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morgen-gifu

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Ic gean into Ǽlíg . . þára þreó landa þe wit búta geheótan Gode, ꝥ is æt rettendúne þe wes mín morgangifu . . . C. D. iii. 274, 16. Gewát Eádríc ær Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne. Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn. Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire

fore-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þingian, for-þingian; p. ode; pp. od [fore = for, þingian to plead]

To plead for anyoneintercededefendintercēdĕredefendĕre

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To plead for anyone, intercede, defend; intercēdĕre, defendĕre Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38, 7;

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ge-wéman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wéman, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, wéman to persuade, entice]

To turninclineseduceinclīnāresedūcĕre

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To turn, incline, seduce; inclīnāre, sedūcĕre Hí næfdon ðone láreów ðe cúþe hí to sóþfæstnysse wege gewéman they had not the teacher who could incline them to the way of truth, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 30: i. 498, 18. Hine wolde se deófol fram Gode gewéman

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grama

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Add: anger, wrath as an emotion in a person Wén is ꝥ þæs hláfordes grama weaxe, Ll. Th. i. 270, 22. Mid módes graman, 272, 11. Þá nam hé micelne graman and andan tó þám mannum, Hml. Th. i. 16, 30. Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, Hml. S. 23, 694. wrath

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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richly, sumptuously, splendidly, gloriously Ꝥ mann his godas deórwurðlíce frætewode, Hml. S. 14, 129. Hé geseah ðone rícan deórweorðlíce geglencgedne. Hml. Th. i. 330, 14. Hé geseah Drihtnes ródetácn deórwurðlíce scínan, ii. 304, 11 ; Hml. S. 27, 92.

efen-lic

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Substitute: equal in extent Þǽm wintrum tódǽldum efenlice dǽle quibus (annis) aequa portione divisis, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 463, 17. of equal degree, of like condition Éce efenlic comperennis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 61. Nǽnig efenlic þám on worlde gewearð wífes

ge-sceamian

(v.)
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Add: to be ashamed, feel shame Gesceomadon (giscomadun. R.) uerebuntur, Lk. L. 20, 13. <b>I a.</b> with gen. of cause :-- Ic yfeldǽda gescomede, Jul. 713. Þæt hý ǽlces unryhtes gescomedon, Cri. 1303. used impersonally, to cause shame to (

húsel-hálgung

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For ' Se . . . gehálgaþ' in 1. 4 substitute þæt fulluht ús áþwehð fram eallum synnum, se húselgang ús gehálgað, seó dǽdbót gehǽlð úre misdǽda. (From this passage it would seem that húsel-hálgung and húsel-gang have the same meaning.) Add:: holy communion

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Add: hwílende. of duration, temporary, not lasting long, not permanent Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ g mé ne geseóð, and eft is lylel fæc ꝥ gé mé eft geseóð . . . Þeós hwílwende gesihð . . . Hml. A. 74, 40, Hí ná tó þǽre hwílendre ( ad illam momentaneam) mihtan

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23b, 800. His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum, Shrn. 84, 3. Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30. Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for

offrian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to make a sacrifice, sacrifice Ne tweónige hé ná ꝥ hé ne offrað deófle, Hml. A. 146, 49. Ofrude litarat, An. Ox. 370. Offriað gé mid rihtwísnesse, and bringað þá Gode tó lácum, Ps. Th. 4, 6. Godes ǽ ús forbiét diófulum to offrianne, Past

þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetling, es; m.
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A (poor) slave; the diminutive form seems to be depreciatory in this case Quintianus wæs grǽdig gítsere, deófles þeówetlincg a miserable slave of the devil, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 6. Þeáh ðe hé brúce brádes ríces hé is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes though

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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Mournful, doleful, lamentable Wóplíc flebilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 4. Grammar wóp-líc, of persons expressing grief Wóplíc (printed -lie) lacrimabundus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 66. In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Substitute: of direction, straight on, without swerving Forðrihte tó foregetihtgedre stówe indeclinabiliter ad destinatum locum, Hpt. Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht

freónd-rǽden

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Add: cf. freónd, Hé him getíðað þæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene (cf. for þám hé his freónd ys, Lk. 11, 8), Hml. Th. i. 248, 33. cf. freónd, Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe freóndrsédenne, hú heó from hogde,

ge-mǽnnes

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Add joint tenancy of property Duobus carris dabo licentiam silfam ad illas secundum antiquam consuetudinem et constitutionem in aestate perferendam in commune silfa quod nos Saxonicae in geménnisse dicimus, C. D. ii. I. 27. joint occupancy of a place

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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flattering, adulation Þám móde, þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum, swíþe undercreópeð seó leáse ólehtung (liffetung, v. l.) occupato in multes animo adulatio valde subrepit, Gr. D. 35, 15. Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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Food for a journey Wearð uncer wegnyst áfúlod, Shrn. 42, 4. Him siþþan sý wegnestes getíðad, and swá mid wegneste hám cyrren, R. Ben. 103, 21. Ðá genámon wit twégen buccan, and wit hig ácwealdon, and gehióldan hiora flǽsc unc tó wægnyste, Shrn. 41, 30

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DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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TheDEVIL ; diabŏlus. m. Nú þencþ menig man and smeáþ hwanon deófol cóme? Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse

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fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Add: victuals, provisions God forgifð ús ðone hwílwend-lican fódan . . . se fóda nis ná úre med, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 1-3. Se eorðlica líchama behðfað þæs fódan, i. 252, 27. Fódan uictus, An. Ox. 3862. 'Hé beád ús nýtena fódan (cf. ðrý berene hláfas, 2)