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un-genemnendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-genemnendlic, adj.
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the Greek version has ἀγνώστῳ) morte defunctus est, Gr. D. 341, 13

Linked entry: ge-nemnendlic

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt. Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6

Linked entry: betre

ge-coren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-coren, pp. of geceósan

Chosenchoicefitgoodbeloveddear

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John is more beloved than all God's saints, Blickl. Homl. 167, 26. Ða gecorenistan dune the goodliest mountain, Deut. 3, 25

Linked entry: -coren

leáf-full

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-full, adj.

Believingfaithful

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God cwæþ tó Moysen ðæt hé wolde cuman and hine ætforan ðam folce gesprecan ðæt hí ðý leáffulran wǽron God said to Moses that he would come and talk with him before the people, that they might be the more believing [v. Exod. 19, 9], Homl.

sǽ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-lida, -leoda, an; m.

A sea-goer, sailor

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Ic georne wát ðæt ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽleodan syllicran cræft I have never seen in a seaman more wondrous skill, Andr. Kmbl. 999; An. 500. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, 941;An. 471. Offa ðone sǽlidan slóh, Byrht. Th. 140, 10; By. 286

Linked entries: lida sǽ-leoda

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 18. Similar entries (? v. sáp)

Linked entry: sáp

spédan

(v.)
Grammar
spédan, p. de

To speedhave successsucceed in doing somethingaccelerare

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Gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde if he succeeds in obtaining no more than a half hide, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1) for you is it better to buy off this attack ... We need not destroy one another, if you succeed in doing this, Byrht. Th. 132, 51; By. 34

Linked entry: fór-spédian

for-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-síþ, es; m.

A going awaydeparturedeathexĭtiumŏbĭtusmors

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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12

Linked entry: forþ-síþ

un-áspringendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringendlic, adj.
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Unfailing Hire byþ se deáþ undeádlic and seó wanung unáspringendlic and se ænde ungedállic ei mors immortalis sit et defectus indeficiens et finis infinitus. Gr. D. 337, II. In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-springendlic

dæg-rima

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-rima, an; m. [dæg day, rima a rim, edge]

Daybreak, morning aurora

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Daybreak, morning; aurora Hwæt is ðeós ðe astíhþ swilce arísende dægrima what is this which ascends like the rising morn? Homl. Th. i. 442, 33. Dægrima aurora, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 128; Wrt. Voc. 53, 9: Hymn. Surt. 8, 21

feorg-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
feorg-gedál, es; n.

Life-separationdeathvītæ divortiummors

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Life-separation, death; vītæ divortium, mors Siððan líc and leomu and ðes lífes gǽst asundrien somwíst hyra þurh feorg-gedál when body and limbs and this life's spirit sunder their fellowship through death, Exon. 50 a; Th. 172, 29; Gú. 1151

furþor

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His heáh geweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 29. of degree or extent, to a greater degree or extent, more thoroughly or completely Swá hé má drinceð, swá hyt furðor clǽnsað, Lch. i. 352, 25.

word-latu

(n.)
Grammar
word-latu, e; f.

Delay in speaking

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(Cf. búton late sine mora, R. Ben. 55, 12, omitted under latu.)

Linked entry: latu

un-áberendlic

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Quid esse intolerabilius potest, quam mors filii ante oculos patris?, Past. 343, 11. Add

deóp-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deóp-líce, dióp-líce; comp.-lícor ; sup.-lícost ; adv.

DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughlyprofunde, subtīlĭter

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Wit sculon deóplícor ymbe ðæt beón we two must inquire more deeply about it, 5, 3; Fox 12, 12. Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280

Linked entry: dióplíce

hwearfung

(n.)
Grammar
hwearfung, e; f.

A turningrevolutionchangeexchangebarter

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A turning, revolution, change, exchange, barter Ðé wæs ðeós hwearfung betere forðam ðe ðissa woruldsǽlþa tó wel ne lyste this change was more tolerable to thee, because thou didst not take too much pleasure in temporal blessings, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 23

Linked entry: hwerfung

ge-gremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gremian, -gremman; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To irritateprovokeexciteincenseinflameexaspĕrāreprovŏcāreexăcerbāre

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Hwæt hit swíður gehierste and gegremige what more scorches and excites it? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 2; Hat. MS. 32 a, 15. Gegremod wearþ se gúþrinc the chief was incensed, Byrht. Th. 135, 54; By. 138.

Linked entry: gremian

BÓSG

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSG, bósig, bósih, es; m? n?

An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE,præsepiuma cottagea barnstabulum, præsepium bovis

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It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say, 'you will find it in the cow's boose,' that is, in the place for the cow's food; præsepium Of bósge a præsepio, Lk. Rush. War. 13, 15.

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum, Old Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 76, 6.

ge-sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinscipe, es; m.

Marriagewedlockmatrimonyin pl. Married peopleconnubium,

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Se mægþhád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe virginity is more exalted than marriage, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 24; Hat. MS. He wæs seofan geár on gesinscipe geseted ǽr his biscopdóme he was married for seven years before he was a bishop, Shrn. 110, 1.