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ge-méde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-méde, superl. -médost; adj.

Agreeable, pleasingacceptus, grātus

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Fox 32, note 1. Gimoedo ł wala middangeardes prospera mundi, Rtl. 50, 6

seonoþ-stów

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ-stów, e; f.
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A place for a synod or meeting, a place of assembly Sinaþstów conciliabulum, locus sinodalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 19. Geseóþ gé ðæt hé ǽrest tó ðære sinoþstówe ( ad locum synodi ) cymeþ, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 503, 9

þǽr-út

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-út, adv.
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25

Linked entries: þǽr-inne út

þeóf-scolu

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-scolu, e; f.
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.), ðonne ne wéndest ðú ðé ðínes feores, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 26

un-feormigende

(adj.)

inexpiable

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inexpiable Ðá onhrán mín mód hǽlo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdǽda the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426

Linked entries: on-feormeganda feormian

weorold-afol

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-afol, (-el), es; n.
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1

Linked entry: afol

cyning-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-ríce, es; n.
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A kingdom For ælre ðére kynga sáwle ðe æfter mé ðyses kynyngríches wældeð, C. D. iv. 229, 26. [v. N. E. D. king-rick. O. H. Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce

dol-líce

(adv.)
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, n. (not m.).
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In 1. 5 for L. M. read L. In. and add Seó lǽs and ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, C. D. v. 319, 28. Æceren oððe bóc oððe óðer mæsten, Chrd. 15, 10

sealting

(n.)
Grammar
sealting, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas . . . ne beón an þám geférscypum . . . þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum (choris ei saltationibus) (cf. sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen, gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoþuwác, Crä

Linked entry: salting

un-tólǽtendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tólǽtendlíce, incessantly.
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For' Gr. Dial. 2, 8' substitute Manie men untólǽtendlíce (unáblinnendlíce, v.l.) wǽron gelaðode tó staðole beteran lífes mid þǽre ylcan mǽrðe his hlísan multos ad statum vitae melioris ipso opinionis ejus praeconio indesinenter vocari, Gr.

heard-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-sǽlig, adj.

Having hard fortune, unfortunate, unhappy

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Having hard fortune, unfortunate, unhappy Sum biþ wonspédig heardsǽlig hæle one is indigent, an unfortunate man, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 12; Crä. 32: Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 20: Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 27; Kl. 19

ge-stalu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stalu, e; f. [stalu theft]

Theft;furtum

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Theft; furtum Ylce gestale for every theft, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 22. Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ oft ye are engaged in thefts [or gestalum from gestala?], Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 31; Gú. 481

Linked entry: stalu

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

NotnonnenonayNorneithernenequenec

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Suelcum ingeþonce geríst ðæt hé for lícuman tiedernesse ne for woroldbismere ánum wið ða scíre ne winne, ne hé ne síe giétsiende óðerra monna ǽhta, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 9-11.

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gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a songlaypoemcantuscantilenacarmenpoemaA speechtalesermonproverbriddlesermodictumloquelaproverbiumænigma

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Fox 7, 4; Met. 7, 2. Geríseþ gleómen gied a song is proper for a gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167. Cúþ gyddum known in lays [songs], Beo. Th. 304; B. 151.

Linked entries: gidding gied ged gyd

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ða geleáfullan folc híg sylfe gelogiaþ and heora líf for Gode the faithful folk dispose themselves and their life for God, Ælfc. T. Lisle 28, 13. Gelogaþ his ágen líf regulates his own life, Tract. de Spir. Septif : Homl. Th. i. 168, 11.

Linked entry: lógian

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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giving occasion for sorrow, sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous Wá lá wá! ðæt is sárlíc ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor heu, proh dolor! quod tam lucidi vultus homines, tenebrarum auctor possidet, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 15.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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erras, 7, 2; Fox 16, 30. to change one thing for another, to exchange Heó wæs genumen of middanearde and eall ðæt sár and ðone deáþ mid écre hǽlo and lífe onwende, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 7. to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside Nǽfre

lǽððu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.

An injuryoffencehatredenmitymalice

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Seðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme heononforþ for lǽððe oððe for feohfange he that from this time forth shall set up unjust law, or judge unjust judgement on account of malice or of bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 20. Hé on swá micelre nearanuesse becom he fell into so great trouble (was imprisoned), 1; Fox 2, 27.

Linked entry: nirwett