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weþer

(n.)
Grammar
weþer, es; m.
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[Goth. wiþrus (Guþs) agnus (Dei): O. L. Ger. wither aries: O. H. Ger. widar aries, vervex, multo: Icel. veðr.]

deór-ling

(n.)
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Dauide íǽm Godes dírlinge, Past. 393, 3. Dýrling, Hml. S. 6, 326. Leóf cyningc ... her syndon þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, 23, 148. His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24.

dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne, adj.
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Th. i. 56, 26. of stolen goods, concealed Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað, Ll. Th. i. 276, 33. v. following compounds; in some cases the passages given under them may belong to the simple adjective

Linked entries: derne dyrne

hǽre

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Cecilia) wæs gegyred myd hǽran æt hyre líchaman, and onufan þǽre hǽran heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 20. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce they wore sackcloth next their skin, Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 4. Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147.

Linked entry: slíþe

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford óððæt Heorrenda nú leóðcræftig mon londryht geþah ðæt mé eorla hleó ǽr gesealde good service had I for many a winter, a kind lord; until now Heorrenda, a man skilled in song, has received land right; the

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold, Lchdm. i. 188, 14. a very small portion (cf.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse without God's will and without his knowledge, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 212, 13: Gen. 31, 27, 31. Gif he stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes if he steal with the cognisance of all his household, L.

Linked entry: witness

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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Ðú mé sude mid ðam fýre monegra earfoþa swá swá gold igne me examinasti, Ps. Th. 16, 3. to subject to great pain, to afflict grievously Mé elþeódige searonet seóþaþ me barbarian snares afflict (?), Andr. Kmbl. 127; An. 64.

Linked entry: for-seóþan

ge-bringan

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(I a) figurative as regards the place Ðá unðriéstan on ðǽm wege gebringan gódra weorca, Past. 211, 15. Godes þæt hálige folc on rihtne weg gebringan, Hml. S. 23, 363. where the object is inanimate Hé his sylfes þǽr bán gebringeð, Ph. 283: 271.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

ge-efenlǽcan

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Hé geeuenlǽcð Gode, ii. 228, 3. Hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame, Hml. A. 35, 266, 269: 46, 538. Hyre geeuenlǽhton hyre cnihtas, Hml. S. 2, 101. Þínum Drihtne geefenlǽc, 21, 371. Wé sceolon geefenlǽcan þysum hyrdum, and wuldrian úrne Drihten, Hml.

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs,
  • Cd. 215
  • ;
  • Th. 270, 9
  • ;
  • Sat. 87
  • .
]

A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, companya troop, flockstrues, acervus

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Hine ðá ða heápas frugnon hwæt hie wyrcean mihton ðæt hie Godes erre beflugon when the multitudes asked him [John] what they could do to escape God's wrath, Blickl. Homl. 169, 10: Cd. 161; Th. 202, 2; Exod. 382.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Drihten adrǽfde ðillíce cýpan of ðam hálgan temple the Lord drove such chapmen from the holy temple, 406, 24. what a merchant has his goods in, — A basket; cofĭnus = κόφινος Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle sublatum est quod superfuit

Linked entry: cépa

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt hé wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum. Hú dear ǽnig lǽwede man him tó geteón Cristes wícan? Homl. Th. ii. 592, 28. Þonne hig bysega nabbon on heora wícum quando vacant, R. Ben. 84, 19

ceaster-gewara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-gewara, an; m.
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Godes ceastergewaran. Hml. Th. i. 38, 34. Ðá Rómániscan ceastregewaran, 370, 30. Ðǽra heofenlicra ceastergewarena, 348, 33. Ceastriwarena, An. Ox. 329: 703. Se cyngc hine sylfne ætýwde his ceastergewarum, Ap. Th. 3, 3. Sleán þá ceastergewaran, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wara

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent. Gl. 1067. to dry by exposure to heat, air Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 70, 10.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
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Tó þig ꝥ ðá óþre ðe gerǽdran beón and ðe beteran (gelǽrede sýn and gebeterade, v. l.) ðurh his gódan gebysnunga ut eius exemplo alii erudiantur, R.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Genim gósa tungan gebrǽdde, 90, 8. Gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. fig. of fiery trial Se gebrǽdda fisc getácnode þone Hǽlend þe wæs on ðǽre earfoð *-*nysse his ðrowunge gebrǽd, 292, 5-7.

ge-wísian

(v.)
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(and object to (tó) which) Þá láreówas mid þám cwydum Godes folce gewísiað tó Crístes geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 1

on-wealh

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Ðæt hié hiora tóhopan anwealgne gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum, 393 31. Hí sprǽcon fullum and onwelgum wordum plena ad integrum verba formabantur, Gr. D. 241, 14. Add Fæste iiii. geár, ii. onwealh (cf. iiii annos, .ii. integros, 9, n. 2), Ll.