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ge-sprǽc

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Ðæt is best . . . ꝥ man . . . gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, and wite hwonne hé gespréce hæbbe (when he have occasion for speaking), and hwanne him geanswaræd si, Prov.

leód-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
leód-mægen, es; n.
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Lofige hine eall his leódmægen laudate eum omnes virtutes ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 2. Leódmægnes worn a host of warriors, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 7; Exod. 195: Th. 188, 13; Exod. 167

ge-myndelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-myndelíce, adv.

By memory, without bookmĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro

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By memory, without book; mĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro Lǽraþ ðisne cantic Israéla bearn, ðæt híg hine gemyndelíce singon, and sí me to tácne ðis leóþ gemang Israéla folce cantĭcum istud dŏcēte fĭlios Israel, ut mĕmŏrĭter tĕneant et ore decantent, et sit mihi

æt-steall

(n.)
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Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum, wong bletsade him tó ætstealle (v. Stephens' Waldere's Lay, p. 83), Gú. 150

up-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lang, adj.

tallhigh upright

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tall, high Wǽron hié nigon fóta uplonge pedum alti .ix., Nar. 22, 6. upright Ongeán sunnan upweard licge hé ... ðonne uplang ásitte, Lchdm. ii. 18, 16: iii. 2, 12. Sǽweall uplang gestód, Cal. Th. 197, 7; Exod. 303: Beo. Th. 1523; B. 759.

Linked entry: up-heáh

þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.

therewithwith thatstraightwayat the same time

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Grammar þǽr-mid, temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

Linked entry: mid

for-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽran, to -lǽranne; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred

To misteachdeceiveseducecorruptpervertdecĭpĕresedūcĕrecorrumpĕre

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Hie seó wyrd forlǽrde fate mistaught them, 1227; An. 614: Elen. Kmbl. 415; El. 208. Ðe hig forlǽrdon who deceived them, Num. 31, 16. Ðú me forlǽred hæfst thou hast seduced me, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 34; Gen. 818: Ex. 14, 11

Linked entry: for-leorning

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25.

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1

þeáwfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
þeáwfæstness, e; f.
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Þeningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon (cf. þénas ðe his willan gefyllaþ, 65), Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62. Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse regule oboedientiam et disciplinam, R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16.

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sadto be sorrowfulto make sad or sorrowful

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Hiá ongunnon unrótsia (-rótsiga, Rush.) illi coeperunt contristari, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19. Unrótsande wæs contristatus est, Mt. Kmbl.

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t

fóre-gleáw

Grammar
fóre-gleáw, fore-gleáw (for-)

fore-seeingfore*-*knowingpropheticprovidentprudent

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I. 108, 16) on his gebodum sit in imperiis suis providus, R. Ben. 121, 15. Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes foregleáwes (providi), Hy. S. 82, 3

mæsse-sang

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him swíðlíce ondréd in þám mæssesange ( in illa missarum celebritate), Gr. D. 309, 4.

tó-dǽlan

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hié dispartire eos, Ps. Vos. 16, 14. Add On þreó tódǽledum tripartitis (gradibus ), An. Ox. 1361. Add To-dǽlendum distinguente, An. Ox. 1369.

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions,to partto go away,pass away

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Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd.

Linked entry: tó-gán

á-wédan

to go madto rageto be mad

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Se cyng áwédde þe hine cwellan hét, and ealle þá hǽþenan bisceopas áwéddan and swulton, 121, 3-5. Ðá swín ealle áwéddan, Hml. S. 17, 194. Ðá wearð Decius mid feóndlicum gáste áwéd, Hml. Th. i. 434, 7, 9: ii. 510, 28. His dohtor is áwédd, 110, 28.

leóma

(n.)
Grammar
leóma, an; m.

Lightradiancesheensplendourlightningray

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Leómum inlýhted illumined with his rays, 42 a; Th. 141, 14; Gú. 627. Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman the sun hid its hot beams, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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In 330 he removed the seat of empire to Byzantium, which he called after his own name Κωνσταντίνου πόλις, the city of Constantin, Constantinople Férde Constantius forþ on Breotone, and Constantínus his sunu, ðam gódan Cásere, his ríce forlét.Wríteþ Eutropius

fóre-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-setnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

a thing proposedpropositionpurposeintentionpropŏsĭtiopropŏsĭtumthat which is placed beforea prepositionpræpŏsĭtio

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Héredodon his gemynd and his fóresetnesse laudāvērunt ejus prōpŏsĭtum, 5, 19; S. 637, 26: 4, 23; S. 593, 15. Ic ontýne on sealmlofe ingehygdnessa oððe fóresetnysse míne ăpĕriam in psaltērio propŏsĭtiōnem meam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.