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fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Se lǽce grápað suíðe fægre ymbútan ðæt ðæt hé sníðan wile, Past. 187, 1. Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.

ge-hergian

(v.)
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On Wiht gehergade Wulfhere and gesalde Wihtwaran tó Æþelwalde, 661; P. 32, 14. trans. to overrun with an army, ravage, lay waste a country Hé gehergode ꝥ land, Hml. S. 27, 25. His scipu gehergodon Mæníge, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 15.

mótan

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Gif þé ǽfre gewyrð ꝥ ðú wilt oððe móst eft fandian þára þióstra þisse worulde si terrarum placeat tibi noctem relictam visere Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 25.

ge-setnes

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A. 8, 198. a settlement, an order with respect to property, in pl. a will Heáhgeréfan gesetnysse legatum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 38.

hwilc

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(a α) :-- Gefréd hé hwelc sió hǽl tó habbanne wæs salus, quanti sit muneris, sentitur Past. 249, 7. as substantive, which Hí smeádon hwylc (huá ł huelc, L. quis ) hyra yldost wǽre, Mk. 9. 34. with indefinite force. as adjective, some, any, with noun

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Ne gebyrað him nán þincg ne tó wífe ne tó worldwíge neither wife nor war is any concern of his, Ll. Th. i. 346, 22. Tó woruldgewinne búgan þe him náht tó ne gebyrað (-iað, v.l. ), Hml. S. 25, 832.

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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This Ælfric was a very wise man, so that there was no more sagacious man in England.

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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Swíðe líðum wordum with very gentle words; humanitatis lege eos mulcens, Nar. 25, 10: Exon. 37 b; Th. 124, 3; Gú. 334. Mid líðum styrungum with gentle gestures, Glostr. Frag. 110, 8.

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lár

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Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian; ǽlc eówer hafað tungan; sé þe gód sprecan wile, symble hé mæg sumné mon gebétan, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 14-25. <b>I a.

on-findan

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Ðá ðe hiera líchoman synna onfunden habbað peccata carnis experti, Past. 403, 12. with pronoun object representing a clause Hé swíðor lufade wífa gebǽro þonne wǽpnedmonna. Ꝥ onfunde Arbatus, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 2: 4, 10; S. 200, 18.

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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<b></b> a sign, an action that conveys a meaning :-- Ðis sindon ða tácna ðe mon on mynstre healdan sceal, ðǽr mon swígan haldan wile ...

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Hé woruld ofgeaf, 71, 2; Gen. 1164. ¶ where the present state is contrasted with the future, where the temporal is contrasted with the eternal :-- Ðysse worulde (woreldes, Lind.: weorulde, Rush.) bearn . . .

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Óðerne he dráf mid sticele, óðrum he wiðteáh mid bridle the one he drove with a goad, the other he restrained with a bridle, Past. 40, 3; Hat. MS. 54 b, 12.

ge-writ

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

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Mid ðæs cynges gewrite with the king's writ, 1048; Erl. 177. 19.

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hróf

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Cwóm wiht ofer wealles hróf, Rä. 30, 7

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Ðæs wæles wæs geteald six hund manna mid ðám fýrenum flánum ofsceotene of those who died they counted six hundred shot with the fiery arrows, Homl. Th. i. 506, 6. Ðá hé his bróðor siege ofáxode, ðá férde hé tó ðam wæle his líc sécende, ii. 358, 6.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Sume forlǽtaþ ða hig ǽr hæfdon and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimaþ some leave the wives they had before, and while the wife is still living, take another, Wulfst. 269, 23. Sum ðéh hé forlǽte ða hé ǽr hæfde, hé be lifiendre ðære eft óðere nimþ, L.

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ge-medemian

(v.)
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II. without personal object, to condescend, deign, vouchsafe. with infin.

ge-weorc

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<b>VI b</b>. of buildings :-- Híí Wiðin-nan þám níwan geweorce, Hml. S. 21, 23. Ceastra, . . . weallstána geweorc, Gn. C. 3. v. súþ-, templ-, treów-geweorc. <b>VI c.

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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Frs. monia to admonish; to claim (with gen.): O. H. Ger. manón, manén monere, suggerere with acc. of person (and gen. of thing)]