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forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, frohtian.

To fear

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Swíðe forhtigende þæt hí his fandian dorston in great fear because they had dared to try him, Hml. Th. ii. 168, 19. Frohtende timens, Mt. R. 25, 25: metuens, Mk. p. 2, 11. Ondo frohtendes (pauescentis) Petres, Lk. p. 4, 18.

ge-leáfful

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Voc. ii. 129, 54. Þone geleáffullan geleáfan catholicam fidem, Ath. Crd. 1. Seó emniht is on .xii.[^m]ᵃ kl. April., swá swá þá geleáffullan rǽderas ( orthodox scholars ) hit gesetton, Lch. iii. 256, 21. Geleáfulra catholicorum (patrum ), An.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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in vestitu deaurato circumamicta varietate, Ps.

munuc-hád

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Sum eald wíf in hálgum munucháde in þissere byrig wunode anus quaedam in sanctimoniali habitu constituta in hac urbe manebat 283, 5

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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for it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 11.

diácon

(n.)
Grammar
diácon, deácon,es ; m.

A deacon, minister of the church, levitediācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs

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Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 16: L. Eth. ix. 20; Th. i. 344, 15: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 17: Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 21. We nú gehýrdon of ðæs diácones múþe we have now heard from the mouth of the deacon, Homl. Th. i. 152, 3.

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líc

(adj.)
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<b>I b.

ed-wít

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Th. i. 162, 12. Ic þec hálsige þæt þú furður mé fraceþu ne wyrce, edwít for eorlum, Jul. 542. On edwít sellan in opprobrium dare, Ps. Th. 56, 3.

ge-innian

(v.)
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Th. i. 548, 1. to make up for, repair a fault Nú sceole wé úre gýmeleáste geinnian, Hml. Th. i. 180, 18.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate Ic hlýde strepo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 63. Ic hlýde garrulo, 36; Som. 38, 29.

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traversepertransīre, peragrāre

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Gewunede he swýðost ða stówe geondféran, and in ðám túnum godcunde láre bodian, ða ðe in heágum mórum and in hréðum feor gesette wǽron solēbat autem ea maxĭme lŏca peragrāre, illis prædĭcāre in vicŭlis, qui in arduis aspĕrisque montĭbus procul posĭti,

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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. ¶ in place names, as the name of a person. Cf.Icel. Hallr: In halles burge, C. D. iii. 377, 24. Heallingwara mearc wið Halles meres, 400, 27. In locum qui dicitur halles meri, 386, 24. Cf.

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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M. ii. 65, 1; Lchdm. ii. 292, 10. Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 103. Gód is ðæt man Drihtne andette bonum est confiteri domino, 91, 1: 134, 1.

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ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An eventaccidenta chanceaccĭdenscāsus

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Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne is there anything else plain and visible in these events but God's anger over this people? Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 137.

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

bringan

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Ic bringe dono, ostendo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2. Ic þé bringe mid mé tó heofonum, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 17. Lytel gestreón wiþerweardnes þé bringþ, 20; F. 72, 13. Ic nát hwæt þá woruldlustas myrges bringaþ hiora lufigendum, 31, l ; S. 70, 14.

fóþer

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; the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo, wǽngehrado tabula plaustri (in a list 'de plaustris et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 52. Fóder altitudo (? alitudo, v. I), ii. 8, 13.

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

mægden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-mann, es; m.

A maidvirgin

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Gá án mǽdenman to, and hó hit on his sweoran, Lchdm. iii. 42, 9. Gif hwylc mǽdenman on geférrǽdene mid gehádodum wunaþ si puella aliqua in societate cum ordinatis habitet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 188, 9. Gif man wið cyninges mægdenman geligeþ, L.

Linked entry: mægþ-mann

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo.

brýd-lác

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S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe hí ǽr wǽran æt þám brýdlácum, þǽr man óðre síðe wífað where a man marries a second time, priests are forbidden to attend in the way they did