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ge-lífedlíce

(adv.)
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ge-lífedlíce, adv.
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With confidence in a person, trustfully, in good faith Mardonius hiene wæs georne lǽrende þæt hé hámweard fóre . . .

gearolíce

(adv.)
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Add: <b>geare-líce, gear-líce</b> well. of sight, perception Þá mihte hé mid þan óþron geseón, and on þám inne hé gearlíce oncneów hwæt þǽr inne wæs, Guth. 98, 5. of knowledge, understanding Ic habbe gearolíce (cúðlíce, v. l. ) ongyten ꝥte

ge-treówleás

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Add: perfidious Hé wæs getreówleáses módes wer perfidae mentis fuit, Gr. D. 130, 27. Mid þám getreówleásan deófle þe hí tihte tó ðám swicdóme, Hml.

gyrdels

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Hyt byð tósliten, swá wæs Abdias gyrdels þæs wítegan (cf. ? com-putruerat lumbare, Jer. 13, 7), Lch. i. 328, 3. Tó gyrdylse ad cingulum, An. Ox. 3767.

Iclingas

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Icel is mentioned in Mercian royal genealogies Cnebba wæs Iceling, Icel Eámǽring, Chr. 626; P. 24, 11 : 755; P. 50. 6.Cnebba Icling, [Ic]il Eámǽring,Txts. 170, 93.See Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation s. v.

nearulíce

(adv.)
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nearulíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Heó nearolíce (angsumlíce, v.l.) geþreád wæs mid feferádle anxietate febrium urgetur. Gr. D. 29, 21.

on-girwan

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Wæs hé hine sylfne ongyrwendne, Gr. D. 68, 11

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Add Wæs gecweden tó ðǽre byrig ðe Sídón hátte, sió stód bí ðǽre sǽ: 'Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú ðín scamige.' Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden, Past. 409, 32-35. Ofer sę́as hé gestaðolode hié, Ps. Vos. 23, 2.

rudu

(n.)
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rudu, e; f.

Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance

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Ðá geseah se cyngc ðæt Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. Gezabel gehiwode hire eágan and hire neb mid rude, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 342. The rude of monnes nebbe þet seið ariht his sunnen, A. R. 330, 29.

ǽfen-tíd

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Hér wæs Eádweard cyng ofslagen on ǽfentíde, Chr. 979; P. 123, 6. On ǽfentíd. Shrn. 116, 8. On ðá ǽfentíd. Nar. 29, 21. In éferntíd vespere Mt. L. 8, 16. On éfnitíd (éfern-, R.) sero Mk. L. 13, 35. Oþ ǽfentíd ad vesperum Bd. l, 27; S. 496, 34. Add

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Hé hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8.

Linked entry: scotian

þæran

(v.)
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þæran, (? þærran)

to drywipe

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The word intended seems to be one corresponding to Icelandic þerra, which, as well as the form mundlaug, the equivalent of the rather uncommon mundleów, the modern version in that language uses in this passage) mid ðý líne, ðe hé wæs begyrded, Homl.

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be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hwæt se wítega him be (by the way, on the road) wege sǽde, Hml. S. 18, 241. marking part handled Se wæs togen ofdúne be þám þeón and upp be þám earmum, Gr. D. 320, 19. Hé geféng be eaxle Grendles módor, B. 1537.

míðan

(v.)
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míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.

to concealdissembleTo be concealedlie hidto avoidrefrain fromforbear

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Mé nǽfre næs ealles swá ic wolde ðeáh ic his miðe it was never with me just as I would, though I dissembled the fact, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 28. Grammar míðan, with acc.

ge-sceaft

(n.)
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ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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Ða gescæfta tácnedon ðæt he wæs sóþ god created things shewed that he was very God, Shrn. 67, 16. Bodigaþ élce gescæfte prædicate omni creaturæ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 16, 15: Rtl. 97, 12. Giscæf[t] sexus, 51, 7.

be-gitan

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Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde the bishop was Scottish and St. Oswald got him into this country, Shrn. 124, 10. Hé begeat Arues dohtor him tó wífe, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 9. Hé beget þá burg, Chr. 919; P. 100, II.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Add Wæs forbúgende cedens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 3. with acc. or clause. to avoid, not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ balenam circito declinant. An. Ox. 670.

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Ic wát míne sáule synnum forwundod, gehǽl þú hý, Hy. 1, 4. Þone blindan þe on líchoman wæs gehǽled ge eác on móde, Bl. H. 21, 10. Hé gehǽledum (gehǽlde, v. l.) gewitte (sanato sensu ) árás, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 366, 1.

ge-cnáwan

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S. 30, 377. to acknowledge, a person Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33.

hryre

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Winemǽga hryre, Wand. 7. destruction of a place Þý ilcan geáre þe Cartaina tóworpen wæs, æfter hiere hryre hí tówurpon Corinthum eodem anno quo Carthago deleta est, ruinam Carthaginis eversio Corinthi subsecutus est, Ors. 5, 2; S. 214, 27