæð ꝥ him ꝥ nánuht ne eglode dixit quod ei nihil noceret, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 10.

eornost

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
eornost, es; n. (not f.)

in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed

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Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe, Hml. A. 48, 582-4. Hé mid geleáfan clipode on his eornost tó Gode, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 11, 38.

Linked entries: eornoste ornest

ge-hwider

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Þǽre burge ceasterware þe ǽr gehwider tódrifene wǽron cives urbis illius qui quolibet dispersi essent Gr. D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.

ge-mǽte

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Seó ðrúh wæs geworht hire swá gemiéte swylce heó hyre sylfre swá gesceapen wǽre, and æt hire heáfde wæs áheáwen se stán gemǽte þám heáfde (ita aptum (gemǽte, Bd.

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Hí synd hér geond on þám scræfe æt Célian dúne, 734. Gyf Wealh Englis(c)ne man ofsleá, ne þearf hé hine hider ofer ( over here) búton be healfan were gyldan, ne Ænglisc Wyli[s]cne geon[d] ofer (away over there ), Ll.

ge-bytlu

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, For 'indecl. f.
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Se cyng Willelm tó Pentecosten forman síðe his híréd innan his níwan gebyttlan æt Westmynstre heóld ( William in the twelfth year of his reign for the first time kept court in the new palace of Westminster, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 1099; P. 234, 34.