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ge-leáfleást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleást, -eáflýst, e; f.

Want of faithunbeliefinfidelityunfaithfulnessinfĭdēlĭtasincrēdŭlĭtas

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Drihten Hǽlend þreáde mid wordum ðæra Iudeiscra þwyrnysse and geleáfleáste the Lord reproved with words the perversity and unbelief of the Jews, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 4.

hetol

malignantferocioussevere

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Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685. Cwǽdon þá weardmenn tó þám hetelum Júdéiscum, Hml. A. 79, 176. Þá hǽðengildon þe þǽr heteloste wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hetollíce

gástlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gástlíc, gǽstlíc; adj.

Ghostlyspiritualspīrĭtālis

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Ghostly, spiritual; spīrĭtālis Gástlíc hreám a cry of spirits, ghostly cry, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 5. Leoðolíc and gástlíc the bodily and the ghostly, Andr. Kmbl. 3254; An. 1630.

Linked entry: gǽstlíc

líð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líð-ness, e; f.

Softnessgentlenessmildnesslenitykindness

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Softness, gentleness, mildness, lenity, kindness Hí sind gesewene mid líðnysse ac heora líðnys is sóðlíce ásolcennys they appear with gentleness, but their gentleness is really sluggishness, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 11.

wendan

Grammar
wendan, <b>. II.</b>
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, Met. 4, 34. with idea of hostility, to turn on or against Hé wende on þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron bellum vertit in socios, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1

tó-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton

To rush in different directionsto dispersehurriedly,scatter

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Þe shell toshett (burst asunder) on þe schire ground. Whan it cofli tooclef þer crep oute an addre, Alis. (Skt.) 1008

ge-dreósan

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Gedroren is þeós duguð eal, dreámas sind gewitene, Seef. 86. Dagas míne gedroren syndan sméce gelíce defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, Ps. Th. 101, 3

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 16. Eal þá monigfealdan yfel, 2, 5 ; S. 86, 15. Hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, Past. 393, 29

ettan

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Eal þæt his man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg (all of it that can be grazed or ploughed), þæt líð wið ðá sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25, Substitute

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS. B.) sí and lád forberste if a charge be brought, and the attempt to refute the charge fail, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 10: 57 ; Th. i. 406, 26.

Linked entry: tyhtle

blǽst

(n.)
Grammar
blǽst, es; m.

A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breezeflatus

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[bláwan to blow; flare] A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breeze; flatus Sǽgrundas súþwind fornam, bæþweges blǽst the south wind, the sea breeze, dried up the depths of the sea, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 11; Exod. 290

Linked entry: blǽd

hord-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hord-geat, -gat,es; n.

A door through which a treasure is reached

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A door through which a treasure is reached Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11

butere

(n.)
Grammar
butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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Dó ðonne mele fulne buteran add then a basin full of butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 17, 19, 22. On ðære buteran in the butter, l, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1.

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness sălus, asȳlum

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Safety, security, happiness; sălus, asȳlum Éd monne safety of men, the ark. Cd. 70; Th. 84, 30, Mann. Some think ed signifies a renewing, restoration, regeneration; renŏvatio: then ed monne might be translated, regeneration of men.

for-pǽran

(v.)
Grammar
for-pǽran, p. de; pp. ed

To turn awaypervertruindestroypervertĕreperdĕre

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Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32. Ðæt he ðone man forpǽre that he may destroy the man, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 20

Linked entry: a-pǽran

dæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíd, e; f. [dæg day, tíd time]

Day-time, time diei tempus

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Day-time, time; diei tempus On ðære dægtíde at that time, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 4; Gen. 1659. On dæg-tídum in the day-time, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 26; Rä. 18, 3: 126 a; Th. 484, 23; Rä. 71, 6

á-hebban

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Th. i. 328, 17. Þá þe þá yldo nabbað ꝥ hig ꝥ fæsten áhebban magon, ii. 436, 10. to uphold Hé bið up áhafen sublevabitur , Kent. Gl. 1069. to give rise to, cause, raise a laugh Ýdelu word þá þe unnytte hleahtor up áhebben, Ll.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Án woruldcynincg ne mæg been wurðful cynincg búton hé hæbbe þá geþincðe þe him gebyriað, p. 6, 61.

ge-wesan

(v.)

to be togetherconversediscuss

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Ger. have the word &#39;gawisan, gi-wesan,&#39; in the sense to remain, abide; restare

ge-sceft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceft, e; f.

The creation, a creaturecreātio, creātūra

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The creation, a creature; creātio, creātūra In ðære écan gescefte [MS. gesceft] in the eternal creation, Cd. 228; Th. 306, 15; Sat. 664. Ealra gescefta of all creatures, 226; Th. 301, 20; Sat. 584: 217; Th. 277, 13; Sat. 203