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freóls

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Ealle dagas freólses Godes omnes dies festos Dei, 74, 9. Eásterlices freólses paschalis sollempnitatis, Angl. xiii. 401, 515: festivitatis, 522. Gemunað þisne dæg and wurðiað hine Drihtne tó freólse ( celebrabitis eam solemnem Domino ), Ex. 12, 14.

ge-cirredness

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Se deófol nam graman ongeán þone Godes man for þæs folces gecyrrednysse fram his fúlum biggengum, 29, 185. Geefenlǽce hé Paules gecyrrednysse, Hml. Th. i. 56, 24: 578, 30. Mid sóðre gecyrrednysse Dryhten gesécan, Hml. A. 53, 82.

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Hláfordas ic lǽrde ꝥ hié getreówlíce Gode hýrdon swá heora hláfordum, Bl. H. 185, 28. confidently Getreówlíce fidenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 66. Getrióulíce confidenter (ambulat ), Kent. Gl. 326

tó-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceacan, -scacan; p. -sceóc, -scóc; pp. -sceacen, scacen.

to shake to pieces,shake violently,to disturbto shake off,drive away,disperse

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Biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, Wulfst. 148, 23: 263, 9. Gromes . . . þe totwiccheþ and toschakeþ, O. and N. 1647. A wilde bor . . . man and houndes. . . wiþ his taskes he al toshok, Beves 742. With shaking shal be toshaken pees, Wick. Is. 24, 20.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, es; n.

a placeplacesteadsteadsituationcondition

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Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.

Linked entry: æt-steal

drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
drohtnung, drohtung, e; f. [droht vitæ condĭtio]

Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio

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He his líf in Gode mid wyrþre drohtende gefylde vitam in Deo digna conversātiōne complēvit, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 24. On ðæra Apostola drohtnunge in the Acts of the Apostles, R. Ben. 33.

grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Se forma feohgítsere gróf æfter golde the first miser delved after gold, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 113; Met. 8, 57: Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 4; Rä. 34, 6: 130 a; Th. 498, 24; Rä. 88, 6.

Súþr-íge

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íge, gen. [e]a, ena; pl.
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Godes ciricum in Súðrégum and in Cent, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 8. Hé gewát on Súþríge (Súðrége, MS. E.) and on Súþ-Seaxe, Chr. 722; Erl. 44, 28. Fóron súþ ofer Temese on Súþríge (Súðríge, MS. E.), 851; Erl. 68, 2.

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, p. þeówde, þeódde
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Ðæt hié þeówdon Godes ciricum, Blickl. Homl. 185, 29: Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 15. Ðeówdun servierunt, Ps. Surt. 80, 7. Hí hǽþenum bigangum ðeówdon paganis cultibus provincia serviebat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 5.

þrafian

(v.)
Grammar
þrafian, p. ode.

to urgepressto reproverebukecorrect

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Se biscop sceal þrafian ða mæssepreóstas mid lufe ge mid láþe, ðæt hié healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 8. to reprove, rebuke, correct.

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Dele Goth. abrs, and add: bitter to the taste, acid, sour Áuur (suur?) léc acerbum cepe , Germ. 394, 262. Gedó tó þám hunige emfela ecedes þæs ne sié swíþe áfor ne swíðe swéte . . . and ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol þæs ecedes áfre scearpnes.

be-hát

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Gode man sceal dón þá betstan behát, Hml. A. 35, 273. a threat (cf. beót; Icel. heit; pl. threats) Ðeós wyrt tó manegum þingon wel fremað, ꝥ ys . . . wið gehwylce behátu and wið andan and wið ógan, Lch. i. 312, 25

earnung

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., and mid swýðe miclan earnungan wé þá bóte mótan æt Gode gerǽcan, Wlfst. 157, 3-6. Ðerh Sancti Cúðberhtes earnunga, Jn. p. 188, 12. recompense Hé rít for þý þe hé mid þǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 7

ege-full

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Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme tremendo judicio Dei, R. Ben. 31, 10. Þone egefullan cwide terribilem sententiam, 49, 19. fearful, timorous. feeling fear, cf. ege-leás Egefulle tremebundos, Hpt.

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges nép, Exod. 469.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Þaacute; him hé dyde gehende ea sibi fecit socia, Scint. 104, 5. heora stefn sý Gode gehendre (vicinior) þonne him syluum, Nap. 30

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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Ríc Godes gemérsad bið ł áboden bið (euangelizatur), Lk. L. 16, 16. Gemérsad (divulgatum) is word ðis, Mt. p. 20, 5. Wæs gemérsad mérsong of him in all stóue ðæs londes, Lk. L. 4, 37. Wéron gemérsad alle worda ðás, l, 65.

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that

leáf

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</b> an artificial leaf :-- Gylden is se Godes cwide gimmum ástǽned, hafað silfren leáf, Sal. 64. a leaf of a book Hér on þysan óþran leáfe onginð seó æftere bóc, Gr. D. 92, 2. Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc.