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cáfer-tún

Grammar
cáfer-tún, l. cafer-tún, dele 'DER. cífan,'
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Se biscop on his cafortúne hét him medmicel hús gewyrcan episcopus ei in conseptis ejusdem mansionis paruum tugurium fieri praecipit, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 21.

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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Add: to make known or famous, spread the fame of a person Ðá ilco gemérsadon (diffamaverunt) hine in alle eorðe ðý, Mt. L. 9, 31. Ðes gemérsað wæs mið hine hic diffamatus est apud ilium, Lk.

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Nyste þeáhhweðre hwæt hé him dón sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 215, 2. Gif hé ne áríst forðam ðe hé his freónd ys, þeáhhwæþere for hys onhrópe he áríst, Lk. Skt. 11, 8. ¶ combined with swá :-- And swá þeáhhwæþere óþ ðone deáþ hé hine tintregaþ, Blickl.

Linked entry: hwæðere

ge-þreán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreán, p. þreáde; pp. -þreád

To reproverebukeafflictvexconstraincompelcorripereincreparearguerecogereaffligerecoartareurgerevexare

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He náhte his líchoman geweald ac he wæs mid godcundum mægene geþreád he had no power over his body, but was afflicted by the divine might, Blickl. Homl. 223, 12

Linked entry: þreágan

æfter-folgian

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-folgian, p. ode ; pp. od

To follow afterpursuesubsequipersequi

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To follow after, pursue; subsequi, persequi Him æfterfolgiende wǽron they were pursuing him, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 25

emn-sceólere

(n.)
Grammar
emn-sceólere, es; m.

A fellow-scholarcondiscĭpŭlus

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He ofslóh his emnsceólere he slew his fellow-scholar, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 12

Linked entry: scolere

ealdor-sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-sacerd, es; m.

A high priest summus sacerdos

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A high priest; summus sacerdos Ongan ealdorsacerd hyspan the high priest began to revile, Andr. Kmbl. 1340; An. 670

ge-belimpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belimpan, p. -belamp, pl. -belumpon; pp. belumpen

To happenoccurbefallevĕnīreaccĭdĕrecontingĕre

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To happen, occur, befall; evĕnīre, accĭdĕre, contingĕre Hit gebýraþ ðæt hit gebelimpe oportet hæc fiĕri, Mk. Bos. 13, 7

Linked entry: be-limpan

ge-écan

(v.)

to addincrease

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to add, increase His sylfes synna geéceþ increases his own sins, Blickl. Homl. 97, 9; 37, 17; 121, 32

feoh-bígenga

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-bígenga, an; m.

A herdsman

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A herdsman For þon þe ic wǽre his ceápes heorde and wǽre his [f]eohbígenga (gregarius), Nar. 18, 27

Linked entry: eoh-bígenga

ge-hwyrftness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrftness, e ; f.
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Return Hé wítegode . . . be his ágenre ge-hwyrftnesse (-hwyrfnesse ? v. ge-hwirfness) of his wræcsíðe, Ps. Th. 22, arg

Linked entry: hwyrftness

heáh-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þegnung, e; f.

High service

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High service Heáhþegnunga háliges gástes the high services of the holy Spirit, Cd. 147; Th. 183, 23; Exod. 96

ge-stiéran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stiéran, p. de; pp. ed

To correct;corrĭgĕre

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To correct; corrĭgĕre He him nolde gestiéran he would not correct him, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 5

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hlísful-líce, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Óswold cyning his cynedðrn geheóld hlísfullíce king Oswald maintained his kingdom gloriously, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 119

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .

lifethe vital parts of the bodyvitaage

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Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450. Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo.

rǽd-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-leás, adj.
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Nis nevre mon redles Ar his heorte beo witles, O. and N. 691.]

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Tyrus hét him tó clypian ðone ðe on ðam scype yldost wǽre Tyrus bade call to him the principal man on the ship, St. And. 28, 6. Hé clipode himhis yldestan geréfan dixit ad servum seniorem. Gen. 24, 2.

lín

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befealdan mid líne uoluant crucem sindone, Angl. xiii. 421, 808. Hé onféng líne (linteum) and hine mid begyrde, Hml. A. 155, 92, 103. [v. N. E. D. line.] Add: —

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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Ne scoldon ne underfón ða áre ðæs láreówdómes ne locum regiminis subeant, 2, arg; Swt. 29, 19.

a-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-belgan, ic -beige, ðú -bilgst, -bilhst, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ, pl. -belgaþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen, v. trans. [a, belgan to irritate]

To cause any one to swell with angerto angerirritatevexincenseira aliquem tumefacereirritareexasperareincendere

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hig me abolgen habbaþ irascatur furor meus contra eos. Ex. 32, 10. He him abolgen wurþeþ he will be incensed against them, Cd. 22 ; Th. 28, 4; Gen. 430. Wæs swýðe abolgen erat graviter offensus, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 8