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ge-anlícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anlícian, p. ode; pp. od [líc like]

To make like ⬩ liken ⬩ assĭmĭlāre

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To make like, liken; assĭmĭlāre For hwam geanlície we heofena ríce cui assĭmĭlābĭmus regnum Dei? Mk. Bos, 4, 30

geár-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
geár-mǽlum, adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n.]

Yearly ⬩ quotannis

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Yearly; quotannis Ríce geármǽlum weóx the kingdom. increased year by year, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 10; Met. 1, 5

lytel-ne

(adv.)
Grammar
lytel-ne, adv.

almost ⬩ nearly

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Breotona ríce forlét Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 22

mirigþ

(n.)
Grammar
mirigþ, mirhþ, mirhþ, myrþ, e; f.

Pleasure ⬩ joy ⬩ delight ⬩ sweetness

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Pleasure, joy, delight, sweetness (ofsound) Dæg byþ myrþþ eádgum and earmum day is a delight to rich and to poor, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 12; Rún. 24.

Linked entries: mirhþ myrþ

mynster-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mynster-líc, adj.

Monastic

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Monastic Man árǽrde cyrcan on his ríce geond eall and mynsterlíce gesetnyssa (monastic institutions), Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 71

ge-blǽdfæst

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Substitute : Prosperous, flourishing Him on láste setl wuldorspédum welig stódan gifum grówende on Godes ríce, beorht and geblǽdfæst, Gen. 89

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó: gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.

A shoe

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A shoe Scóh caliga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 11: 127, 67: 13, 43: calcarium, i. 291, 29. Scó fico, 26, 17. Rúh scó pero, ii. 78, 6. Tríwen sceó coturnus, i. 26, 21. Gif se innera dǽl ðæs sceós (scós, MS. B.) byþ fixen hýd, Lchdm. i. 342, 11. Þuong scóes (giscóes

Linked entries: sceó sceóh scó

embe-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
embe-gyrdan, he -gyrt; p.-gyrde ; pp. -gyrded

To surround, begird ⬩ circumcingĕre

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To surround, begird; circumcingĕre Gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce the ocean surrounds the kingdoms of men. Bt. Met. Fox 9, 81; Met. 9, 41

Linked entry: ymb-gyrdan

ge-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cépan, p. -cépte; pp. -cépt

To buy ⬩ ĕmĕre

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To buy; ĕmĕre Hí ðæt ríce hæfdon dióre gecépte they had dearly bought that kingdom, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

eást-gársecg

(n.)
Grammar
eást-gársecg, es; m.
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The eastern ocean Ꝥ hé his ríce gebrǽdde oþ þone eástgársecg ut oceano ultimoque oriente finiret imperium, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 5

Linked entry: gár-secg

heáh-þeód

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Substitute: An illustrious race Sum æþela man on þǽre héhþeóde Myrcna ríce vir de egregia Merciorum stirpe, Guth. Gr. 104, 2: 152, 19

ceáp-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
ceáp-eádig, adj.
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Rich in goods, rich in cattle Nefne him hafaþ ceápeádig mon unless a man rich in cattle retains him, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 8; Gn. Ex. 108

wíd-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gal, adj.
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Wandering, roving Se mé wídgalum wísaþ hwílum sylfum tó ríce, Exon. Th. 401, 1; Rä. 21, 5. v. wíd-gil[l], and next word

Linked entry: wíd-gil

swegel-bósm

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-bósm, es; m.

The interior of heaven, heaven

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The interior of heaven, heaven Hé biþ á ríce ofer heofenstólas ... sweglbósmas heóld; ða wǽron gesette wuldres bearnum. Cd. Th. 1, 18; Gen. 9

un-cynlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynlíc, adj.

Unsuitable ⬩ improper

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Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note

dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽlan, <b>;
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</b> In the passage from Exod. 538 insert ríce before dǽlað, and transfer to IV 3. See eftwyrd

æl-myrca

(n.)
Grammar
æl-myrca, an; m.

All sallow ⬩ a black man ⬩ an Ethiopian ⬩ omnino fuscus ⬩ Æthiops

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All sallow, a black man, an Ethiopian; omnino fuscus, Æthiops On ælmyrcan éðel-ríce in the realm of the Ethiopian, Andr. Kmbl. 863; An. 432

Linked entries: eal-myrca Gúþ-myrce

ge-fleón

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Add: [ to flee.] to fly Ne mæg úre sáwul gefleón tó heofonan ríce, búton heó hæbbe fiðera þǽre sóðan lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 26

sibsumness

(n.)
Grammar
sibsumness, e; f.

Peaceableness ⬩ peace ⬩ tranquillity

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Peaceableness, peace, tranquillity Hé ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþuǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse. Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 34. Lufa sibsumnysse and geþwǽrnysse, Wulfst. 247, 1

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus

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D. 855, ðá féngon Æðelwulfes ii suna to ríce; Æðelbald to Westseaxna ríce; and Æðelbryht to Cantwara ríce, and to Eástseaxena rice, and to Súþrigean, and to Súþseaxena ríce then, A.D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the

Linked entry: Berhte