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þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Nero, ðá ðá hé ðæs folces ðeaht geácsode, wearð tó feore áfyrht, Homl. Th. i. 384, 7. On módes þeaht, Elen. Kmbl. 2482; El. 1242

þeáw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-fæst, adj.
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.

tropere

(n.)
Grammar
tropere, es; m.
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Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swí[þ]ran hand, and tyrn mid dínum swíþran scytefíngre ofer ðíne breóst foreweard, swilce ðu notian wille, Techm. ii. 119, 10-12

un-gerǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdness, e; f.

Discorddisagreementvariance

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Discord, disagreement, variance Betux Agathocle and his folce wearð ungerǽdnes in exercitu Agathoclis orta est seditio, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 15.

wæfre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæfre, adj.
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cf, the force of the old adjective quiver) Wearð him tó handbanan wælgæst wæfre, Beo. Th. 2666; B. 1331

be-galan

(v.)

to enchantcharm to recite a charm

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Gl. to recite a charm Sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lch. i. 388, 15. [Þe londes men hire (a snake) begaleðO. E. Hml. ii. 197, 20. Aluen bigolen þat child (Arthur), Laym. 19256. O. H. Ger. bi-guol; p.t

ge-lynde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lynde, es; n.
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Nim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ii. 48, 5. Genim henne gelyndo, 310, 3

ge-menged

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Add: mixed, composite, not simple Lyft is gemenged . . . nis þæt nán wundor, þæt hió sié wearm and ceald, Met. 20, 79. in which distinction is not made Gemenged promiscuum, An. Ox. 3854.

ge-wíder

Grammar
ge-wíder, l. ge-widere, and in l. 3 for gewidor abidon l. gewidora bidon.
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Sumor æfter cymeð, wearm gewideru, Met. 11. 61. Of untídlican gewideran, þæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut humor aestatis, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 5.

leád

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George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 75.

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Wend(e)las (-e)

Linked entry: Wendlas

DWELIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To be led into error, errin errōrem dūci, errāreTo lead into error, mislead, deceive in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre

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To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and ná on wege errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via, Ps. Lamb. 106, 40.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; f.
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Ac hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera stondende wǽron ymb ða reste? 11, 16-23. Ræst a sepulchre, Exon. Th. 459, 28; Hö. 6. On mínre reste per stratum meum, Ps. Th. 62, 6. Míne cnihtas synt on reste ( in cubili ) mid mé, Lk. Skt. 11, 7.

Linked entries: ræst reste

ge-siht

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H. 79, 34. eyes together with the faculty of sight; visus, oculi ússe gesyhð (úre gesyhðe, v.l.) upp áhófon uisum leuabimus, Bd. 5, J; Sch. 552, 13. Hé ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe, Hml. S. 31, 824.

lecgan

(v.)
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rídan ealle tó . . . and þone þeóf lecgean, 236, 18.

BRÉME

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÉME, brýme; def. se bréma, seó, ðæt bréme; comp. brémra; sup. brémest, brýmust; adj.
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Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron they were the most esteemed of the Romans, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

Linked entries: brémen brýme

fóre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-áþ, fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenantejūrāmentumpræjūrāmentumpræjūrātio

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The oaths both of plaintiff and defendant were supported by consacramentals, respecting the number of which see L. H. 66, § 8; Th. i. 569: v. also <b>AÞ II, III.

Linked entry: fór-áþ

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cryoutcryhuecryingtumultuproar

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Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.

Linked entry: hrýman

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19. Lytligen ða grambǽran hiera gedréfednesse damnent iracundi perturbationem, Past. 40, 2; Swt. 291, 2.

ge-sib

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sib, -sibb, -syb; adj.
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Ðe him gesibbe wǽron who were related to him, Job Thw. 167, 3. Gesibbe ǽrendracan cādūcĕātōres vel pācĭfĭci, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 79; Wrt. Voc. 36, 6.

Linked entry: ge-syb