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lecg

(n.)
Grammar
lecg, e; f.
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Th. 501, 5 may be quoted, where one worth eighty mancusses is mentioned

manigfeald-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
manigfeald-líce, adv.

Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural

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Se ealda mænegfealdlíce bæd the old man made many prayers, Glostr. Frag. 110, 18. Mænifealdlíce, Menol. Fox 185; Men. 94

bísgung

(n.)
Grammar
bísgung, e; f. [ = a-bísgung = a-býsgung]

Business, occupation ⬩ negotium, occupatio

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Business, occupation; negotium, occupatio Fint he ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid his módes bísgunga he will find the wisdom concealed by the occupation of his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 12.

Linked entry: býsgung

cracian

(v.)
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Th. 45, 3 for cracode apparently should be read cwacode (v.

dolg-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolg-swæþ, n.: -swaþu; f.
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Dolgsuaþhe plagae uestigia, cicatrices, Bl. Gl. Dolcswaðan cicatrices, Hpt. Gl. 510, 57

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, n.
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Gr. 101, 4. honour shewn to a person f he (the new bishop) mote beón þǽra þinga wyrþe be óþre beforan wǽron, Dúnstán . . . and mænig óþer, þes móte beón eall swá rihta and gerysna wyrðe, Cht. E. 232, 22.

Gota

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Wisle lond, and be-eástan þǽm sint Datia, þá þe iú wǽron Gotan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 18. Hú Bonefatius þám Gotan gefyllde þá flaxan. Hit gelamp ꝥ him cómon twégen men tó of Gotena þeóde, þá sǽdon ꝥ hí tó Rauennan faran woldon, Gr. D. 66, 3-7. Add

of-stician

(v.)
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Be beón gif hí mannan ofsticiað (cf. beón gif hí man ácwellað, 164, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 130, 30. Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Man þá hálgan . . . swilce ofsticode swín (stuck pigs) holdode, Hml. S. 23, 106.

wærc

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On þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre.

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b> add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b>IV a.

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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Ne fare hé út tó gefeohte ne him nán man útfæreld beóde (he is not to be called upon to leave home), Deut. 24, 5

Linked entry: ex-odus

hǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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Hǽne hine man mid stánum let him be stoned with stones, Lev. 20, 2

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt hé ne feohte ǽrðam ðe hé him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L.

riht-geleáffull

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-geleáffull, adj.

Holding a true belief, orthodox

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Mid ðære hálgan and mid ðære rihtgeleáffullan gesomnunge cum sancta ecclesia, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 31. For rihtgeleáffulra sibbe pro pace Catholica, 2, 2; S. 502, 2.

Linked entry: ge-leáfful

sorh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-líc, adj.

Sorrowful ⬩ causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sorry ⬩ miserable

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Ðonne wyrð ehtnes grimlíc and sorhlíc there shall be persecution cruel and grievous, 89, 16. Stingaþ hine mid sorhlícum sáre on his heortan, 141, 9. Setl his ðú gesettest sorglíc on eorðan sedem ejus in terra collisisti, Ps. Th. 88, 37

swaþul

(n.)
Grammar
swaþul, es; m.

That which swathes or wraps ⬩ vapour ⬩ cremare

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Ger. swedan cremare ), Beo. Th. 1568; B. 782

twelf-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf-feald, adj.
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Grammar twelf-feald, used substantively Be .xii.-fealdum ágife hé ðone ciricsceat, L. In. 4; Th. i. 104, 11. Forgilde hé mid twelffealdan, L. Eth. ix. 11; Th. i. 342, 28: Wulfst. 311, 6

gold-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
gold-smiþ, es; m.
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Ðe Eádréd cyng gebócode Ælfsige his goldsmipe which king Edred gave by charter to his goldsmith Ælfsig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 431, 24: vi. 211, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 67; Met. 10, 34

á-swellan

Grammar
á-swellan, p.-sweoll

To swell up

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Be áswollenre lifre ... Gif se geswollena mon swá áswollen gebít, 200, 18-23. Add:

Linked entry: swellan

ós

(n.)
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Ðis Ðis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, &amp;c. . . . But though on the comparison of other forms, a nom. pl. és might be inferred for Ís, the change of vowel would not occur in the genitive, which should be ósa.

Linked entry: ésa