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ece

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Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4. Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hí hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2.

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Þæt wæs foremǽrost receda, B. 309. non-material Is ꝥ seó foremǽre gebyrd Sancte Ióhannes, Bl. H. 161, 6. Foremǽran (foræmeran, MS.; fore mǽran ?) ob potiorem (virginitatis gloriam, Ald. 58, 24. Cf. potiorem mǽran, An. Ox. 4153), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 7

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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L. 10, 28. trans. to have as part of one's life, to experience Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe; ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt life hath no mirth while death is feared, Prov.

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

ge-lómlǽcan

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Þes middangeard is mid ylde ofsett swylce mid gelómlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum tó deáðe geðreád, 614, 21: 578, 34. to do frequently, repeat Gelómlǽcþ iterat, repetit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 63. Gelómlǽcende iteranda, An. Ox. 3824. <b>II a.

ge-bod

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Th. i. 232, 12. a command, an order of the Deity Gif ꝥ sóþ is . . . hit wæs unnet gebod . . . ꝥ God beád. Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 32. ' þis bebod se Hǽlend ús sealde . . . ' 'Gif þis gebod eów wǽre geseald fram eówrum Drihtne . . .' Bl. H. 233, 21.

ge-wuldrian

(v.)
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Gewuldrad is se heánra hád, Cri. 98. Se Hǽlend næs þá gýt gewuldrud (-uuldrad, L., -wuldrad, R.) Iesus nondum fuerat glorificatus, Jn. 7, 39. Ꝥ Godes sunu sí gewuldrod (-uuldred, L., -wuldrad, R.) þurh hyne, 11, 4: 14, 13.

Róm

(n.)
Grammar
Róm, e; f.

Rome

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. ¶ The combination Róme-, Róma-burh is also frequent :-- Wearþ Rómeburg getimbred fram twám gebróðrum, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 21. Swá mildelíce wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod, Swt. 66, 4.

Linked entry: Róme-burh

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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poverty, indigence, want Ðár is geómerung and wǽdluncg, Wulfst. 114, 27. Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41.

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Ic am unwurð as weri (v. l. wari) þet is anhonged, A. R. 352, 21. Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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In the laws of Henry I it is called emendacio altaris, II, 8; Th. i. 521, 7: 66, 3; Th. i. 569, 13

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true sayinga truth a righteous saying

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Hit is ǽlces módes wíse ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 16: Met. 6, 2: 8, 3. a proverb Ðás sóðcwide (-cuido,

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Similar entries v. mal-sweord. fixed, suitable, appointed time, season, occasion Mǽl is mé tó féran it is time for me to go, Beo. Th. 637; 316. Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008.

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distancemensura, spatium, intervallumthat by which anything is measured, a measuremensura, modius, satummeasure, capacity, ability, power, etcmensura, facultas, potestas, vismeasure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, mannermensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratioa rule, order, lawnorma, regula, lexa poetical measure, metremetrum

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gemet oððe ðare sprǽce wíse a mood is mode [manner] or the manner [wise] of speaking, Ælfc.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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On þám is swiotol ealla þá duguþa hiora fæder and heora eldran fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen elucet ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32. Eádmund is byrged mid his ealdan fæder Eádgáre, Chr. 1016; P. 153, 12.

geár

(n.)
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On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . . þis is þæs mónan geár, ac his mónað is máre, Lch. iii. 246, 24-248, 15. for the purposes of calculation in dealing with that which recurs regularly Æt gáres cépinge

ge-féra

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Sió óðru gesǽlð is leás and beswícþ ealle hire geféran, Bt. 20; F. 70, 34

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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L. 11, 41. in figurative expressions where feeling is symbolized by such action: Hí heora heáfod wið þé hófan swíðe, Ps. Th. 82, 2. Cf. horn hebban, Ps. Th. 148, 14: Past. 425, 22.

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLYpart of the circumference of a wheelcanthusάνθόsabsis rŏtæ

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FELLY, part of the circumference of a wheel; canthus = 954; άνθόs, absis rŏtæ Ǽlces spácan biþ óðer ende fæst on ðare nafe, óðer on ðære felge one end of every spoke is fixed in the nave, the other in the felly, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 3, 7, 10.

Linked entry: fælg

mis-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tímian, p. ode

To happen amissto do amiss

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R. þe ueorðe is Gledschipe of his vuel, lauhwen oðer gabben, gif him misbiueolle (mistimes, MS. T.; mistimeð, MS. C.), 200, 21.]

nam-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
nam-cúþ, adj.

Having the name well-knowncelebratedfamousof noteof renown

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Se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa the name of the rich man is better known in his country than that of the poor man, Homl. Th. i. 330, 5. [Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes (famous cities ), A. R. 334, 25