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ge-sceádlic

(adj.)
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ge-sceádlic, adj.
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Ðæt áhrérede mód mid ðǽre gesceádlican andsuare bið getǽsed commotae mentes responsorum ratione tanguntur, Past. 297, 17. rational, based on reason or argument Is þis wundorlic and winsum and ge-sceádlic (gesceádwíslic, v.l.) spell fulcrum hoc atque

Linked entry: -sceádlic

ge-derian

(v.)
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Sé ðe heom gederige mid worde oððe weorce, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6. Gif hit gewierðe ꝥ man gehádedum oþþe ælþeódigum gederode (-ede, v.l.), i. 192, 18. Nán mon ne mæg þám gesceádwísan móde gederian, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 17

ge-egesian

(v.)
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Ðás hǽðenan ... mid fyrhte geegsa (-egesa), Hml. S. 25, 372. Se wéna ðára tóweardena yfela hié geegesige cum suspecta mala contristant, Past. 395, 2.

hama

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Seó nǽddre áwurpð ǽlce geáre hire ealdan haman, and bið ðonne befangen mid eallníwum felle, Nap, 35. Hér cóm in gangan in spíder (inspíder?) wiht hæfde him his haman on handa, Lch. iii. 42, 12

gyltig

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Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35. Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ wiþ Gode oþþe wiþ men, 444, 6

heofon-cund

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Mid ðǽm heofoncundan fire wǽron ðá lác forbærndu on ðǽm altere, 222, 23. Gé ne ongitaðþone heofoncundan anweald, Bt. 16, l; F. 48, 31. Þú gemengest þá heofoncundan hider wið eorðan sáula wið líce, Met. 20, 235.

hund-feald

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hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Tén ðúsend síðan hundfealde ðúsenda him mid wunodon decies millies centena millia assistebant ei (Dan. 7, 10), 348, 3. Hundfealde centeni, Ælf. Gr. Z. 13, 16. be hundfealdum a hundredfold: — -Be hundfealdum hé onfghð leán centuplum accipiet.

iacinð

(n.)
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Mid ðǽm stáne iacincta (iecinta, v. l.), 83, 24. lacincðe (iacincte, v. l. ), 87, 3

líþe

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Sprecende mid líðum wordum (líðre spríéce, v. l.) blando sermone alloquens, Gr. D. 80, 15. Ealle þá gesetnessa þe þǽr tó stronge wǽron and tó hearde hé hié ealle gedyde leóhtran and líþran, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 244, 16. v. freónd-, meolc-líþe. Add

mynster

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Wæs se abbud gehádod tó þǽm mynstre þe Eádgár cyning mid munecum gesette, Lch. iii. 438, 26. Þes þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, 434, 20. Hé began georne mynstera wíde geond his cyneríce tó rihtlǽcynne, 440, l.

of-stician

(v.)
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Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Man þá hálgan . . . swilce ofsticode swín (stuck pigs) holdode, Hml. S. 23, 106. In l. 7 after '79, 8' add: cf.

on-hreósan

(v.)
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Forhergad mid onhreósendum hægle grandine irruente vastata, Gr. D. 57, 5. Onhreósendre mettrumnesse hé geneálǽhte tó deáðe qui ingruente aegritudine ad mortem veniens, 195, 20. Cf. á-hreósan

Linked entry: an-hreósan

or-leahter

(n.)
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Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on orleahtre . . . welan tó forwyrde gedragað; wel feala for welan on orleahter becómon, E. S. viii. 473, 16-26.

wærc

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.) ; for ðan se wræc (wærc, v.l. ) bid miceles cwelmes ǽlcum þára þe hé tó cymeð ; for ðan hine sóna ne lysteð metes ne drinces . . . ne ðǽr ne bið ǽnig wuldor mid him, þæt hé fore wynsumige, þeáh him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc.

gǽlsa

lust

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Mid sticelum gǽlsan luxuriae stimulis, 179. Þá þe ðá eorðlican grǽdignysse and gǽlsan ungefóhlíce fremmað qui luxuria et libidine pascitur et delectatur, Angl. vii. 26, 252: Wlfst. 166, 29. Ámyrran gemyndum módes gǽlsan, Mód. 11.

hǽnan

(v.)
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hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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Hǽne hine man mid stánum let him be stoned with stones, Lev. 20, 2

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

heán-líc

(adj.)
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heán-líc, adj.

Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poorinfamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor

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Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle, Byrht. Th. 133, 25.

gát

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Gáta loc titule, 122, 41, Mid gǽtena (gǽtenum, v. l., with a later gloss gotene) smerwe, Lch. i. 178, 18. Þá gǽt, Wlfst. 288, 4. the word occurs in local names, e. g. Gát-hám, Gáte-hlinc, Gáte-wyl, Gáta-ford, Gáta-tún, C. D. vi. 290

on-hǽtan

(v.)

to heatof violent emotion, to inflame

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Ðá ðæt ( the brazen bull ) onhǽt wæs, Ors. l, 12; Swt. 54, 28. of violent emotion, to inflame Hira mód ne beóþ onhǽt mid nánre manunge, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 7. Heorte is onhǽted. Judth. Thw. 22, 30; Jud. 87

Linked entry: in-hǽtan

sorh-líc

(adj.)
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sorh-líc, adj.

Sorrowfulcausing sorrowgrievoussorrymiserable

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Stingaþ hine mid sorhlícum sáre on his heortan, 141, 9. Setl his ðú gesettest sorglíc on eorðan sedem ejus in terra collisisti, Ps. Th. 88, 37