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pric-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
pric-mǽlum, adv.
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By points

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Þæt hé his gebed gelenge (his gebed beó gelend oratio pretendatur, R. Ben. I. 53, 12), R. Ben. 46, 2. Ꝥ hé his líf gelengde, Hml. S. 3, 599. Swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan, Hml. Th. i. 100, 21.

wígend

(n.)
Grammar
wígend, wíggend, es; m.

a fighting mana warriorsoldiera noblestrenuous man

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Th. 140, 43; By. 302; Beo. Th. 6279; B. 3144. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod.180. Wígend, céne under cumblum, Andr. Kmbl. 2408; An. 1205. Wíggend, Judth. Thw. 22, 20; Jud. 69: 23, 26 ; Jud. 141.

trymness

(n.)
Grammar
trymness, trymeness, e ; f.

firmnessthat which makes a firma supportpropa firm placefastnessa strengtheninga confirmationof a statementagreementof or in a purposebeliefa strengthening by wordsan exhortation

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Mid stefne his háligre trymenesse (trymnisse, Bd. M. 106, 26) and láre voce sanctae exhortationis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 18. Trymnyssum exhortationibus, 1. 7; S. 477, 3. Trymenessum, 5, 22 ; S.644, 6

Linked entries: trumness trymeness

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Hé geheóld híred heofona, and þæt hálige seld, 348. of the followers of Satan: Hé tó helle hnígan sceolde and his híred mid, Sat. 376. where a thing is personified: Swá hit bið be þám wísdome.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Críst þæs lifgendan Godes Sunu, Bl. H. 11, 30. of the second person Hǽlend Críst, God of Gode, Hml. Th. i. 426, 2. God tó ús niþer ástáhg, Bl. H. 17, 29.

emn-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
emn-æðele, adj.

Equally nobleæque nōbĭlis

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Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 27; Met. 17, 14

Linked entry: efen-æðele

of-slítan

(v.)

to wound by the bite

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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents Num. 21, 9

cugele

(n.)
Grammar
cugele, cugle, cuhle, an; f.

A COWLmonk's hood cuculla

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Ben. 55. Cugle cuculla Wrt. Voc. 81, 71. Seó cuhle the cowl R. Ben. 55

Linked entry: cúle

hwæþere

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Nó hwæþre ... þeáh þe ..., Gen. 952. by gif Gif ( etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen ) his seleð him, Lk. L. 11, 8. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll.

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Wilferþ bæd ðæt hé him ðæs siiþfætes látteów wǽre Vilfridum ducem sibi itineris fieri rogaret, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 35: 2, 20; S. 521, 41. Látteów ðæs weges, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 11. God, lífes látteów, Elen. Kmbl. 1037; El. 520: 1794; El. 899.

æt-hwega

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Ben. I. 92, 16) beteran, R. Ben. 90, II : aliquatenus, R. Ben. l. 107, 8: 115, 15 : aliquantulum, 95, 8 : An. Ox. 638 : paulatim, Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Æthwege paulisper, An. Ox. 5390. Hit æthwego ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26

Cantwara burg

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f. [Cant-wara, gen. pl. of Cant-ware Kentish men, burh a city]
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Brǽcon Cantwara burh they took Canterbury by storm, 853; Th. 120, 28, col. 3.

Linked entry: Contwara burg

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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For the use by Bede, see Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,' where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.' See also 4, 15, 16.

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

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Ðá git glidon ofer gársecg >when ye glided over the ocean, Beo. Th. 1034; B. 515

Linked entry: ge-glídan

on-timber

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Ontimber (bið) geseald tó mótgenne materia ei datur superbiendi, R. Ben. I. 110, 4. Druncennys is gálnysse antimber, Hml. Th. i. 604, 25. Eáþe is tó understandenne of hwylcum antimbre þeós unþæslicu ásprincð, R. Ben. 124, 13.

lang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sum, adj.

Longprolixlong-enduringlong-suffering

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Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 5: Beo. Th. 3076; B. 1536. Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292

ge-gaderung

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Eph. 4, 16) that precedes the birth of man, Bl.

geat

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(b a) the enclosure a city :-- Mihton geseón Winceastre leódan here ꝥ hí be hyra gate tó sǽ eódon, Chr. 1006 ; P. 137, ii. Binnan þám gatum ( of Derby ), 921; P. 101, 30. Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu, Bl. H. 241, 11.