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ginian

(v.)
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H. 23, 34), 10, 69. of material, to gape, yawn, be wide open Beneoðan swíðe deóp niwolnys ginode (geonode, v. l.) profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.

éðel-land

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-land, -lond, es; n.

A native land, a countrypatria, terra

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A native land, a country; patria, terra Ða wæs gúþ-hergum wera éðelland geond-sended then with hostile bands was the people's native land overspread, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 20; Gen. 1968: 69; Th. 83, 14; Gen. 1379.

hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)

for-lǽran

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Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4.

wídgilness

(n.)
Grammar
wídgilness, e; f.
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Wé beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34

Linked entry: wídgalness

plega

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biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne cnapan geond

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas hé tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe hé tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31

tó-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sciftan, p. te

To divide for the purpose of distribution,to divide and distribute

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Se cyng lét tóscyfton ðone here geond eall ðis land tó his mannon the king had the troops divided and quartered all over the country on his men, 1085; Erl. 218, 8

flýma

(n.)
Grammar
flýma, fléma, an; m.

One who fleesa runawayan exileoutlawa man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a convictionprofŭgusfŭgĭtīvusexul

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One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan profăgus ĕris sŭper terram, Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16.

Linked entries: fléma flíma

wíd-scriþol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scriþol, (-el, -ul); adj.
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Fífte cyn muneca is wídscriþelra hleápera, ðe under muneces gegyrlan ǽghwyder scríþaþ; ða þurh nánes mannes sande ne faraþ, faraþ þeáh geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende, R. Ben. 135, 20.

Linked entry: scriðol

bláwung

inflation

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Th. ii. 216, 2. inflation, Similar entries cf. bláwan, II. 3 Ealle þá bláwunge and þá welmas þá þe beóþ gehwǽr geond þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 204, 14

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.
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Þǽr wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia mánfulra hlóð, fordénera gedræg, 43. of things, material Ofer deóp gedreag over the deep tumult of the waves, Ra. 7, 10. non-material Sinsorgna gedreag, Kl. 45

hylc

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Fram stíge geond wóge hylcas on þá swýþran hand búgende a tramite per obliquos anfractus dextra (levaque) declinantia, 3427. an inequality of surface, a hump, roughness of land Ábrocen land vel hilcas (-es, MS.) anfractus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 12.

líge-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
líge-leóht, (?); adj.
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Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg þæt háte fram ðám hwíte áscádan, ne ðæt hwíte fram þám légeleóhte (þæt háte, Þæt hwíte, þæt légeleóhte seem all substantive forms of the

neáh-west

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neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Binnan ánes geáres fyrste næs gemét hǽðengild geond hundteóntig míla-neáwiste ( for a hundred miles round), Hml. Th. i. 562, 27. Add Ic wolde þaet hý mínre neáwiste wilnedon and þíne forhogedon, Wlfst. 255, 17.

tó-brecan

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</b> to spread in patches Swá ꝥ seó fáguncg wæs þǽre hýde tóbrocen geond eallne his líchaman swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 158, 33. <b>II c.

ge-dwild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwild, -dwyld, es; n.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis On ðám tídum arás Pelaies gedwild geond middangeard in those times the heresy of Pelagius arose throughout the world, Chr. 380; Erl. 11, 6. On gedwilde into error, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 22; Gen. 23.

Linked entry: ge-dwyld

Angel-cynn

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Geond Angelcynn (-kynn, v. l.). . . on Angelcynne (-kynne, v. l. ) . . . behionan Humbre . . .begiondan Humbre, Past. 3, 3-16. ¶ where the reference is to Northumbria :-- Ongan þæt mægen Angelcynnes ríces tóflówan. Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 28.

wésten

(n.)
Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
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Geond wéstena, 67, 8. Geond wéstenu, 10, 1. On ða wéstenu middangeardes in desertas orbis terrarum solitudines Nar. 6, 5. Gynd wéstnu per auia Germ. 391, 40

be-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
be-grétan, -grǽtan; p. -grét, pl. -gréton; pp. -gréten, -grǽten

To lamentbewaillamentaredeplorare

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To lament, bewail; lamentare, deplorare Fæmnan ne wǽran geonge begrétte virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ Ps. Th. 77, 63