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ge-springan

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Ex. 65. with a causative force, to send forth a stream Cirica . . . féwor streámas neirxna wonga ongelíc gespranc (cf. ge-sprintan) ecclessia . . . quattuor flumina paradisi instar eructans, Mt. p. 8, 5

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Th. 28, arg. þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on hiora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. þone mete dǽle man swá gebrocedum mannum þe swá fæstan ne magon let the food be distributed to men so afflicted with infirmity

Linked entry: brócian

hǽr

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L. 23, 5. with collective force, hair of persons Hǽr cesaries, pilos, Wülck Gl. 290, 11. Unbeganum locca fexe and fúliendum hǽre inculta criniculorum cesarie et squalente capillatura, An.

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Hig stódon feorran and hyra stefna úp áhófon, Lk. 17, 13. of sound produced with an instrument Heofonbýman stefn, Cri. 949. of sound made by inanimate objects Geómen cwǽdon ꝥ ðrittegum geárum ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes and ceoriendes

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Ðæt ic ðý séft mǽge mín álǽtan líf and leódscipe that with mind the more at ease I may relinquish life and people Beo. Th. 5492; B. 2749. gently, not harshly Ðú sófte wealdest gesceafta Met. 20, 7.

Linked entry: sófte

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to bebecomefiĕriTo happencome to passcome togetheragreeevĕnīreconvĕnīre

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle, hwæt be me gewurþe quam te silentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, donec sciam quid de me fiĕri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 38.

án-daga

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Nis se man on eorðan þe wite þæne ándagan ( the appointed end of the world ) bútan Gode sylfum, Wlfst. 90, 1. Þá cende hé tém and lét þone forberstan and forbéh þone ándagan, Cht. Th. 206, 29. v. riht-ándaga, and next word. Add

umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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A child Hwæt wit tó willan umbor wesendum ǽr árna gefremedon, Beo. Th. 2378; B. 1187. Ða ðe hine forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, 92; B. 46.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Iob sæt ðá sárlice eal on ánre wúnde Job sat there doleful all [covered with ] a wound, Job Thw. 166, 32. Wæs ðæt bold tobrocen swíðe eal inneweard all the dwelling was much shattered within. Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998.

Linked entries: al all eall

mynster-clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clǽnsung, e; f.

Purification of a minster

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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt hé binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.

land-riht

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Cf. land; 2 Gescádwís geréfa sceal ǽgder witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. rights of country districts. Cf. land; 3 Hit gebyreð ꝥ be bisceopes rǽde fare ǽghwylc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

sárgian

(v.)
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur

wamm-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-dǽd, e; f.

An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime

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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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It is most probable then that Alfred's ǽstel consisted of two waxed tablets, joined together by a hinge, and framed or covered with gold to the value of fifty mancuses.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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He wiste forworhte, ða he ǽr wlite sealde he knew [they had] done wrong whom he had before gifted with beauty, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 6; Gen. 857.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Ic eom mid ðæs láðes sáre swíðe ofþrycced I am sorely oppressed with the pain of this trouble; insitus animum moeror praegravat, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 14.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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But the unit of assasement may have been the plough with its team of oxen. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 112-3.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Fléwð, Lch. iii. 268, 16. to be flooded, be covered with a fluid Oft of ðinnum rénscúrum fléwð seó eorðe, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 8. Hé bát his tungan þæt heó on blóde fleów he bit his tongue, so that it was bathed in blood, 312, 25.

ge-biddan

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H. 229, 19. with dat. Menn gebiddaþ him tó þyssum beácne ( the Cross ), Kr. 83. ꝥ hí í to pray for, a person 'Gebide for míne sunu'. . . Se hálga gebæd for þæt seóce cyld, Hml. S. 3, 307-11.

heonan

afterwardsfrom now

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., R. 19, 18. with verbs of looking, showing, calling, &c. Þone (quem) nǽnig heonon ne sceáwaþ, Bl. H. 31, 9. Heonan of þisse weurlde geseón þá sunnan sylfe, Solil. H. 47, 10. Hrincg þæs landes þe ic þé heonon getǽce. Gen. 2854.