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lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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Ealle ða þing ðe hér liciaþ sint eorþlíce, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 35. Hit lícode Herode, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6: Mk. Skt. 6, 22. Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told

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Hé hæfde fulneáh unásecgendlícne sige, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 1: Homl. Th. i. 532, 1, 2. Hí námon unásecgendlíce herehúðe, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 1. Ða unmǽtan tyntregu and ða unásecgendlícan wíta, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 35.

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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D. 316, 4. a match, one suited to another, v. ge-mæc Gyrnde hé him his gemæccan tó nymanne adoptata sibi coaetanea virgine, Guth. Gr. 104, 7. a married (or betrothed) person. of a man or woman Gemæcga conjunx, Wrt.

hálgung

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Add: consecration. v. hálgian; Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 360, 17.

guma

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Módige magoþegnas, mágas síne, godfyrhte guman, An. 1518. Wítgan, gásthálige guman, El. 562. Guman ríce and heáne, Rä. 33, 12. Ðá foremǽran bisna þára gódena gumena and þǽra weorþgeornena wera, Bt. 40, 4 ; F. 238, 29.

here-gild

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Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C. D. vi. 205, 23. Ab illa magna heregoldi exactione quae per totam Angliam fuit, 180, II.

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation

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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens

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Gé sind earmra geþohta ye are of poor thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1488; An. 745: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 31. On geþohtum in cōgĭtātiōnĭbus, Ps. Th. 138, 17.

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.

a vessel ⬩ jar ⬩ pitcher ⬩ a measure for liquids or for dry things

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Habbaþ emne gemetu and sestras sint justus modius aequusque sextarius, Lev. 19, 36

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.

Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction ⬩ occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio

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Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction; occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme the occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered, Bt. proœm; Fox

ge-endung

an extreme part ⬩ a termination of a word ⬩ a concluding passage ⬩ a final period ⬩ cessation, termination ⬩ ending of life, death :-- ⬩ ending of existence, end of the world :--

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A. 71, 161. temporal, a final period Wé sind ðá ðe worulda geendunga on becómon in quos fines saeculorum devenerunt, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 10. cessation, termination Ꝥ æþele líf búton geendunge, Bl. H. 65, 18.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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Se kyng befealh georne hire bréðer oð ꝥ hé cwæð iá wið, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 21. reflexive, to persist, persevere with something :-- Hí þone Godes wer gesáwon him befeólan mid þǽre cyllfyllinge virum Dei ad implendum utrem sibi invertere videbant, Gr.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)

To think ⬩ to meditate, ⬩ cogitate, ⬩ consider ⬩ to think, ⬩ have in the mind ⬩ to think, ⬩ suppose ⬩ hold as an opinion or belief ⬩ to think of ⬩ consider, ⬩ employ the mind on a subject ⬩ to think about, of, on a subject ⬩ to direct the thoughts to an object, ⬩ to look to with attention, ⬩ turn the thoughts to ⬩ to look to with trust, ⬩ expectation ⬩ expect of. ⬩ to turn the thoughts to action, ⬩ to be bent upon something, ⬩ have an intention to do something ⬩ to determine, ⬩ devise ⬩ mean, ⬩ purpose ⬩ intend, ⬩ to think of doing something, ⬩ intend to do ⬩ to desire, ⬩ seek ⬩ to think, ⬩ call to mind, ⬩ originate in the mind

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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet, et se eidem ordini destinet, L. Ecg.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Heó þá róde héht in seolfren fæt locum belúcan, El. 1026. ¶ in a figurative expression, v. sceát; IV :-- Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, Ll.

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles

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Gif seó offrung biþ of fugelum si de ăvĭbus oblātio fuĕrit, Lev. 1, 14: Deut. 28, 26: Ps. Lamb. 78, 2. He spyraþ æfter fuglum he seeks after birds, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 16; Rä. 73, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 37; Jud. 297: Ps.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail

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Si ergo in ea cor, quæ relicta est, figitur, nunquam ad illam quæ danda est, pervenitur, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 350, 12-16. Monnes lífdagas lǽne syndan, Ps. Th. 102, 24.

brecan

(v.)

to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive

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Th. i. 56, 1. to fail to perform: Banan grimme ongildað, ðæs hié gilp brecað, Sal. 132. to subdue, tame Urne willan tó brecanne, Past. 307, 9. to force a way into a place, break into a house, storm a town Gif man þeóf geméte and hé hús brece si effrin-gens

Linked entry: bracan

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs

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a FOOT; pés, gen. pĕdis; m Gyf ðín hand oððe ðín fót ðé swícaþ si mănus tua, vel pēs tuus scandălīzat te, Mt. Bos. 18, 8. Ne come me fót ofermódignysse ne vĕniat mihi pēs superbiæ, Ps. Spl. 35, 12. Swá his fót gestóp where his foot stepped, Andr.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Híg synt blinde, and blindra látteówas: se blinda, gyf he blindne lǽt, híg feallaþ begen on ǽnne pytt cæci sunt, et duces cæcorum: cæcus si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt, Mt. Bos. 15, 14: 9, 27: 20, 30: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr.