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gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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GOOD; bonus Þæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód the goodness of the good is his own good, Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 14. Gód mann sóþlíce of gódum goldhorde bringþ gód forþ bonus homo de bono thesauro profert bona, Mt. Bos. 12, 35.

Linked entry: good

heópe

(n.)
Grammar
heópe, an; f.

A hipseed-vessel of the dog-rosealso the plant on which the hip grows[?]

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A hip, seed-vessel of the dog-rose; also the plant on which the hip grows[?] Heópe butunus [i.e. button, Fr. bouton, knob ], Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 90; Wrt. Voc. 30, 36. Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L.

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

tó-cwísan

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Dele ¶, and add Hé his heáfod tóbræc and eác his bán tócwýsde, Hml. S. 5, 358. Se áwyrgeda gást tówearp þone wáh, and mid þæs wáges hryre of þryccende tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan ( unum puerulum monachum opprimens ruina contrivit ), Gr. D. 125, 6.

twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
twǽman, p. de
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ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon (cf. ( William and his wife ) wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibreden, Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 20), L.

ge-hagian

(v.)
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To be within the means or power of a person Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian

glæs-fæt

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Hé hóf upp glæsene leóhtfatu . . . þá feóll án of his handum, ꝥ hit wearð tóbrocen, Gr. D. 49, 18

hreów-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hreów-líce, adv.

Miserablycruellygrievously

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Mágon hie swá hreówlíce wépan swá gé mágon ðara óðra blíþelíce hlihhan, 3, 7; Swt. 120, 6. Earme menn sindon hreówlíce besyrwde poor men are grievously ensnared, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 47.

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ, 565; Erl. 18, 1. Sió wunode on ðam íglande, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hié cómon on án ígland ðæt is úte on ðære sǽ ðæt is Meresig háten, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 24 : Bt. 38, 1; Fox 184, 11.

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

ellen

Grammar
ellen, strength.
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Swá hwylc swá on elne oþ his ende wunað qui perseveraverit usque in finem, 171, 25. Bæd ic þá fyrde ꝥ hié hæfdon gód ellen þára þinga þe ús on becwómon orabam Macedones ne aduersis casibus cederent, Nar. 14, 22.

girning

(n.)
Grammar
girning, e; f.
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expressed in words, petition, prayer Gyrninge ( desiderium) þearfana gehýrde [Dryhten], gyrnenga (desideria ) heortan heora gehýrde eáre his, Ps.

Linked entry: geornung

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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Him leofre wæs ðæt hié Rómánisce cyningas hæfden ðonne of heora ágnum cynne, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 25. Ealle ða Rómániscan men þe Hannibal geseald hæfde, 4, 11; Swt. 204, 7

be

Grammar
be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange gecneów, Hml.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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Ic willio and wille ðæt hió sión getrymed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 23. absolute. Wer se ðe in bibodum his willaþ (cupiet), Ps. Surt. II, i

hwirfan

(v.)
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Hié heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wiþ Bryttas, Bd. I. 15 ; Sch. 40, 8

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity forseóð selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and <b>ge-dreóg.</b>
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Ofer ealle his gód hé hine tó ealdre for his gedreóge (cf. hé on rihtne tíman hwǽte gedǽlde his efenðeówum, 4) gesette, R. Ben. 123, 6. tó gedreóge gán ad necesssaria naturae exire, R. Ben. 32, 22. v. next word

forþ-feran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-feran, p. de; pp. ed.

To go forthdepartdiedecēdĕredefungimŏriexpīrāre

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ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4. Se Hǽlend asende his stefne and forþferde Iesus emissa vōce magna expĭrāvit, Mk. Bos. 15, 37. Forþferde ðæt wíf mŭlier defuncta est, Mt. Bos. 22, 27: Lk.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Se deófol brohte him bráde stánas the devil brought large stones to him, Cd. 228;Th. 306, 31;Sat. 672.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

efn-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
efn-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

Evenness, equality æquālĭtas

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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas Hie healdaþ má geférrǽdenne and efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordóm they observe companionship and equality more than authority, Past. 17, 9; Hat. MS. 24 b, 6

Linked entry: efen-lícnes