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neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Yfemest is eallra gesceafta fýr ofer eorþan, folde neoþemest, Met. 20. 85. On ðære nyþemystan ( lowest ) bytminge, Homl. Th. i. 536, 10. Ða niþemestan ic gebrenge æt ðám héhstan, and ða héhstan æt ðám niþemestan, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 35.

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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to direct, rule (cf. reccan) Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt eallum swá gereclíce racaþ and swá eáðelíce hit eall set est summum bonum, quod regit cuncta fortiter, suaviterque disponit, Bt. 35, 4 ; Fox 162, 1.

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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Smith's note on the word is 'Gevissæ. Saxonicum est pro Occidentalium. Sic Visigothi præposita tantum Saxonica expletiva Ge. ' See Thorpe's Lappenberg i. 109, note

ge-sceot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceot, -scot, es; n.

the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dartjaculuman advance [of money], a contribution, tributea part of a building shut off from the rest

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the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart Nim ðín gesceot ðínne cocur and ðínne bogan take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, Gen, 27, 3.

Linked entries: scot ge-sceót ge-scot

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hiddendiscoveredrevealedmanifest

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is undyrne werum, hú ða wihte hátne sindon, 429, 19; Rä. 43, 15. Ic wordum wemde wyrd undyrne, Andr. Kmbl. 2959; An. 1482.

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Is Euan scyld eal forpynded, wærgða áworpen, Exon. Th. 7, 8; Cri. 98. evil, wickedness Ðé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeþ, wærgðo and gewinnes, Exon. Th. 4, 23; Cri. 57. cursing; maledictio Hé hine gegyrede mid wyrgðu induit se maledictionem, Ps.

ymb-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hringan, p. de.
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Th. 31, 12. to turn round in a ring, wind round Ymbhringde glomeravit (the passage is: In spira morsum glomeravit inertem. Ald. 202), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 15 : 41, 48

Linked entries: hringan hringian

á-gifan

(v.)
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Gode his dǽl ágeofan þe hit þé ǽrsealde, 195, 21. to render, pay what is due Ágyfað þám Cásere þá þing þe þæs Cáseres synt, Mt. 22, 21. ꝥ gé of f Gé sceolon ágifan þæt ilce tigolgetel, Ex. 5, 18. Wæstm ágifan and ágildan, Bl. H. 55, 6.

Linked entries: ǽ-gift on-gifan

eaht

(n.)
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Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?, Ps. Th. 143, 4.

fram-scipe

(n.)
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Fram ðyssa munuca fram-scype (freóndscipe, v.l.) tó lǽrenne Crístes geleáfan Angelþeóde wæs sended Aidan thanks to the energy of these monks (but the Latin is: ab horum collegio monachorum) Aidan was sent to teach belief in Christ to the English, Bd.

for-wyrd

(n.)
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Is án forwyrd and ænde ( interitus ) þæs mannes and nýtena, Gr. D. 264, 16. Cwilde, forwyrde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72: Guth. 38, 22. Forwirde dæg dies perditionis, Deut. 32, 35.

ge-miltan

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Gemaelted (liquefacta) is eorðe, Ps. Srt. 74, 4. Healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 5. On gemelt weax gedón, ii. 72, 7. to digest Heald georne l se mete si gemylt, Lch. ii. 284, 3.

forþmest

(adj.)
Grammar
forþmest, adj.
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First, of order in place or time Swelc in endebrednise forðmest ł ǽrest ( primus) geseted is godspell ǽrest ł forðmest (primus ) áwrát, Mt. p. 12, 8. Cuoæð ðǽm forðmesto ( primo ), Lk. L. 16, 5.

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Þǽr is máðma hord grimme gecea[po]d ( purchased with Beowulf's life ), B. 3012

ge-dreósan

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Gedroren is þeós duguð eal, dreámas sind gewitene, Seef. 86. Dagas míne gedroren syndan sméce gelíce defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, Ps. Th. 101, 3

hand-gewrit

(n.)
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[The reference for the last passage is Hml. Th. i. 448, 14.] handwriting, autograph, signature (cf. N. E.

hínþ

Grammar
hínþ, hínþu, hínþo.

miserypovertyhurtinjurydestruction

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Is geswenced of hénðe (innocens) afflictus est damno, Kent. Gl. 811. Hénðo damnum (sustinebi, qui impatiens est), 704. Hýnða damna (rerum formidans), An. Ox. 2993. Ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnða þínes fæder gestreón, Hml. S. 9, 42

Linked entry: hýnþ

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Ben. 21, 11. a watch, period during which watch is kept: -þúsend geára ... swá swá heordnes (custodia) on nihte, Ps. Rdr. 89, 4.

hrepung

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S. 3, 569. the sense of touch Þá fíf andgitu sint gehátene þus, Uisus, ꝥ is gesihð . . . tactus hrepung oððe grápuug, on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml. S. 1, 199

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden actiuum opus, Angl. viii. 330, 35. of the operation of things, e.g. diseases Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus perniciter prostraverat), An.