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wǽr-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person

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To þe way of wickidnes be warlaȝes ( devils ) gidid, 4425. He warded þis wrech man ( Jonah ) in warlowes gutteȝ, Allit. Pms. 99, 258. Þaa warlaus (v. ll. deuils, fendes), C. M. 23250. The foulle warlawes of helle, Halliw. Dict.]

Linked entry: wér-loga

gearwian

(v.)
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H. 247, 10. to grant Gearwig ł gionn ꝥte cirica ðín giðii praesta ut ecclesia tua proficiat, Rtl. 18, 21. v. full-, ymb-gearwian; girwan

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Þætte ús fæstern giðii ðóhto úsra heofonlícum gilǽr ðeódscipum ut nobis jejunium proficiat, mentes nostras coelestibus instrue disciplinis, Rtl. 14, 28. On mynstrum hé leornade gástlíce ðeódscipas, Shrn. 50, 26.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type

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Sel ús hiora bissene giðiá da nobis eorum imitatione proficere, Rtl. 62, 16. Ic eów sealde bysene (bisen, L., bisine, R. exemplum), Jn. 13, 15. Nimað eów bysne be ðam, Hml. S. 24, 79, 66. Ne sceal hé yfele bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml.

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