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bí-genga

an inhabitanta cultivatorcultora worshipper

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Similar entries v. be-ganga in Dict. a worshipper Hé wæs deófles biggencga (bígenga, v. l.), Hml. S. 5, 10: 22, 206. Biggenga, 24, 20. Sé is sóð God þe swá gesceádwíse biggengan hæfð, 5, 286

Linked entry: bí-genge

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Ꝥ deór wæs blæces heówes (atri coloris), Nar. 15, 17. Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62.

Linked entries: blac blec

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, adv.
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Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs oðfeallenu, Past. 3, 13.

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.

Linked entry: geáþ

efen-þeówa

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efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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Uncer efen*-*þeów wæs forworden, Hml. A. 207, 393. Ǽnne æfnþára his . . . se his efnþeúw . . . Geseónde æfnðeúwe his unum de conseruis suis . . . conseruus ejus . . . Videntes conserui ejus, Mt. R. 18, 28, 29, 31.

ge-bild

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-bild, adj.
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Mid þý mægne hé wæs gebælded (gestrangod, v. l.) of ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fultume qua virtute fretus ex omnipotentis Dei auxilio, Gr. D. 26, 31. Gebyld fretus, i. fultus, An. Ox. 126. Gebeld, 2042 : 3682. Gebyld fretus .i. fiduciam habens, Wrt.

ge-dyrstig

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Voc. ii. 7, 44. in a favourable sens having courage, confidence Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46. Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20.

ge-earnung

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Add: merit, desert Swungen oþ ꝥ hé swylte, swá his geearnung wæs. Bl. H. 193, 4. Geearnuncg, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Be jeearnunga ánra gehwelcre according to the merit of each one, Met. 20, 128. His geearnunga þǽr wǽron oft beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, 11.

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Genim . . . gebærned sealt tó swýþe smalan dúste gebrýt, 216, 4. fig- God eall heora wǽpn gebrýt Dominus confringet arma. Ps. Th. 45, 8. þára synfulra mægen þú gebrýttest dentes peccatorum conteruisti, 3, 6. God ealle his fýnd gebrýtte, 46, arg.

sweltan

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S. 3, 569. to die of something, in a manner described Hé wæs wániende ... ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5.

rúm-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-mód, adj.

liberalprofusebenignant, gracious, kind

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of liberal mind, liberal in giving Hé þearfum rúmmód ( largus ) wæs, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 11. Sýn wé rúmmóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Blickl. Homl. 109, 14. Sellaþ ælmessan, beóþ rúmmóderyhtra gestreóna, Exon.

sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽtian, sǽtan; ode

To lie in wait for, waylay

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To lie in wait for, waylay (with gen. ) Forðam hé hine ne meahte mid openlícum gefeohte ofersuíðan sǽtaþ ðonne diógollíce and sécþ hú hé hine mǽge gefón quia enim publico bello perdidit, ad exercendas occulte insidias exardescit, Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227

Linked entries: sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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Wæs se hálga wer sáre geswungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398

wealh-wyrt

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

Wall-wort dwarf elderthe word glosses ebulum and intula

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Wall-wort, dwarf elder; the word glosses ebulum and intula Walhwyrt, uualhuyrt, ualuyrt ebulum, elleus, Txts. 59, 714. Wealwyrt ebulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 75. Walwyrt, i. 30, 58. Wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt ebule ł eobulum, Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1.

Linked entries: weale-wyrt weal-wyrt

ge-ícan

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.), Lk. 12, 31. to add to by way of supplement or completion. Cf. 1 Swíðe wel hé hit geiécte (-ícte, v. l.) mid ðissum, þá hé cwæð . . . apte subjungitur . . ., Past. 161, 18.

gilp

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Hé in gylpe wæs, Dan. 636. Se áwiergda gǽst hit lǽrð ðone gielp, Past. 463, 30. Hé ágeát gylp wera, Exod. 514. Gylp forbégan, An. 1335. Hæfdon hié gielp micel, Gen. 25. Hé on gylp ástág he became proud Met. 9, 46.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe hé dónde wæs, hé hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hé hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Först. 116, 10. (3 a) where the course, &c. is not given :-- Sé þe wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22. Cf. ge-tíung

on-sendan

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add: the object a person Hé wæs onsended tó lǽranne, Past. 441, 30.