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gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge,

Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous

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Se milte bið emlang and gædertenge þǽre wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 15.

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant ⬩ a roof of straw ⬩ stipula ⬩ culmus, calamus, stipula, festuca ⬩ a reed

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Gán and gadrion him sylfe ðæt healm let them go and gather straw for themselves, Ex. 5, 7. Swá windes healm sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Genim rigen healm and beren take rye and barley straw, L.

Linked entry: halm

etan

to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy

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Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra ǽton and druncon mid heora yldestan bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 16. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision

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Ic freónda beþearf on láde ðonne ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan I need friends on my way, when alone I must seek my long home, Apstls. Kmbl. 183; Ap. 92: Andr. Kmbl. 551; An. 276.

ge-lǽran

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mid gierdum fullíce gelǽran and ðá temian, Past. 303, 12.

eáhtan

(v.)
Grammar
eáhtan, éhtan, iehtan.

to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui

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to observe, judge; observāre, æstimāre, reputāre We mágon eáhtan and sóþe secgan ðæt we may judge and soothly say that, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 34; Cri. 1550.

Linked entry: éhtan

swǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrness, (swár-), e; f.

heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, ⬩ heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness,

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Ne mæg ic ána eówre swárnissa ( pondus ) and eówre saca ácuman, Deut. 1, 12. heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness, v. swǽr, Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne nán unþeáw ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse . . . ðeáh sió swǽrnes

dómian

(v.)
Grammar
dómian, p.ode ; pp. od [dóm justice, glory]

To praise, glorify ⬩ celebrāre, gloriam tribuĕre

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To praise, glorify; celebrāre, gloriam tribuĕre Annanias ðec and Adzarias and Misael Metod dómige Hananiah and Azariah and Mishael may glorify thee, O Lord, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 4; Dan. 399; 192; Th. 239, 19; Dan. 372

un-met

(n.)
Grammar
un-met, um-mett, es; n.

Excess

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Excess Of ðam unmetta and ðam ungemetlícan gegerelan, of ðám swétmettum and of mistlícum, dryncum (cf. of ungemete ǽlces þinges, wiste and wǽda, wíngedrinces, and of swétmetann (-mettum?), Met. 25, 38), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 16

Linked entry: met

heáh-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-lǽce, es; m.

A physician of the greatest skill

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A physician of the greatest skill Sc. cosmas and sc. damianus wǽron heáhlǽcas and hý lácnodon ǽghwylce untrumnesse monna St. Cosmas and St. Damian were very excellent leeches, and cured every infirmity of men, Shrn. 135, 13

Linked entry: LǼCE

út-gang

(n.)
Grammar
út-gang, es; m.

A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation

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Næs þurh ða micgean áne ac eác þurh óþerne útgang, 250, 11

Linked entries: út-geng forþ-gang

for-trúwodnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-trúwodnes, -trúgadnes, -ness, e; f.

Over-confidence ⬩ precipitancy ⬩ presumption ⬩ arrogance ⬩ præcĭpĭtātio ⬩ præsumptio ⬩ arrŏgantia

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Ða fortrúwodnesse and ða ánwilnesse an Corinctheum Paulus ongeat swíðe wiðerweardne wið hine the presumption and obstinacy of the Corinthians Paul saw [to be] greatly opposed to himself, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 16.

un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness

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hwí nyllaþ hí spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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An improper or excessive tax Hé ǽfre ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, for ðan ðe on his dagan ǽlc riht áfeóll, and ǽlc unriht up árás, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2.

Linked entry: un-gyld

á-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-liþian, -leoþian (q. v. in Dict.); ode
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Seó hálige sáwl wæs onlýsed and áleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, 285, 26. Álýsed and geleoðod (ályðod, v. l. ), 282, 17. Út álocene, up áliþode euulsum, i. abscisum, An. Ox. 2903

Linked entry: á-leoþian

bridel

Grammar
bridel, l. brídel (from brigdel),
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Þæt wíf sceolde him tógeánes gán and his brídel onfón, ii. 142, 18. Lupatis brídlum frænis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 61. Ísenum brídlum ferratis saliuaribus, An. Ox. 2188. substitute for first instance and add:

cearcian

(v.)
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Cearciendum crepante i. sonante (naucleri portisculo ), An. Ox, 31: 3, 20. Ðǽr beóð wépende eágan and cearcigende teð, Hml. Th. i. 132, 30. [v. N. E. D. chark.] Cf. circan. Add

fore-beácen

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Hér wǽron réðe forebécna (-býcna, v. l.) cumene ofer Norðanhymbra land ... ꝥ wǽron orméte lígræscas, and wǽron geseowene fýrene dracan on þám lyfte fleógende, Chr. 793; P. 55, 32. Forebeácna portentorum, An. Ox. 4969.

íþ-hilde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-hilde, adj.
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., and add Éþhelde vel fulhealden contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 1. Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3. Hæbbende fódan and mid hwám wé beón oferhelede þám éðhylde ( contenti ) sýn wé, 143, 12. Éðhelde contentae, An.

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

of-gán

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Ðá tíþode se ealdorman him, and se abbod sealde him ðá án hund mancosa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 547, 6