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leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige búton ... hé sí ðæs legeres wyrðe we enjoin that no man be buried within a church, unless he be worthy of such a place of burial, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 17.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

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Sume naman sind omonima; ða getácniaþ má þinga mid ánre clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 13. Seó þridde declinatio hefþ eahta and hundseofontig geendunga oððe má, 9; Som. 8, 15 : Elen. Kmbl. 1264; El. 634.

Linked entries: mǽst

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ðæt hé móste mid ðæm sunu wið Somnitum, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 17. to be obliged, must Man mót on eornost mótian wið his drihten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 3. Londríhtes mót monna ǽghwylc ídel hweorfan, Beo. Th. 5765; B. 2886.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

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Næs heora neáta nán geyfelad jumenta eorum non sunt minorata, Ps. Th. 106, 37. Ne þearf hæleþa nán wénan, Met. 7, 6. Hwæt wille gé cueðan hwæs oððe hwæs gé síen ?

ge-writ

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

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Something written, writing, scripture, inscription, a writing, letter, treatise, writ, charter, book Óþ ðone first ðe hie wel cunnen Englisc gewrit arǽdan until such time as they can read English writing well, Past. pref. Swt. 7, 13, 17.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Hý wǽron styriende commoti sunt, Ps. Th. 47, 5. Styrendum mobilibus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 7. trans. To put in motion Styrede agitabat, Wrt.

Linked entry: stirian

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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manner or quality; where it qualifies words denoting pain, effort, or the like, it may be considered as keeping much of its old force, but even there it is used to translate Latin words marking degree; while in the case of words which do not convey such

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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Ða ðýstru swá ðicce wǽron tenebrae in tantum coudensatae sunt, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 12. Becómon ðicce ðeóstru, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 3. where objects are placed close together, thick, dense Gif hǽr tó þicce sié, Lchdm. ii. 156, 8.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Þonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneð cólian, Rún. 29. as a particle of vague meaning Sume fæstlíce (wutudlíce, R., the West-Saxon version has nothing) cuoedon quidam autem dicebant, Jn. L. 7, 41. Ǽc ł fæstlíce (W. S. has nothing) quidem, 16, 9: 11, 6: Lk.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Gefraignende Drihtne huæs sunu wére Críst, Mt. p. 19, 8. to ask about, after, & c.

ge-nemnan

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Ꝥ bið hálig Godes sunu genemned, Bl. H. 7, 24. Sé þe heora cyning mid rihte genemned wǽre, 177, 12.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Árís hræðlíce surge velociter, Rtl. 58, 9. Hreód wrít[eres] hreðlíce wrítendes, Ps. Srt. 44, 2. figurative Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15, cursim festinat credere Christo), Wrt.

ge-sécan

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Godes Sunu hié hæfde gesóht, 13, 3. in order to help Gesóhte uisitauit, Lk. L. R. l, 68. Hé ús gesóhte hider on middangeard, Bl. H. 129, ii: ii. 34.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Suǽ ðió palmtreó ne mæge gebrenge wæstem búta geuuniga in wíngearde, suǽ ne gié búta in mec gié gewunige, Jn. L. 15, 4.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Sume hé lét þreágan mid heardum broce alios duris agitari sinit, Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 24. Longe ic wæs nú on ðǽm heardan campe, Bl. H. 225, 31. Hón on heardre hengene, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 30: Hml. S. 37, 101, 157.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Gescynded on heora wón willan abominabiles in voluntatibus suis, Ps. Th. 13, I. Mid wó múðe ore perverso, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20. Ðæt hyne gehwá wið wó gewitnysse gehealde, L. E. G. 27; Th. ii. 422, 35.

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Aldbryht wræccea (wrecca, v. l. ) gewát on Súþ-Seaxe, Chr. 722; Erl. 44, 28. Ðá hé wrecca wæs dum exularet, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 39. Wrecca (wreccea, v. l. ), Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 33. Fundode wrecca, gist of geardum, Bec. Th. 2279; B. 1138.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

á-hebban

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Hwí sind gé áhafene ofer Drihtenes folc cur elevamini super populum Domini? , Num. 16, 3. to give higher worth or value to, to exalt Up áhef hig extolle eos , Ps. L. fol. 195 b, 23.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Ne cóm seó hreów*-*sung tó nánre þrowunge usque ad cruciatum non perveniret poenitentia, Past. 419, 14. Hit cóm tó þám, . . . þæt hé geceás him leorningcnihtas, Wlfst. 17, 9.

ge-mána

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partaking of the Eucharist, communion; the Eucharist Ne gewiton þá nunnan of þǽre cyrican betwyh þám þe bescyrede wǽron þæs god-cundan gemánan, for þon þe hí onféngon þone gemánan fram Drihtne þurh þone Drihtnes þeówan dum inter eos qui communione privati sunt