friþ-béna
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for reconciliation with the law
freme
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Take the passages under fremu
ge-swiporlíce
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Add: The MS. has geswiworlice
heáfan
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Take the passages to heófan
Agustus
Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus
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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34.
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dwæscan
To extinguish, put out ⬩ extinguĕre
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To extinguish, put out; extinguĕre Dryhten lǽnan lífes leahtras dwæsceþ the Lord extinguishes the crimes of this frail life, Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 17; Ph. 456: 128 b; Th. 493, 19; Rä. 81, 33.
ende-néhst
The nighest end, the last, uttermost ⬩ ultĭmus
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The nighest end, the last, uttermost; ultĭmus Drihten, ðú oncneówe ealle ða nywestan oððe ða endeníhstan [MS. ændenihstan] Dŏmĭne, tu cognōvisti omnia novissĭma, Ps. Lamb. 138, 5.
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eorþ-wæstm
Fruit of the earth ⬩ terræ frux
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On eorþwæstmum genóh þuhte abundance appeared in the fruits of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 12; Met. 8, 6
forþ-genge
Progressive ⬩ increasing ⬩ effective ⬩ pŏtens
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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.
Frencisc
Belonging to France ⬩ Francus
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Mid ðám Frenciscum mannum with the Frenchmen, Chr. 1052; Erl. 186, 6. Ða Frencisce menn the Frenchmen, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 7, 26
galdor-cræft
The art of enchanting ⬩ magic art ⬩ incantation ⬩ incantandi ars ⬩ măgĭca ars ⬩ incantātio
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The art of enchanting, magic art, incantation; incantandi ars, măgĭca ars, incantātio On galdorcræftum per incantātiōnes, L. M. I. P. 39; Th. ii. 274, 32. He Iudéa galdor-cræftum wiðstód he withstood the magic arts of the Jews, Andr.
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gára
An angular point of land ⬩ a promontory ⬩ corner of land ⬩ ōra prōmĭnens ⬩ angŭlus
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, opposite the island which is called Cadiz, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 5
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1
grislíc
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The spelling in the Ormulum supports the short vowel
þegen-lagu
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Thane-law, the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane Se (the priest) ðe ðæs (concubinage) geswícan wille and clǽnnesse healdan, hæbbe hé Godes miltse, and tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe as regards worldly dignity let
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efen-wiht
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, fellow, associate Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón sometimes in the case of a man's equal (?), sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst. 171, 4.
ge-hwirfness
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Th. 24, arg. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life Ðæt munucas áwunien in þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehéhton in þá tíd heora gehwyrfnesse (-hwyrfe-, v. l. conuersionis ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 5
gínung
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Geonung garrulitas, 40, 24. an opening of the mouth to bite Gynung morsus, Germ. 399, 271
ofer-sewenness
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The word occurs only in legal documents.
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ræsc
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tractibus (spumosis remorum tractibus, Ald. 3, 4, the glosses may have wished to represent the showers of spray made by the oars), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 77. v. líg-, líget-ræsc