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þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hæfþ se þeówa ǽnigne þanc, forþam ðe hé dyde ðæt him beboden wæs, Lk. Skt. 17, 9. Þonc hafa, Iofes, ðæt ic ða móste oferwinnan, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 27. Þanc cunnan, witan [cf. He cuðe him ðerof wel gret ðhanc, Gen. and Ex. 1659.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

gelíce

(adv.)
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Hé spræc gelícost ðǽm ðe hit hwelchwugu syn wǽre, Past. 397, 28: Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hé fór tó ánre byrg gelícost þǽm þe hé hié ábrecan þóhte, 5, 7; S. 230, 1: 6, 31; S. 286, 15: 6, 36; S. 294, 11.

ge-bídan

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<b></b></b> Hié swá ondrǽdendlíce gebidon þæt se ege ofergongen wæs, and þǽr siþþan wælgrimlíce gefuhton. Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 31. Gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, oð ðú wite ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende, Past. 385, 12.

ge-win

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Gé geseóþ nú mínra gewinna wæstm gefullian, Bl. H. 191, 23. God nolde hí ábysgian mid þám gewinnum (geswinceum, v. l.) þises middaneardes eos Deus noluit hujus mundi laboribus occupari, Gr.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Hé getimbrede ða burg Babylonie tó ðon ðæt heó wǽre heáfod ealra Asiria Babyloniam urbem instauravit, caputque regni Assyrii ut esset instituit, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 60, 14. Stæfes heáfud apicem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 17.

freónd-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-scipe, -scype, es; m.

FRIENDSHIPamīcĭtia

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FRIENDSHIP; amīcĭtia Is nú swá hit nó wǽre freóndscipe uncer our friendship is now as it had not been, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 4; Kl. 25.

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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Eall ðæra Iudéiscra teóna árás þurh ðæt hwí Drihten Crist seðe æfter flǽsce sóðlíce is mannes sunu eác swilce wǽre gecweden Godes sunu all the quarrel of the Jews had its origin from this, why Christ, who according to the flesh is truly the son of man

Linked entries: hwí hwig

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre qui præscius sui obitus exstitisse videtur, 4, 24; S. 599, 14. Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye, Shrn. 178, 2.

Linked entry: ge-wiss

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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[mǽne vilis, scelestus] to make common, contaminate, defile, violate; communicare, coinquinare, violare Ðæt ðǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurh inwit-searo ǽfre gemǽnden that there not any man by words or works should break the compact

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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Ðæt hé ðone áð funde, gif hé mæhte, ungecorenne, ðe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre.

Linked entry: ge-coren

be-gíman

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Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt hig begímon þǽra þinga þe tó þǽre hálgan eardungstówe belimpað custodiant vasa tabernaculi. Num. 3, 7. Begýmendum gubernante, An. Ox. 1993.

ceorian

(v.)
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Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes ne ceoriendes wales, Lch. iii. 430, 34. to murmur about (ymb), against (ongeán) Hé ceorað ongeán God, Hml. Th. i. 472, 8. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7.

efen-niht

(n.)
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Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice emniht, 24. Seó emniht byð on .xii. kl. Octobris, Angl. viii. 311, 26.

ge-sǽlignes

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lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre

Linked entry: sǽligness

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 414. Gewislíce ic hæbbe certe habeo, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 7.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

síc

(n.)
Grammar
síc, es; n. : but síce, es; m.
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In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12. [Syke rivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 195, col. 2. Icel. sík a ditch, trench: O. H. Ger. gi-sích stagnum, lacus, palus (cf.

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteousunjustwickedwrongful

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Hié him andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre and uuryhtlíc ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 11.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Eówre brocu nú lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Þæt wé wære beón þæs egeslican tíman þe tówerd is . . . Þæt bið se egeslicesta þe ǽfre gewearð, Wlfst. 95, 2