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leornere

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Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth. Gr. 101, 22; 102, 29.

neádian

(v.)
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Ne sceolon þá woruldcempan tó þám woruldlicum gefeohte þá Godes þeówan neádian fram þám gástlican gewinne, 828 : 834. Nán man ne móste neádian óðerne tó máran drænce þonne his mód wolde nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, Hml. A. 93, 24

steór

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Ðý lǽs him ðæs gódan weorces leán losige ðe hé mid ðǽre steóre geearnian sceolde, Past. 151, 4. Add Né þágýt þá nunnan heora tungan geheóldon mid ðǽre steóre (freno) heora hádes, Gr. D. 151, 31.

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Rihte Godes dóme geendebyrded wæs æfter synne ðæs ǽrestan mannes est digno Dei jūdĭcio post culpam ordĭnātum, 1, 27; S. 494. 13. Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, hlædder, e; f; hlæddre, an [?]; f.
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A ladder, flight of steps; scala Ðá geseah hé on swefne standan áne hlædre and godes englas up stígende and nyðer stígende on ðære hlædre viditque in somnis scalam stantem, angelos quoque del ascendentes et descendentes per eam, Gen. 28, 12, 13: Past

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on-gemang

(adv.)
Grammar
on-gemang, I. prep, with dat.
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Eác ðæm golde and ðæm líne wæs ongemang purpura, 14; Swt. 85, 9. Ongemang ðæm ðe whilst, 45 ; Swt. 339, 24. Ongemang ðam meanwhile, Jn. Skt. 4, 31. II. adv. :-- Gif wé Sanctus Paulus láre sume ongemong secgaþ if we introduce some of St.

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ge-þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstan, p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst
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Godes engel hí geþrǽste angelus Domini adfligens eos, 34, 6

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sweger

(n.)
Grammar
sweger, swegr, e; f.
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Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger, Shrn. 118, 7. Sweger socrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 51. Ða geseah hé Petres swegre (swægre, Rush.. Snore ongén hyre swégre (swegran, MS. A.: swer, Lind.), 10, 35.

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wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.
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Gewát Matheus menigo lǽdan on gehyld Godes, weorod on wilsíð ( he was leading them out of prison ), Andr. Kmbl. 2093 ; An. 1048. Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223.

wyrt-brǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.
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Seó cwén com tó Salomone mid lácum on golde, and on deórwurðum gymstánum and wyrtbrǽðum ... Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11

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á-libban

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á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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Add: to live, to have life, not be inanimate Wiðsac ðú þíne godas þe synd stǽnene, and gebide þé tó þínum Scyppende þe sóðlíce áleofað, Hml.

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á-wirdness

corruption blemishinjuryannoyaffliction

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Ðá ðe tó Godes ríce gebyrigað nabbað náðor ne womm ne áwyrdnysse on heora líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 236, 31. injury, annoy, affliction 'Búton wé ðǽre sáwle derian magon, ðá líchaman þurhwuniað on heora áwyrdnysse.'

fore-gísel

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Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20.

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ge-glengan

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Seó heorte bið geglenced þurh Godes neósunge, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 6. Bútan geglengcedre sine pompulenta, An. Ox. 3729. Þá geglencdan falerata, i. comta, 539. Þá geglengedan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 41. Geglencdum gemmatis, i. pictis, 128: pompis, 23, 25

ge-scildnes

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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið þone Syriscan here, Hml. A. 107, 70- Gescyldnesse tutamini, i. protectioni, An. Ox. 394: clypeo, 2100 : defensaculo, 2390 : defensionem, i. gubernationem, 2795.

inn

Grammar
inn, a lodging, & c.
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Se Gota gewennde tó his inne (húse, v.l.) Gothus ad hospitium reversus, Gr. D. 81, 15. Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280. Hí heom in gecuron mid hyra méder, Hml. S. 30, 317. Add

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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Goth. ufar-lagian. ]

ranc

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Add Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegenes cwenan . . . þǽr hé on lócað, þe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne and genóh gódne, ǽr þæt gewurde, Wlfst. 162, 22

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quickswiftspeedysuddenalertrapidpromptactive

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Níþ godes hreð [hréð ?] of heofonum God's anger swift from heaven, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 6; Dan. 620. Hræd and unlæt, Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 9; Rä. 54, 11.

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mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To lamentmourncomplain

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Hú Boetius his earfoðu tó Gode mǽnde, Bt. tit. cap. 4. His tungan hé mǽnde swíðost he complained most of his tongue, Homl. Th. i. 330, 31. Basilius ménde ðæt unriht, Homl. Skt. 3, 322.