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ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Fox 22, 115; Met. 22, 58. Ðǽr se wísdóm á wunaþ on gemyndum there wisdom ever dwells in mind, 7, 79; Met. 7, 39. Me hæfþ ðeós gnornung ðære gemynde benumen this grief has deprived me of the recollection, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 20.

a-hæbban

(v.)
Grammar
a-hæbban, p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; pp. -hæfen

To heave upraiseexalt

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Fox 20, 437; Met. 20, 219: 25, 37; Met. 25, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 19; El. 10

eorþ

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ, e; f.

The earth terra

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The earth; terra Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge and ceald, and ðæt wæter wǽt and ceald the earth is dry and cold, and the water wet and cold, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 34

Linked entry: rima

land-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
land-sócn, e; f.
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699

Linked entry: sócn

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

To believe

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Fox 26, 197; Met. 26, 99. Swá is tó lýfenne ðæt ... Blickl. Homl. 11, 12

plegol

(adj.)
Grammar
plegol, adj.
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292

tǽlwirð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽlwirð-líc, adj.

Blameable, reprehensible

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Blameable, reprehensible Ðæt on óðrum lande betst lícaþ ðæt biþ hwílum on ðam óþrum tǽlwyrþlícost and eác miceles wítes wyrþe quod apud alios laude, apud alios supplicio dignum judicetur, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 24

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproachedinaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran

wiþer-trod

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-trod, es; n.

Returnretreat

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Wiðertrod seón láðra monna to see the retreat of the foe, Cd. Th. 125, 25; Gen. 2084

ymb-seón

(v.)
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to behold, look Ic hine wolde biddan, ðæt hé sweotole ymbsáwe súð, eást and west (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe his, Bt. 19 ; Fox 68, 21), hú wídgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 5

Linked entry: ymb-sewen

folc-lagu

(n.)
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6

foxung

(n.)
Grammar
foxung, e; f.
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Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162

næft

(n.)
Grammar
næft, e; f.
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Tó genim þearfan, and for næfte his ne forlǽt hyne ídelne adsume pauperem et propter inopiam eius ne dimittas illum vacuum, 157, 3:7. Of næfte, 198, 8

Linked entry: hæft

neáh-hergung

(adj.; part.)
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harrying in one's neighbourhood Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neéhhergunge I could not go East because the Roman soldiers were harrying in the neighbourhood, Hml. A. 200, 174

ofer-hoga

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Eal woruld winneð swýðe for synnum ongeán þá oferhogan þe Gode nellað hýran pugnabit pro Deo orbis terrarum contra insensatos homines, 92, 16. Add

on-þwægenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-þwægenness, e; f.
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Cleansing by washing, ablution Seó onðwægennyss þǽra fóta gástlíce tácnað gehwæðer ge líchaman clǽnnysse ge eác sáwle, Hml. A. 157, 138. Þá gástlican onþwægennysse, . . ꝥ is ꝥ hálige fulwihtes bæð and synna forlǽtennysse, 158, 154

Linked entry: -þwægenness

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

stǽr

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Substitute for last passage On þis úre cyriclice stǽr, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 385, 3. Add: :-- Ꝥ swíðe wel in þám hálgan and sóðan stǽre ( in sacra veracique historia) is áwriten, Gr. D. 245, 14

þurh-seón

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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add

úp-áhafenness

Grammar
úp-áhafenness, <b>. I.</b>
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II (a). add :-- For þí þe [Dryhtnes] is úre úpáhafennys quia domini est assumptio nostra, Ps. L. 88, 19. Add