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ge-girela

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Add Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde ... mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, Hml, S. 23 b, 570, Add God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora gegirla, Wlfst. 45, 25

ge-cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cneówian, p. ode; pp. od. [cneówian to kneel]

To bend the kneekneelgenuflectŏre

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To bend the knee, kneel; genuflectŏre He on díglum stówum gecneówige gelóme let him frequently kneel in secret places, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 282, 30

ge-fédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fédan, ðú -fédst; p. -fédde; pp. -féded, -fédd, -féd

To feednourishpascĕreenutrīre

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Ic eom geféd pascor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 44. MS. D

swicolness

(n.)
Grammar
swicolness, e; f.
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Deceit, fraud, treachery Míne synna ðe ic ge*-*fremede on mǽnan áðe and swicolnyssæ, Anglia xi. 102, 85. Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse, Wulfst. 55, 12

swegel-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-cyning, es; m.
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The king of heaven Ðæt ic wuldres God séce, swegelcyning, Exon. Th. 167, 4; Gú. 1055. Sweglcyning, Cd. Th. 160, 30; Gen. 2658. Cf. heofon-cyning

un-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
un-bletsung, e; f.

Cursing

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Cursing Fela is ðæra ðe .... embe bletsunga oððe unbletsunga leohtlíce lǽtaþ, and ná understandaþ ... 'Quodcumque benedixeritis et cetera,' L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 36

un-tráglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tráglíce, adv.

Wellhonestly

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Well, honestly Ásécaþ ða ðe snyttro mid eów hæbben, ðæt mé þinga gehwylc þríste gecýðan untráglíce, ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 819; El. 410

Linked entry: tráglíce

Franc-land

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned in Gallia, ꝥ is on Franclande, Lch. i. 238, 13: Hml. Th. i. 560, 7: Hml. S. 28, 2: 26, 240. Add

iren-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
iren-smiþ, es; m.
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A blacksmith ' Hét ic hider lǽdan Stephanum þone írensmið (ferrarium )'. . . Stephanus se írensmið wæs forðféred . . . seó gefremednes Stephanes deáðes þæs írensmiðes, Gr. D. 318, 10-15

lof-sealm

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sealm, es; m.
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Lauds, psalms (cxlviii-cl taken together) used in the church service Þone lofsealm (laudes), þæt is, ' Laudate Dominum de celis, ' R. Ben. 36, 18: 38, 9

fyrþriend

(n.)
Grammar
fyrþriend, es; m.

One who promotes, advances, &c., a patron

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., a patron God eallum þám þe wel þencaþ simle is fultum and firþriend, C. D. B. ii. 389, 17

healsre-feðer

(n.)
Grammar
healsre-feðer, e; f.

The feathers of a pillow, downcervical

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The feathers of a pillow, down Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeðre I am much softer than down, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 28; Rä. 41, 80

on-mirran

(v.)

to hinder, obstruct, disturb

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to hinder, obstruct, disturb Ic bebeóde ðæt ðisne freódóm nǽnig mínra æfterfylgendra eft ne onwende, ne on nǽnigum dǽlum hyne ne onmyrdon, Chart. Th. 390, 31

Linked entry: mirran

hohful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hohful-ness, e; f.

Anxiety, care, trouble

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Anxiety, care, trouble Sǽde ic mínum witun mines módes hohfulnysse I told the anxiety of my mind to my 'witan,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 11

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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B. 1-8; Th. ii. 240, 242

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps.

for-þencan

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But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart, Bt. 8; S. 19, 29-31.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Cf. platissa flóc id(em) it bubla, i. 65, 70, 71 bubla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 36. Flód, II, 43

sunn-ganges

(adv.)
Grammar
sunn-ganges, adv.
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In the direction of the sun's movement, with the sun Wende ðé ðonne iii sunganges, Lchdm. i. 400, 10. Bebeóde hé hine Gode geornlíce and hine gesénige, cyrre hine sungonges ymb, ii. 116, 9.

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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In. 31; Th. i. 122, 4 note. to be hostile Ic wiðstande ongén eów ponam faciem contra vos, Lev. 26, 17