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hopian

(v.)
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Hé forsihþ þás eorþlican gód and hopaþ tó þám tóweardum, Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 26. Gehiéren ðá unblíðan ðá leán ðæs gefeán ðe hié tó hopiað tristibus inferenda sunt laela, quae promittuniur Past. 187, 18.

á-mirran

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'Ne ámyrde ic hine, ac ic hine áwende fram hǽðenum gylde tó Gode,' Hml. Th. i. 468, 12-15. Hé mid his drýcræfte ðæs folces geleáfan ámyrde, 372, 3. Þá diófla hí ámirdon, ꝥ hié ne cúþan angitan þæt hit Godes wracu wæs, Ors. 4, 4; S. 162, 26.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem

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Ðǽr wæs singal sang and swegles gong, wlitig weoroda heáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1737; An. 871. Ðǽr is engla song, eádigra blis, Exon. Th. 100, 31; Cri. 1650. Magister cyriclíces sanges magister ecclesiasticae cantionis, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 27.

Linked entry: song

reód

(adj.)
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reód, adj.

Red

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Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14. Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer ða Reódan Sǽ, Ex. 15, 1.

ge-treówleás

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Þíne godas syndon getreówleásera manna handgeweorc, Hml. S. 14, 21

ge-wand

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wand, es; n.
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a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.

gyrdels

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Hé hét ádelfan seáþ oþ gyrdyls deópne, and bebeád ꝥ mon þone Godes wer bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 32. Gerdels cingulum, Kent. Gl. 1149. In gyrdelsum in zonis (Mt. lo, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 43. Add

gǽlan

to delay ⬩ to dupe

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Add: to delay For ðǽm gif ús ne lyst ðǽra ǽrrena yfela ðe wé ǽr worhton, ðonne ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc ðe wé nú wyrceað nisi enim retro aspicerent, erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerent, Past. 445, 29.

on-bryrdness

(n.)
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on-bryrdness, e; f.

Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction

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Þurh ðæssóþan Godes onbryrdnysse inspirante Deo vero, 2, 13; 8. 517, 17: Blickl. Homl. 119, 18

fréfran

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., freófradun, R. ) consolabantur, Jn. 11. 31. ꝥ hí Godes þearfran fréfrian and fédan Ll. Th. i. 326, 34. Froefra consolari, Mt. L. 2, 18. Frófran, Ps. Srt. 76, 3.

ge-lǽstan

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Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12. Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga, Ll. Th. i. 272, 1. Gelǽste man sulhælmessan þonne .xv. niht beón onufan Eástran, 262, 17. Sáulsceat man gelǽste æt openum græfe, 308, 4, 6.

CÝSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝSE, cése,es; m:an; m.

CHEESE ⬩ caseus

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Níwe gáte cýse new goat's cheese, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 5, 6, 7; Lchdm. i. 352, 5, 7, 9. Ferscne cýse on lege lay on fresh cheese, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 14: 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 1: Lchdm. iii. 96, 22. Nim cýsan take cheese, 96, 21.

Linked entry: cése

ge-gladian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gladian, p. ode; pp. od

To make glad ⬩ gladden ⬩ appease ⬩ lætĭfĭcāre ⬩ exhĭlărāre ⬩ plăcāre

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To make glad, gladden, appease; lætĭfĭcāre, exhĭlărāre, plăcāre Flódes ryne gegladaþ burg Godes flūmĭnis impĕtus lætĭfĭcat cīvĭtātem Dei, Ps. Lamb. 45, 5; Homl. Th. i. 288, 8.

Linked entry: gladian

ge-gódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gódian, p. ode; pp. od

To bestow goods upon ⬩ enrich

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To bestow goods upon, enrich Ða mynstru he genihtsumlíce to dæghwomlícum bigleofan gegódode he abundantly enriched those minsters for daily subsistence, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 30 : H. R. 105, 6 : Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 39.

Linked entries: gódian ge-góded

syn-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
syn-sceaþa, an; m.

One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant

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Ða synsceaðan ( the heathens ) Godes tempel brǽcan and bærndon, Exon. Th. 44, 21; Cri. 706. Metod beslóh synsceaþan ( the apostate angels ) sigore and gewealde, Cd. Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55. Similar entries Cf. mán-sceaþa

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ceás

(n.; adj.)
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ceás, e; f.
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Add: strife, quarrel, contention Dyslic bið mannes ceás ongeán Godes gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 89, 26, Ðá wróhtgeornan ðe ceáse wyrceað (cf. ða ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14) seminantes jurgia, Past. 177, 11. Cǽsa insectationes, rixas, An.

Linked entry: ceást

dryhten

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Godes, éces Drihtnes, Chr. 937; P. 106, 24. Tó úres Drihtenes byrgene, 1058; P. 189, 19. Eall swá Iudas Scarioth dyde be úre Drihtene, 1087; P. 222, 35. Wé geleófað on Drihten þyses ælþeódigan mannes, Bl. H. 247, 4

efen-hleta

(n.; adj.)
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A partner. adj Se biscop biþ efenhálig Godes apostolum, and efenhléte his wítgum, Bl. H. 45, 18. substantive Hæfde se cyning efenhlétan (-hlýtan, v. l.) þǽre cynelican wyrðnesse habuit Oswiu consortem regiae dignitatis, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 18.

gylden

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Ne wyrc þú þé gyldne (gyldíne, v. l. ) godas, Ll. Th. i. 44, 22. Gyldene, Ex. 20, 23

hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)