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ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde referre erat solitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 42. Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ... the people there were accustomed to..., Blickl. Homl. 209, 6. Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20.

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14. God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse Deus inestimabilis misericordie, Anglia xi. 112, 1.

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde hé intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17. Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30

geong

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wæs wintrum geong and on his þeáwum eald, Gr. D. 219, 3. Gewiton ealdgesíðas swylce geong manig, B. 854. Ongit, guma genga, El. 464.

guma

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Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of þæs guman (Christ's) sídan, Kr. 49

cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
cræftig, adj.

IngeniousskilfulCRAFTYcunningvirtuouspowerful ingeniosusperitusastutusprobuspotens

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Omérus wæs leóþa cræftgast Homer was most skilful in poems Bt. Met. Fox 30, 4; Met. 30, 2. Elþeódge wíf hæfdon gegán ðone cræftgestan dǽl strange women had overcome the most powerful part Ors. 1. 10; Bos. 33, 41

on-wrigenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-wrigenness, e; f.

An uncovering, discoverya removal of that which obscures or concealsan explanation, expositionan exposure of a person's real charactera revelation, manifestation made to the eye or to the ear by divine power

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T. onwrignesse) ðæt hire forþfóre wǽre swíðe neáh. Sǽde heó him ðæt seó onwrihgnes ðyslíc wǽre. Cwæþ ðæt heó gesáwe micelne þreát, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 35-38.

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Gif hit ꝥ wǽre ꝥ þín dohtor on ǽnig láð ásliden wǽre, Hml. S. 33, 223. Ásliden and gewǽht elisa et labefacta, An. Ox. 4789:Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 44. Ealle áslidene omnes elisos, Ps. L. 144, 14

a-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
a-meldian, p. ode; pp. od

To betraymake knownprodereindicare

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Ðá wǽron hí ðǽr ameldode proditi sunt, 4, 16; S. 584, 26: Jos. 9, 17

BERE

(n.)
Grammar
BERE, es; m.

Barleyhordeum

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Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31

gang-weg

(n.)
Grammar
gang-weg, es; m.

A gang-waywayroadvia

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Twegra wǽna gangweg a road for two vehicles; via, 56; Som. 67, 51; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

ge-séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-séfte, adj.

Soft, mildmītis

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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295

Linked entry: séfte

wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
wéstan, p. te
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Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20

word-gecwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-gecwide, es; n.

An expressed agreementa formal contract

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An expressed agreement, a formal contract Eal ic him gelǽste ðæt ic him scolde swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron, L. O. ii; Th. i. 182, n. Gif hit heó gehaldeþ mid ðare clǽnnisse ðe uncer wordgecwædu seondan, Chart. Th. 481, 8

Linked entry: ge-cwide

ge-milscod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-milscod, ge-milscad, ge-mislced; adj.
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(ptcpl. ) Sweetened with honey Ge-milscod wín melicratum, gemilscad wæter mulsurum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 32, 33. Gewyrce him gemilscade drincan, ꝥ is micel dǽl bewylledes wæteres on huniges godum dǽle, Lch, ii. 202, 26.

Linked entry: miliscian

full-cúþ

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Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

ge-wícnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícnian, p. ode
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To discharge an office (wíce), do service, be steward (wícnere) Twá mynecena wǽron . . . þám gewícnode sum eáwfæst man on woruldcarum ( duae sanctimoniales feminae . . . quite quidam religiosus vir ad exterioris vitae usum praebebat obsequium, Gr.

Linked entry: wícnian

gewit-seóc

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Forhtodon þá deófla on gewitseócum mannum, for ðan ðe hí wiston his tócyme, and þá deófolseócan sóna forhtigende wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1201

spellian

(v.)
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Þá gebróðra þá ongǽn hine sylfne ánmódlíce wǽron spelliende contra se unanimiter conspirantes, 106, 1.[v. N. E. D. spell; vb. 1..]