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ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Seóþ ðonne on éce gewyrht they shall look then on an everlasting state [one whose character is determined by their deeds], Exon. 116 b; Th. 448, 29; Dóm. 61

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GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Me is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie I would rather that fire should embrace my body, Beo. Th. 5298; B. 2652: 6220; B. 3114: Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 4; Vy. 46: 108 a; Th. 412, 23; Rä. 31, 4.

Linked entries: gloed gléde ge-gléded

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

be-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceran, bi-sceran, -sciran, -scyran; p. -scær, -scear, pl. -scǽron, -sceáron; pp. -scoren

To shear off, to shave, cut offattondere, amputare, præcidere

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Ic næs nǽfre ge-efsod ne nǽfre bescoren, and gif ic beó bescoren, ðonne beó is unmihtig óðrum mannum gelíc ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, si rasum fuerit caput meum, recedet a me fortitudo mea et deficiam eroque sicut ceteri homines, Jud. 16

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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, 19. requiring strength, laborious, hard Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ nemo dubitat esse fortem cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit, Bt. 16, 3 ; Fox 54, 29. hard to bear, severe Ðis is

sútere

(n.)
Grammar
sútere, es; m.
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Eówer sútere hé is uester sutor est, eówer súteres tól uestri sutoris instrumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 105, 14.

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 477, 19; Ruin. 27. of the second death, the perdition of the soul Hí leahtrum fá, lége gebundne, swylt þrowiaþ . . . ðæt is éce cwealm, Exon. Th. 94, 14; Cri. 1540

Linked entry: swilt

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Súþ-Sexena landes is syufan þúsend hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1. Ælle Súþ-Seaxna cyning, Chr. 827; Erl. 62, 35. Súþ-Seaxna (Súð-, MS. E.) ríce, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súd-Seaxna (Súð-Seaxena, MS. E.) cyning, 661; Erl. 34, 15.

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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</b> in the Lindisfarne gloss fermento is glossed by ðærfe, Mt. 16, 6, 11. of milk, fresh (as opposed to sour? cf. Icel. þjarfr, of water, fresh as opposed to salt), skim (?

Linked entries: þærf þorof

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappinessillfortunecalamityunhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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.); án is ðæt hí yfel willaþ, óþer ðæt ðæt hí magon, þridde ðæt hí hit þurhtióþ triplici infortunio necesse est urgeantur, quos videas scelus velle, posse, perficere, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 33.

Linked entry: un-sǽlþ

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weaknesslack of power

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Weakness, lack of power Heora unmiht and heora untrymð is swíðe gemanifealdod multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum, Ps. Th. 15, 3. Biþ geond fingras cele and cneówa unmeht, Lchdm. ii. 258, 14.

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wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416.

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To stripdespoilplunder

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Mín folc is berýped þurh reáferas populum meum exactores sui spoliaverunt, Wlfst. 45, 17. Wé habbað Godes hús clǽne berýpte, 157, 18. with spoil, in gen. Man F. ádgife berýpte sélcere are, Cht. Th. 203, 11.

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brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml. S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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is eást irnende ( orientem versus ), Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 26, 22: Lch. iii. 74, 13. of measurement (of a road, boundary, &amp;c.) Þæs hagan gemǽre líð eást on þone ealdan welig . . . eást and*-*langes þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D.

fót

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. ¶ where a humble position or condition is expressed Heó tó his fótum hí ástrehte, Mk. 7, 25. Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan, Vy. 81: B. 500: 1166. Ealle gesceafta þú legst under his fét, Ps.

ge-mircian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mircian, ge-mercian.
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. ; signauit) for ðon God sóðfæst is, Jn. R. L. 3, 33. Ðiosne gimercade Drihten, 6, 27. Gemercadon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. p. 20, 4. VI. to appoint :-- Æfter ðás of-gemercade (designavit) Drihten óðoro hundseofontig tuoege, Lk. L. R. 10, 1

Linked entry: -mircian

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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is genóg orsorg ( quite secure ) ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 17. Hit genóg ǽmettig læg and genóg wéste and ge his náne note ne hæfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 24. with adv. Ꝥ wé genóg raðe tó þǽm becwóman, Nar. 11, 27.

ge-férlǽcan

(v.)
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Ben. 82, 6. of relation between things His líchama is mínum geférlǽht, Hml. S. 7, 47- Se óðer eáca bið fíf ablativum geférlǽht, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 107, 18. Gyf hig beóð frumcennede genitivi, þonne magon hig beón geférlǽhte eallum casum, 104, 8.