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cnyllan

Grammar
cnyllan, <b>; II.</b>
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þá dura cnylde, Vis. Lfc. 28. Add

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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mæg man ingán on stranges ( fortis) hús and hys fata hyne bereáfian, búton gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan (fortem ) ? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Paminunde ðæm strongan cyninge apud Epaminondam, strenuissimum imperatorem, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 110, 21.

cweþan

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H. 7, 4, to declare cwǽdon gefeoht tógeánes þǽre burhware (cf. þá burhware ongunnon ánwígges biddan, Bl. H. 201, 22), Hml. Th. i. 504, 13. introducing a question Cweðsþú lá yrsað numquid irascitur?, Ps. L. 7, 12.

ge-þwǽre

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Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume ꝥ hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe þe his mæg hæfde wið hié ǽr geworht, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 26. of things, at peace, at rest Streámas eft stille weorðað, ýða geþwǽre, Rä. 3, 15

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Srt. 77, 54. the share assigned to a person Seó sáwel ðe bedǽled is þám gódnyssum, heó gewilnige þæt se cystiga wealdend geðeóde þám hlýte his gecorena, Hml. Th. i. 346, 29. Ne forlǽt Dryhten gird synfulra ofer hlét (sortem) ryhtwísra, Ps. Vos.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Gif man spor gespirige of scýre on óðre, fón ða menn tó ðe ðǽr nýcst syndon, and drífan ðæt spor óð hit man ðam geréfan gecýðe; fó syþþan tó and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 20-23.

under-wendan

(v.)

subvertere

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glosses subvertere in: underwende subuertat, Scint. 196, 6

éþel-wyn

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mé lond forgeaf, eard, éðelwyn, B. 2493. Add

ge-teóþian

(v.)
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wolde his irfe geteóðian, Past. 101, 17. Add

heáh-hliþ

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ofer heáhhleoðu (heáh hleoðu?) stylde, Cri. 745. Add

be-spirian

(v.)
Grammar
be-spirian, -spirigan, -spyrigan; p. ode; pp. od

To inquire, traceinquirere, investigare

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Se ðe bespyrige [bespirige, Wilk.] yrfe innan óðres land, aspirige hit út, se ðe ðæt land áge, gif he mǽge he who traces cattle into another's land, let him trace it out, who owns that land, if he can, iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 14

Linked entry: be-spyrigan

ge-sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sibbian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [sibbian to pacify]

To make peaceful, pacify, appease, gladdenpācāre, pācĭfĭcāre, concĭliāre, lætĭfĭcāreto reconcileunited.

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Ðá he hæfde ðone híréd gesibbodne when he had reconciled the household, Blickl. Homl. 225, 10

andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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Þá andgitfull wæs when he had come to years of discretion, Shrn. 12, 17. Se man déð swylce andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4. Andgytful capax, An. Ox. 3101. Þæs antgyttfullan intellectualis, 897.

Linked entry: and-getfull

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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A meal, food ðone hálgan ( Cuthbert) grétte, biddende þæt him dægwistes tíðode (that he would give him a meal ). Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30.

fégan

to joinconnectto compose

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Similar entries [v. fǽgan.] to compose Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 3

ildian

(v.)
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wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml.

leornung-mann

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Leornigmannes hús gymnasium, An. Ox. 2, 175- ¶ with reference to the teacher :-- 'Wénað wé hwæþer ǽnigne láreów hæfde?' 'Ne gehýrde ic nǽfre ꝥ ǽniges mannes leorningmann (discipulus) wǽre,' Gr. D. 12, 24. Ne mæg beón mín leorningman, Hml.

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Sé þe foran lǽdeð brídels he that in front guides the bridle, El. 1184. in front of that which is defended hiene foran forstód he stood in front and defended him, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 25. in front of that which is i obstructed or interfered with

ge-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

a likenessimageresemblancesimilitudoimagoa parableproverbparabolaproverbium

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And he then made Adam in his own likeness. In which part has man the likeness of God in him? In the soul, not in the body, Homl. Th. i. 288, 11-17.

ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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He sægde him wereda gesceafte he told him the fates of peoples, Cd. 180; Th. 225, 27; Dan. 160