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self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca ealra atelucost, sylfdémena ( sarabaitarum ), ðe

Linked entry: déma

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Hé ne lǽtaþ míne fét láðe hréran non dedit commoveri pedes meos, Ps. Th. 65, 8. Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4.

Linked entry: for-hréred

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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P. iv. 52, note; Th. ii. 218, 23. Hwelcne-hugu dǽl, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 13.

langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longingdesirediscontent

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Ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære módceare mínre gerestan ne ealles ðæs longaþes ðe mec on ðissum lífe begeat never can I be at rest from my grief of mind, nor from all the weariness that in this life hath laid hold on me, 115 b; Th. 444, 2; Kl. 41.

Linked entry: langaþ

miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
miltsung, mildsung, e; f.

Mercypitycompassiona shewing mercypardonindulgence

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Now this it is to shew them mercy, to punish their vices, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 18. Ealie for miltsunge stefne uton sellan omnes pro indulgentia vocem demus, Hymn. Surt. 37, 22.

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
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self-líce, es; n.
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Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto at libertas in superbiam non erumpat, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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</b> glossing preceps :-- Seó ús on scefe gedwelde teáh mid wegleásum quae nos in preceps errore traxit devio, Hymn.

ge-laðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-laðian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To invitebidcallsummonassemblecongregateinvītārevŏcārearcessĕrecierecongrĕgāre

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Ða ðe gelaðode wǽron, ne synt wyrðe qui invītāti ĕrant, non fuērunt digni, Mt. Bos. 22, 8 : Jn. Bos. 2, 2. Wǽron ealle ða wíf befóran Rómána witan gelaðode all the women were summoned before the Roman senators, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 21

Linked entries: ge-hlaðen ge-leaðian

ge-neahhe

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahhe, -neahe, -nehhe, -nehe; adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantlysatis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter

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Nú ic his geneahhe neósan wille now I will frequently visit him, Exon, 43 a; Th. 145, 7; Gú. 691: 100 b; Th. 379, 13; Deór, 32: 77 a; Th. 289, 31; Wand. 56. He wyscte geneahhe, ðæt ... he wished earnestly, that..., 100 b; Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25: Ps.

Linked entries: ge-neh ge-nehhe

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum

Linked entry: wærlíce

wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
wríþan, p. wráþ, pl. wriþon; pp. wriþen.

to twistgive a curved form toto bind upwrap roundbandageto bindto bindfetter

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Ða ðe forbrocene wǽron, ða gé ne wriþon quae fractae erant, eas non ligavistis, L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 26. Ðá wǽron monige ðe his mǽg wriðon, Beo. Th. 5957; B. 2982.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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[Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted. [Cf. Icel. hljótask to be allotted, fall by lot] Hié sendon hlot him betweónum, hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde tó lǽranne.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Ðá eáðmódan bióð oft geðrycte mid ðǽre synne ðæs eges, ðonne hié ne durron unðeáwas tǽlan humiles, ut perversa non increpent, sub specie humilitatis premit culpa formidinis, 302, 7. to express Wé geðryhton (printed -dryhton) ł wé áuritton expressimus

hrace

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In the same glossary the nom. is hraca] of living creatures Hrace gula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 46. Hrace ł þrotu guttur, Ps. L. Spl. Rdr. Vos. 5, 11: Ps. Rdr. Vos. 13, 3. Hraece, Ps. Srt. 5, 11. Hraecae, 13, 3. Hraca, Ps. Cam. 5, 11: 13, 3.

on-rǽs

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Ox. 2480. non-material Gálnysse onraes byrnende innoþe gefylledum æthabban ys unmihtelic libidinis impetum ardentem ventre satiato retinere est impossibile, Scint. 57, 8. of military operations, invasion, incursion, attack of a country Ðá fǽrlíce wearð

sægen

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add: of a particular statement Modicum et non videbitis me, et reliqua . . . Wundrodon hí swíðe þǽre sægene, Hml. A. 73, 19. Holofernes æfter þissere segene gebealh hine cum cessasset loqui Achior verba haec indignatus est Holofernes, 107, 145.

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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Hé of yfelum wiilan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme (non malitia, sed sola ignorantia), 21.; Swt. 157, 25

Linked entry: wís-dóm

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balance

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Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17 note. Genim ðære ylcan wyrte ánre tremesse wǽge, Lchdm. i. 72, 11. Genim twéga trymessa wǽge, 70, 15. Þreóra trymessa wǽge, 72, 26: 74, 4.

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Ne gím þú drýcræfta and galdra non declinetis ad magos, nec ab ariolis aliquid sciscitemini Lev. 19, 31. Þá drýas mid langsumum galdrum (incantationibus) hyre on gólon, Gr. D. 73,25.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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S. 8, 221. where no subject is expressed Hé began tó reccenne hú him on ráde getímode, Hml. S. 26, 215. Gesáwon hí hú þám ánum getímode, 11, 163. Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beðorfte, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 2.