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be-solcen

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Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe for hira monnðwǽrnesse ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 15: 239, 3. Add:

Linked entry: be-sylcan

ge-bréfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bréfan, p. ed
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To state briefly, epitomize: Gif hwylcum cnihte lyste má þinga and deópra gesetnyssa be him witan þonne wé hér habbað gebréued, Angl. viii. 308, 11. Nú wé þás þing habbað sceortlíce gebréued, 322, 22. —

Linked entry: -bréfan

on-wacan

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Add Tó þon ꝥ him gewin eft þonan onwóce, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 18

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.
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Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod let him have no other food given him, 69, 21. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38. Ða hálgan ðigene ( the eucharist ) onfón, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 29.

feormian

(v.)

to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast

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Gif hé hit bútan þæs ealdormonnes gewitnisse dó, geselle sé þe hine tó men feormie .cxx. sciłł. tó wíte, Ll. Th. i. 86, 5.

un-lǽttu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽttu, f.
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Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr

Linked entry: -lǽttu

tǽcnan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcnan, p. [e]de.

to shew, present ⬩ to shew the road, point out an object, lt;i>make known ⬩ to appoint, prescribe

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to shew, present Se ðe hæfþ .xx. hída se sceal tǽcnan (tǽcan, MS. B.) .xii. hída gesettes landes ðonne hé faran wille. Se ðe hæfþ .x. hída se sceal tǽcnan (tǽcan, MS. B.) .vi. hída gesettes landes. Se ðe hæbbe þreó hída tǽcne (tǽce, MS.

sceát

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</b> of a protective covering :-- Se godcunda anweald gefriþode his diórlingas under his fiþera sceáte (sceade, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 12. v. offrung-, wæter-sceát

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid

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Him seó unforhte ágeaf andsware, Exon. Th. 251, 18; Jul. 147. Unforhte móde hé geneálǽhte ðære stówe, Blickl. Homl. 67, 1. Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod. 180: Byrht.

ofer-gapian

(v.)

to neglect, disregard ⬩ consideratio

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to neglect, disregard Ne hé þurh ðone trúwan his sacerdhádes ofergapige (ofergumige, other MS.) his gehýrsumnysse let not the priest through trust in his priesthood be careless of his obedience R. Ben. 112, 2

Linked entry: gapian

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh, Exon. Th. 278, 30; Jul. 605.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

ge-wiht

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Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8. Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte, 312, 18. Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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him ánfeald gód, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 8.

dwelian

(v.)
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Hié on hǽðnum þeáwum dwelgende wǽron, Bl. H. 201, 20. Dryhten, þú gecyrst ðá dweliendan, Hml. S. 30, 68. trans. To lead astray. physical Ðá genipu hit dweliað, Sal. K. 148, 5. moral Hý dwelode deófol, Wlfst. 11, 8: 156, 8.

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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Hé wearð þurh ðás bodunge áblicged . . . hí cwǽdon him tó, 'Hwæs ondrǽtst ðú ðé?', Hml. Th. ii. 342, 16.

Linked entries: a-blícgan un-geblýged blycgan

æf-werdla

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdla, æf-wyrdla, æ-wyrdla, a-wyrdla, an; m. [æf of, wyrdan to corrupt]

Damage ⬩ injury ⬩ loss ⬩ the amercement for it ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ jactura ⬩ damnum

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H.] let him bear the damage, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 16: R. Ben. 2 : Cot. 104

Linked entries: æf-werdelsa æ-wyrdla ewerdla ewyrdlu

bécn

(n.)
Grammar
bécn, es; n.

A sign ⬩ beacon ⬩ signum

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A sign, beacon; signum Mín gebéd nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8 : Beo. Kmbl. 6314; B. 3161

ge-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-æðele, adj.

Congenial ⬩ in accordance with one's nature, race ⬩ congĕnĭtus

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Congenial, in accordance with one's nature, race [ Similar entries v. æðelo]; congĕnĭtus Swá him geæðele wæs from cneómǽgum as was to them natural from their kindred, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 7; Æðelst. 7

be-twyh

(prep.)

between, among ⬩ inter, in medio

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Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27

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