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ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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L. 137, 7: 142, II. Swá hwylc swá his sáwle forspilþ, sé hig gelíffæstað, Lk. (W.S., L.,R.) 17, 33. Þá gelíffæstodest mé, Ps. L. 118, 93. Ðe ilca sáuel his gilíffæstade, Rtl. 10, 24. Geliffæsta mé, Ps. L. 118, 25.

ge-liger

Grammar
ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Þ gé forberen . . . from dernum geligerum (ut abstineatis vos ab . . . fornicatione, Acts 15, 29), Ll. Th. i. 56, 26

ge-beórscipe

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In gebeársciopum in conuiuis, Lk. L. 20, 46. Ðerh gebeárscipo per conuiuia, 9, 14.

hen

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Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2. Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint wilda henna, Lch. ii. 244, 25.

má

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity Hí forseóð hí selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ hí sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.

ram-hund

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Ll. Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-. In a MS. of much earlier date (13th cent.) it is said: Canem, qui in pluuia sine alicuius cura, uigilat, quem Angli dicunt renhund (rén-, regn- ?

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ noble, excellent

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Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas . . . gé synt hyra sélran, Lk.

wǽpen-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-mann, (wǽp-), es; m.

A male ⬩ a man

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Éghuelc hé ł woepenmon (wépenmon, Rush. wæpned, W.S.) omne masculinum, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Wer oððe wǽpman vir, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11. Ðes wǽpman hic mas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 15.

Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann

hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
hálig, adj.

Holy ⬩ sanctus, sacer ⬩ holy

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Ðám hálgum tídum at those holy times, L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 370, 9. Hálige béc sacros libros, L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27

Linked entries: hǽlig hálga

gang-dagas

Grammar
gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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Lfc. 11. Cómon þá scipo tó þám gangdagum (gan-, v. l.), Chr. 1016; P. 149, 3. Tó þám gongdagan, 1063; P. 191, 9. Ofer Eástron ymbe gangdagas oþþe ǽr, 892; P. 82, 30. Sé þe stalað . . . on Gang-dagas . . . wé willað . . . sié twybóte. Ll.

gál-ness

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On ðám lændenum is getácnad seó fúle gálnes, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 35: Hml. A. 17, 98. Se óðer leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gálnyss; sé is geháten fornicatio Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3.

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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Ðæs borges bryce a violation or infraction of the pledge or security, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 9, 10, 12

Linked entry: bryce

of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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Hwíl ofþricþ hé ðæt land quid terram occupat ficulnea, Lk. Skt. 13, 7. Ofþrect comprimit, Kent. Gl. 654. Ofþrecþ expremit, 1120. Se draca mé þearle ofþryhþ, Homl. Th. i. 534, 25. Ymbhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, ii. 92, 15. Ofþrihte compressit, Hpt.

hnutu

(n.)
Grammar
hnutu, e; f.

A nut

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Bringaþ ðam men lác sumne dǽl tyrwan and hunig and hnite deferte viro munera, modicum resinæ et mellis et amygdalarum, Gen. 43, 11

Linked entry: hnyte

tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter, ⬩ break to pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise

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Ofer ðæne ðe hé fylþ hé tócwýst (comminuet), Lk. Skt. 20, 18. Tócwiésð, Ps. Lamb. 28, 6. Hé tócwýseþ heáfdu conquassabit capita, 109, 6. Gimstánas tócwýsan. Homl. Th. i. 60, 24.

tógædere-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
tógædere-weard, adv.

In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting

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In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting Ða hwíle ðe hié tógædereweard fundedon while they were proceeding to meet one another; Ptolemaeus occurrere bello Perdiccae parat, Ors. 3, ll; Swt. 146, 5.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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A snare, gin, noose; laqueus Swá swá grin he becymþ on ealle tanquam laqueus superveniet in omnes, Lk. Skt. 21, 35: Ps. Th. 123, 7. Grines laquei, Ps. Lamb. 34, 7. Of grames huntan grine de laqueo venantium, Ps. Th. 123, 6: 90, 3.

Linked entries: ge-grin giren

CARR

(n.)
Grammar
CARR, es; m.

a stone, rock, SCAR ⬩ petrus ⬩ petra ⬩ Charmoulh, in Dorsetshire, at the mouth of the river ⬩ Charmouth ⬩ in agri Dorsætensis parte maritima, post c literam addito h, ad morem Norman-norum , Gib

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War. l, 42. Ðæt wæs geheáwen of carre oððe stáne quod erat excisum de petra, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 46. Se ðe gesette da grúndas ofer carr oððe stán qui posuit fundamenta supra petram, Lk. Lind. War. 6, 48; Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 24.

Linked entry: Carrum

á-blendar

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Lác áblendaþ excoecant glǽwne, Ex. 23, 8. Áblændaþ, L. Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 18. Hé bið áblend mid unwísdóme, Past. 69, 16. Áblendad, ðæt is, beswicen, Rtl. 197, 23. Se áblenda Datianus, Hml.

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, l. á-scunian,

to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn

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L. 34, 70. to reject because of hate or scorn Hé ásceonaþ (reprobat) ł áwyrpð smeáunga folca, Ps. L. 32, 10. Beón áscunod and fram áworpen, Hml. S. 23 b, 438 note. Áscunad excusso (cf.excussam, expulsam,)21, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 12