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ge-tǽcan

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Ic sceal be sumere bisene sume anlícnesse þǽre wísan þé getǽcan, oþ þé ꝥ þing cúþre sié quae tibi caussa notior est, eam prius designare verbis atque informare conabor, 22, 2 ; F. 78, 14.

ÉST

(n.)
Grammar
ÉST, es; m: ést, e; f.

will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentiadelicacies dēlĭciæ

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Kmbl. 965; An. 483. delicacies; dēlĭciæ Ðá ðe synd on éstum qui sunt in dēlĭciis, Lk. Bos. 7, 25. Éstas dēlĭciæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 16. Cyninga wist vel éstas dăpes, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 56; Wrt. Voc. 41, 13

FLÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FLÁ, flaa; gen. dat. acc. flán; pl. nom. acc. flán; gen. flána; dat. flánum; f. [flae, gen. flaan = flán; f.]

An arrowa dartjavelinsăgittatēlumjăcŭlum

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He gedéþ his flán fýrena săgittas suas ardentĭbus effēcit, Ps. Th. 7, 13: 90, 6: Deut. 32, 42. Flána scúras showers of arrows, Elen. Kmbl. 234; El. 117: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 33; Jud. 221.

Linked entries: flán

FRAM

(prep.)
Grammar
FRAM, from; prep. dat.

FROMaabConcerningaboutofcum verbis lŏquendide

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Nó ic fram ðe swylcra searuníða secgan hýrde never have I heard speak about thee of such hostile snares, Beo. Th. 1167; B. 581. Grammar FRAM, fram is sometimes placed after its case He hine forwræc mancynne fram he banished him from mankind, Beo.

Linked entries: from fra freme from

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an actionsuitcause

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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.

meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maiddamselvirginwoman

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Him brýd sunu, meówle ( Mahalaleel's wife ) tó monnum brohte, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 17; Gen. 1172. Afrisc meówle, 171; Th. 215, 7; Exod. 579. Meówle, seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46.

ge-mæcca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mæcca, -mæccea, an; m. and f.

A companion, mate, consort, husband or wifeconjux

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He onféng hys gemæccean accepit conjugem suam, Mt. Bos. 1, 24

Linked entries: mæcca ge-mecca

ge-miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miltsian, -mildsian, -milsian; p. ode; pp. od.

to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardonmĭsĕrēri, propĭtiārito make mild, make kind, softenpropĭtium reddĕre, mītĭgāre

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to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardon; mĭsĕrēri, propĭtiāri Ic gemiltsige ðysse menegu mĭsĕreor sŭper turbam, Mk. Bos. 8, 2: Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 56. Árleásnýssum úrum ðú gemiltsast impietātĭbus nostris tu propĭtiābĕris, Ps.

Linked entries: miltsian ge-mildsian

súþ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-healf, e; f.
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Ger. sunder-teil under súþ-dǽl.)

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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Ðínre þeówan sunu filium ancillae tuae Ps. Th. 85, 15: 115, 6. On Marian ðínre þeówan, Blickl. Homl. 157, 3. Ðió famulam, Rtl. 103, 40. Ðióe, 104, 18.

un-weder

(n.)
Grammar
un-weder, es; n.

Bad weathertempest

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Bad weather, tempest Nú cweðaþ sume men ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went nǽfre náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde is, Lchdm. iii. 268, 4.

Linked entries: un-geweder un-widere

á-cwellan

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Sume hí man hreówlíce ácwealde, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 27. Áqualdun necabantur, Txts. 81, 1376. Ácuoeldon (-cweledum, R.) interficerent, Jn. L. 12, 10. Sóðfæstne man ne ácwele ðú ( non occides ), Ll. Th. i. 54, 15. Gif ðú mæge, ácwel hine, Bl.

á-gyltan

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S. 12, 22. combining and Sume men on lytlum ðingum wið God ágylton, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 34

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

for-ildan

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Ðætte mon ðurhteón mæge, ðæt hé ðæt ne forielde (-ilde, v. l.) ne, quae praebenda sunt citius, sero praebeantur, 323, 24: 151, 1. Ꝥ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. dat.

Linked entry: for-yldan

geard

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., in sude sepis ), Gr. D. 24, 27. Hé ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20. Hé sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, Mt. R. 21, 33.

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27.

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

hærfest

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest, es; m.

Harvest, autumnautumpnusautumnautumnusautumn

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Ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda ðæt is lencten and sumer and herfest and winter the change of the four seasons, that is spring and summer and autumn and winter, Shrn. 168, 12.

Linked entry: herfest

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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þridde minutum. . . feówerteóða mundus, Anglia viii. 318, 35-42. one of the parts into which a whole is divided Wé wyllaþ tódǽlan ða abecedaria on twá tódǽlednyssa, 333, 5. division, separation, break of connection or of continuity, local Fæder and Suna

Linked entry: -dǽledness

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast,scatter seedto spread abroad,scatter,disperse,to disseminate opinionsdistribute favourssow dissension

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To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, of concrete objects Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376.

eall

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Sum wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 9. Ealra geára hé stód on ðǽm wéstenne seofon and feówertig, Shrn. 109, 12. Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. Hé wǽs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas, Bl.