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ge-gearwung

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Add: preparation Þá wæs se dæg parasceue, ꝥ is gegearwunge (-earwunge, v. l. ), Lk. 23, 54. doing, working. Cf. ge-gearwian; <b>VI, V</b> Tó gegearwunga his ad operationem suam, Bl. Gl.

wel-dǽd

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wel-dǽd, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> doing good :-- Weldǽde and gemǽnnysse nelle gé forgytan beneficii et communionis noli te obliuisci (Heb. 13, 16), Scint. 165, 18. Add

rów

(n.)
Grammar
rów, e; f.

Quiet, rest

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Quiet, rest Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun æfter tintergum tídum brúcan, ðonne hý of waþum wérge cwóman restan ryneþrágum, rówe gefégon, Exon. Th. 115, 4; Gú. 184. Biteache mi gast and mi bodi baðen to ro and to reste, Marh. 20, 5.

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un-wlitigian

(v.)
Grammar
un-wlitigian, p. ode.

to make ugly ⬩ deprive of beauty, ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to become ugly

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to make ugly, deprive of beauty, disfigure Ða hé gewlitegaþ; hwílum eft unwlitegaþ, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9. to become ugly Se wǽta ástígd tó ðæm lime, ðonne ásuilð hit and áhefegaþ and unwlitegaþ humor ad virilia labitur, quae cum molestia dedecoris

Linked entry: un-gewlitigian

riht-fæderencynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-fæderencynn, es; n.

Lineal descent or descendants on the father's side

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Gif héó bearn næbbe, feó ðonne an hire rehtfæderen[cynnes] sió néste hond, Chart. Th. 481, 21

tó-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gínan, p. -gán; pp. -ginen

To yawn ⬩ gape ⬩ open

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To yawn, gape, open as the mouth does Eorðe tógaan and eall forswealh Dathanes weorod aperta est terra, et deglutivit Dathan, Ps. Th. 105, 15. Se stán tógán, stream út áweóll. Andr. Kmbl. 3044; An. 1525.

cald

(adj.)

cold ⬩ gelidus, frigidus

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cold; gelidus, frigidus Ðonne cymþ forst fyrnum cald then cometh bitter cold frost, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 28; Gen. 316: 227; Th. 304, 29; Sae. 637: Andr. Kmbl. 619; An. 310. Caldra colder, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 10; Rä. 41, 54.

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear

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Dó ðíne ansýne esne ðínum leóhte faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, 118, 135. Ðonne wurþaþ ðín eágan swá leóht then shall thine eyes become so clear, Cd. 27; Th, 35, 34; Gen. 564.

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about

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Ðonne hwá on ða leásunga beféhþ, ðonne ne mæg hé of, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 17. denoting direction Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren þecelle, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29. denoting origin or source Ðære þeóde ðe hé of com, 5, 19; S. 639, 37.

Linked entry: ob

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVER ⬩ febris

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Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13. On mycelum feferum magnis febrĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 38.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

irming

(n.)
Grammar
irming, es ; m.

A poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a wretch

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Betere is ðé ðæt ðé sceamige nú hér beforan mé ánum yrmingce ðonne eft beforan Gode on ðam mycelan dóme melius est tibi nunc hic coram me solo misero pudefieri, quam posthac coram Deo in magno judicio, L. Ecg. C. prm ; Th, ii. 132, 20.

Linked entries: earming erming

un-rihtwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtwís, adj.

Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ evil

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Unrihtwís dóm ðæt se hálga wet swá ðrowode, Homl. Th. i. 596, 24. Se ðe ys on lytlum unrihtwís ( iniquus ), se ys eác on máran unrihtwís (-rehtwís, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 16, 10. Se unrihtwísa injustus, Ps. Spl. 35, 1.

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andettan

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Voc. ii. 34, 48. to confess what one has done wrong Hé andette and cwæð, 'Sóðlíce ic syngode,' Jos. 7, 20. to confess, admit the truth of a charge, unfavourable statement, &amp;c.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14. Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.)

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

be-settan

to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege

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God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31. He him sawle on besett, ii. 206, 25. þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset, 524, 12. to place hope, reliance on, inflict persecution on Deófol Godes gecorenum éhtnysse on besett, Hml.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12.

eorþ-búend

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eorþ-búend, eorþ-búend, -búgend, -búgi(g)end (-ende)
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Eal Adames cnósl eorðbúendra omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129. Eorðbúgiendra, Wlfst. 137, 24. Fore eágum eorðbúendra, Cri. 1324. Ǽnig eorðbúendra, Gen. 1754: Met. 10, 36. Þú hæleðum eart, eallum eorðbúendum, weard and wísa, Dan. 565.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Ðone clǽnan sacerd ( Christ ), Exon. Th. 9, 19; Cri. 137. Suíðe ryhte ða sacerdas ( sacerdotes ) sint gehátene sacerdas, ðæt is on Englisc clǽnseras, forðæm hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffulum, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 14.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message ⬩ a dish of food, victuals

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Godes engel cwæð: 'Abacuc, bær ðone mete tó Babilone' . . . Ðá clypode se Abacuc: 'Ðú Godes þeówa, nim ðás lác ðe ðé God sende'. . . And hé ðá ðære sande breáe, Homl. Th. i. 572, 8.

up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending

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Th. i. 502, 6. especially the ascension of Christ to heaven Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl. Homl. 131, 11: Exon. Th. 41, 13; Cri. 655. Æfter upstige écan Dryhtnes, 44. 31; Cri. 711: 38, 31; Cri. 615: Blickl. Homl. 137, 23: Homl.