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eornostlíce

(adv.; con.)
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Beó ðú eornostlíce gebeógul esto consentiens, 4, 92. Swá eornestlíce ita duntaxat, An. Ox. 3211. Geornustlíce igitur, Angl. xiii. 439, 1062

wil-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-fægen, adj.

Having ones desiresatisfiedglad

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Crist ús écum gefeánum dó beón wilfægene Christus nos sempiternis gaudiis faciat esse compotes 123, II

Linked entries: wil-tygþe wil-hrémig

fóre-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-mǽre, def. se fóre-mǽra; sup. -mǽrost, -mǽrest; adj.

Fore-greatvery honourableillustriouseminentfamouscelebratedpræclārusillustrisexcellensfāmōsusceleberrĭmus

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Is mín land nú fóremǽre, and me swýðe unbleó hærēdĭtas mea præclāra est mihi, Ps. Th. 15, 6. Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwára heretoga where is now the illustrious and the prudent consul of the Romans? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 6.

nágan

(v.)
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nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Náh se sacerd náne þearfe ( sacerdoti non opus est ), ðæt hé forwyrne ðam men rihtre andetnysse, L. Ecg. P. i. 2; Th. ii. 172, 11. Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78.

be-hátan

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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

efen

(n.)
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Ꝥ ilce ꝥ hé lifde in líchaman, hit wǽre efen þan þe hé eallinga bútan þám líchaman eall wǽre totum jam extra carnem est, hoc ipsum quod vivit in carne, Gr. D. 218, 12.

feórþa

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Dó nú of ðám feórþan dǽle . . . hujus in mundo regionis quarta fere portio est, . . . quae a nobis cognitis animantibus incolatur. Huic quartae si . . . subtraxeris, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 8-12

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Næs hé goldhwæte gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod he had never before seen more clearly the Lord's munificence, i. e. he had never had such good fortune as had befallen him in the acquisition of the dragon's hoard, B. 3075. to look on with favour

ge-cwéme

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., agreeable to :-- Gecwéme is him beneplacitum est ei, Ps. Rdr. 146, 10. Þurh yfelra manna rǽdas þe him ǽfre gecwéme wǽran. Chr. 1100; P. 235, 22. Ðá ðe gecuoemo (gicwoeme, R.) sint him quae placita sunt ei, Jn. L. 8, 29.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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Hit nis gít se tíma ꝥ ic þé heálícor mæge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 14. with elevated voice: Seraphines cynn unáþreótendum þrymmum singað ful heálíce (or under IV.

Linked entry: heá-lic

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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Th. 24, 20. scantiness. of space Fore nearonesse (nearwnesse, v.l.) þǽre stówe þe þæt mynster on getimbred is propter angustiam loci, in quo monasterium constructum est, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 400, 6. of means Ðeáh wé þisse worulde wlenca tilian swíðe . .

sǽd

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Quod minimum est omnibus seminibus, Mt. 13, 32. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Ne becóme hé nó tó ðǽm sǽde ðáre wróhte, Past. 358, 2.

swilc

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swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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</b> of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point; ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Iosep clypte hira ǽlcne and cyste híg and weóp amplexatus et osculatus est Ioseph et ploravit super singulos 45, 15. Ongan seó abbudisse clyppan and lufian ða Godes gife abbatissa amplexata gratiam Dei Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 1.

Linked entry: be-clyppan

deófol-gild

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]

Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devildiabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum

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Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld that they might do their devil-worship, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 29

Linked entry: diófol-gild

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Uneáðe Isaac geendode ðás sprǽce ðá com Esau vix Isaac sermonem impleverat, venit Esau, Gen. 27, 30. Hé uneáþe ðurh hine sylfne oþþe árísan oþþe gangan mihte vix ipse per se exsurgere aut incedere valeret, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 19.

seón

(v.)
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to be See esse , Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 11

ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ceald, adj.
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Mid cealdrum éstum frigidioribus aepulis, Scint. 52, 1. Add

un-gesǽliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽliglíce, <b>. I.</b>
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Ungesǽliglíce drohtian infeliciter esse, Verc. Fërst. 140, 12. Add