binnan
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Binnan eahta mannum béte man ꝥ fullum were, Ll. Th. i. 286, 27. temporal, within a period Binnan þǽm (geárum), Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 23. Binnan six dagum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 30: Lch. i. 278, 10. Bynnan healfon geáre, 204, 3.
gehwǽr
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Th. i. 136, 24. in every instance Hé ꝥ in scopgereorde mid þá mǽstan swétnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forðbróhte.
ge-lífan
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Gif is geléfed were ꝥ wíf forleta, Mk. L. 10, 2. with gerundial infin. Ðá néron geléfed (-lǽfed, R.) him tó gebrúcanne quos non licebat ei edere, Mt. L. 12, 4. Ne is giléfed ðé tó habbanne láfe bróðer ðínes, Mk. R. L. 6, 18: Lk.
BRECAN
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We brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum we sail over the sea in ships [lit. sea-horses ]. Andr. Kmbl. 1025; An. 513. v. reflex.
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Ús biþ ðonne leófre ðonne eal eorþan wela gif hé ús miltsian wile if he will shew us mercy, shall we not prefer that to all the wealth of earth? 51, 29.
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ge-sceaft
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On ðæs líchoman gesceafte wé underféngon ealle ðá ðénunga ðe wé nú ðiówiað in corporis positione accipimus quod in actione servemus, 233, 9.
ge-weorþian
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Gen. 14, 19), Gen. 2107. þurh þone tócyme wé wǽron geweorþode and gewelgade and geárode, Bl. H. 105, 24 : 171, 32. <b>VI a.
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 301, 35 Professor Leo says, — 'A crundel or crundwel is a spring or well, with its cistern, trough, or reservoir,' and cites, — Ðonon eft on crundwylle then again to crund-spring Cod. Dipl. 1188; Kmbl. v. 354, 20, 28.
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rýmet
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Lchdm. iii. 417 on this charter. extension of a person's well-being Ða (certain property) ic gescarode mé sylfum and mínum foregengum and eftyrgengum tó écum rýmete to the furtherance of the eternal well-being of myself and of my predecessors and successors
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige búton ... hé sí ðæs legeres wyrðe we enjoin that no man be buried within a church, unless he be worthy of such a place of burial, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 17.
ge-swícan
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Gif we ðæs unrihtes geswícaþ if we cease from evil, Elen. Kmbl. 1030; El. 516. Gerǽddon [gerædden, MS.] ða witan ðæt man ǽlces yfeles geswác the witan decreed that men should cease from every kind of evil, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 33: Ps. Th. 58, 4.
fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Ꝥ wé úre gesibsumnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdan, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. strictly (of command).
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé wearð werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 33; El. 17. Hé hæfde him to gesíþþe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, weán oft onfond, Exon. Th. 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda miseries troubled the doomed peoples, Cd.
winnan
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Gé winnaþ and á embe ðæt sorgiaþ, ðæt wé úrne líchoman gefyllan . . . Ús is myccle máre nédþearf, ðæt wé winnon ymbe úre sáule þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 99, 6-11. Ealle gé ðe winnaþ ( laboratis ), and gebyrde sindun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 28.
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swincan
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Unnytlíce wé swincaþ, ðonne wé ús gebid-daþ, gif. . . . Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. Cumaþ tó mé ealle ðe swincaþ (wyrcas ł winnes, Lind. : winnaþ, Rush. laboraits). Mt. Kmbl. 11, 28: Met. 4, 56.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Beornas wépað wánende, heáne, hygegeómre, hreówum gedreahte, Cri. 994: El. 1216. low in fortune, wretched, in evil plight Wend þé from wynne, þú scealt mid weres egsan hearde genearwod heán þrowian þínra dǽda gedwild, Gen. 921.
ge-settan
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Ic gesett hæbbe of þisum feówer bócum ( the gospels ) wel feówertig lárspella on Englisc, Ælfc. T.
emne
Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just ⬩ æquālĭter, æque, omnīno
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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnige twegen látteówas emnar gefuhton I do not think that any two leaders fought more equally. Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 32
GEÁC
A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus
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Geác monaþ geómran reorde, singeþ sumeres weard the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, summer's warden sings, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 6; Seef. 53.
Linked entries: gǽc iáces súre
ge-scrífan
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to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint; judicare, assignare, imponere, designare Se ðe him gescráf weán who to him had assigned misery, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 16; Exod. 139. Swá him wyrd gescráf so fate assigned to him, Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen.
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