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Anglo-Saxon

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beaftan

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Hí hondum beóftun hine lamentabantur eum, Lk. R. 23, 27. Add

mann

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Hé sǽde . . . heó man ne wæs, Hml. S. 2, 78. Gif bescoren man stéorleás gange. Ll. Th. i. 38, 12.

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Hé ús hafað þæs leóhtes bescyrede he has deprived us of heaven, Gen. 392: 401. Heó on wyrse leóht under eorðan neoðan God sette sigeleáse, on þá sweartan helle, 310.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever

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Hwý biþ his anwald áuhte ðý mára gif hé náh his selfes geweald in what way will his power be at all the greater if he has not command over himself? Bt. Met.

Linked entries: chuæt for-hwám hwæt HWÝ hu- for

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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H. 135, 30. Ic gesette míne hyht on þec þæt hió fæstlíce stonde gestaðeled, Hy. 4, 38. Þæt sí þín nama in úrum ferhðlocan feste gestaðelod, 6, 5.

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

lotwrenc-ceást

(n.)
Grammar
lotwrenc-ceást, e; f.

Wiliness ⬩ cunning

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Wiliness, cunning Hé heora lotwrencceáste sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. 12, 15

predician

(v.)
Grammar
predician, p. ode
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To preach Hé férde Godes ríce prediciende ( euangelizans ), Lk. Skt. 8, 1

réfa

(n.)
Grammar
réfa, an; m.
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A prefect Ðá hét Ualerianus se réfa hí ácwellan, Shrn. 121, 26

ge-hogian

(v.)
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Add Gehoga ꝥ þú hí gelǽde eum deducere satage, Chrd. 92, 30

ge-myntan

Grammar
ge-myntan, <b>; (2 a)</b>
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Án gealga ... þe hé gemynt hæfde Mardecheo, Hml. A. 100, 280. Add

gállíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gállíce, adv.
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Wantonly, licentiously Gif hé gállíce ( luxuriose ) his líf drohtnað, Chrd. 108, 18

ge-hrespan

(v.)

to tear

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to tear Hý him sylfum gehrespaþ diripiebant sibi, Ps. Th. 43, 12

Linked entry: hrespan

un-áþreótende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áþreótende, adj.

Unwearying ⬩ inexhaustible

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Unwearying, inexhaustible Hí unáþreótendum þrymmum singaþ, Exon. Th. 24, 21; Cri. 388

Linked entry: á-þreótan

wisslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wisslíce, adv.

Certainly

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Certainly Hí wisslíce witon sclent, Ps. Th. 58, 13. Wislíce, 99, 2

wiþ-hindan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-hindan, prep. (adv.)

Behind

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Behind Hé feaht him wiðforan and his geféran wiðhindan, Jos. 8, 22

be-wlátian

(v.)
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Hé bewlátode ofor ealle respexit super omnes, Ps. L. 32, 14. Add

efen-ámeten

(part.)
Grammar
efen-ámeten, ptcpl.
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Compared Efenámeten hé is neátum comparatus est jumentis, Ps. Srt. 48, 13

Linked entry: á-metan

flǽsc-ness

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Þætte flǽscnesse (incarnationem) Drihtnes úres hé gelýfe, Angl. ii. 363, 2. Add

Linked entry: flǽscen-ness

for-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spendan, to spend entirely, exhaust property.
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Hí úre sceattas forspenden geond ealle eorðan, Hml. S. 23, 304. Add

gifa

Grammar
gifa, Add: <b>gefa</b>
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Hé cuæð ðætte ðone gladan giefan ( datorem ) God lufode, Past. 323, 12

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