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heoru-dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
heoru-dreórig, adj.

bloody with sword-wounds ⬩ gory ⬩ very sad ⬩ sad unto death,

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Sax. heru-drórag.] very sad, sad unto death, Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 28; Ph. 217

Linked entry: dreórig

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

fore-cuman

Grammar
fore-cuman, (for-).
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Take here fór-cuman (l. for-) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: fór-cuman

geond-leccing

(n.)
Grammar
geond-leccing, e; f.
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Moistening Gyndleccincg ofeweard underféhð sáwl þænne heó hí sylfe on teárum heofenríces mid gewilnunge geswencþ; gyndleccing neaþewerd onféhð þænne helle súslu wépende ondrǽt inriguum superius accipit anima, cum sese in lacrimis caelestis regni desiderio

Linked entry: leccing

ge-scyldru

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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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Take here ge-fýnd in Dict., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant.

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

gingre

(n.)
Grammar
gingre, an; f.
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Cf. gingra; 2 b Heó arn tó þǽre fǽmnan þe þá ðæs mynstres abbodesse wæs, Hilde gingre (geongra, v. l.) cucurrit ad uirginem, quae tunc monasterio abbatissae uice praefuit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 17

hrysc

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Take here the passage given under <b>hricsc,</b> and add Wiþ geswelle þám þe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege oþþe of hrýsca hwilcum, Lch. ii. 6, 28. See next word

lǽce-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrht, e; f.
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Leech-work, medical treatment Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre ( diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit.

sige-folc

(n.)
Grammar
sige-folc, es; n.

A victorious or triumphant people

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A victorious or triumphant people Heó (Judith) ðæt word ácwæþ tó ðam sigefolce (the Jews who were about to destroy the Assyrians), Judth. Thw. 23, 32; Jud. 152. Ðá wæs þeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292; B. 644: Menol. Fox 593; Gn. C. 66

gicþa

(n.)
Grammar
gicþa, gyhþa, an; m.

Itch ⬩ itching

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Wið gicþan against itch, Herb. 21, 3; Lchdm. i. 116, 23: L. M. 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 19, 24: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 6

Linked entry: gihþa

candel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
candel-wyrt, e; f.

a candle ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein, a plant useful for wicks 'of lamps ⬩ lucernaria, phlomos ⬩ verbacum; thapsus

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[ Similar entries candel a candle, Similar entries wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein, a plant useful for wicks 'of lamps; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin.

bealo

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; adj.
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Swá inc se balewa hét handþegen helle, Sat. 484. Uton gescyldan ús wið þá bealewan synne, Wlfst. 145, 18. Ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe, sárra sorga, Kr. 79. Hine sár hafað befongen balwon bendum (cf. bealo-bend), B. 977.

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived

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Wæs hé mid yrre onstyred, for ðon þe ꝥ hrýðer swá ofermódlíce férde, Bl. H. 199, 17. Hé férde swá swá his forcúða fæder and swá swá his fracode módor him yfele gebysnodon, Hml. S. 18, 229.

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger

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He geseah unrihte eorþan fulle he saw the earth filled with unrighteousness, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 13; Gen. 1292.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol fullíce

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).

where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many

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Mid swelce hrægle hé in eode, mid swelce gange hé út, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. Swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde, Beo. Th. 2502; B. 1249. Eahtige hé hine selfne suelcne suelcne hé ondrǽtt ðæt hé sié, Past. 17; Swt. 119, 8.

Linked entries: swá-lic swelc swylc

ge-wis

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.) :-- Him for án þúhte ꝥ hé þæs gewiss wǽre, ꝥ hé ǽlcne man gecneówe the only thing he seemed certain of was, that he knew everybody, Hml.

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10

Linked entry: friþsumian

predician

(v.)
Grammar
predician, p. ode
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To preach Hé férde Godes ríce prediciende ( euangelizans ), Lk. Skt. 8, 1

ge-myntan

Grammar
ge-myntan, <b>; (2 a)</b>
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Án gealga ... þe hé gemynt hæfde Mardecheo, Hml. A. 100, 280. Add