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eáca

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Hé ofslóh án hund þúsend manna and hundeahtatig ðúsend and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Hml. S. 18, 404

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Þeód wæs oflysted metes ... hungre wǽron þearle geþreátod, An. 1117. to press, urge, force to do something Sua chuá ðec genédes ł geðreátas ( angariaberit ) míle straedena. Mt. L. 5, 41. Geþreátod and geníded invitus, Wrt.

gearwian

(v.)
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Georwigað (gearuas, L.) ús eóstru ꝥte wé ete, 22, 8. to bring to completion or maturity Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and bléda, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 15. <b>III a.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Hé hét sumne biscep secgan on his gewill Alexander ordered a certain bishop to say what he (Alexander) wanted him to say, as to who his father was, S. 3, 13: 1, 12; S. 56, 1.

lícian

(v.)
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(ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. L. 6, 34. impersonal, with dat. of person Ne þé on þínum selegescotum swíðe lícað neque in tabernaculis viri beneplacitum erit ei, Ps.

niht

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Wæs hé sume niht on ánum níceal(c)tan húse, Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 230, 18. Hi ǽghwylce niht byrnaþ, and beorhte scínaþ ǽlce niht, Bl. H. 127, 35. as a division or period of time Ǽr þan ðe þæs dæges lenge oferstíge þá niht, Lch. iii. 256, 13.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Sume ða hǽðenan some of the heathens, i. 562, 28 : 560, 8. Ða hǽðenan on Norþhymbrum hergodon the heathens harried in Northumbria, Chr. 794; Erl. 39, 19. Ðyssera hǽðenra fǽrlícan deáþ sudden death from these heathens, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 31.

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Sume sindon openlíce forgitene some plainly are forgotten, Met. 10, 60. without obstruction, at large Wolde openlícor (latius) ætýwan seó godcunde árfæstnyss on hú myclum wuldre Cúþbyrht æfter his deáþe lifede, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 24.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad,enlarge,extend,make great in size or numberto make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a personto expand,extend,spread out,open wide,distendto extend,spread abroad,diffuse

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to make broad, enlarge, extend, make great in size or number, of material objects Hig tóbrǽdaþ hyra healsbéc dilatant philacteria sua, Mt.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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Papirius wæs mid Rómánum swylces dómes beléd Papirius was invested with such authority by the Romans Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 40. We hine clommum belegdon we loaded him with chains Andr. Kmbl. 3119; An. 1562.

Linked entry: bi-lecgan

fóre-genga

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-genga, an; m.

a fore-goerfore-runnerpredecessorprædecessora fore-runnerprodrŏmusπρόδρομος

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a fore-goer, fore-runner, predecessor; prædecessor Ðætte swá æðele fóregenga swylcne yrfeweard hæfde that so noble a predecessor should have such an heir, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 33: 3, 9; S. 533, 12: 4, 30; S. 609, 6.

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
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Ðæt ús nú æfter swelcum longian mǽge swelce ðá wǽron that we should now long for such times as then were, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 27. Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe then he began to long again for his native land, Blickl. Homl. 113, 15

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
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Surt. 49, 10 : ií. p. 291, 11. Án getýme oxena, Lk. Skt. 14, 19. Oxna hyrde aubobulcus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 63. iiii oxnum gers mid cyninges oxnum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 64, 29.

Linked entries: axan exen

ge-wunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunelíc, -wunolíc; adj.

Accustomedwontedusualordinaryconsuetus

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Surt. 11, 25.

Linked entry: wune-líc

ge-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróðor, -bróðer, -bróðra, -bróðru, -bróðro

brethrenfratres conjuncti

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Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk. Bos. 10, 29. Twegen ǽwe gebrððro duo germáni fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28.

Linked entry: BRÓÐOR

side-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
side-ful, [<b>side-full</b>] ; adj.
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Surt. 137, 1. Sidefull mann and mid þeáwum gefrætwod, Homl. Th. i. 596, 31. Sideful pudica, casta, Hpt. Gl. 439, 16. On ánre tíde twá mǽdencild cumaþ, and biþ ðæt án syde*-*full and ðæt óðer sceandlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 280.

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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Surt. 13, 36. Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl. Th. i. 332, 17. in Germ. 398, 230 þrosm glosses chautêrem

witig

(adj.)
Grammar
witig, wittig; adj.

having knowledgewisdomsensesagaciouswisein one's witsin one's right mind

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Th. 242, 30; Dan. 427. in one's wits, in one's right mind Wearð his suna wittig, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 428

Linked entry: wittig

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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Heó wæs sumne dǽl hæbbende of þám reáfe þæs Hǽlendes and hyt swýðe deórwyrðlíce heóld, Hml. A. 187, 179. Se bisceop underféng þone cniht and hine deórwurðlíce heóld ... and hé (the young man) wunode swá mid him (the bishop ) on árwurðnysse, Ælfc. T.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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Hé hreóflig wunode oð ðæt hé weard deád ( fuit rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suae, 2 Chr. 26, 21), Hml. A. 59, 187. His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hé hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2.