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ge-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrfan, -hwerfan, -hwirfan, -hwierfan; p. de; pp. ed

To changeturnconvertmutareconvertere

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Manige Israhela bearna he gehwyrfþ to heora drihtne many of the children of Israel he shall turn to their Lord, 165, 13.

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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Corn sonuuald (the manna eaten in the desert), Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 31, rubc. Hyre wyrttruma ys synewealt the root is a bulb , Lchdm. i. 152, 16. Seó byrgen ( Christ's tomb ) is sinowalt bús ácorfen of ánum stáne, Shrn. 68, 35.

teóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
teóða, teogeða; ord. num.
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Wite cristenra manna gehwilc, ðæt hé his Drihtene his teóðunge, á swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, rihtlíce gelǽste, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11. See Seebohm's Village Community, p. 114. Ðý teogeþan dæge mónþes, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 15.

Linked entries: teigða téþa

wiþer-saca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.

an adversaryopponentenemya rebelan adversary at lawa prosecutorone who renouncesdeniesapostate

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Wé beódaþ ðæt wiðersacan and útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11. Hý synt genemnede sarabagite oððe renuite, ðæt ys sylfedéman and wiðersacan, R. Ben. 136, 11. Wiðersacena apostatorum, Hpt.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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Similar entries v. hleápettan Hé geféng his swíðran, árǽrde hine upp, and hé hleóp sóna cunnigende his féðes hweðer hé cúðe gán (apprehensa manu ejus dextera, allevavit eum . . . Et exsiliens stetit, et ambulabat Acts 3, 8), Hml.

hwǽte

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L. 6, 31 note on manna. Hé áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and hé gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu hé forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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On eallum ðám wegum ðe gé fóron, Deut. 1. 31. in reference to conduct, action, practice, manner, mode, method, plan Geriht mínne weg (se weg is mín weorc), Ps. Th. 5, 8. Ealle his wegas sint dómas, Deut. 32, 4.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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. :-- Sóð þæt gecýðed mænig (many a man will testify that it is true ) ..., þæt þæt geweorðeð ..., An. 1437. of a formal statement, to declare Gecýþe seó gewitnysse ꝥ on Godes helde, ꝥ heó him on sóðre gewitnysse sý, Ll. Th. i. 388, 22.

Linked entry: cýþan

CAMP

(n.)
Grammar
CAMP, comp, es; m.
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Drihten tǽcþ handa míne to gefeohte, and fingras míne to slehte oððe to campe Dominus docet manus meas ad prælium, et digitos meos ad bellum, Ps. Lamb. 143, 1: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 21: Judth. 11; Thw. 14, 21; Jud. 200: Beo.

nearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
nearwe, adv.

straitlystrictlycloselynarrowlystrictlyexactlyoppressivelyforciblyanxiouslyin a manner causing trouble

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Th. 292, 26; Sat. 446. anxiously, in a manner causing trouble Hyge gnornende nihtes nearwe the mind mourning in anguish at night, Exon. Th. 174, 25; Gú. 1183. Ferþ gebysgad, nearwe genǽged, 162, 35; Gú. 986.

scortlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scortlíce, adv.
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Nú is óðer cwyde be gódum mannum sceortlíce gecweden, Homl. Th. i. 484, 20. Wé willaþ furðor swíðor sprecan, and wé secgaþ nú sceortlíce, Lchdm. iii. 240, 2

simbel

(adj.)
Grammar
simbel, symbel, simel ; adj.
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Hió þyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes she was continually thirsting for human blood ; haec, sanguinem sitiens, inter incessablia homicidia, Ors. 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 27.

Linked entries: simble simbles symbel

þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetling, es; m.
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Ǽlces mannes þeówetlingas ða ðrý dagas weorces beón gefreóde, Wulfst. 171, 19. Be teóðunge ... þridda dǽl gá þearfum and earman þeówetlingan, L. Eth. ix, 6; Th. i. 342, 9. Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Cor vero stultorum dissimile est, quia, dum mutabilitate se varium exhibet, numquam id, quod fuerat, manet, Past. 42; Swt. 306, 12-18. Sume word synd gehátene anomala oþþe inequalia. Anomalus is unemne, inequalis ungelíc, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 199, 3.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,

ge-mǽnnes

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Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé ná wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram cúðum mannum Hindehlép is geháten, C.

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hí heora treówe (trýwa, v.l.) sealdon ꝥ hie riht mid him healdan woldon his manus dederunt, Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 327, 4. add Án of þám þe se cyng hæfde mǽst trúwe tó, Chr. 992; P. 126, 23.

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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God cwæð be eallum synfullum mannum twá word . . . , ' Declina a malo' . . . Eft cwæð God, 'Gif se synfulla wyrcð dǽdbóte . . . , ' Hml. S. 12, 145-155. (10) :-- Ic gewunode in Laurenties worde (cf.