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ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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cf. hrif) Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron þǽm gelícost þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó étanne : hié ðonne gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte hwelc heora mǽst mæg gehrifnian.

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5.

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assaultan attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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an attack, assault Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl.

torne

(adv.)
Grammar
torne, adv.

In a way that causes grief or distress,grievously,distressingly

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Mé ys torne on móde (cf. ys mé nú hige geómor, 22, 31; Jud. 87) I am distressed in mind, Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93. Him ðæs wópes hring torne gemonade, Exon. Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314. Heó mec torne tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte?), 247, 3; Jul. 73

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of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Swéte etan on manegum leahtrum biþ ofsett hit getácnaþ to dream of eating sweets betokens a man will be sunk in many faults, 202, 25. Ofsettum obsessis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 5

á-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Gif his andgit áðístriað ðá flǽsclican weorc, Past. 67, 25. Hé áðeóstrade hié obscuravit eos, Ps. Srt. 104, 28. Áþeóstredan caliginabant, obumbrabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 68. Ðæt ðæt dust ne áðísðrige (á-ðiéstrige,v. l.) ðæt eáge, Past. 131, 22.

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Se blinda bæd his eágena leóhtes the blind man asked for his eye-sight, Blickl, Homl. 21, 6: Elen. Kmbl. 596; El. 298. Se dæg wæs fruma ðyses lǽnan leóhtes the day was the beginning of this transitory light, Blickl. Homl. 133, 10.

Linked entry: líht

ge-beót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beót, es; n. [ge-, beót a threatening] .

a threateningthreatboastcommĭnātiomĭnæa promisepromissum

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a threatening, threat, boast; commĭnātio, mĭnæ Alýs us, Drihten, fram his gebeóte and mihte redeem us, Lord, from his threatening and might, Homl. Th. i. 568, 22.

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Gif we úre unþeáwas geemnettaþ be his hǽsum if we level our vices by his commands, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 1. Heó sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9.

Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan

swice

(adj.)
Grammar
swice, adj.
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deceitful, fraudulent wiðstandaþ ðam swican (or subst. ? v. swica) Antecriste, Wulfst. 198, 14. [He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.]

hleótan

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Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum bútan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him déme seó tá gif hwæt dǽlan willað. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn.

swǽr

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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.

weard-setl

(n.)
Grammar
weard-setl, es; n.

A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard

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Ðá férde his gaśt and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11.

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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After urnon ealle him æfterweard, Hml. S. 31, 995. Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14.

ge-teld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teld, -tæld, -teald, es ; n. [teld a tent]

A tenttabernaclepavilionTILTcovertentōriumtabernācŭlum

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aslógan án geteld tĕtendērunt tentōrium, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 34. Onsunnan gesette getelda his in sōle pŏsuit tabernācŭlum suum, Ps. Spl. 18, 5

Linked entries: teld ge-teald

ge-efenlǽcan

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Ben. 51, 16. to act in accordance with a rule followed by another geefenlǽcað þone cwide þe Drihten be him sylfum cwæþ hi illam domini imitantur sententiam, R. Ben. 20, 14.

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.
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God hira mód onliéht mid his fandunga and eác his tiehtinge (tihtinge, Cott. MSS.), Past. 35; Swt. 243, 22. For láre and for tiehtinge his ágenes firenlustes persuasione luxuriae, 50; Swt. 393, 7.

Linked entry: tihting

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Hé sceal lǽtan his wyrignesse and lufian his gebedu, Wulfst. 239, 19. His múð byð symle full wyrignessa cujus os maledictione plenum est, Ps. Th. 9, 27; 13, 6.

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Hié wǽron binnan þǽre byrig, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Hé sæt binnan þǽm hám, Chr. 901; P. 92, 6. ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorðæ, 1048; P. 173, 2. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, 896; P. 89, 21.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ac se ðe rihtlíce his wæccan healdan wylle, ... wacie hé and gebidde hine georne, ðonne fremaþ him seó wæcce, Wulfst. 279, 11-17.