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ge-wissian

(v.)
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Grn. 7, 39. to give information about, inform a person of something Heó him cúðlíce ealle þing ymbe Crístes menniscnysse gewissode, Hml. Th. i. 440, 1.

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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. - He gives the following account of himself, according to king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version, made about 890 Ic Beda, Cristes þeów, and Mæsse-Preóst ðæs Mynstres ðare eádigra Apostola Petrus and Paulus, ðæt is æt Wira-múþan [Wearmouth] and on Gyrwum

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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His wǽpna syndon swǽre tó berenne, ac Cristes geoc is wynsum, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 14. Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Gif míne synna wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl.

Linked entry: swár

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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. ¶ to die to anything, become dead to, have no further concern with :-- Ðú scealt sweltan synna and Criste lybban, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 592

Linked entry: a-sweltan

god-webb

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gehwylc godweb hangað on hundtwelftigum hringa gyldenra ... ðæt ðridde godweb wæs on ðæs godwebbes onlícnisse ðe geó ymb mínes fæder Dauides columban hangode on ðissum ilcan temple: ðæt feórðe godweb wæs on ðæs godwebbes onlícnisse ðe geó Abimelech bróhte Críste

Linked entry: gode-webb

ge-wrixl

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Gelíce þá biscopas syndan on gewrixle þára apostola on þǽre háligra gesomnunge, swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas on þám gewrixle Crístes þegna, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19-22.

sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
sceádan, scádan; scéd,sceád ; sceáden.

to separate, divide, make a line of separation betweento distinguish, decideto scatter, shedto separate, divide, partto be distinguished, to differto scatter, shed

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Shædenn hemm fra Criste, 1209. Tobrekeð hore uetles and schedeð hore clennesse, A. R. 166, 7. His blode þet he shedde for us, 312, 19. Scheaden þet chef urom þe clene cornes, 270, 27. Blod isched, 402, 21.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Cristes cyricean on his ríce geornlíce timbrede and rǽrde ecclesiam Christi in regno suo multum diligenter aedificare ac dilatare curavit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 37. Man unriht rǽrde and unlaga manege, Wulfst. 156, 13.

Linked entry: hebban

ge-bringan

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Þæt man crístene men on hǽðendóme ( in heathen lands) ne gebringe, 378, 1. Cuce orf hé on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe, 274, 26. Hé hine sceal æt stæðe underfón, and eft þǽr gebringan, 354, 25.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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.; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . . Se fixnoð æfter his ǽriste getácnode þá gesǽligan Crístenan . . . þá þá Petrus geseah swylcne fixnoð mid hym, þá feól hé tó þæs Hǽlendes cneówum . . .

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Ðú wiðsóce sóþum criste tu repulisti christum tuum, Ps. Th. 88, 32. Hé wiðsóc (repulit ) snytru húse, wæs his ágen hús, 77, 60, 67. Hé ðínum wiðsóc aldordóme, Elen. Kmbl. 1531; El. 767. Ðǽm englum ðe Gode wiþsócan, Blickl. Homl. 49, 8.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Ða Judéiscan noldon gehýran Cristes sóðfæstnysse, forðan ðe hí wǽron áfyllede mid heora fæder leásunge, 226, 24.

Linked entry: bisleásung

drífan

(v.)
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Hí náne sprǽce ne drifon bútan ǽfre embe Crístes naman they carried on no conversation except ever about Christ's name, Hml. S. 23, 530. Man ne mót sprǽce drífan binnan Godes cyrican, 13, 69.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Crístes leorningcnihtas ... ðám wífe tó him geðingodon, Hml. Th. ii. 112, 15. Þæt heó ús geðingige tó hyre ágenum suna, i. 204, 29.

ge-weorc

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Fram þæs temples geweorce tó Cristes ðrowunge from the building of the temple to the crucifixion, Angl. xi. 9, 31. Fram fremðe middangeardes oð Róme burhge geweorc, Angl. xi. 5, 19.

lǽran

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Th. i. 56, 4. intransitive, to give instruction about something Se hálga heáp . . . hí ásendon tó lǽrenne eallnm leódscipum be Crístes tócyme for middangeardes álýsednysse, Hml. Th. i. 388, 16

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Þeós gerýnu is wedd and híw; Cristes líchama is sóðfæstnyss. Ðis wed wé healdaþ gerýnelíce óð ðæt wé becumon tó ðære sóðfæstnysse, and ðonne bið ðis wedd geendod, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 6-8. Hié onféngon fulwihte and freoðuwǽre, wuldres wedde, Andr.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

ge-rihtan

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Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 15. to correct. a person, to reform, amend Ðonne ic man geryhtan ne mæg and hine gelǽran quos corrigere nequeo, Past. 153, 11.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid; ná ðæt hé Criste útganges rýmde, Homl. Th. i. 222, 9. Se engel rýmde him weg þurh ðæt fýr, ii. 344, 13.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

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

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Má ðæra Iudéiscra ealdra embe Cristes cwale smeádon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 28. Næfde hé má ðonne twentig swýna, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 14. Nó ðé láðes má gedón móton no worse may they do thee, Andr. Kmbl. 2885; An. 1446.

Linked entries: mǽst