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créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

fúl-lic

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Hit is fúllic þingc and Gode láð, þæt . . . befýlað selfe . . . þæt farað fram wífe tó wífe, eall swá stunte nýtenu dóð, Wlfst. 305, 7.

ge-neahlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahlíce, adv.
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D. 155, 27. constantly, usually hine sylfne ungyrede, and ꝥ reáf þe genehlíce on him hæfde, hit sléfde on þone man exuens se luterio melotinae, in quo ille orare solebat, ipsum circumdedit, Guth. Gr. 153, 21

Linked entry: ge-nehlíce

tó-flówan

Grammar
tó-flówan, <b>I a.</b>
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele ꝥ ná tófleów geond þone flór swá ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.

weorpan

Grammar
weorpan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>Ib.</b> where the implement used in throwing is given
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Þá hét mid þǽm palistas . . . þæt hiere mon mid þǽm þwyres on wurpe, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 10. 2. add Þá forceáw his ágene tungan, and wearp hine þǽr mid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 25.

weald-genga

(n.)
Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.

A weald-goer bandit brigant

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' is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolishstupida fool

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Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, wyrcþ barbarismus. Swylce cweðe ðú sót ðǽr sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

Linked entry: sot

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.

Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness

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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ óþ ðæt o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

hrægl

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Horses hýde habbað him tó hrægle gedón pelliculas equorum ad uestimentum habentes, Nar. 38, 2. Mid swelce hrægle (veste) in eóde, mid swelce gange út, Ll. Th. i. 46, 3. <b>II a.

ge-béd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]

a prayerpetitionsupplicationōrātioprĕcessupplĭcātioa religious servicean ordinanceverbum legĭtĭmumcærĭmōnia

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Ðæt béna and gebédu sendan and geótan qui prĕces fundant, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 8. His gebédo mihte gesécan ad deprecandum Dŏmĭnum advĕnīre dēbēret, 3, 23; S. 554, 11. Mid ðý he ðá ðæt gebédd gefylde cum orātiōnem complēret, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 7.

Linked entries: beád ge-beod

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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MS.) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten, Hy. 8, 1. Uuton nú gehýran, Blickl. Homl. 83, 30. Wutan cuman ealle, and úre mágas mid ús wutun þyder habban, Ps. Th. 73, 8.

Linked entries: utan uton

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Add synd þreóra cynna ná on stemne, ac on andgite, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 94, 12

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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Wénþ gif hit him iéwe ðæt him nylle geþafigean ðæt hine sníðe he expects, if he show it [the knife] to him, that he will not allow him to cut him, Past. 26, 3 ; Swt. 185, 25. Ðíne miltse ýwe show thy mercy, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32; Cri. 245.

Linked entry: éwan

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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He gerád eall Norþhymbra land him to gewealde he got all Northumberland into his power, 948; Erl. 117, 9.

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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Freónd ðe his gýmenne dyde and his wunda lácnian wolde amicos qui sui curam agerent, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 2. Ðis is þearf ðæt se se ðe wunde lácnian (Hatt.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Ic geworhte eft tó leóþe I made a poetical version of it, Bt. proem; Fox viii, l0. Ðá ic ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde when I had recited these verses, 3, 1; Fox 4, 16. Leóþ odai, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 63.

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS. R.) sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13. On lxv and þreó hundræd scy[r]tran and lengran ða ǽdron beóþ tódǽlede, 146, 6. marking height, not tall (Zacchaeus) wæs scort on wæstme. Homl.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Habban ðone brýce healfne and healfne ða munecas let them have half the usufruct, and the monk&#39;s half, Chart. Th. 547, 19. Heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him she half cut through his neck, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 105.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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hit geearnode hit æt Mercna hláfordum, 111, 29. See Chr. P. ii. 118