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cídan

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On ðæs cídendan monnes móde, Past. 357, 1. to blame unjustly, speak against, speak angrily. absolute Uncer hláford hlýdde þǽrúte and cídde, Hml. A. 207, 395. with prep. Se mann geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre, and cíd þonne wið God, Hml.

eáster-dæg

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Add: the day of the Passover Eásterdæg wæs se forman dæg on þǽre ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19.

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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S. 31, 40. like the common people, common, without distinction or excellence: Móna se þrí and twéntigoða cild ácenned folclic, Lch. iii. 194, 22.

ge-líca

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Cf. ge-líc; Hit is ungecyndelicu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde contra naturam est superbire ab aequali velle timeri, Past. 109, 12. Nis nán wífhádes mann hire gelíca, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 12.

ge-limp

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Hé wæs suíde úpáhafen on his móde for his anwalde and for his gelimpe successu suae potestatis elevatus. Past. 39, 14. <b>II b.

ge-mæcca

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ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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Þ ic móte þíne þeówene míne gemeccan geseón, Hml. S. 30, 237. Hí him tó nimað mægeð tó gemæccum mínra feónda, Gen. 1259. <b>III a.</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Grymettende irascens, frendens, 53. of persons Ic grymetige and sténe mid ealle móde rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei, Ps. Th. 37, 8. Þá grimetede se wælhreówa swá swá grǽdig leó, Hml. S. 11, 62. Grimetode (gegrimmetode, v. l. ), 25, 540.

hǽþen-gild

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</b> a particular form of idolatry :-- Tó manega of þám folce . . . tó þám hǽðengilde bugon fliae Moab vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua. At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. <b>I b.

hentan

to seizetaketo arrestto capturestriketo try to get

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And he fel dun in dedes bond, Gen. and Ex. 2715.] with prep, hentan æfter to try to get Nime hé leáfe ꝥ hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan (licentiam accipiat ut suum audeat perquirere, Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 386, 17

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Se winterlica móna gǽð norþor þonne seó sunne gá on sumera, Lch. iii. 252, 12. v. eást-, west-norþ

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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Ðonne ic ymbe swelc smeálícost þence when I think most deeply about such a matter 10; Fox 26, 29. of knowing, seeing, etc., clearly, accurately, exactly Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per

hád

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Ðá ðe mon tó hiéran háde dón wille, 7, 15. Onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and dá geðyncja, Past. 411, 25. Se engel hafað yldran hád, Cri.1669: Reim. 15. <b>V a.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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From this special, meaning of offering the more general one of gift, present might easily come.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

ge-lífan

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Ðá scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, . . . and ðeáh hit mon him secgge, hié his ne geliéfað, Past. 206, 2. Gif hié þæs ne geliéfen if they will not admit that, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 11.

ge-healdan

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Hwí is Enoh swá lange cucu gehealden quare Enoc tanto tempore servabatur a morte?, Angl. vii. 10, 85. <b>VI c.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Hé úsic sendeþ ðæt wé sóðfæstra mód oncyrren, Exon. Th. 261, 34; Jul. 325. Ða twegen leorningcnihtas ðe Crist sende æfter ðam assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 23. Ðá sendon hí him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Þæt þæt mód blissige hit beón gelógod leóhte ut mens gaudeat se collocari lumine, Hy. S. 24, 3. God eów ne forlǽt, oð ꝥ gé gelógode beón, Hml.

losian

(v.)
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</b> trans, (in the Lindisfarne Gospels for the most part). to destroy. in respect to temporal matters Ðá wyflo yfle losas malos male perdet Mt. L. 21, 41. Ðeóf ne cymeð búta ꝥte... spilleð ł losað (-as, L. ), Jn. R. 10, 10.

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Ðæt sáwul mín wilnaþ (concupivit), ðæt ic ðín word móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20. Ealle hié ðæt wilnodan, ðæt hié his word gehýran móston, Blickl. Homl. 219, 35.

Linked entry: willnian

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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Ðis sind ðæra apostola word, undernimaþ hí mid carfullum móde, Homl. Th. i. 236, 4: H. R. 7, 29. Ne underfóð ealle menn ðis word ... Undernyme se ðe undernyman mæge (cf. ne underneomeð (uoð, MS. B.) nawt þis ilke word alle ...

Linked entry: under-fón