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hors-wealh

(n.)
Grammar
hors-wealh, es; m.

A servant that attends to horses

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Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian ðæs wergield biþ cc sciłł. L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 12

Linked entry: wealh

on-þunian

(v.)

to swell out, exceed due bounds

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to swell out, exceed due bounds Ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta ðara ðe worhte Waldend úser; se mec ána mæg geþeón þrymme, ðæt ic onrinnan (onþunian is suggested by Grein ) ne sceal, Exon. Th. 427, 15; Rä. 41, 91. (?)

Linked entries: þunian þunian

cíþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
cíþ-fæst, adj.

Rooted, growingradicatus, crescens

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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he hí wæteraþ óþ-ðæt hí beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26

eorþ-tudor

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-tudor, gen. -tudres; n. [tuddor progeny]

Progeny of earth, menterrestris prōgĕnies, hŏmĭnes

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Progeny of earth, men; terrestris prōgĕnies, hŏmĭnes Ðis ys se dæg de Drihten geworhte eallum eorþtudrum eádgum to blisse this is the day which the Lord made for bliss to all happy men. Ps. Th. 117, 22

Linked entry: túdor

feorh-góma

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-góma, an; m. [góma the gums, jaws]

Fatal or deadly jawsfatāles fauces

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Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549

Linked entry: góma

rodor-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
rodor-cyning, es; m.
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The king of heaven, Christ Þurh ðæs hýhstan meaht, rodorcyninges giefe, se ðe on róde treó geþrowade, Exon. Th. 269, 8; Jul. 447 : 45, 30; Cri. 727 : Elen. Kmbl. 1771 ; El. 887. Radorcyninges ród, 1245; El. 624

ge-métnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métnes, -ness, e; f.

A finding, discoveryinventio

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A finding, discovery; inventio Se dæg heora þrówunga ge heora líchoman gemétnesse mid árwurþre weorþunge on ðám stówum mǽrsode syndon dies passiōnis vel inventiōnis eōrum congrua illis in lŏcis vĕnĕrātiōne celebrātur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 18

un-sóþsagol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþsagol, adj.

Speaking falselylyingmendacious

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Se smið ne dorste secgan ðás gesihðe ǽnigum menn, nolde beón gesewen unsóðsagul (-ol) boda, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 58

Linked entry: sóþ-sagol

cild-lic

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Se cildlica heáp wolde þæs ánes cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Add

démere

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Se doemere judex, Lk. L. 12, 58. Hí beóð ðá démeras and him ne bið nán dóm gedémed, Hml. Th. i. 396, 19. Doemeras judices, Mt. L. 12, 27. Hwǽr syndon démra dómstówa?, Wlfst. 148, 31. Add

eall-wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
eall-wealdend, es; m.
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Swá swá se eallwealdend heom úðe, 26, 26. Gif hé gewilnaþ þæs eallwealdendes miltsunge, 19, 187

Linked entries: wealdend æle-wealdend

foran-niht

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Hit gelamp on þǽre nihte ꝥ se cyning læg wæccende lange on forannihte, Hml. A. 98, 209. De completorio (Forannihtsang) On foranniht wé sculon God herian ǽr wé tó bedde gán, Btwk. 218, 34: 194, 14. Add

Linked entry: foranniht-sang

ge-fylgan

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., ðonne gefylge ðínre mildheortnesse.' Ðá cóm stefn of heofenum . . . 'Swá hwelc swá . . . mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére,' Shrn. 73, 7

ge-landian

(v.; adj.)
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Landed, pos- sessed of land Se geréfa . . . gesylle mé .cxx. sciłł., and be healfum þám ǽlc mínra þegna þe gelandod sý, Ll. Th. i. 240, 20

ge-feógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feógan, p. ge-feóde
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ðe mec gefíið fæder mín gefíið ł gefiáð, 15, 23. Geféð iówih middengeord, Jn. R. 15, 19. Gifiádun (gefiádon, L.) oderunt, 24. Gifióge odisse, 7, 7

Linked entry: feógan

ofer-módian

(v.)
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Náteshwón framað on héhnysse eádmódnysse leornian þe on neowlum gesett ná geswícð ofermódian (superbire ), 84, 8. Ofermódigende superbiendo, 230, 3

Linked entry: -módian

on-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gyrdan, to ungird a person,
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strip a person of a girdle or of what is girded on him Hé ongyrde hine his swurde discinxit se gladio suo, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 23. Þá ongyrde óþer þegn þá fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 29

on-sundrum

Grammar
on-sundrum, <b>. I.</b>
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Oþ þæt cildra inngân þâ cyrcean ân on-sundron gehringed belle ( let a bell be rung without the accompaniment of any other? ; but the Latin is: Unum continuatim pulsetur tintinnabu-lum), Angl. xiii. 380, 211. Add

or-met

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or-met, or-mett.
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Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

riht-gesamhíwan

(n.)
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Lbmn. 22, 25) bearn hæbben, and ðonne se wer gewíte. Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, Ll. Th. i. 126, 1. Cf. riht-híwa

Linked entries: riht-híwa ge-samhíwan